OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Building Research and Information is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Defining demand - The suitability of sensor-based demand-controlled ventilation within deep energy retrofit dwellings	85
Social housing improvement factors for upgrading processes	67
Outpatient oncology settings: the distinctive contribution of supportive design to patient experience and wellbeing	46
NDT spatial data integration for monumental buildings: technical information management for the Royal Alcazar of Seville	40
From product to service – strategies for upscaling smart home performance monitoring	39
Concepts of performance in post-occupancy evaluation post-probe: a literature review	38
CO ₂ concentration in six schools located in Palma – a comparative evaluation	32
Perceptions of construction stakeholders constraining the development of multi-storey wood buildings	30
Impact of setbacks on thermal comfort and visual privacy in detached houses in Jordan	28
Damage assessment automation for single storey detached masonry houses: a probabilistic approach	28
A comparative analysis of housing quality rating systems: insights for contextual adaptation and policy development	28
Investigating adoption of high prefabrication level technologies for enterprises: an integrated model	25
Climate declarations for buildings as a new policy instrument in Sweden: a multiple streams perspective	25
The effect of building typology and visual complexity on stress levels through amplitude spectrum analysis	23
Making sense of smart features in the smart office: a stated choice experiment of office user preferences	23
Housing as age-sensitive infrastructure under self-settled urban displacement: evidence from Sudanese households in Cairo	23
Digital workflow for climate resilient building façade generation	22
Socio-technical drivers of energy use in low-income housing in Jordan: insights from a regression-based study	21
Assessment of students’ productivity in context of indoor environmental quality and personal factors	21
Design for Structural Adaptation: economic feasibility of an implementation for Swedish timber buildings	20
Platforming for industrialized building: a comparative case study of digitally-enabled product platforms	19
The relationship between temperature, relative humidity, and productivity in workplace settings	19
Towards circular renovation: a comparative review of circular economy integration in sustainable building rating systems	18
Airborne infection risk in classrooms based on environment and occupant behavior measurement under COVID-19 epidemic	18
Integrating cascading effects into risk assessment of metaverse implementation in the built environment	17

A self-determination theory approach to evaluating indoor environment satisfaction through building interfaces	16
Effects of IEQ on inpatients’ psychological restoration in hospital wards: the role of environmental perceptions	16
BEKG: A built environment knowledge graph	16
Constructing a theory-informed workplace design framework: co-design case study for knowledge work environment satisfaction improvement	16
Study of phase change material on alleviating building overheating risk in cold regions of China	16
Thermal sensitivity and adaptive comfort in mixed-mode office buildings in humid subtropical climate	15
Changing identities of architects in China and the UK from the 1950s to the 1990s	15
Reasonable kitchen space for urban residences: based on an investigation in Beijing	15
Two decades of the evolution of China’s green building policy: insights from text mining	14
Trust in circular design: active stakeholder participation in Chinese and Dutch housing retrofit projects	14
Digitalization and automation in the built environment	14
A qualitative and life cycle-based study of the energy performance gap in building construction: Perspectives of Finnish project professionals and property maintenance experts	13
The kindergarten of Crosara by Sergio Los: reassessing a pioneering thermally efficient building	13
Analysis and research of Shougang Park industrial heritage redevelopment space based on residents’ spatial behaviour	13
Developing a taxonomy for sensory-informed architectural design qualities in autism	12
Affinity towards flexible housing – a study among homeowners in Germany	11
The drivers of social procurement policy adoption in the construction industry: an Australian perspective	11
Adopting cross-laminated timber in architectural design to reduce embodied carbon emission in China based on the diffusion of innovation theory	11
Energy retrofits in shared ownership: exploring motivations in Finnish housing companies	11
Drivers of circular economy adoption in the construction industry: a systematic review and conceptual model	11
Integrating BIM and GIS through spatial planning information modelling	11
Coping strategies and resilience of New Zealand tradeswomen in construction: navigating challenges	10
Design conservatism and embodied carbon: an exploratory survey of structural engineers in Malaysia	10
The actual performance of retrofitted residential apartments: post-occupancy evaluation study in Italy	10
Data-driven STNet and STProphet models for secure edge-based indoor air temperature prediction in smart buildings	10
Exploring time and cost optimization in energy retrofit programmes of traditionally constructed, owner-occupied UK dwellings	10
Algorithmic optimization of climbing plant positioning and CNC fabrication for urban microclimate enhancement	10
Natural ventilation in Brazilian homes: depicting perceptions, usage patterns and motivations in a questionnaire survey	10
A dynamic model for estimating the long-term need for repairs and renovations in residential buildings	10
Smart faces: using communication strategies to optimize technical information flow in middle-out facilities management	9
Large-scale statistical analysis and modelling of real and regulatory total energy use in existing single-family houses in Flanders	9
Space standards in affordable housing in England	9
Perceptions of volume home builders and the transition to net zero emissions housing in Australia	8
Seasonal and spatial variability of volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde concentrations at the fire station	8
UAV data for BIM-based building assessment across construction stages: sensor utility evaluation	8
Overheating assessment for apartments during average and hot summers in the Nordic climate	8
Bridging the information gap using targeted digital transformation: process mapping large-scale concrete activity	8
