OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Heritage Science is 21. 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
3D technologies for intangible cultural heritage preservation—literature review for selected databases	89
Joint development of cultural heritage protection and tourism: the case of Mount Lushan cultural landscape heritage site	41
Statistics of the early synthetic dye industry	40
Exploring the transition from natural to synthetic dyes in the production of 19th-century Central Asian ikat textiles	36
Research progress and knowledge system of world heritage tourism: a bibliometric analysis	35
Weathering assessment approach for building sandstone using hyperspectral imaging technique	34
Spatio-temporal characteristics and influencing factors of traditional villages in the Yangtze River Basin: a Geodetector model	34
Plasticiser loss in heritage collections: its prevalence, cause, effect, and methods for analysis	33
The characteristics and influencing factors of the spatial distribution of intangible cultural heritage in the Yellow River Basin of China	32
Practices and challenges of cultural heritage conservation in historical and religious heritage sites: evidence from North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia	31
Intelligent generation of Peking opera facial masks with deep learning frameworks	31
Spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and influencing factors of traditional villages: the Yellow River Basin in Henan Province, China	27
Visualizing the cultural landscape gene of traditional settlements in China: a semiotic perspective	27
Cultural heritage preservation by using blockchain technologies	27
Immersive cultural heritage digital documentation and information service for historical figure metaverse: a case of Zhu Xi, Song Dynasty, China	24
After the paint has dried: a review of testing techniques for studying the mechanical properties of artists’ paint	23
Shrinkage and mechanical properties of drying oil paints	22
Spatial pattern and influencing factors of intangible cultural heritage of music in Xiangxi, central China	22
High-resolution micro-CT with 3D image analysis for porosity characterization of historic bricks	22
Geotechnical modelling of the climate change impact on world heritage properties in Alexandria, Egypt	21
Iron-gall inks: a review of their degradation mechanisms and conservation treatments	21