Benjamin J. Birt

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 904 citations indexed

About

Benjamin J. Birt is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin J. Birt has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 904 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Building and Construction, 5 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin J. Birt's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (6 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (5 papers) and Skin Protection and Aging (2 papers). Benjamin J. Birt is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (6 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (5 papers) and Skin Protection and Aging (2 papers). Benjamin J. Birt collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and United States. Benjamin J. Birt's co-authors include Guy R. Newsham, Sandra Mancini, Ian Rowlands, Anca D. Galasiu, Iain Macdonald, Bradford N. Gover, Jennifer A. Veitch, Chantal Arsenault, M. M. Armstrong and Ian Beausoleil-Morrison and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy Policy, Optics Express and Energy and Buildings.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin J. Birt

11 papers receiving 844 citations

Hit Papers

Do LEED-certified buildings save energy? Yes, but… 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Do LEED-certified buildings save energy? Yes, but…
    2009 448 citations Guy R. Newsham, Sandra Mancini et al. Energy and Buildings profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin J. Birt Canada 9 691 281 213 175 111 11 904
Julia K. Day United States 11 713 1.0× 225 0.8× 88 0.4× 197 1.1× 235 2.1× 18 931
Zosia Brown Canada 8 448 0.6× 201 0.7× 45 0.2× 124 0.7× 74 0.7× 9 582
Xin Liang China 13 440 0.6× 128 0.5× 150 0.7× 45 0.3× 134 1.2× 33 743
Shenghan Li China 9 431 0.6× 75 0.3× 215 1.0× 70 0.4× 130 1.2× 18 709
L. J. Grobler South Africa 5 561 0.8× 107 0.4× 114 0.5× 78 0.4× 183 1.6× 32 684
Olivia Guerra-Santin Netherlands 15 665 1.0× 137 0.5× 46 0.2× 98 0.6× 279 2.5× 26 833
Mohamed Issa Canada 11 370 0.5× 109 0.4× 42 0.2× 116 0.7× 71 0.6× 36 511
Nastaran Makaremi Malaysia 8 479 0.7× 81 0.3× 59 0.3× 103 0.6× 328 3.0× 13 778
Nur Dalilah Dahlan Malaysia 10 474 0.7× 88 0.3× 54 0.3× 70 0.4× 262 2.4× 35 751
Zsófia Deme Bélafi Hungary 9 375 0.5× 82 0.3× 69 0.3× 99 0.6× 129 1.2× 12 443

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin J. Birt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin J. Birt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Benjamin J. Birt. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Benjamin J. Birt. The network helps show where Benjamin J. Birt may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin J. Birt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benjamin J. Birt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benjamin J. Birt based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Benjamin J. Birt. Benjamin J. Birt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Newsham, Guy R., Benjamin J. Birt, Chantal Arsenault, et al.. (2013). Do ‘green’ buildings have better indoor environments? New evidence. Building Research & Information. 41(4). 415–434. 148 indexed citations
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Birt, Benjamin J., et al.. (2012). Disaggregating categories of electrical energy end-use from whole-house hourly data. Energy and Buildings. 50. 93–102. 82 indexed citations
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Newsham, Guy R., Benjamin J. Birt, & Ian Rowlands. (2011). A comparison of four methods to evaluate the effect of a utility residential air-conditioner load control program on peak electricity use. Energy Policy. 39(10). 6376–6389. 47 indexed citations
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Newsham, Guy R., Benjamin J. Birt, & Ian Rowlands. (2011). THE EFFECT OF HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS ON TOTAL AND PEAK ELECTRICITY USE IN SUMMER. 18(1). 2 indexed citations
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Newsham, Guy R. & Benjamin J. Birt. (2010). Building-level occupancy data to improve ARIMA-based electricity use forecasts. 13–18. 107 indexed citations
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Newsham, Guy R. & Benjamin J. Birt. (2010). Demand-responsive Lighting – A Field Study. LEUKOS The Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. 6(3). 203–226. 14 indexed citations
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Newsham, Guy R., Sandra Mancini, & Benjamin J. Birt. (2009). Do LEED-certified buildings save energy? Yes, but…. Energy and Buildings. 41(8). 897–905. 448 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lambert, Andrew, et al.. (2008). Applying SLODAR to measure aberrations in the eye. Optics Express. 16(10). 7309–7309. 1 indexed citations
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Atchison, David A., et al.. (2008). Changes in through-focus spatial visual performance with adaptive optics correction of monochromatic aberrations. Vision Research. 48(17). 1804–1811. 32 indexed citations
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Birt, Benjamin J., et al.. (2007). The effect of the eye’s surface topography on the total irradiance of ultraviolet radiation on the inner canthus. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 87(1). 27–36. 11 indexed citations
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Birt, Benjamin J., et al.. (2004). UVR reflections at the surface of the eye. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 77(1-3). 71–77. 12 indexed citations

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