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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
From product to service – strategies for upscaling smart home performance monitoring	70
CO ₂ concentration in six schools located in Palma – a comparative evaluation	60
NDT spatial data integration for monumental buildings: technical information management for the Royal Alcazar of Seville	52
Defining demand - The suitability of sensor-based demand-controlled ventilation within deep energy retrofit dwellings	38
Outpatient oncology settings: the distinctive contribution of supportive design to patient experience and wellbeing	38
A comparative analysis of housing quality rating systems: insights for contextual adaptation and policy development	36
Concepts of performance in post-occupancy evaluation post-probe: a literature review	36
Impact of setbacks on thermal comfort and visual privacy in detached houses in Jordan	32
Damage assessment automation for single storey detached masonry houses: a probabilistic approach	27
Investigating adoption of high prefabrication level technologies for enterprises: an integrated model	26
Making sense of smart features in the smart office: a stated choice experiment of office user preferences	23
Climate declarations for buildings as a new policy instrument in Sweden: a multiple streams perspective	23
Organizing construction work: a digital and cooperative way forwards for micro-projects	22
AI-powered virtual assistants nudging occupants for energy saving: proactive smart speakers for HVAC control	22
Assessment of students’ productivity in context of indoor environmental quality and personal factors	21
Platforming for industrialized building: a comparative case study of digitally-enabled product platforms	19
Digital workflow for climate resilient building façade generation	18
Design for Structural Adaptation: economic feasibility of an implementation for Swedish timber buildings	18
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	16
Reviewing the progress of reconstruction five years after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal	16
Factors affecting the use of earth material in mainstream construction: a critical review	16
Effects of IEQ on inpatients’ psychological restoration in hospital wards: the role of environmental perceptions	15
Study of phase change material on alleviating building overheating risk in cold regions of China	15
Constructing a theory-informed workplace design framework: co-design case study for knowledge work environment satisfaction improvement	15

Thermal sensitivity and adaptive comfort in mixed-mode office buildings in humid subtropical climate	15
Reassessing thermal comfort in modern architecture: E.1027 as a case study	14
Nature connectedness and biophilic design	14
BEKG: A built environment knowledge graph	14
Digitalization and automation in the built environment	13
Reasonable kitchen space for urban residences: based on an investigation in Beijing	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
Changing identities of architects in China and the UK from the 1950s to the 1990s	13
Trust in circular design: active stakeholder participation in Chinese and Dutch housing retrofit projects	13
Affinity towards flexible housing – a study among homeowners in Germany	12
The kindergarten of Crosara by Sergio Los: reassessing a pioneering thermally efficient building	12
The drivers of social procurement policy adoption in the construction industry: an Australian perspective	12
Two decades of the evolution of China’s green building policy: insights from text mining	12
Adopting cross-laminated timber in architectural design to reduce embodied carbon emission in China based on the diffusion of innovation theory	12
Developing a taxonomy for sensory-informed architectural design qualities in autism	12
What makes a healthy home? A study in Auckland, New Zealand	11
Drivers of circular economy adoption in the construction industry: a systematic review and conceptual model	11
A dynamic model for estimating the long-term need for repairs and renovations in residential buildings	10
Cross-linking of biopolymers for stabilizing earthen construction materials	10
A summertime thermal analysis of New Zealand Homestar certified apartments for older people	10
The actual performance of retrofitted residential apartments: post-occupancy evaluation study in Italy	10
Exploring time and cost optimization in energy retrofit programmes of traditionally constructed, owner-occupied UK dwellings	10
Strategies and way forward of low carbon construction in Malaysia	10
Seasonal and spatial variability of volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde concentrations at the fire station	9
Pedestrian thermal perception: studies around two high-rise buildings in the Mediterranean climate	9
Smart faces: using communication strategies to optimize technical information flow in middle-out facilities management	9
The design coordination role at the pre-construction stage of construction projects	8
Coping strategies and resilience of New Zealand tradeswomen in construction: navigating challenges	8
Large-scale statistical analysis and modelling of real and regulatory total energy use in existing single-family houses in Flanders	8
Perceptions of volume home builders and the transition to net zero emissions housing in Australia	8
Natural ventilation in Brazilian homes: depicting perceptions, usage patterns and motivations in a questionnaire survey	8
Towards a circular transition of the built environment: systemic and transdisciplinary models, methods and perspectives	8