OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Building Simulation is 26. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-11-01 to 2023-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Association of the infection probability of COVID-19 with ventilation rates in confined spaces	202
Advanced data analytics for enhancing building performances: From data-driven to big data-driven approaches	103
Tracer gas is a suitable surrogate of exhaled droplet nuclei for studying airborne transmission in the built environment	83
Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China’s building sector—Modelling and data	61
Development of an ANN-based building energy model for information-poor buildings using transfer learning	51
DeST 3.0: A new-generation building performance simulation platform	46
Comprehensive energy, economic, environmental assessment of a building integrated photovoltaic-thermoelectric system with battery storage for net zero energy building	38
Archetype identification and urban building energy modeling for city-scale buildings based on GIS datasets	38
A numerical study of ventilation strategies for infection risk mitigation in general inpatient wards	37
Review on occupancy detection and prediction in building simulation	35
A review of operational energy consumption calculation method for urban buildings	34
Multi-objective optimization of building design for life cycle cost and CO2 emissions: A case study of a low-energy residential building in a severe cold climate	31
Study on the application of reinforcement learning in the operation optimization of HVAC system	31
Individual thermal comfort prediction using classification tree model based on physiological parameters and thermal history in winter	30
CFD analysis of cross-ventilation flow in a group of generic buildings: Comparison between steady RANS, LES and wind tunnel experiments	30
Parametric study on the sleep thermal environment	30
Evaluation of thermal imbalance of ground source heat pump systems in residential buildings in China	30
An action-based Markov chain modeling approach for predicting the window operating behavior in office spaces	30
Impacts of technology-guided occupant behavior on air-conditioning system control and building energy use	30
A data analytics-based tool for the detection and diagnosis of anomalous daily energy patterns in buildings	30
Multi-objective optimization of thermochromic glazing based on daylight and energy performance evaluation	29
A probabilistic model to evaluate the effectiveness of main solutions to COVID-19 spreading in university buildings according to proximity and time-based consolidated criteria	29
Evaluating the impact of thermostat control strategies on the energy flexibility of residential buildings for space heating	29
Sub-ambient radiative cooling and its application in buildings	29
Multiple influencing factors analysis of household energy consumption in high-rise residential buildings: Evidence from Hong Kong	28

A real-time forecast of tunnel fire based on numerical database and artificial intelligence	28
From occupants to occupants: A review of the occupant information understanding for building HVAC occupant-centric control	26
Using air curtains to reduce short-range infection risk in consulting ward: A numerical investigation	26
A data-driven model predictive control for lighting system based on historical occupancy in an office building: Methodology development	26