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

Article	Citations
Design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) enablers for offsite interior design and construction	47
Scan-to-BIM method in construction: assessment of the 3D buildings model accuracy in terms inventory measurements	41
Physiological sensing-driven personal thermal comfort modelling in consideration of human activity variations	36
Development of historic building information modelling: a systematic literature review	36
Circular economy in the Australian AEC industry: investigation of barriers and enablers	33
Exploring the adoption of BIM amidst the COVID-19 crisis in China	32
Facilitating a transition to a circular economy in construction projects: intermediate theoretical models based on the theory of planned behaviour	21
The state of earthen housing worldwide: how development affects attitudes and adoption	20
Housing space and occupancy standards: developing evidence for policy from a health and wellbeing perspective in the UK context	19
Design for healthy ageing – the relationship between design, well-being, and quality of life: a review	19
Investigating the indoor environmental quality of different workplaces through web-scraping and text-mining of Glassdoor reviews	19
The impact of policy instruments on the first generation of Tall Wood Buildings	17
AI-powered virtual assistants nudging occupants for energy saving: proactive smart speakers for HVAC control	17
An indoor environmental quality assessment of office spaces at an urban Australian university	17
Building information modelling application of material, water, and climate footprint analysis	17
Nature connectedness and biophilic design	16
Energy poverty, housing and health: the lived experience of older low-income Australians	16
A critical review of African green building research	16
Implementing modular integrated construction in high-rise high-density cities: perspectives in Hong Kong	16
The impact on human behaviour in shared building spaces as a result of COVID-19 restrictions	16
Institutional investor motivation, processes, and expectations for sustainable building investment	15
Economic feasibility of green office building: combining life cycle cost analysis and cost–benefit evaluation	15
Cross-linking of biopolymers for stabilizing earthen construction materials	15
Upscaling bio-based construction: challenges and opportunities	14
The job-seeking experiences of migrants and refugees in the Australian construction industry	13

Operational text-mining methods for enhancing building maintenance management	13
Developing a readiness model and a self-assessment tool for adopting digital technologies in construction organizations	12
Identification of the behavioural factors in the decision-making processes of the energy efficiency renovations: Dutch homeowners	12
Systematic review on the integration of building information modelling and prefabrication construction for low-carbon building delivery	12
Strategies and way forward of low carbon construction in Malaysia	11
Why do people use portable air purifiers? Evidence from occupant surveys and air quality monitoring in homes in three European cities	11
The influence of classroom width on attention and memory: virtual-reality-based task performance and neurophysiological effects	10
Exploring the challenges of implementing design for excellence in industrialized construction projects in China	10
Impact of COVID-19 protocols on IEQ and students’ perception within educational buildings in Southern Spain	10
Assessing the anthropogenic carbon emission of wooden construction: an LCA study	10
Microclimate monitoring and conservation issues of a Baroque church in Italy: a risk assessment analysis	9
Thermal performance of alternative binders lime hemp concrete (LHC) building: comparison with conventional building materials	9
Exploring membrane-assisted radiant cooling for designing comfortable naturally ventilated spaces in the tropics	9
Critical policy drivers for Modular integrated Construction projects in Hong Kong	9
Urban regenerative thinking and practice: a systematic literature review	8
Large-scale statistical analysis and modelling of real and regulatory total energy use in existing single-family houses in Flanders	8
A summertime thermal analysis of New Zealand Homestar certified apartments for older people	8
Distributed network-based structural health monitoring expert system	8
Understanding the perceived productivity of office occupants in relation to workspace thermal environment	8
The design coordination role at the pre-construction stage of construction projects	8
How prebound effects compromise the market premium for energy efficiency in German house sales	8
Post occupancy and participatory design evaluation of a marginalized low-income settlement in Ahmedabad, India	8
Maturity model of building maintenance management for New Zealand’s state schools	8
Dwelling size and usability in London: a study of floor plan data using machine learning	8
Impact of distance on stroke inpatients’ mobility in rehabilitation clinics: a shadowing study	8
Diffusion prediction of prefabricated construction technology under multi-factor coupling	8
Pedestrian thermal perception: studies around two high-rise buildings in the Mediterranean climate	7
Green building and policy innovation in the US Low-Income Housing Tax Credit programme	7
Thermal pleasure inside solar screened spaces: an experimental study to explore alliesthesia in architecture	7
Functioning and environment: Exploring outdoor activity-friendly environments for older adults with disabilities in a Chinese long-term care facility	7
Factors affecting the use of earth material in mainstream construction: a critical review	7
Factors influencing BIM use in green building construction project management in the UK and China	7
A systematic review of the mental health of women in construction: future research directions	7
Drivers, barriers and enablers: construction sector views on vertical extensions	7
Reviewing the progress of reconstruction five years after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal	7
Two decades of the evolution of China’s green building policy: insights from text mining	7
Understanding the influencing factors of heritage building maintenance management: findings from developed and developing regions	7
An evaluation of determinants influencing the adoption of circular economy principles in Nigerian construction SMEs	7
Drivers of circular economy adoption in the construction industry: a systematic review and conceptual model	6
Nomenclature for offsite construction	6
A healthy office and healthy employees: a longitudinal case study with a salutogenic perspective in the context of the physical office environment	6
Fuzzy systems in the digital management of heritage timber buildings in South Chile	6
Digital workflow for climate resilient building façade generation	6
Reassessing thermal comfort in modern architecture: E.1027 as a case study	6
Energy and environmental improvement of built heritage: HBIM simulation-based approach applied to nine Mediterranean case-studies	6
Comfort and technical installations in Danish low-energy homes: reconnecting design intention and domestic perceptions	5
Overheating assessment for apartments during average and hot summers in the Nordic climate	5
User response to indoor thermal environment in female high school buildings in Oman	5
Examining regime complexity in China's green housing transition: a housing developers’ perspective	5
Formation mechanism for collaborative behaviour among stakeholders in megaprojects based on the theory of planned behaviour	5

