Daniel W.M. Chan

13.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
266 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Daniel W.M. Chan is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Building and Construction and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel W.M. Chan has authored 266 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 98 papers in Building and Construction and 75 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Daniel W.M. Chan's work include Construction Project Management and Performance (132 papers), BIM and Construction Integration (66 papers) and Occupational Health and Safety Research (43 papers). Daniel W.M. Chan is often cited by papers focused on Construction Project Management and Performance (132 papers), BIM and Construction Integration (66 papers) and Occupational Health and Safety Research (43 papers). Daniel W.M. Chan collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, Iran and United Kingdom. Daniel W.M. Chan's co-authors include Albert P.C. Chan, Timothy O. Olawumi, Mohan M. Kumaraswamy, John F. Y. Yeung, Abdullahi B. Saka, Patrick T.I. Lam, Yongjian Ke, Esther Cheung, Hadi Sarvari and Edmond W.M. Lam and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Applied Physics and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Daniel W.M. Chan

254 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A comparative study of causes of time overruns in Hong Kong construction projects

1997 639 citations Daniel W.M. Chan et al. profile →
A scientometric review of global research on sustainability and sustainable development

2018 574 citations Timothy O. Olawumi, Daniel W.M. Chan Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
Perceived benefits of and barriers to Building Information Modelling (BIM) implementation in construction: The case of Hong Kong

2019 262 citations Daniel W.M. Chan, Timothy O. Olawumi et al. Journal of Building Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel W.M. Chan Hong Kong	54	5.8k	5.0k	3.3k	1.4k	1.3k	266	9.9k
David Arditi United States	55	4.9k 0.9×	3.6k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	762 0.6×	224	7.9k
S. Thomas Ng Hong Kong	60	4.4k 0.8×	5.0k 1.0×	2.7k 0.8×	707 0.5×	643 0.5×	401	11.6k
M. Reza Hosseini Australia	53	3.5k 0.6×	5.0k 1.0×	2.0k 0.6×	894 0.6×	888 0.7×	289	9.5k
Martin Skitmore Australia	69	7.6k 1.3×	6.5k 1.3×	4.1k 1.3×	2.5k 1.7×	1.6k 1.3×	623	17.3k
Bon‐Gang Hwang Singapore	47	3.7k 0.6×	4.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	824 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	166	6.9k
Mohan M. Kumaraswamy Hong Kong	49	5.7k 1.0×	3.3k 0.7×	3.4k 1.1×	972 0.7×	727 0.6×	241	7.9k
Qiping Shen Hong Kong	75	7.6k 1.3×	10.2k 2.0×	4.4k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	389	19.4k
Xianbo Zhao Australia	45	3.0k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	872 0.6×	587 0.5×	132	6.2k
C. M. Tam Hong Kong	61	3.2k 0.6×	6.5k 1.3×	3.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	542 0.4×	219	13.9k
Nicholas Chileshe Australia	44	2.8k 0.5×	3.3k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	624 0.4×	706 0.6×	215	5.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chan, Daniel W.M., et al.. (2025). A novel climate resilience implementation model for the construction industry: An international perspective. Building and Environment. 274. 112793–112793. 4 indexed citations

Chan, Daniel W.M., et al.. (2025). Towards Circular Buildings in Hong Kong: A New Integrated Technology–Material–Design (TMD) Circularity Assessment Framework. Buildings. 15(5). 814–814.

Wang, Lina, Daniel W.M. Chan, Zeshui Xu, & Nehal Elshaboury. (2024). Assessing construction workforce diversity of skills and education with the probabilistic linguistic fuzzy Petri net. Information Sciences. 676. 120869–120869. 1 indexed citations

Oluleye, Benjamin I., Daniel W.M. Chan, & Abdullahi B. Saka. (2024). A data-driven hybrid approach towards developing a circular economy diffusion model for the building construction industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 484. 144332–144332. 3 indexed citations

Aghimien, Douglas, John Aliu, Daniel W.M. Chan, Clinton Aigbavboa, & Bankole Awuzie. (2024). Making a case for nature‐based solutions for a sustainable built environment in Africa. Sustainable Development. 32(5). 4686–4706. 9 indexed citations

Chan, Daniel W.M., et al.. (2024). Applying Building Information Modelling (BIM) Technology in Pre-Tender Cost Estimation of Construction Projects: A Case Study in Iran. Buildings. 14(5). 1260–1260. 4 indexed citations

Sarvari, Hadi, et al.. (2024). Determining the significant contributing factors to the occurrence of human errors in the urban construction projects: A Delphi-SWARA study approach. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 205. 123512–123512. 12 indexed citations

Sarvari, Hadi, et al.. (2022). Determining the effective factors leading to incidence of human error accidents in industrial parks construction projects: results of a fuzzy Delphi survey. International Journal of Construction Management. 24(7). 748–760. 12 indexed citations

Sarvari, Hadi, et al.. (2022). Critical success factors for private sector participation in accomplishing abandoned public sports facilities projects in Iran. International Journal of Construction Management. 24(6). 586–600. 4 indexed citations

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Olawumi, Timothy O., Daniel W.M. Chan, Stephen Ojo, & Michael C.H. Yam. (2021). Automating the modular construction process: A review of digital technologies and future directions with blockchain technology. Journal of Building Engineering. 46. 103720–103720. 61 indexed citations

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Chan, Albert P.C., et al.. (2016). Application of prefabrication in construction – a new research agenda for reform by CII-HK. PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University). 3 indexed citations

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Chan, Daniel W.M., et al.. (2016). A TAXONOMIC REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN CONSTRUCTION. PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University). 10(1). 394–408. 7 indexed citations

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Lam, Edmond W.M., et al.. (2015). Evaluating student experience on learning instructional strategies. PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University). 31–34. 2 indexed citations

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Chan, Daniel W.M., et al.. (2012). Developing a performance measurement index (PMI) for target cost contracts in construction : a Delphi study. PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University). 28(8). 590–613. 21 indexed citations

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Chan, Daniel W.M., et al.. (2011). Key Risk Factors and Risk Mitigation Measures for Target Cost Contracts in Construction - A Comparison Between the West and the East. Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University). 27(6). 441–458. 11 indexed citations

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Chan, Daniel W.M., et al.. (2010). Exploring the key risks and risk mitigation measures for guaranteed maximum price and target cost contracts in construction. PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University). 26(5). 364–378. 18 indexed citations

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Chan, Albert P.C., Francis Wong, Daniel W.M. Chan, et al.. (2007). Developing a prototype for a rapid demountable platform (RDP) : stage 2 of construction safety involving working at height for residential building repair and maintenance : draft final report of the CII-HK research project. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 195(5). 713–8. 1 indexed citations

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Chan, Albert P.C., et al.. (2006). Partnering for construction excellence - a reality or myth?. Building and Environment. 1 indexed citations

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Chan, Albert P.C., et al.. (2002). An analysis of project partnering in Hong Kong. PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University). 12 indexed citations

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Lai, Kin Keung & Daniel W.M. Chan. (1997). An evolutionary algorithm for the rectangular cutting stock problem. International journal of industrial engineering. 4(2). 130–139. 26 indexed citations

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