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

Article	Citations
Intensive Care Unit Built Environments: A Comprehensive Literature Review (2005–2020)	31
Design Thinking for Healthcare: Transliterating the Creative Problem-Solving Method Into Architectural Practice	27
Telemedicine Implementation in COVID-19 ICU: Balancing Physical and Virtual Forms of Visibility	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
SARS-CoV-2 Viability on 16 Common Indoor Surface Finish Materials	21
Code Lavender: Designing Healthcare Spaces to Enhance Caregiver Wellness	19
Exploring the Relationship Between Perceived Visual Access to Nature and Nurse Burnout	19
Benefits of Indirect Contact With Nature on the Physiopsychological Well-Being of Elderly People	17
Patients’ and Nurses’ Experiences of All Single-Room Hospital Accommodation: A Scoping Review	15
The Impact of Restrictive Family Presence Policies in Response to COVID-19 on Family Integrated Care in the NICU: A Qualitative Study	14
Data-Driven Design Strategies to Address Crowding and Boarding in an Emergency Department: A Discrete-Event Simulation Study	14
Hospital Greenspaces and the Impacts on Wayfinding and Spatial Experience: An Explorative Experiment Through Immersive Virtual Environment (IVE) Techniques	13
Built Environment Airborne Infection Control Strategies in Pandemic Alternative Care Sites	13
Architecture and Mental Disorders: A Systematic Study of Peer-Reviewed Literature	13
Best Practices for Modeling Egocentric Social Network Data and Health Outcomes	13
COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Rapid Review of Infection Correlates and Impacts on Mental Health and Behaviors	12
Hospital Outdoor Spaces as Respite Areas for Healthcare Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
Women’s Experiences of Physical Features in a Specially Designed Birthing Room: A Mixed-Methods Study in Sweden	12
Built Environment and Self-Rated Health: Comparing Young, Middle-Aged, and Older People in Chengdu, China	12
Efficiency and Teamwork in Emergency Departments: Perception of Staff on Design Interventions	12
The Physical Hospital Environment and Its Effects on Palliative Patients and Their Families: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis	11
In the Moment: Fostering Mindfulness and Reducing Stressors in the Healthcare Workplace	11
Healing Architecture in Healthcare: A Scoping Review	10
A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework of Biophilic Design Parameters in Clinical Environments	10
Japanese Translation and Validation of the Environmental Assessment Tool–Higher Care	10