Upscaling the results of cost-benefit analyses of energy renovation of western Germany’s most common apartment building type	7
Actor perceptions and network characteristics around climate-wise housing and construction in Finland	7
An exploration of post-occupancy evaluation in Canada: origins, milestones and next steps	7
Towards a circular transition of the built environment: systemic and transdisciplinary models, methods and perspectives	7
Energy rehabilitation of a university building system as a technical response to the Spanish blackout	7
Floor plan graph learning for generative design of residential buildings: a discrete denoising diffusion model	7
Exploring the impact of windows on musicians’ experience: a neuroarchitecture perspective	7
Machine learning-based prediction of thermal comfort: exploring building types, climate, ventilation strategies, and seasonal variations	7
Augmented reality supported hearings: a case study on the openBIM-based building permit process in Vienna, Austria	7
Blockchain-enabled value co-creation in construction projects: evidence from a moderated mediation model in China	7
Sustainability promotion through information provision: the perspective of Australian apartment owners and renters	7
Developing whole-life carbon benchmark values for Norwegian buildings	6
From waste to thermal insulation for buildings: an investigation of potentialities in the Italian context	6

Note	6
Impact of indoor environmental quality on health and wellbeing in a warming climate	6
Introducing a severe impacts approach to guide adaptation to pluvial floods in residential and public buildings	6
Using explainable artificial intelligence to predict sleep interruptions from indoor environmental conditions: an empirical study	6
A framework for foundational and transitional value assessment of non-market benefits of a smart government system	6
How information asymmetries exacerbate building defects risks for purchasers of Australian residential multi-owned properties	5
A construction cost estimation framework using DNN and validation unit	5
The effect of wind-induced vibrations in tall buildings on occupants’ work performance	5
On the effectiveness of passive controls for summer thermal comfort in highly insulated dwellings	5
Fiscal and political determinants of local government maintenance	5
Synchronization of water-energy consumption in residential and non-residential buildings during COVID-19	5
Integrated BIM–LCA–optimization for decarbonizing curtain wall façades under carbon pricing uncertainty	5
Occupant thermal comfort and indoor environmental conditions in Mies van der Rohe’s S. R. Crown Hall	5
Systemic misalignment and the collapse of category 1 MMC firms in the UK housing sector	5
Carbon handprint – a review of potential climate benefits of buildings	5
Station biophilia – assessing the perception of greenery on railway platforms using a digital twin	5
Using dynamic-locational material flow analysis to model the development of urban stock	5
Causal relationships of human errors in building maintenance: findings from Sri Lanka	5
A framework for smart building technologies implementation in the Ghanaian construction industry: a PLS-SEM approach	4
Improving survey-based data collection for more effective domestic retrofit evaluations: perspectives from occupants and surveyors	4
Bridging conservation and modernity: evaluation of functional priorities for architectural heritage adaptation in China	4
Factors influencing BIM use in green building construction project management in the UK and China	4
Correction	4
Long-term monitoring of thermal comfort in three apartments in Jordan	4
How prebound effects compromise the market premium for energy efficiency in German house sales	4
Linking outdoor thermal comfort and residential cooling demand under climate change: an energy sensitivity index	4
Impact of windcatcher on the thermal comfort and indoor air quality in a modern house	4
Barriers and enablers for scaled-up adoption of compressed earth blocks in Egypt	4
Trajectories from standard to incremental and pioneering innovation in timber construction: multi-storey timber buildings in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland	4
Understanding the Saudi Arabia planning permit process: a comparative analysis with European countries	3
High-rise apartment quality evaluation and related demographic factors: lesson from RentSafeTO programme	3
Multi-objective optimization of insulation materials for building energy and comfort improvements in hot and arid regions	3
Comprehensive renovation of a multi-apartment building in Sweden: techno-economic analysis with respect to different economic scenarios	3
A conceptual framework linking biophilic interior design to sustainability criteria	3
Empirical evaluation of the LEED green building rating system: exploring limitations through configurational analysis	3
Possibility of personalization and customization of the workplace by knowledge workers	3
Development of openBIM based building code compliance checks: Case study in the City of Vienna	3
Trusting the algorithm: transparency, information control and continuance intention in China's digital building permit systems	3
Barriers, education and promotion mechanisms for green construction adoption at construction site level in Australia	3
Diffusion prediction of prefabricated construction technology under multi-factor coupling	3
Implementing modular integrated construction in high-rise high-density cities: perspectives in Hong Kong	3
Cleanroom air quality: combined effects of ventilation rate and filtration schemes in a laboratory cleanroom	3
Bringing post-occupancy evaluation up front to enhance energy efficiency in residential buildings	3
Challenges to business ecosystem alignment when implementing solar photovoltaic systems in the Swedish built environment	3
Promoting resilience in Finland: built environment professionals’ perspectives	3
The POE paradigm in architecture: practices and perspectives of Canadian practitioners	3
Impact of architectural design characteristics of railway stations on travellers’ preferences: a digital design method	3
Children’s perspectives on classroom environments: a participatory post-occupancy evaluation of thermal comfort and air quality	3
A contingency approach to platform implementation: platform types, attributes, and value chain integration	3
Relationship between the design characteristics of activity-based flexible offices and users’ perceptions of privacy and social interactions	3