OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Building Simulation is 25. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Energy performance analysis of multi-chiller cooling systems for data centers concerning progressive loading throughout the lifecycle under typical climates	172
Potential of contemporary earth-sheltered buildings to achieve Plus Energy status in various European climates during the heating season	113
Experimental study on summer operation regulation of PV walls based on multi-channel ventilation and composite phase change energy storage	104
A reinforcement learning approach for thermostat setpoint preference learning	70
A performance prediction method for on-site chillers based on dynamic graph convolutional network enhanced by association rules	58
Occupant-oriented indoor environment: An approach to create high performance indoor environment for all scenarios	54
Neural ordinary differential equations-based approach for enhanced building energy modeling on small datasets	53
Dust control performance of innovative arc device for metro system construction based on orthogonal experiment	53
Smart luminescent solar concentrator as a BICPV window	52
A comprehensive framework for building flexibility assessment: RC-Mapping modeling, flexibility quantification, and uncertainty analysis	45
Developing modified k–ε turbulence models for neutral atmospheric boundary layer flow simulation using OpenFOAM	43
A review and prospect on research progress of adjustable transparent envelope	40
Intelligent windows for electricity generation: A technologies review	38
Bayesian optimization + XGBoost based life cycle carbon emission prediction for residential buildings—An example from Chengdu, China	38
Energy consumption dynamic prediction for HVAC systems based on feature clustering deconstruction and model training adaptation	37
A hierarchical multi-purpose roller shade controller to enhance indoor comfort and energy efficiency	34
Exposure-based smart ventilation and occupancy control for optimizing ventilation energy consumption and long-range airborne transmission of COVID-19 in school environments	32
Impact of thermal stratification on airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 in various indoor environments	30
Pedestrian wind flow prediction using spatial-frequency generative adversarial network	28
Predicting building ventilation performance in the era of an indoor air crisis	28
Fine-scale estimation of building operation carbon emissions: A case study of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration	27
Mechanistic modeling of copper corrosions in data center environments	27
Effectiveness of air cleaner on mitigating the transmission of respiratory disease in a dental clinic environment	26
Practical methods for constant temperature control in tunnel-shaped scientific facilities: Uniform vs. pressure-driven air supply with insights from SHINE	26
Development of a bioheat model for older people under hot and cold exposures	26

Tracking controller design for air handling units with uncertainties	25
Occupancy of rooms in urban residential buildings by users in cold areas of China	25
Modeling and configuration optimization of the rooftop photovoltaic with electric-hydrogen-thermal hybrid storage system for zero-energy buildings: Consider a cumulative seasonal effect	25