OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Frontiers of Architectural Research is 5. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of facades positioned at different angles on building thermal performance and flow behaviors	123
A hypothetical comparative evaluation system for arctic indoors	58
A framework for rural spatial governance based on the eco-environment oriented development mode: The case of coal mining subsidence area on the Weibei Plateau	41
‘Visual excitation’ in Richard Neutra's residential architecture: An analysis using weighted graphs and centrality measures	37
Performance-based firefighting in dense historic settlements: An exploration of a firefighting approach combining value and risk assessment with numerical simulation	36
Collineation measurement: A method for constructing the imperial citadel of Thang Long in harmony with nature	35
Building cognition through material engagement	32
Revealing connectivity in residential Architecture: An algorithmic approach to extracting adjacency matrices from floor plans	30
Editing landscapes: Experimental frameworks for territorial-based robotic fabrication	25
Editorial	23
Evaluation of perceived value and behavioral intentions of citizens in Chinese commercially open communities: A case study of Liuyun Community	23
A study of the inhibitory effect and mechanism of airflow regarding mould on building surfaces	22
The Hutong neighbourhood grammar: A procedural modelling approach to unravel the rationale of historical Beijing urban structure	22
Green retrofitting of heritage buildings based on (3Ts) framework: An applied case study	21
A triangular architectural relation model among sustainability, beauty, and power	20
Biology and architecture: An ongoing hybridization of scientific knowledge and design practice by six architectural offices in France	19
Spatial patterns of residents’ daily activity space and its influencing factors based on the CatBoost model: A case study of Nanjing, China	19
Towards reconstructing the Shakespeare's first Globe Theatre: A virtual model for research and development	18
Noise levels inside the coaches of Greater Cairo tunnel metro, line 3 tunnel	18
Urban landscape structure anatomy: Structure patterns and typology identification in the space-time of Setif City, Algeria	17
Recognition of defensive factors in the architectural heritage of Iran's organic ancient shelters	16
Assessing architectural color preference after Le Corbusier's 1931 Salubra keyboards: A cross cultural analysis	16
Ordinary Urban Heritage of Rattanakosin: Ordinary restaurants and everyday foods of the historic center of Bangkok	16
Reuse of port industrial heritage in tourist cities: Shipyards as case studies	16
Measuring the built environment of green transit-oriented development: A factor-cluster analysis of rail station areas in Singapore	15

Events as a means to foster knowledge-driven urban development: Experience from the new district development in Nanjing	15
Acculturation and translation: Modern architectural heritage of Zhongshan Park in Xiamen from typological perspective	15
Aesthetics of urban commercial streets from the perspective of cognitive memory and user behavior in urban environments	14
Lighting preferences in office spaces concerning the indoor thermal environment	14
Morphology of quarters in traditional Arab Islamic city: A case of the traditional city of Damascus	14
Current design guidelines’ streetscape improvement for visual perception and walkability: A case study of Sejong City, Republic of Korea	14
The virtual-real measurement of Chinese garden impression: A quantitative analysis of cognitive experience of Jiangnan gardens with virtual reality experiments	14
Integrating ergonomics data and emotional scale to analyze people's emotional attachment to different landscape features in the Wudaokou Urban Park	13
Integrating spatial vitality and node-place model to evaluate and classify metro station areas in Wuhan	13
Cultural heritage tourism and urban regeneration: The case of Fez Medina in Morocco	13
Assessment of the street space quality in the metro station areas at different spatial scales and its impact on the urban vitality	13
A road map to find in 3D printing a new design plasticity for construction – The state of art	13
An individuality-oriented interactive architectural system for children with emotional/behavioral disorders	13
A wood-wood joining system suitable for digital fabrication and its application in the design of a “wood-only” spatial module	12
A structural equation model to analyze the use of a new multi media platform for increasing awareness of cultural heritage	12
The study of high-performance generation methods for rural plan based on generative adversarial network	12
Integrating BIM and machine learning to predict carbon emissions under foundation materialization stage: Case study of China's 35 public buildings	12
Balancing priorities: An importance-performance analysis of architectural heritage protection in China's historical cities	12
The sustainability cycle of historic houses and cultural memory: Controversy between historic preservation and heritage conservation	12
Assessing Linear Urban Landscape from dynamic visual perception based on urban morphology	11
Understanding pedestrian behavior and spatial relations: A pedestrianized area in Besiktas, Istanbul	11
Cognitive-emotional feasibility of the effect of visual quality of building form on promoting the sense of place attachment (Case study: Cultural iconic buildings of Iran's contemporary architecture)	11
Walking experience: Exploring the trilateral interrelation of walkability, temporal perception, and urban ambiance	11
“Interface-element-perception” model to evaluation of urban sidewalk visual landscape in the core area of Beijing	11
