OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Architectural Science Review is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Development of an adaptive thermal comfort model for energy-saving building design in Japan	43
A critical review on the impact of built environment on users’ measured brain activity	24
How can carbon be stored in the built environment? A review of potential options	22
A neurocognitive study of the emotional impact of geometrical criteria of architectural space	22
A study on main architectural and structural design considerations of contemporary supertall buildings	22
Human wayfinding behaviour and metrics in complex environments: a systematic literature review	20
Rethinking the concept of building energy rating system in Australia: a pathway to life-cycle net-zero energy building design	13
Virtual environments as medium for laypeople to communicate and collaborate in urban design	13
Monitoring CO₂ concentration to control the infection probability due to airborne transmission in naturally ventilated university classrooms	13
Risk of overheating in low-rise naturally ventilated residential buildings of northeast India – an effect of climate change	12
Eye-tracking emulation software: a promising urban design tool	12
Numerical investigation of the indoor thermal behaviour based on PCMs in a hot climate	12
The ‘visual attractiveness’ of architectural facades: measuring visual complexity and attractive strength in architecture	11
Year long monitoring of indoor air quality and ventilation in school classrooms in Victoria, Australia	11
Towards human-centred general hospitals: the potential of dementia-friendly design	11
Architecture, biometrics, and virtual environments triangulation: a research review	10
Why does the perception of street matter? A dimensional analysis of multisensory social and physical attributes shaping the perception of streets	10
State of XR research in architecture with focus on professional practice – a systematic literature review	10
Evaluating the effectiveness of online teaching in architecture courses	9
Socio-spatial relationships in design of residential care homes for people living with dementia diagnoses: a grounded theory approach	8
Operation assessment of an air-PCM unit for summer thermal comfort in a naturally ventilated building	7
Masonry screen walls: a digital framework for design generation and environmental performance optimization	6
The impact of building form on overheating control: a case study of Larch House	6
Thermal environmental effects of vertical greening and building layout in open residential neighbourhood design: a case study in Shanghai	6
Thermal behaviour of concrete and corrugated zinc green roofs on low-rise housing in the humid tropics	6

Multi-criteria performance evaluation of a glass panel system using full-scale experimental data	5
Urban heat-mitigating building form and façade framework	5
Streamlining sustainable design in building information modeling BIM-based PV design and analysis tools	5
A neuro-cognitive investigation of the impact of glass floors on people	5
Energy balance and photovoltaic integration in positive energy buildings. Design and performance in built office case studies	4
Living wall influence on the microclimates of sheltered urban conditions: results from monitoring studies	4
Assessing the effectiveness of several passive design strategies using the CIBSE overheating criteria: case study of an Earth Brick Shell House in Johannesburg, South Africa	4
A scientometric analysis and review of spatial cognition studies within the framework of neuroscience and architecture	4
Pre-Occupancy evaluation of buildings in VR: development of the prototype and user studies	4
Overview of 3D construction printing and future perspectives: a review of technology, companies and research progression	4
The zero building: an exemplary nearly zero energy office building (NZEB) and its potential to become a positive energy building (PEB)	4
Indoor air quality and self-reported multiple chemical sensitivity in newly constructed apartments in Indonesia	4
Multi-objective optimization design for rural houses in western zones of China	4
The shakedown: developing an indoor-localization system for quantifying toilet usage in offices	3
The inclusion and efficacy of first-person narrative in the design of long-term care homes	3
A systematic review of the BIM in construction: from smart building management to interoperability of BIM & AI	3
Algorithmic vernacular: a generative design process for hillside settlements and dwellings, optimized for siting, access and prefabricated construction	3
How do atria affect navigation in multi-level museum environments?	3
A design assessment tool for layout planning in residential care for dementia	3
Data-driven approach to prioritize residential buildings’ retrofits in cold climates using smart thermostat data	3
Dynamic solar screens for high-performance buildings – a critical review of perforated external shading systems	3
Exploring homeostatic value of space to prevent maladaptive behaviours of people living with dementia: a narrative study	3
