OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of the American Institute for Conservation is 0. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Renaissance Secrets: A Lifetime Working with Wall Paintings By Michelangelo, Raphael, and Others at the Vatican	20
Save Venice Inc.: American Philanthropy and Art Conservation in Italy, 1966–2021	6
Conserving Artline Permanent Marker and Fineliner Pens on Paper: Assessing Vulnerability of Drawings by Walmajarri Artist Jimmy Pike	5
Horse on Parade: Conservation of a Momoyama Period Bamen Mask	5
Neodymium Magnets as a Minimal Intervention Alternative to Traditional Treatments for Fixing Paint on Contemporary Paintings	4
The Artist’s Materials: Franz Kline	4
Ethical and Technical Aspects of Conserving a Plaster Cast Using 3D Printing	3
Future Occurrence of Climate-Induced Extreme Heat Events in Museum Galleries: A Modeling Study under Two 21st Century Climate Scenarios at V&A South Kensington	3
Preventive Conservation Dilemmas for Artworks Exhibiting Soft and Dripping Paint – The Impact of Changes in Relative Humidity on Soft oil Paint in Paintings by Karel Appel and Asger Jorn	3
A Review of 50 Years of Teaching Conservation Science at SUNY Buffalo State	3
Beauty Revealed: Technical Analysis and Treatment of Zand and Qajar Oil Paintings	2
Growing Pains: Characterization of Efflorescence on a Large-Scale Magnesium Relief by Frank Stella	2
Editorial	2
A Comparison of Materials for Dry Surface Cleaning Soot-Coated Papers of Varying Roughness: Assessing Efficacy, Physical Surface Changes, and Residue	2
A Spot Test for Mg²⁺ to Characterize Magnesium Corrosion	2
Adaptation of a Standard Industrial Peel Test for Testing Consolidants in the Conservation Studio	2
At the Core of the Problem: A Bespoke Method Used to Clean the Bores of USS Monitor’s XI-Inch Dahlgren Shell Guns	2
A History of over 50 Years of SUNY Buffalo State’s Paintings Conservation Education	1
A Light at the End of the Tunnel: Using an Improvised Laser Measuring System to Verify the Bore Dimensions of an XI-Inch Dahlgren Shell Gun	1
Introduction to the Special issue on Sustainability within Conservation and Collections Care	1
Touch Decisions: For Heritage Objects	1
Calculating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Central Depot of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna – First Results of the Pilot Study	1
Considerations in Acquisition of 3D-Printed Art	1
Preventive Conservation: Continuously Defining Itself at the Crossroads of Theory and Practice	1
Legal and Ethical Considerations in the Conservation of Artwork Produced During Art Therapy	1

Powerful Patina: The Value of Odors in a Tibetan Buddhist Temple	1
Pink: The History of a Color	1
A Comparative Surface Cleaning Study of Op Structure, an Op Art PMMA Sculpture by Michael Dillon	1
Untangling Indian Hemp: Identifying Woodlands Bast Fibers in Collections	1
An Investigation into the Pigments Present on the Late Paintings and Ephemera of Barnett Newman: Context and Correlations	1
Observations from the Analysis of the Gelatin Silver Emulsion Layer of Glass Photographic Inter-Positive Plates from Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion Series at the National Museum of American Hi	0
Introduction to the Special Issue on Practical Approaches to Technical Research – Part 2	0
Potential Pesticide Contamination in Repatriated Artifacts in African Museums: The Need for the Adoption of Safety Protocols for Access and Use of Hazardous Artifacts	0
Scientific Studies of Pigments in Chinese Paintings	0
The Art & Science of Illuminated Manuscripts: A Handbook; The Pigments of British Medieval Illuminators: A Scientific and Cultural Study	0
Non-destructive Dendrochronology: The Effect of Conservation Agents on Tree-ring Measurements in Archaeological Oak with Micro-computed Tomography	0
Pedal to the Metals: Preserving Automotive Racing History	0
Characterization of a Qing Dynasty Folding Fan for Exportation	0
The Artist’s Materials: Sam Francis	0
A Technical Survey of Florine Stettheimer’s Post-1916 Paintings	0
The Artist’s Materials: Lucio Fontana	0
Radiography and Painting	0
Response to Thea Burns Review of The Art of Paper: From the Holy Land to the Americas	0
Integration of Laboratory and Field Measurements on Soil and Bronze Artifacts: Facilitating Conservation Treatment and Management of Archaeological Collections	0
Introduction to the Artist’s Material Series	0
Using a PH-adjusted Semi-rigid Agarose Gel with Ion Exchange Resin for Poultice Desalination: Preliminary Experimentation and Case Studies	0
Dwell Time	0
Wavelength Selection Using a Modified Camera to Improve Image-Based 3D Reconstruction of Heritage Objects	0
Sustainability Tools in Cultural Heritage: Life Cycle Assessment Examining Crates for Heritage Objects	0
Rediscovering Gaspar de Figueroa: A Technical Examination of the Portrait of Friar Cristóbal de Torres, Archbishop of the New Kingdom of Granada	0
