Akeem Pedro

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 922 citations indexed

About

Akeem Pedro is a scholar working on Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Building and Construction and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, Akeem Pedro has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 922 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, 10 papers in Building and Construction and 5 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in Akeem Pedro's work include Occupational Health and Safety Research (15 papers), BIM and Construction Integration (9 papers) and Risk and Safety Analysis (5 papers). Akeem Pedro is often cited by papers focused on Occupational Health and Safety Research (15 papers), BIM and Construction Integration (9 papers) and Risk and Safety Analysis (5 papers). Akeem Pedro collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Vietnam and United Kingdom. Akeem Pedro's co-authors include Chansik Park, Quang Tuan Le, Hai Chien Pham, Rahat Hussain, Nhu‐Ngoc Dao, Sungrae Cho, Syed Farhan Alam Zaidi, Do-Yeop Lee, Phong Thanh Nguyen and Junhyeon Jo and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Automation in Construction.

In The Last Decade

Akeem Pedro

23 papers receiving 885 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Conversational AI-based VR system to improve construction safety training of migrant workers

2024 37 citations Rahat Hussain, Do-Yeop Lee et al. Automation in Construction profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akeem Pedro South Korea	14	393	277	273	220	179	24	922
Quang Tuan Le South Korea	9	310 0.8×	270 1.0×	213 0.8×	184 0.8×	175 1.0×	10	754
Ricardo Eiris United States	14	245 0.6×	247 0.9×	148 0.5×	201 0.9×	151 0.8×	41	666
Jason Lucas United States	16	179 0.5×	206 0.7×	341 1.2×	204 0.9×	162 0.9×	39	772
Ronen Barak Israel	9	491 1.2×	201 0.7×	526 1.9×	314 1.4×	112 0.6×	16	1.2k
Greg Chan Hong Kong	10	461 1.2×	103 0.4×	428 1.6×	223 1.0×	61 0.3×	13	941
Hai Chien Pham South Korea	12	191 0.5×	103 0.4×	120 0.4×	100 0.5×	82 0.5×	22	481
Hongling Guo China	19	715 1.8×	88 0.3×	433 1.6×	212 1.0×	131 0.7×	59	1.4k
Abiola Akanmu United States	20	330 0.8×	64 0.2×	538 2.0×	183 0.8×	86 0.5×	103	1.3k
Idris Jeelani United States	14	666 1.7×	122 0.4×	285 1.0×	374 1.7×	77 0.4×	44	1.1k
Sepehr Alizadehsalehi United States	14	107 0.3×	192 0.7×	674 2.5×	83 0.4×	218 1.2×	19	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akeem Pedro

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Hussain, Rahat, et al.. (2025). Personalized construction safety training system using conversational AI in virtual reality. Automation in Construction. 175. 106207–106207. 1 indexed citations

Pedro, Akeem, et al.. (2024). Learning from construction accidents in virtual reality with an ontology-enabled framework. Automation in Construction. 166. 105597–105597. 7 indexed citations

Hussain, Rahat, et al.. (2024). Conversational AI-based VR system to improve construction safety training of migrant workers. Automation in Construction. 160. 105315–105315. 37 indexed citations breakdown →

Tran, Si Van-Tien, Rahat Hussain, Nasrullah Khan, et al.. (2024). Leveraging large language models for enhanced construction safety regulation extraction. Journal of Information Technology in Construction. 29. 1026–1038. 3 indexed citations

Hussain, Rahat, et al.. (2024). Exploring construction workers' attention and awareness in diverse virtual hazard scenarios to prevent struck-by accidents. Safety Science. 175. 106526–106526. 19 indexed citations

Tran, Si Van-Tien, et al.. (2023). Token incentive framework for virtual-reality-based construction safety training. Automation in Construction. 158. 105167–105167. 13 indexed citations

Pedro, Akeem, et al.. (2023). A Linked Data and Ontology-Based Framework for Enhanced Sharing of Safety Training Materials in the Construction Industry. IEEE Access. 11. 105410–105426. 16 indexed citations

Dawood, Nashwan, et al.. (2023). SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORIAL: The future of construction in the context of digital transformation (CONVR 2022). Journal of Information Technology in Construction. 28. 515–518.

Park, Chansik, Farzad Pour Rahimian, Nashwan Dawood, et al.. (2023). Digitalization in Construction. TeesRep (Teesside University). 4 indexed citations

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Pedro, Akeem, et al.. (2022). Data-Driven Construction Safety Information Sharing System Based on Linked Data, Ontologies, and Knowledge Graph Technologies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(2). 794–794. 26 indexed citations

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Hussain, Rahat, et al.. (2018). Impact of safety training and interventions on training-transfer: targeting migrant construction workers. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics. 26(2). 272–284. 47 indexed citations

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Pedro, Akeem, et al.. (2018). Development and evaluation of context-based assessment system for visualization-enhanced construction safety education. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics. 26(4). 811–823. 23 indexed citations

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Pham, Hai Chien, Nhu‐Ngoc Dao, Akeem Pedro, et al.. (2018). Virtual field trip for mobile construction safety education using 360-degree panoramic virtual reality. International journal of engineering education. 34(4). 1174–1191. 104 indexed citations

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Pedro, Akeem, et al.. (2017). Linked Data System for Sharing Construction Safety Information. Proceedings of the ... ISARC. 5 indexed citations

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Park, Chansik, et al.. (2016). BIM-based idea bank for managing value engineering ideas. International Journal of Project Management. 35(4). 699–713. 47 indexed citations

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Le, Quang Tuan, Akeem Pedro, Hai Chien Pham, & Chansik Park. (2016). A virtual world based construction defect game for interactive and experiential learning. International journal of engineering education. 32(1). 457–467. 11 indexed citations

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Le, Quang Tuan, et al.. (2015). A framework for using mobile based virtual reality and augmented reality for experiential construction safety education. International journal of engineering education. 31(3). 713–725. 85 indexed citations

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Pedro, Akeem, Quang Tuan Le, & Chansik Park. (2015). Framework for Integrating Safety into Construction Methods Education through Interactive Virtual Reality. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. 142(2). 137 indexed citations

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Park, Chansik, et al.. (2015). Interactive Building Anatomy Modeling for Experiential Building Construction Education. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. 142(3). 45 indexed citations

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Le, Quang Tuan, Akeem Pedro, & Chansik Park. (2014). A Social Virtual Reality Based Construction Safety Education System for Experiential Learning. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. 79(3-4). 487–506. 251 indexed citations

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