Robotic tools, native matter: workflow and methods for geomaterial reconstitution using additive manufacturing	3
Assessing the glare potential of side-lit indoor spaces: a simulation-based approach	3
Deep learning-based natural language sentiment classification model for recognizing users’ sentiments toward residential space	3
Clay 3D printing as a bio-design research tool: development of photosynthetic living building components	3
Development and performance testing of a polyvalent heat pump for hot and cold water production	2
Influence of winter natural ventilation on thermal environment of university dormitories under central heating mode in severe cold regions of China	2
A review on architectural guidelines to safely reopen buildings in light of COVID-19 in the United States: establishing future research opportunities	2
Integrated energy, daylighting, comfort and environmental performance analysis of window systems in patient rooms	2
Applying a comfort model to building performance analysis	2
The thermal performance of compact housing in tall buildings: an analytical examination for the retrofit of façades in the densified city centre of São Paulo	2
Towards a dignity manifesto of design - for people living with dementia	2
Effects of exposure to moisture on biodeterioration of facade finishes in the hot-humid tropical environment of Enugu metropolis, Nigeria	2
The application of deep generative models in urban form generation based on topology: a review	2
Acceptable indoor air quality at reduced energy consumption for high-occupancy buildings with intermittent operation	2
Evolving interaction: a qualitative investigation of user mental models for smart thermostat users	2
Multi-atrium configuration design for energy efficiency in shopping malls: an ANN-based metamodel for sensitivity analysis and design optimization	2
Performance evaluation of an architecturally-designed vertical high capacity linear slot diffuser in a tropical atrium	2
Appraising daylight changes in window views: systematic procedures for classifying and capturing dynamic outdoor scenes	2
How urban wellbeing is influenced by spatial urban parameters (density, morphology, vegetation & commerce), as examined in a VR framework	2
Designing naturally-conditioned dwellings for warm and cold-temperate regions of Chile	2
An Investigation of a field function description of spatial perception from the viewpoint of Raumplan	2
Design vocabulary and schemas for biophilic experiences in cold climate schools	1
Real-time fabrication analysis: a method for evaluating fabrication constraints of complex concrete shapes	1
Spatial representations of melanopic light in architecture	1
A neurological examination of gender differences in architectural perception	1
An increasing resistance to increasing resistivity	1
Modernity in Javanese tradition: adapting vernacular design and local culture to Indonesian urban living	1
Comparison of different thermal comfort models: mosque and church cases	1

Editorial: Innovations in envelope design, fabrication and analysis	1
Solar shadings in contemporary New Zealand architecture: state of the art and future perspectives	1
Innovative wall package made of macro-encapsulated phase change material and geopolymer concrete: in-field thermal analysis for a Mediterranean climate	1
A review of residential building archetypes and their applications to study building energy consumption	1
Architectural cognition cards: a card-based method for introducing spatial cognition research and user-centred thinking into the design process	1
The effect of online teaching on basic design studio in the time of COVID-19: an application of the technology acceptance model	1
Using brain waves to assess the colour effect on promoting spirituality in the mosque architecture	1
Earth-based additive manufacturing: A field-oriented methodology for evaluating material printability	1
A natural language processing framework for collecting, analyzing, and visualizing users’ sentiment on the built environment: case implementation of New York City and Seoul residences	1
Contribution of numerical simulation to the study of pedestrian mobility in the context of COVID-19: case of a university campus in Algeria	1
Delivering sustainable design excellence: the potential role of holistic building performance evaluation	1
Guest editorial for special issue, ASR	1
The impact of service core reduction in supertall buildings: a study on structural design, embodied carbon, and leasable floor area	1
FM-FRP: new materiality in FRP as architectured matter with textile attributes	1
Assessing the required life-cycle characteristics of electricity storage for ensuring sustainability in buildings	1
Renovation process challenges and barriers: addressing the communication and coordination bottlenecks in the zero-energy building renovation workflow in European residential buildings	1
Evaluating building wayfinding performance in healthcare environment: a novel hybrid decision-making model	1
Revisiting the plastic number theory from the perspective of perceptual psychology	1
Special edition: engaging architectural science: meeting the challenges of higher density	1