OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Archnet-IJAR International Journal of Architectural Research is 1. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Hermeneutic phenomenology for spatial analysis	59
The physical geometries of sacred spaces: methodological challenges in applying practice-based approaches to study sacred shrines	23
Our Common Gulf Cities: agenda for equitable AEC industries for sustainable urban development	18
The built environment and social media: a semi-systematic review of architectural and design disciplines	17
Maximizing minimums: space-utilization in the small homes in the Mumbai metropolitan region	15
Furniture configurations in an active learning classroom make further differences in student outcomes	15
A systematic review of indicators for sustainability of urban heritage sites	14
Spatial intelligence: integration of land use to connectivity in the context of eastern urbanism	12
The Nest: post evaluation study on intentional learning space in public housing Malaysia	10
Knowledge spaces in architecture and urbanism – a preliminary five-year chronicle	10
Architecture of home in later life: towards a fivefold theoretical model	10
The impact of urban graffiti with facial expressions on human behavioral and emotional experiences in a VR environment	8
From house to home: exploring the spatial expression of social identity on traditional Shiraz houses	8
Opportunities and challenges for service-learning experiences in informal urban settlements	8
Reshaping water-related urban places with collaborative participation: a critical examination of the Kabataş waterfront	8
How can community architects build socially resilient refugee camps? Lessons from the Office of Displaced Designers in Lesvos, Greece	8
Visuality peaks, function lasts: an empirical investigation into the performance of iconic architecture on Instagram	7
Materiality and digital technologies: concrete experiments for the built environment	7
Re-establishing traditional stilt structures in contemporary architecture–The possibilities	7
A sustainability assessment framework for population density in central Indian cities	7
Mapping architectural students’ perception on educational spaces: a guideline toward understanding spatial belonging	6
Towards a new rural and urban intersection, “R-Urban”: the Beykoz district case in Istanbul	6
The impact of ASPECTSS-based design intervention in autism school design: a case study	6
Incorporating circular economy in the architectural design process: design methodology using gamification tools	6
Matter, form and meaning in architecture: a cross-cultural reading of parliament buildings	6

Managerial representations of achieving a competitive advantage in architectural practices: a UK perspective	5
An empirically validated framework for investigating the perception of density	5
Understanding historic buildings from an environmental perspective: Finsbury Health Centre – as an environmental rhetoric of modernism	5
Post-occupancy evaluation of residential properties: a case study on an organizational multistorey apartment building	5
Revitalisation of urban spaces by women architects: enhancing cultural heritage in the gulf region	5
The impact of social development on the architecture of early medical infrastructure in Gilan, Iran, in the 20th century	5
Silver cities: planning for an ageing population in Singapore. An urban planning policy case study of Kampung Admiralty	5
Sustainable urban landscapes: a computation framework for enhancing sustainability in early-stage design	5
The current trends in mosque architecture in the northern cities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)	4
The icon as a collaborative performance: non-standard solutions, invisible work and networks of trust in the construction of the Elbe Philharmonic Hall, Hamburg	4
Balancing complexity and restoration in virtual interior environments: user perceptions of organized complexity in biophilic design	4
Experiencing cinematic architecture: the impact of architecture on the audience emotional engagement	4
Questioning the phenomenon of void in the built environment through a multidisciplinary perspective	4
Impacts of architectural education on entrepreneurial intention: a case study of senior architects from six universities in Turkey	4
The impact of architectural design studio education on perceptions of sustainability	4
Work-integrated learning (WIL) as a part of quality education in architecture: the profession's perspective	4
Architecture as frozen music: perception of crossing boundaries as audible experience	4
The impact of biophilic design in university study areas on students' productivity	4
Evolving informality as an urban cultural phenomenon: the case of evening food streets in Dhaka, Bangladesh	4
Relationship between environmental indoor conditions of a classroom and the performance of undergraduate students	4
Activity networks and the temporality of urban space: the case of a cul-de-sac square	4
Interactions between architects and end-users during housing design processes: a systematic literature review	4
Nurturing an architect through transformative pedagogy: design studio teaching experience	4
Joyful living labs – pedagogical approach for urban design thinking soft skills	4
Architectural design research in small practices	4
Revitalizing old low-rise residential environments by focusing on communities: case studies in Seoul, Korea	4
Engaging in social interaction: relationships between the accessibility of path structure and intensity of passive social interaction in urban parks	3
Decolonising the design curriculum: making “sustainability” accessible, understandable and practicable to second-year undergraduate architecture students	3
The effects of environmental factors on the social interaction of children in need of protection in outdoor living spaces	3
Residential satisfaction and quality of urban life: examining diverse housing environments	3
Star architecture in online public discourse: exploring Reddit user-generated content on the Vessel, New York, through a text analytics approach	3
Location-based examination of the characteristics of university campuses in Istanbul	3
Prioritising public spaces architectural strategies for autistic users	3
Mapping the urban environment using real-time physiological monitoring	3
Unveiling the missing innovation – an actor–network theory analysis of regulatory efforts towards universal design	3
Researching children’s physical environment: a systematic review of research methods	3
The fragmentary production of knowledge on cultural heritage on the Arab world: From an orientalist vision to a scarce engagement with epistemological and theoretical spheres	3
Learning in metaverse: the immersive atelier model of the architecture studio	3
Exploring sketches as conceptual data: a semiological experiment on moods visualisation among architectural students	3