Critical indoor environmental factors affecting productivity: perspectives from university staff and postgraduate students	5
Comparative study on the feasibility of watertight face-sealed building joints under simulated wind-driven rain conditions	5
Concepts of performance in post-occupancy evaluation post-probe: a literature review	5
Transitioning from green to circular procurement in developing countries: a conceptual framework for Ghana’s construction sector	5
Patient well-being, adaptation of and to indoor conditions, and hospital room design: two mixed methods case studies	5
The actual performance of retrofitted residential apartments: post-occupancy evaluation study in Italy	5
A construction cost estimation framework using DNN and validation unit	5
Bringing social sustainability into the mix: framing planning dilemmas in mixed-tenure regeneration	4
Investigating adoption of high prefabrication level technologies for enterprises: an integrated model	4
Environmental life cycle assessment based on the retrofitting of a twentieth-century heritage building in Spain, with electricity decarbonization scenarios	4
Comprehensive renovation of a multi-apartment building in Sweden: techno-economic analysis with respect to different economic scenarios	4
Heritage-BIM for energy simulation: a data exchange method for improved interoperability	4
Staff and resident perceptions of mental and behavioural health environments	4
What makes a healthy home? A study in Auckland, New Zealand	4
A qualitative and life cycle-based study of the energy performance gap in building construction: Perspectives of Finnish project professionals and property maintenance experts	4
Review of climate change impacts on reservoir hydrology and long-term basin-wide water resources management	4
The interdisciplinary conceptualization of future proofing in the context of hospital buildings	4
Understanding processes on digital building permits – a case study in South Tyrol	4
The drivers of social procurement policy adoption in the construction industry: an Australian perspective	4
A data-driven predictive maintenance model for hospital HVAC system with machine learning	4
NDT spatial data integration for monumental buildings: technical information management for the Royal Alcazar of Seville	4
Are workspaces gender neutral? A literature review and a research agenda	4
Synchronization of water-energy consumption in residential and non-residential buildings during COVID-19	4
Store layout design and consumer response: a behavioural and EEG study	3
Making sense of LCA results when evaluating multiple building designs – comparison of interpretation concepts	3
Building health and wellbeing	3
The effect of building attributes on the energy performance at a scale: an inferential analysis	3
Climate declarations for buildings as a new policy instrument in Sweden: a multiple streams perspective	3
Discrepancies between predicted and actual indoor environmental (dis)comfort: the role of hospitalized patients’ adaptation strategies	3
Experimental analysis of a prototype for a thermochromic Trombe wall	3
Integrating energy efficiency into private home repair, maintenance and improvement practice in England and Wales	3
Sustainable supplier selection for prefabricated megaprojects during COVID-19: a novel large group decision-making model	3
Physical environmental factors that affect users’ willingness to visit neighbourhood centres in China	3
Comparative analysis of mobile laser scanning and terrestrial laser scanning for the indoor mapping	3
An evaluation of the retrofit net zero building performances: life cycle energy, emissions and cost	3
Assessing the sustainability of architectural reclamation processes: an evaluation procedure for the early design phase	3
The influence of group decision-making on residents’ preferences for sustainable energy measures of dwellings	3
Managing crises ‘together’: how can the built environment contribute to social resilience?	3
Assessment of the impacts of balconies on indoor environmental quality in mild climate conditions, Portugal	3
Trust in circular design: active stakeholder participation in Chinese and Dutch housing retrofit projects	3