Architectural survey of historical buildings: The orders of classical architecture in the Baptistery of Florence	11
Modeling of wind-driven rain absorption ratio of building exterior finishing materials based on field measurements	10
Erratum regarding missing Declaration of Competing Interest statements in previously published articles	10
Improving access to urban parks through public transit optimization	10
Does architectural design require single-objective or multi-objective optimisation? A critical choice with a comparative study between model-based algorithms and genetic algorithms	10
From the backyard to collective gardens in the “blue-courtyard”: Reversing the process of upgrading historic timber-framed courtyard buildings in Madrid	10
Erratum regarding missing Declaration of Competing Interest statements in previously published articles	10
Solar Ark 3.0: A lightweight, energy-efficient house based on smooth poly-hypar surface structures	10
Designing for well-Being: Using facial micro-expression analysis and EEG biosensor to evaluate human responses to 2D biophilically-driven geometries	10
A growing system: Constituent elements and spatial evolution of ancient local Confucian temples in China	9
Bio-inspired interactive kinetic façade: Using dynamic transitory-sensitive area to improve multiple occupants’ visual comfort	9
Urban design considerations in the environmental assessment of vernacular buildings with timber projections (sachnisi): The case of Nicosia's historic center	9
Cross validation of hygrothermal properties of historical Chinese blue bricks with isothermal sorption experiments	9
Biophilic design in architecture and its contributions to health, well-being, and sustainability: A critical review	9
Random fractal-based computational design of an ice-ray (IR) lattice shell structure	9
Optimization of furniture configuration for residential living room spaces in quality elderly care communities in Macao	9
Impact of building regulations on the perceived outdoor thermal comfort in the mixed-use neighbourhood of Chennai	8
Designing with nature: Advancing three-dimensional green spaces in architecture through frameworks for biophilic design and sustainability	8
Exploring the synergy of building massing and façade design through evolutionary optimization	8
Solar radiation-based method for early design stages to balance daylight and thermal comfort in office buildings	8
Cultivating more-than-human care: Exploring bird watching as a landscaping practice on the example of sand martins and flooded gravel pits	7
Kentos: Socio-ecologies of care	7
Mathematical beauty and Palladian architecture: Measuring and comparing visual complexity and diversity	7
A study on the form contemporary developments of Tabriz leather and shoe Bazaar (marketplace) from the late Qajar to current period	7
Emerging patterns in the construction of Sejima's, Sanaa's and Nishizawa's domestic spaces, from 1987 to 2010	7
Concept cathedral and “squaring the circle”: Interpreting the Gothic cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris as a standing hymn	7

People-oriented urban design	7
Water as a common reference for monastic lives and spaces in Cistercian and Han Buddhist monasteries	7
GenFloor: Interactive generative space layout system via encoded tree graphs	7
Equilibrium as the common ground: Introducing embodied perception into structural design with graphic statics	7
Impact of solar reflectivity and infrared emissivity on the thermal performance of metal and concrete roofs in cloudy warm-humid climate	6
Perception beyond sight: Investigating the cognitive maps of congenitally blind individuals in urban environments	6
From empty to empowering: Leveraging vacant land for urban socio-ecological resilience	6
Socioeconomic performance of in-between open spaces in a post-socialist city of Tirana, Albania	6
From hinterland granary fort to frontier mountain fortress: Initiation, construction, and expansion of the Diaoyucheng Fortress, Hechuan, China, in the wars during 1125–1279	6
Building climate zones of major marine islands in China defined using two-stage zoning method and clustering analysis	6
Choice preferences in drum tower design among the Dong people: Evidence from the five villages in Guangxi, China	6
From knowledge encoding to procedural generation for early-stage layout design: A case of linear shopping centres	6
A graphical method of presenting property rights, building types, and residential behaviors: A case study of Xiaoxihu historic area, Nanjing	5
An approach for heritage settlement classification using block patterns: The study of 37 typical colonial heritage settlements in the Americas	5
Structural performance of authentic architectural heritage designs: A masonry monument in Western Anatolia	5
Exploration and design of knitted composites for architectural application: The MeiTing project	5
Examining control, centrality and flexibility in Palladio's villa plans using space syntax measurements	5
Theoretical framework of the Isfahani style: Inspiring sustainable aspects of a vernacular urban development	5
Mapping the approaches for investigating Makkah's architectural vocabularies and AI: A literature review	5
From BIM model to 3D construction printing: A framework proposal	5
Deciphering built form complexity of Chinese cities through plot recognition: A case study of Nanjing, China	5
Thermal comfort analysis of earth-sheltered buildings: The case of meymand village, Iran	5
Exploring entry-exit correlation coefficient (EEC) as new quantitative social activities performance measurement of public space: The case of Dilworth Park, Philadelphia	5
A geopolitics of mud construction: Self-help and the CINVA-Ram machine in Ghana and South Vietnam during the Cold War	5
The impact of biophilic design in Maggie’s Centres: A meta-synthesis analysis	5