The socio-spatial dynamics of coliving: examining fractality, visual integration and copresence in a large-scale purpose-built shared living building	3
Configuring urban morphological changes: the case of Damascus city in the late modern era	3
A social media-based framework for marketing architectural design firms in Egypt during global economic downturn	3
Bascarsija (Bashcarshiya), Sarajevo's historic core: evaluating the qualities of its open spaces	3
Design strategies and health planning to improve the primary health care environment: a case study in Brazil	3
Employability skills in architecture and design: toward bridging the gap between academia and practice for Saudi women employees	3
Courtyard configuration to optimize shading, daylight and ventilation in a tropical terrace house using simulation	2
Sustainable Development Goals and the future of architectural education – cultivating SDGs-centred architectural pedagogies	2
Social sustainability in architectural practice: examining experiences of architectural offices in B-Corp certification in the United Kingdom	2
Assessing public open spaces in Belgrade – A quality of urban life perspective	2
Architecture, tourism and smartphone photography in the Instagram era	2

Sustaining Traditionalism: an investigation into the vernacular transformation of the Khasi tribal houses of Sylhet	2
A cultural diversity management framework for enhancing the performance of architectural design firms in Egypt	2
An experiment of collaborative, international, multi-disciplinary design studio – Erasmus+ CBHE TACEESM project Summer School	2
A blended learning strategy: reimagining the post-Covid-19 architectural education	2
Unveiling the profound mindset shift in AEC business: the subtle impact of BIM	2
The possibility of radical resources and participation in architectural education: autobiographical spatial narratives	2
Embedding sustainability and SDGs in architectural and planning education: reflections from a KAP survey, Egypt	2
Distress, anxiety, boredom, and their relation to the interior spaces under COVID-19 lockdowns	2
The typology of school mapping synergies: a diagrammatic morphological evaluation of middle schools in Iran	2
The influence of urban campus landscape on college students' exercise participation and mental health: an approach using deep learning and street view images	2
The meaning of the home in the realm of Korean everyday life	2
Implications of neuroarchitecture for the experience of the built environment: a scoping review	2
Beyond the minimum: designing for neurodiversity in museums and galleries	2
A study on children's multi-sensorial experiences of nature: design approaches and preferences for primary school architecture case studies in Glasgow, Scotland, UK	2
Comparing the homogeneity and genotypes of large and small-scale coliving buildings in the modern Western world	2
An architectural insight into the role of personalisation of homes and its effects on residents’ psychological well-being	2
Predicting and analysing initiator crime environments based on machine learning for improving urban safety	2
Architectural learning networks: a study on eliciting the learning agendas of architectural schools	2
Insights on the obstacles, challenges, and complexities of engaging youth in urban planning in Jordan: assessment and recommendations	2
Simulation-based service walkthrough (SBSW) to assess airport environment performance	1
Environmental analysis in UK modern methods of construction (MMC) housing: insights from early-stage architectural design process	1
The periphery as a critical project: towards an architectural pedagogy for the Anthropocene	1
Critical therapeutic landscape design elements for cognitive impairments in the Royal Talbot rehabilitation centre	1
The eye movement behavior induced by the design of a Japanese garden and its correlation with relaxation effects	1
Extending domestic activities into collective spaces: an urban design strategy	1
COVID-19 and “the trinity of boredom” in public spaces: urban form, social distancing and digital transformation	1
Researching the Jordanian city: toward an urban planning research agenda in Jordan	1
Contested identities, contested building: planning for a glocal future	1
Surprise: challenging design perceptions in immersive virtual reality environments? The case of designing a hospital project using a CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment)	1
Transformational contribution of technology to studio culture: experience of an online first-year architecture design studio during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
The impact of outdoor environments in public rental housing complexes on residents’ psychological restoration	1
The impact of platform affordance on the representation of iconic architecture: a case study of Markthal across visual social media	1
The changing context of walking behavior: coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic in urban neighborhoods	1
Investigation of architecture and architectural engineering online education; educator experience, self-efficacy and success	1
Women, sustainable development and heritage regeneration in Qatar and Bahrain	1
Sustainable embodied experience in the built environment: reinterpreting architectural history through embodied cognition	1
Effects of biophilic design on sustainable behaviors: introducing the use of serious game as a measure of sustainable behavior	1
Re-imagining client learning and knowledge sharing of architectural services through a multi-layered journey map tool	1
Introducing circularity in early architectural design education	1
Identifying key urban design attributes for enhanced sense of safety – the case of El-Sherouk city in Cairo	1
The reestablishment of Mosul's city fabric: an approach to computational hybridization	1
The Chicago Riverwalk: urban sustainability lessons	1
Shaping a future research agenda across diverse knowledge spaces in architecture and urbanism – through the lens of Archnet-IJAR	1
Design-led events in collaborative planning: improving post-event planning and delivery	1
Intergroup contact in segregated cities: the case of Digla Square, Cairo, Egypt	1
Affordance-led framework of understanding of BIM adoption	1
Guest editorial: Women and Gulf Cities. The transformative impact of women influencing the architectural and urban developments of the gulf region	1
Digital tools and digital pedagogy for placemaking	1
Five-footways: the generator of public realm in Malaysian historical urban centre	1
Sensory spaces: sensory living – studio teaching the design of autism-friendly adult accommodation	1
Usability test and implications of an activity allocation mapping in complex organizations: perceptions about a software by emergency room agents	1
Seeking elsewhere: a systematic review of literature surrounding attrition and retention of female architects in the profession post-registration	1
Mapping and measuring spatial connectivity of the pathways to home-based businesses within informal urban contexts	1