The Artist’s Materials: Hans Hofmann	0
Editorial	0
Shedding Light on Daylight Fluorescent Artists’ Pigments, Part 1: Composition	0
Prioritizing People in Ethical Decision-Making and Caring for Cultural Heritage Collections	0
Testing Ammonium Citrates for Enhanced Washing of Paper	0
A Note on Macroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging Enabled 3D Scanning for Museum and Cultural Heritage Applications	0
No Ship Sets Out to Be a Shipwreck	0
Lascaux Adhesives in Objects Conservation: Three Practical Case Studies on Leather, Skin, and Entomological Specimens	0
Editorial	0
Tricks of the Shade: Preservation of Chemically Developed Shading Papers Based on DuoShade Samples	0
Sustainable Practices Applied to the Environmental Management of Archival Collection Storage Spaces at the Southwest Wing in the National Maritime Museum in London, UK	0
Benzotriazole (BTA): A Review of the Current Research into Toxicity	0
The Art of Conservation	0
Editorial	0
Exploring Conservation Challenges and Innovations	0
Image, Knife and Gluepot: Early Assemblage in Manuscript and Print	0
Introduction to the Special Issue on Practical Approaches to Technical Research	0
Arsenic and Old Bookcloth: Identification and Safer Use of Emerald Green Victorian-Era Cloth Case Bindings	0
Sustainable Education for Sustainable Heritage: Managing the Tension Between Professional Practice and Critical Inquiry	0
The Oddy Test and the Photographic Activity Test (PAT): A Direct Comparison of Accelerated Aging Test Methods for Assessing Storage, Display, and Transport Materials	0
Layers and Layers: Analysis and Treatment of Egyptian Cartonnage at the Penn Museum	0
Tailoring Cleaning Systems for the Removal of Bronze Paint and Soiling From a J.M.W. Turner Gilded Frame	0
Caliche From Archaeological Zone of Guanajuato Mexico and Nearby Deposits: Geochemical and Mechanical Characterizations	0
Defining the Intangible: Negotiating Intangible Cultural Heritage in Modern Oman	0
The artist’s materials: Clyfford Still	0

The Treatment of a Large Painted Outdoor Sculpture: Kiosque l’évidé (1970) 1984, by Jean Dubuffet	0
Editorial	0
Leveraging Systems Thinking to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Conservation	0
Technical Imaging for Private Practice Conservators	0
Treatment of E. J. Bellocq's Delaminated Gelatin Glass Plate Negatives	0
Encountering and Countering Constraints in the Exploration of Ethiopia’s Unique Wall Painting Technology	0
The Renaissance Restored: Paintings Conservation and the Birth of Modern Art History in Nineteenth-Century Europe	0
Teaching Preventive Conservation: Interdisciplinary Origins and Evolution	0
Objects, Memory, and Restorative Justice (A Personal Reflection on Conservation’s Meaning)	0
Materials Characterization with Multiband Reflectance Imaging at the Brooklyn Museum: A New Tool for the Multiband Imaging Kit	0
Editorial	0
Social Dimensions of Sustainable Collections Care	0
The Artist’s Materials: René Magritte	0
Caring for Plastics in Collections	0
An Exploration of Consolidants for Ancient Egyptian Limestone	0
Conservation of Severely Deteriorated, Dry Painted Wood: A Case Study From Abydos, Egypt	0
Lead Transfer Risk from Handling Ceramics with Deteriorated Lead Glazes	0
Cultural Heritage Conservation for Early Learners: Outreach and Engagement with the Next Generation	0
An Investigation into the Suitability and Stability of a New Pigmented Wax-Resin Formulation for Infilling and Reintegration of Losses in Paintings	0
The Toxic Museum: Berlin and Beyond	0
Temporary and Permanent Display Case Guidelines Developed Through Interdepartmental Collaborations at The Metropolitan Museum of Art	0
Bullseye! The Importance of Using Imaging Reference Targets to Accurately Capture and Interpret Reflectance Images Captured with the VSC8000	0
Editorial	0
Ordering Colors in 18th and 19th Century Europe (International Archives of the History of Ideas 244 Archives internationales d’histoire des idées)	0
The Mechanics of Art Materials and Its Future in Heritage Science	0
The Artist’s Materials: Sidney Nolan	0
Analytical Investigation of Two Syrian-Style Bronze Sphinx Plaques from the Iron Age of West Asia (First Millennium BCE)	0
The Next Generation of MS2A Resin: MS3	0
Small Museum Research Strategies at the Alaska State Museum	0
Deconstructing the Creation of Daguerre’s dessins-fumées : A Photographic Process or Just Smoke and Mirrors?	0
Working with Windows: A Case Study in Assessing Risk and Developing Solutions in Exhibition Spaces with Windows	0
The Artist’s Materials: Roy Lichtenstein Outdoor Painted Sculptures	0
Shedding Light on Daylight Fluorescent Artists’ Pigments, Part 2: Spectral Properties and Light Stability	0
Color Charts: A History	0
Two Sculptures, One Master? A Technical Study of Two Rare Examples of Polychrome Sculptures Associated with “the Master of Saint Catherine of Gualino”, Italy, Fourteenth Century	0
Advances in Storing and Monitoring Mercury-tin Amalgam Mirrors	0