The Impact of the Healthcare Environment on Patient Experience in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review to Understand the Implications for Patient-Centered Design	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
German Translation, Linguistic Validation, and Cultural Adaptation of the Environmental Audit Tool—High Care	9
Understanding Older Adults’ Perception and Usage of Indoor Lighting in Independent Senior Living	9
Dementia-Friendly Design: A Set of Design Criteria and Design Typologies Supporting Wayfinding	9
Music in Waiting Rooms: A Literature Review	9
Can Physical Design Help Reduce Loneliness in the Elderly? A Theoretical Exploration	8
Influence of Hospital Outdoor Space on Physiological Electroencephalography (EEG) Feedback of Staff	8
Mental Health Outcome Measures in Environmental Design Research: A Critical Review	8
Lighting the Patient Room of the Future: Evaluating Different Lighting Conditions for Performing Typical Nursing Tasks	8
Study of the Physical Environment of Waiting Areas and Its Effects on Patient Satisfaction, Experience, Perceived Waiting Time, and Behavior in China	8
Visual Arts in Children’s Hospitals: Scoping Review	8
Designing Palliative Care Facilities to Better Support Patient and Family Care: A Staff Perspective	8
Evidence-Based Design in the Hospital Environment: A Staff’s Burnout Study in the COVID-19 Era	8
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	7
Wandering Eyes: Using Gaze-Tracking Method to Capture Eye Fixations in Unfamiliar Healthcare Environments	7
The Role of Healthcare Facility Design on the Mental Health of Healthcare Professionals: A Literature Review	7
Exploring Methodological Approaches of Experimental Studies in the Field of Neuroarchitecture: A Systematic Review	7
Development of Evidence-Based Rehabilitation Practice in Botanical Garden for People With Mental Health Disorders	7
Uncovering Social Issues Through Photovoice: A Comprehensive Methodology	7
Architecture for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Therapists	6
Seeing Is Believing: Using Eye-Tracking Devices in Environmental Research	6
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Changed Healthcare Design	6
Color Coding the “Labyrinth”: How Staff Perceived a Two-Part Intervention to Improve Wayfinding in an Adult Emergency Department	6
The Impact of a Dementia-Friendly Garden Design on People With Dementia in a Residential Aged Care Facility: A Case Study	6
Small Garden, Big Impact: Emotional and Behavioral Responses of Visitors to a Rooftop Atrium in a Major Hospital	6
Walking in Your Culture: A Study of Culturally Sensitive Outdoor Walking Space for Chinese Elderly Immigrants	6
Hospital Outdoor Spaces: User Experience and Implications for Design	6
Do Home and Community Environments Explain Self-Rated Health Among Older Canadians? Evidence From the 2018 Canadian Housing Survey	6
Assessing the Supportiveness of Healthcare Environments’ Light and Color: Development and Validation of the Light and Color Questionnaire (LCQ)	6
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	5
Adults’ Visual Cue Preferences and Wayfinding Abilities in Healthcare Centers	5
COVID-19 and the Need for More Accessible and Designed Hospital Outdoor Spaces in Developing Countries	5
Stroke Patients’ Free-Time Activities and Spatial Preferences During Inpatient Recovery in Rehabilitation Centers	5
Comparing User Perceptions of Surgical Environments: Simulations in a High-Fidelity Physical Mock-Up Versus a Postoccupancy Evaluation	5
Can Healing Architecture Increase Safety in the Design of Psychiatric Wards?	5
Evaluations for New Healthcare Environment Commissioning and Operational Decision Making Using Simulation and Human Factors: A Case Study of an Interventional Trauma Operating Room	5
Hospital Architecture in Spain and Italy: Gaps Between Education and Practice	5
Effects of Biophilic Nature Imagery on Indexes of Satisfaction in Medically Complex Physical Rehabilitation Patients: An Exploratory Study	5
The Built Environment Influence on Resilient Healthcare: A Systematic Literature Review of Design Knowledge	5
Effects of Landscape Types and Complexity Along Path on Mental Restoration	5
A Study of Workspace Design Characteristics Exemplified by Nurses’ Satisfaction Within Three Intensive Care Units in a University Hospital	5
Assessing Preferences and Perceived Restorative Qualities of Break Spaces for Nurses in China	5
Wayfinding Information Syntheses: A Study of Wayfinding Efficiency and Behavior in Complex Outdoor Institutional Environment	5
Perceived Usability of Seating in an Outpatient Waiting Area: A Combined Approach Utilizing Virtual Reality and Actual Seating Prototypes	5
Mapping Healthcare Spaces: A Systematic Scoping Review of Spatial and Behavioral Observation Methods	5
Coping and Caregiving: Leveraging Environmental Design to Moderate Stress Among Healthcare Workers in the Emergency Department Setting	5
Improving Ambulatory Surgery Environments: The Effects on Patient Preoperative Anxiety, Perception, and Noise	4
Structural Risk Factors for Hospital-Acquired Infections in Intensive Care Unit	4
Reactivating Hospital, Active Patients Through Special Design	4

Exploring Older Adults’ Nighttime Trips to the Bathroom Under Different Lighting Conditions: An Exploratory Field Study	4
Emergency Physicians’ Workstation Design: An Observational Study of Interruptions and Perception of Collaboration During Shift-End Handoffs	4
A Systematic Literature Review on Healthcare Facility Evaluation Methods	4
Evidence-Based Design for Workplace Violence Prevention in Emergency Departments Utilizing CPTED and Space Syntax Analyses	4
Seating in Doctors’ Waiting Rooms: Has COVID-19 Changed Our Choices?	4
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Patient Room Design: Identifying Safety Risks in Mirrored Rooms Through a Graphical Systems Analysis	4
Views of Greenery and Psychological Well-Being in Residential Aged Care Facilities: Longitudinal Associations	4
Seasonal Variations in the Effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Nature	4
The Influence of Physical Environmental Factors on Older Adults in Residential Care Facilities in Northeast China	4
Impact of Birthing Room Design on Maternal Childbirth Experience: Results From the Room4Birth Randomized Trial	4
The Continuous Learning Cycle: A Multi-phase Post-occupancy Evaluation (POE) of Decentralized Nursing Unit Design	4
Investigating the Influences of Healthcare Facility Features on Wayfinding Performance and Associated Stress Using Virtual Reality	4
Measuring Potential Visual Exposure of Physicians During Shift-End Handoffs and Its Impact on Interruptions, Privacy, and Collaboration	4
Investigating the Feasibility of Multisensory Environments to Improve the Assisted Bathing Experience for Veterans With Dementia: A Clinical Trial	4
The Psychological Supportive Design Features in Hospitals: Case of a Public Jordanian Hospital in Amman	4
The Healthcare Workspace: Understanding the Role of Decentralized Nursing Stations, Corridors, and Huddle Spaces as Locations for Teamwork in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit	4
Patient-Flow Analysis for Planning a Focused Hospital Layout: Tampere Heart Hospital Case	4