OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Building Research and Information is 8. 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
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
Impact of setbacks on thermal comfort and visual privacy in detached houses in Jordan	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
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
The effect of building typology and visual complexity on stress levels through amplitude spectrum analysis	23
Digital workflow for climate resilient building façade generation	22
Assessment of students’ productivity in context of indoor environmental quality and personal factors	21
Socio-technical drivers of energy use in low-income housing in Jordan: insights from a regression-based study	21
Design for Structural Adaptation: economic feasibility of an implementation for Swedish timber buildings	20
The relationship between temperature, relative humidity, and productivity in workplace settings	19
Platforming for industrialized building: a comparative case study of digitally-enabled product platforms	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

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
A self-determination theory approach to evaluating indoor environment satisfaction through building interfaces	16
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
Thermal sensitivity and adaptive comfort in mixed-mode office buildings in humid subtropical climate	15
Trust in circular design: active stakeholder participation in Chinese and Dutch housing retrofit projects	14
Digitalization and automation in the built environment	14
Two decades of the evolution of China’s green building policy: insights from text mining	14
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
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
Developing a taxonomy for sensory-informed architectural design qualities in autism	12
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
Affinity towards flexible housing – a study among homeowners in Germany	11
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
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
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
Smart faces: using communication strategies to optimize technical information flow in middle-out facilities management	9
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
Perceptions of volume home builders and the transition to net zero emissions housing in Australia	8