OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Buildings is 41. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A Systematic Review of Digital Technology Adoption in Off-Site Construction: Current Status and Future Direction towards Industry 4.0	159
Differentiating Digital Twin from Digital Shadow: Elucidating a Paradigm Shift to Expedite a Smart, Sustainable Built Environment	151
Compressive Strength Prediction via Gene Expression Programming (GEP) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for Concrete Containing RCA	109
Digital Twins in Built Environments: An Investigation of the Characteristics, Applications, and Challenges	89
Additive Manufacturing Applications for Industry 4.0: A Systematic Critical Review	82
Positioning Positive Energy Districts in European Cities	81
Circular Building Design: An Analysis of Barriers and Drivers for a Circular Building Sector	78
Fire Resistance Behaviour of Geopolymer Concrete: An Overview	75
Humans-as-a-Sensor for Buildings—Intensive Longitudinal Indoor Comfort Models	70
Combating Urban Heat Island Effect—A Review of Reflective Pavements and Tree Shading Strategies	69
A Systematic Review of Construction 4.0 in the Context of the BIM 4.0 Premise	67
Internet of Things (IoT), Building Information Modeling (BIM), and Digital Twin (DT) in Construction Industry: A Review, Bibliometric, and Network Analysis	67
The Role of Blockchain Technology in Augmenting Supply Chain Resilience to Cybercrime	65
Perovskite Solar Cells for BIPV Application: A Review	62
3D Concrete Printing Sustainability: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Four Construction Method Scenarios	61
Practical Implementation of Structural Health Monitoring in Multi-Story Buildings	59
Smart Buildings: Systems and Drivers	59
Integration of BIM and Immersive Technologies for AEC: A Scientometric-SWOT Analysis and Critical Content Review	57
Adoption of Blockchain Technology through Digital Twins in the Construction Industry 4.0: A PESTELS Approach	57
Building Information Modelling (BIM) to Enhance Occupational Safety in Construction Activities: Research Trends Emerging from One Decade of Studies	57
IEA EBC Annex83 Positive Energy Districts	56
Investigating the Use of ChatGPT for the Scheduling of Construction Projects	54
Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality in the Building Sector: A Bibliometric Review	53
Acceptance Model of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Technologies in Construction Firms: Applying the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in Combination with the Technology–Organisation–Environment (T	51
Data-Driven Compressive Strength Prediction of Fly Ash Concrete Using Ensemble Learner Algorithms	51

Developing a Conceptual Partner Selection Framework: Digital Green Innovation Management of Prefabricated Construction Enterprises for Sustainable Urban Development	49
Worker 4.0: The Future of Sensored Construction Sites	49
The Phenomenon of Cracking in Cement Concretes and Reinforced Concrete Structures: The Mechanism of Cracks Formation, Causes of Their Initiation, Types and Places of Occurrence, and Methods of Detecti	49
Potential Application of Blockchain Technology for Embodied Carbon Estimating in Construction Supply Chains	49
A Study on the Properties of Geopolymer Concrete Modified with Nano Graphene Oxide	48
Designing Post COVID-19 Buildings: Approaches for Achieving Healthy Buildings	47
Increasing Green Infrastructure in Cities: Impact on Ambient Temperature, Air Quality and Heat-Related Mortality and Morbidity	47
Characterizing Positive Energy District (PED) through a Preliminary Review of 60 Existing Projects in Europe	47
Assessment of Cloud Computing Success Factors for Sustainable Construction Industry: The Case of Nigeria	47
Structural Optimization in Civil Engineering: A Literature Review	46
Evaluating the Connection between Thermal Comfort and Productivity in Buildings: A Systematic Literature Review	44
Advanced Timber Construction Industry: A Review of 350 Multi-Storey Timber Projects from 2000–2021	44
Evaluating 4D-BIM and VR for Effective Safety Communication and Training: A Case Study of Multilingual Construction Job-Site Crew	43
Operational Carbon Change in Commercial Buildings under the Carbon Neutral Goal: A LASSO–WOA Approach	42
Python-LMDI: A Tool for Index Decomposition Analysis of Building Carbon Emissions	42
Multi-Span Composite Timber Beams with Rational Steel Reinforcements	41
Building and Health: Mapping the Knowledge Development of Sick Building Syndrome	41