OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of HERD-Health Environments Research & Design Journal 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Coping and Caregiving: Leveraging Environmental Design to Moderate Stress Among Healthcare Workers in the Emergency Department Setting	38
Pioneering the Use of Tracker Data to Evaluate Lean-Led Hospital Design	27
Lean Design of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patient Room for Efficient and Safe Care Delivery	22
Balancing Universal Constants With Regional and Cultural Expectations	19
Outcome Measures: A Fresh Value Proposition for Design	18
Understanding Post-occupancy Evaluation Processes for Public Healthcare Facilities in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand	18
Could Spatial Awareness Affect Situation Awareness: A Conceptual Examination	17
Intensive Care Unit Built Environments: A Comprehensive Literature Review (2005–2020)	17
A Systematic Literature Review on Healthcare Facility Evaluation Methods	16
The Impact of Design Factors on User Behavior in a Virtual Hospital Room to Explore Fall Prevention Strategies	16
Exploring Environmental Considerations for Terminally Ill Pediatric Patients in Palliative Care Inpatient Units: A Narrative Review	16
Rural and Urban Home Modification Program Users: A Comparative Study	14
The Built Environment Influence on Resilient Healthcare: A Systematic Literature Review of Design Knowledge	12
Executive Summary of Key Concepts	12
Evidence-Based Design in the Hospital Environment: A Staff’s Burnout Study in the COVID-19 Era	12
Assessing Preparedness of Labor and Delivery Personnel in Transferring to a New Unit	12
Placing Users at the Center: Evaluating Exam Room Design for Improved User Experience	11
Sources of Innovation in Healthcare Design: How Can it Happen?	11
Staff, Patient, and Designer Perspectives on Outpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Environments: A Pilot Study	10
Identifying Built Environment Risk Factors to Provider Workflow and Patient Safety Using Simulation-Based Evaluation of a Pediatric ICU Room	10
Investigating Accessibility of Hospitals in Cold Regions: A Case Study of Harbin in China	10
Changes of Walking Activity During the First Cycle Phases of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Seoul, Korea	10
Influence of Hospital Outdoor Space on Physiological Electroencephalography (EEG) Feedback of Staff	9
Modeling the Dynamic Outcomes of Infection Prevention Behaviors in an ICU Environment	9
Executive Summary of Key Concepts	9

Toward Building Surge Capacity: Potentially Effective Spatial Configurations in Emergency Departments	9
Wayfinding in Complex Medical Facilities: The Indexicality of Directional Arrows	9
Are We Speaking the Same Language? Terminology Consistency in EBD	9
Designing Worthy Waiting Spaces: A Cross-Cultural Study of Waiting Room Features and Their Impact on Women’s Affective States	8
Exploring Older Adults’ Nighttime Trips to the Bathroom Under Different Lighting Conditions: An Exploratory Field Study	8
Costs and Effects of Ineffective Wayfinding in US Hospitals: A Survey of Hospital Staff	8
A Study of Children's Color Preferences for Consultation Room Furniture	8
Is There an Environment in Virtual Care?	8
The Effects of the Ward Environment and Language in Palliative Care: A Qualitative Exploratory Study of Victorian Nurses’ Perspectives	7
Dementia-Friendly Design: A Set of Design Criteria and Design Typologies Supporting Wayfinding	7
Teaching and Fostering Design Empathy	7
Assessing Preferences and Perceived Restorative Qualities of Break Spaces for Nurses in China	7
Adults’ Visual Cue Preferences and Wayfinding Abilities in Healthcare Centers	6
The Impact of Restrictive Family Presence Policies in Response to COVID-19 on Family Integrated Care in the NICU: A Qualitative Study	6
Supportive or Hindering Physical Environments in Hospital Units Dealing With COVID-19 Patients	6
Book Review: Intervention research and evidence-based quality improvement	6
Impact of the Soundscape on the Physical Health and the Perception of Senior Adults in Senior Care Facilities	6
Patients’ and Nurses’ Experiences of All Single-Room Hospital Accommodation: A Scoping Review	6
Differential Obsolescence and Strategic Flexibility	6
Adapting the Australian Environmental Assessment Tool—High Care (EAT-HC): Experiences and Practical Implications From Germany, Japan, and Singapore	6
Influences of Physical Layout and Space on Patient Safety and Communication in Ambulatory Oncology Practices: A Multisite, Mixed Method Investigation	6
An Important Resolution for Design and Health	6
Innovate and Validate: Design-Led Simulation Optimization to Test Centralized Registration Feasibility in a Multispecialty Clinic	6
Executive Summary of Key Concepts	6
Daylighting and Patients’ Access to View Assessment in the Palestinian Hospitals’ ICUs	5
COVID-19 in Long-Term Care: The Built Environment Impact on Infection Control	5
Salutogenic Architecture, Non-Therapeutic Environments and the Health of the Elderly: A Systematic Review	5
A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework of Biophilic Design Parameters in Clinical Environments	5
Comparing User Perceptions of Surgical Environments: Simulations in a High-Fidelity Physical Mock-Up Versus a Postoccupancy Evaluation	5
Elevating Nursing Research for Healthcare Environments	5
Designing for Health in Healthcare Deserts: A Medical City Master Planning Project in Nigeria	5
Housing With Care for Older People: A Scoping Review Using the CASP Assessment Tool to Inform Optimal Design	5
The Impact of a Dementia-Friendly Garden Design on People With Dementia in a Residential Aged Care Facility: A Case Study	5
