OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of HERD-Health Environments Research & Design Journal is 4. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Access to Nature Has Always Been Important; With COVID-19, It Is Essential	27
Intensive Care Unit Built Environments: A Comprehensive Literature Review (2005–2020)	26
A Narrative Review of Theories of Wayfinding Within the Interior Environment	24
Use the Environment to Prevent and Control COVID-19 in Senior-Living Facilities: An Analysis of the Guidelines Used in China	22
Design Thinking for Healthcare: Transliterating the Creative Problem-Solving Method Into Architectural Practice	21
Influence of Nature at the Time of the Pandemic: An Experience-Based Survey at the Time of SARS-CoV-2 to Demonstrate How Even a Short Break in Nature Can Reduce Stress for Healthcare Staff	21
Building for Change: Comparative Case Study of Hospital Architecture	19
SARS-CoV-2 Viability on 16 Common Indoor Surface Finish Materials	19
Code Lavender: Designing Healthcare Spaces to Enhance Caregiver Wellness	18
Telemedicine Implementation in COVID-19 ICU: Balancing Physical and Virtual Forms of Visibility	18
Investigating the Impact of Healthcare Environmental Design on Staff Security: A Systematic Review	17
Exploring the Relationship Between Perceived Visual Access to Nature and Nurse Burnout	17
Lighting Control in Patient Rooms: Understanding Nurses’ Perceptions of Hospital Lighting Using Qualitative Methods	15
A User-Centered Approach to Evaluating Wayfinding Systems in Healthcare	14
Data-Driven Design Strategies to Address Crowding and Boarding in an Emergency Department: A Discrete-Event Simulation Study	13
Using Immersive Virtual Environments (IVEs) to Conduct Environmental Design Research: A Primer and Decision Framework	13
Benefits of Indirect Contact With Nature on the Physiopsychological Well-Being of Elderly People	13
Designing for Patient Safety and Efficiency: Simulation-Based Hospital Design Testing	13
Dental Clinic Architecture Prevents COVID-19-Like Infectious Diseases	13
Built Environment Airborne Infection Control Strategies in Pandemic Alternative Care Sites	12
Users’ Perceptions of Signage Systems at Three Portuguese Hospitals	12
Patients’ and Nurses’ Experiences of All Single-Room Hospital Accommodation: A Scoping Review	11
Architecture and Mental Disorders: A Systematic Study of Peer-Reviewed Literature	11
Built Environment and Self-Rated Health: Comparing Young, Middle-Aged, and Older People in Chengdu, China	11
Impact of Visibility and Accessibility on Healthcare Workers’ Hand-Hygiene Behavior: A Comparative Case Study of Two Nursing Units in an Academic Medical Center	11

COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Rapid Review of Infection Correlates and Impacts on Mental Health and Behaviors	11
The Impact of Restrictive Family Presence Policies in Response to COVID-19 on Family Integrated Care in the NICU: A Qualitative Study	10
Visitor’s Experiences of an Evidence-Based Designed Healthcare Environment in an Intensive Care Unit	10
Design Models for Single Patient Rooms Tested for Patient Preferences	10
Exposure Risks and Preventive Strategies Considered in Dental Care Settings to Combat Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)	9
Do Stairs Inhibit Seniors Who Live on Upper Floors From Going Out?	9
Efficiency and Teamwork in Emergency Departments: Perception of Staff on Design Interventions	9
Japanese Translation and Validation of the Environmental Assessment Tool–Higher Care	9
The Development and Reliability of the Singaporean Environmental Assessment Tool (SEAT) for Facilities Providing High Levels of Care for People Living With Dementia	9
Indigenous Preferences for Inpatient Rooms in Australian Hospitals: A Mixed-Methods Study in Cross-Cultural Design	8
Hospital Outdoor Spaces as Respite Areas for Healthcare Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Home Modification Assessments for Accessibility and Aesthetics: A Rapid Review	8
The Physical Hospital Environment and Its Effects on Palliative Patients and Their Families: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis	8
Lighting the Patient Room of the Future: Evaluating Different Lighting Conditions for Performing Typical Nursing Tasks	8
Evidence-Based Design in the Hospital Environment: A Staff’s Burnout Study in the COVID-19 Era	8
Best Practices for Modeling Egocentric Social Network Data and Health Outcomes	8
Visual Arts in Children’s Hospitals: Scoping Review	8
In the Moment: Fostering Mindfulness and Reducing Stressors in the Healthcare Workplace	8
Women’s Experiences of Physical Features in a Specially Designed Birthing Room: A Mixed-Methods Study in Sweden	8
The Correlation Between Visibility and Medical Staff Collaborative Communication in Emergency Departments	7
Influence of Hospital Outdoor Space on Physiological Electroencephalography (EEG) Feedback of Staff	7
Understanding Older Adults’ Perception and Usage of Indoor Lighting in Independent Senior Living	7
Can Physical Design Help Reduce Loneliness in the Elderly? A Theoretical Exploration	7
Health Literacy in Hospital Outpatient Waiting Areas: An Observational Study of What Is Available to and Accessed by Consumers	7
Florence Nightingale: The Making of a Hospital Reformer	7
Collaborative Care in Primary Care: The Influence of Practice Interior Architecture on Informal Face-to-Face Communication—An Observational Study	7
Study of the Physical Environment of Waiting Areas and Its Effects on Patient Satisfaction, Experience, Perceived Waiting Time, and Behavior in China	7
German Translation, Linguistic Validation, and Cultural Adaptation of the Environmental Audit Tool—High Care	6
Healing Architecture in Healthcare: A Scoping Review	6
Small Garden, Big Impact: Emotional and Behavioral Responses of Visitors to a Rooftop Atrium in a Major Hospital	6
