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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The Rediscovery of Jan Ruyscher and Its Consequence	5
Shedding Light on Daylight Fluorescent Artists’ Pigments, Part 1: Composition	5
A Revised Model for Decision-Making in Contemporary Art Conservation and Presentation	5
Reframing the Notion of “The Artist’s Intent:” A Study of Caring for Thomas Hirschhorn’s Intensif-Station (2010)	4
Arsenic and Old Bookcloth: Identification and Safer Use of Emerald Green Victorian-Era Cloth Case Bindings	4
The Combined Use of Ion Chromatography and Scanning Electron Microscopy to Assess Salt-affected Mineral Materials in Cultural Heritage	4
Touch Decisions: For Heritage Objects	4
A Comparative Surface Cleaning Study of Op Structure, an Op Art PMMA Sculpture by Michael Dillon	4
Shedding Light on Daylight Fluorescent Artists’ Pigments, Part 2: Spectral Properties and Light Stability	4
Practitioner (In)visibility in the Conservation of Contemporary Art	3
A Comparison of Materials for Dry Surface Cleaning Soot-Coated Papers of Varying Roughness: Assessing Efficacy, Physical Surface Changes, and Residue	3
Museum Authorship and the Conservation of Media Installations: Two Case Studies from the Smithsonian American Art Museum	3
Instantiation, Actualization, and Absence: The Continuation and Safeguarding of Katie Paterson’sFuture Library(2014–2114)	3
Planning for the Future Right Now: Riskscapes in Conserving Contemporary Design	2
Thickness Measurements of Clear Coatings on Silver Objects using Fiber Optic Reflectance Spectroscopy	2
Conservation of Severely Deteriorated, Dry Painted Wood: A Case Study From Abydos, Egypt	2
Numbered Jun Ware – a technical study	2
Conducting a Time-Based Media Conservation Assessment and Survey at The Metropolitan Museum of Art	2
A Documentation Framework for Sound in Time-based Media Installation Art	2
Introduction to the Special Issue on Contemporary Art Conservation	2
A Review of 50 Years of Teaching Conservation Science at SUNY Buffalo State	2
Evaluation of a Dry Method Using Erasers for Silver–Copper Alloy Tarnish Cleaning and Comparison with Traditional Methods	2
Integration of Laboratory and Field Measurements on Soil and Bronze Artifacts: Facilitating Conservation Treatment and Management of Archaeological Collections	1
Wavelength Selection Using a Modified Camera to Improve Image-Based 3D Reconstruction of Heritage Objects	1
Determination of Nitrile Gloves Appropriate for Use When Dry Handling Art	1

An Investigation into the Suitability and Stability of a New Pigmented Wax-Resin Formulation for Infilling and Reintegration of Losses in Paintings	1
Supporting Decision-Making when Conserving Contemporary Art: A Model for Identification and Categorization of Stakeholders	1
A Spot Test for Mg²⁺ to Characterize Magnesium Corrosion	1
Beauty Revealed: Technical Analysis and Treatment of Zand and Qajar Oil Paintings	1
The Next Generation of MS2A Resin: MS3	1
Heat- and Solvent-Set Repair Tissues	1
Identification of Mammal Skins Present in an Ngoni Garment from Malawi Using Mitochondrial DNA Analysis	1
Lascaux Adhesives in Objects Conservation: Three Practical Case Studies on Leather, Skin, and Entomological Specimens	1
At the Core of the Problem: A Bespoke Method Used to Clean the Bores of USS Monitor’s XI-Inch Dahlgren Shell Guns	1
Sustainable Practices Applied to the Environmental Management of Archival Collection Storage Spaces at the Southwest Wing in the National Maritime Museum in London, UK	1
The Study of Jiajing Carved Lacquerwares: An Example in the Collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art	1
Neodymium Magnets as a Minimal Intervention Alternative to Traditional Treatments for Fixing Paint on Contemporary Paintings	1
Potential Pesticide Contamination in Repatriated Artifacts in African Museums: The Need for the Adoption of Safety Protocols for Access and Use of Hazardous Artifacts	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	1
The Renaissance Restored: Paintings Conservation and the Birth of Modern Art History in Nineteenth-Century Europe	0
Rediscovering Gaspar de Figueroa: A Technical Examination of the Portrait of Friar Cristóbal de Torres, Archbishop of the New Kingdom of Granada	0
Leveraging Systems Thinking to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Conservation	0
Objects, Memory, and Restorative Justice (A Personal Reflection on Conservation’s Meaning)	0