A Choice-Based Design Approach to Influence Beneficial Use of a Green Space by Family Caregivers at a Tertiary Care Hospital in India	5
The Perceived Support From Light and Color Before and After an Evidence-Based Design Intervention in an Emergency Department Environment: A Quasi-Experimental Study	5
Streets and Stress: A Pilot Study on How Quality and Design of Streets Impacts on Urban Stress	5
Book Review: Ship Sanitation, Health and Hygiene: An Approach to Better Welfare for Modern Seafares	5
Evaluating an Inpatient Created Art Installation on Perceptions of the Physical Environment, Health Status, and Rehabilitation Motivation	5
Evaluation of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Ability of Medical Buildings in Harbin, China	5
Developing Assistive Bedside Furniture for Early Postoperative Mobilization in a Healthcare Setting With an Attentive Empathetic Design Approach	5
Biophilic Design: Healthy Buildings, Healthy Brain	5
Exploring Campus Configuration and Patient Arrival Behaviors at Large Hospitals: An Integrated Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) Protocol	5
A Systematic Approach to Evidence-Based Design for Measurable Health and Wellness Outcomes: Curating and Translating Evidence to Practice	5
Executive Summary of Key Concepts	5
An Exploratory Study Testing Environmental Wayfinding Aids as an Intervention for Children With Autism	4
Identifying Optimal Locations for Potential Temporary Community Clinics During Public Health Emergencies	4
Analyzing the Layout of Long-Term Care Facilities: A Psycho-Spatial Approach	4
Design for an Evolving Patient Experience	4
From Stressful to Mindful: Reactions to a Proposed Emergency Department Design for Enhancing Mindfulness and Stress Reduction Among Healthcare Clinical Staff	4
Rethinking the Healthcare Facilities: The Role of the Buffer Space	4

Evaluation of Nosocomial Infection Control Measures to Minimize the Risk of Aspergillus Dispersion During Major Demolition Work: A Case Study of a Japanese University Hospital	4
Renovating Healthcare Facility Maintenance Planning: A Case Study From Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC)	4
Measuring Potential Visual Exposure of Physicians During Shift-End Handoffs and Its Impact on Interruptions, Privacy, and Collaboration	4
Book Review: Environment- behavior studies for healthcare design by Suining Ding DingSuining. (2023). Environment- behavior studies for healthcare design<	4
Anesthesia Workspaces for Safe Medication Practices: Design Guidelines	4
Adapting to Change: A Systematic Literature Review of Environmental Flexibility in Emergency Departments	4
Perspectives on Assessing the Flexibility of Hospitals for Crisis Mode Operations: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Netherlands	4
Color and NICU Design	4
Falls Incidence Compared Between a Multibedded Ward Hospital and a 100% Single-Occupancy Room Hospital: An Uncontrolled Before-After Study	4
Virtual Nursing: A New Care Delivery Model	3
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Changed Healthcare Design	3
Evidence, Bioethics, and Design for Health	3
Seating in Doctors’ Waiting Rooms: Has COVID-19 Changed Our Choices?	3
Differences in Nurses’ Satisfaction and Demand for Spatial Design Among Different Departments of Nursing Units: A Case Study in China	3
Maternity Healthscapes: Conceptualization and Index Development	3
Incorporating Patient and Family Perspectives into ICU Environmental Design: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Existing Literature	3
Utilizing Agent-Based Modeling for Optimization of Wayfinding in Hospital: A Case Study	3
Evaluation of the Results of a Periodic Environmental Biosecurity Assessment Program on Air Quality in Controlled Environment Rooms of Hospitals	3
Patient-Flow Analysis for Planning a Focused Hospital Layout: Tampere Heart Hospital Case	3
Improving the Mental Health of Surgical Teams Through Operating Room Design	3
My (Brief) Foray Into AI (Artificial Intelligence)	3
Preliminary Development of Items for a Nurses’ Physical Environmental Stress Scale	3
The Reorganization of a Psychiatric Unit During COVID-19: A Reflection for Psychiatric Hospital Design	3
Biophilic Design and Its Effectiveness in Creating Emotional Well-Being, Green Satisfaction, and Workplace Attachment Among Healthcare Professionals: The Hospice Context	3
Space Use and the Physical Attributes of Acute Care Units: A Quantitative Study	3
A Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Evidence-Based Design for Aligning Therapeutic and Sustainability Outcomes in Healthcare Facilities: A Systematic Literature Review	3
Hand Hygiene Messaging Design in the Workplace: Views From the Workforce—Introduction	3
Aging-in-Place: Residents’ Attitudes and Floor Plan Potential in Apartment Buildings From 1990 to 2015	3
Healthcare Goes Digital: Designing for the Convergence of the Digital and Physical Environment—Implications for Design Professionals	3
Investigating the Interplay of Thermal, Lighting, and Acoustics in Intensive Care for Enhanced Patient Well-being and Clinical Outcomes	3
Designing Palliative Care Facilities to Better Support Patient and Family Care: A Staff Perspective	3
A Computational Approach to Estimating Healthcare Contact Surface Material Resilience	3
Using Space Syntax Analysis to Measure Patient Aggression Risk	3
A Scoping Review of Pediatric Healthcare Built Environment Experiences and Preferences Among Children With Disabilities and Their Families	3
Comfort Equals Nurturing: Young People Talk About Mental Health Ward Design	3
Development of a Data-Centric Design Thinking Process for Innovative Care Delivery	3