Mental Health Outcome Measures in Environmental Design Research: A Critical Review	6
Designing Palliative Care Facilities to Better Support Patient and Family Care: A Staff Perspective	6
Safe and Supportive Neurorehabilitation Environments: Results of a Structured Observation of Physical Features Across Two Rehabilitation Facilities	6
Indoor Finish Material Influence on Contamination, Transmission, and Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)	6
Sensory Environments for Behavioral Health in Dementia: Diffusion of an Environmental Innovation at the Veterans Health Administration	6
Evaluating Care Partner Preferences for Seating in an Outpatient Surgery Waiting Area Using Virtual Reality	6
A Call for Intersectional Healthcare Design Research	6
Toward a Unified Language (and Application) of Salutogenic Design: An Opinion Paper	6
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Changed Healthcare Design	6
Noise in Maternity Wards: A Research on Its Contributors and Sources	6
Exploring Methodological Approaches of Experimental Studies in the Field of Neuroarchitecture: A Systematic Review	5
Color Coding the “Labyrinth”: How Staff Perceived a Two-Part Intervention to Improve Wayfinding in an Adult Emergency Department	5
The Appropriateness of Adapting the Australian Environmental Assessment Tool–High Care (EAT-HC) for Persons With Dementia in Singapore	5
The Influence of Physical Environmental Factors on Older Adults in Residential Care Facilities in Northeast China	5
Music in Waiting Rooms: A Literature Review	5
Wandering Eyes: Using Gaze-Tracking Method to Capture Eye Fixations in Unfamiliar Healthcare Environments	5
Walking in Your Culture: A Study of Culturally Sensitive Outdoor Walking Space for Chinese Elderly Immigrants	5
Can Healing Architecture Increase Safety in the Design of Psychiatric Wards?	5
Dementia-Friendly Design: A Set of Design Criteria and Design Typologies Supporting Wayfinding	5
Hospital Outdoor Spaces: User Experience and Implications for Design	5

A Conceptual Visibility Framework for Linking Spatial Metrics With Experience and Organizational Outcomes	5
Assessing the Supportiveness of Healthcare Environments’ Light and Color: Development and Validation of the Light and Color Questionnaire (LCQ)	5
From Research to Practice: Is Rethinking Architectural Education the Remedy?	5
Evidence-Based Design for Workplace Violence Prevention in Emergency Departments Utilizing CPTED and Space Syntax Analyses	5
Development of Evidence-Based Rehabilitation Practice in Botanical Garden for People With Mental Health Disorders	5
COVID-19 and the Need for More Accessible and Designed Hospital Outdoor Spaces in Developing Countries	5
Architecture—A Critical Ingredient of Pandemic Medicine: An Open Letter to Policy Makers	5
Hospital Greenspaces and the Impacts on Wayfinding and Spatial Experience: An Explorative Experiment Through Immersive Virtual Environment (IVE) Techniques	5
Emergency Physicians’ Workstation Design: An Observational Study of Interruptions and Perception of Collaboration During Shift-End Handoffs	4
Variables and Outcomes in Patient Room Design: A Study of Design Hypotheses	4
Unlimited Surrounding: A Scoping Review on the Impact of the Built Environment on Health, Behavior, and Quality of Life of Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities in Long-Term Care	4
Structural Risk Factors for Hospital-Acquired Infections in Intensive Care Unit	4
The Built Environment Influence on Resilient Healthcare: A Systematic Literature Review of Design Knowledge	4
Investigating the Feasibility of Multisensory Environments to Improve the Assisted Bathing Experience for Veterans With Dementia: A Clinical Trial	4
Evaluating Patient Satisfaction in Township Hospitals in the Cold Regions of China	4
From Fable to Reality at Parkland Hospital: The Impact of Evidence-Based Design Strategies on Patient Safety, Healing, and Satisfaction in an Adult Inpatient Environment	4
A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework of Biophilic Design Parameters in Clinical Environments	4
Evaluations for New Healthcare Environment Commissioning and Operational Decision Making Using Simulation and Human Factors: A Case Study of an Interventional Trauma Operating Room	4
Hospital Architecture in Spain and Italy: Gaps Between Education and Practice	4
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Patient Room Design: Identifying Safety Risks in Mirrored Rooms Through a Graphical Systems Analysis	4
Nurses’ Participation in the Design of an Intensive Care Unit: The Use of Virtual Mock-Ups	4
Reactivating Hospital, Active Patients Through Special Design	4
Patient-Flow Analysis for Planning a Focused Hospital Layout: Tampere Heart Hospital Case	4
A Study of Workspace Design Characteristics Exemplified by Nurses’ Satisfaction Within Three Intensive Care Units in a University Hospital	4
The Mechanism of Relaxation by Viewing a Japanese Garden: A Pilot Study	4
Lighting the Patient Room of the Future: Evaluating Different Lighting Conditions From the Patient Perspective	4
The Role of Healthcare Facility Design on the Mental Health of Healthcare Professionals: A Literature Review	4
Do Home and Community Environments Explain Self-Rated Health Among Older Canadians? Evidence From the 2018 Canadian Housing Survey	4
Effects of Biophilic Nature Imagery on Indexes of Satisfaction in Medically Complex Physical Rehabilitation Patients: An Exploratory Study	4
Ambient Scent as a Positive Distraction in Long-Term Care Units: Theory of Supportive Design	4
Veteran-Centered Investigation of Architectural and Space Design Considerations for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)	4
Development of a Novel Computational Model for Evaluating Fall Risk in Patient Room Design	4