Powerful Patina: The Value of Odors in a Tibetan Buddhist Temple	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
A History of over 50 Years of SUNY Buffalo State’s Paintings Conservation Education	0
From Prism to Kaleidoscope: Effect Versus Intention in the Conservation of Contemporary Art	0
Sustainability Tools in Cultural Heritage: Life Cycle Assessment Examining Crates for Heritage Objects	0
Calculating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Central Depot of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna – First Results of the Pilot Study	0
A Note on Macroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging Enabled 3D Scanning for Museum and Cultural Heritage Applications	0
Seeking Balance: Conservation Values and the Artist’s Voice	0
Small Museum Research Strategies at the Alaska State Museum	0
An Investigation into the Pigments Present on the Late Paintings and Ephemera of Barnett Newman: Context and Correlations	0
Introduction to the Special Issue on Practical Approaches to Technical Research – Part 2	0
Editorial	0
Legal and Ethical Considerations in the Conservation of Artwork Produced During Art Therapy	0
Response to Thea Burns Review of The Art of Paper: From the Holy Land to the Americas	0
Conserving (with) David Lynch. A Treatment Conditioned by Communication	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
Using a PH-adjusted Semi-rigid Agarose Gel with Ion Exchange Resin for Poultice Desalination: Preliminary Experimentation and Case Studies	0
Preventive Conservation: Continuously Defining Itself at the Crossroads of Theory and Practice	0
Advances in Storing and Monitoring Mercury-tin Amalgam Mirrors	0
An Exploration of Consolidants for Ancient Egyptian Limestone	0
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	0
Growing Pains: Characterization of Efflorescence on a Large-Scale Magnesium Relief by Frank Stella	0
Caliche From Archaeological Zone of Guanajuato Mexico and Nearby Deposits: Geochemical and Mechanical Characterizations	0
Social Dimensions of Sustainable Collections Care	0
Introduction to the Special Issue on Practical Approaches to Technical Research	0
The Art of Paper: From the Holy Land to the Americas	0
Editorial	0
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	0
Lead Transfer Risk from Handling Ceramics with Deteriorated Lead Glazes	0
Untangling Indian Hemp: Identifying Woodlands Bast Fibers in Collections	0
Editorial	0
Wall Panel Interventions at Mount Vernon	0

Art that Lives and Breathes: Conserving Creatures in Contemporary Art	0
Non-destructive Dendrochronology: The Effect of Conservation Agents on Tree-ring Measurements in Archaeological Oak with Micro-computed Tomography	0
Dwell Time	0
Editorial	0
Deconstructing the Creation of Daguerre’s dessins-fumées : A Photographic Process or Just Smoke and Mirrors?	0
The Treatment of a Large Painted Outdoor Sculpture: Kiosque l’évidé (1970) 1984, by Jean Dubuffet	0
Pedal to the Metals: Preserving Automotive Racing History	0
Editorial	0
Encountering and Countering Constraints in the Exploration of Ethiopia’s Unique Wall Painting Technology	0
Tailoring Cleaning Systems for the Removal of Bronze Paint and Soiling From a J.M.W. Turner Gilded Frame	0
Technical Imaging for Private Practice Conservators	0
Temporary and Permanent Display Case Guidelines Developed Through Interdepartmental Collaborations at The Metropolitan Museum of Art	0
Tricks of the Shade: Preservation of Chemically Developed Shading Papers Based on DuoShade Samples	0
Reengineering Broken Books (RBB): A Minimally-Interventive Tissue Repair Technique for Hollowback Books	0
Analytical Investigation of Two Syrian-Style Bronze Sphinx Plaques from the Iron Age of West Asia (First Millennium BCE)	0
Editorial	0
Materials Characterization with Multiband Reflectance Imaging at the Brooklyn Museum: A New Tool for the Multiband Imaging Kit	0
The Art & Science of Illuminated Manuscripts: A Handbook; The Pigments of British Medieval Illuminators: A Scientific and Cultural Study	0
Framing the Sanctuary: A Study of Paintings on Sinan’s Domed Arcade in the Grand Mosque of Mecca	0
Adaptation of a Standard Industrial Peel Test for Testing Consolidants in the Conservation Studio	0
Version Control: Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals through the Lens of the Documentation Model for Time-Based Media Art	0