Henk Visscher

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Henk Visscher is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Sociology and Political Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Henk Visscher has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Building and Construction, 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 31 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Henk Visscher's work include Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (70 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (51 papers) and Energy Efficiency and Management (29 papers). Henk Visscher is often cited by papers focused on Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (70 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (51 papers) and Energy Efficiency and Management (29 papers). Henk Visscher collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and Hong Kong. Henk Visscher's co-authors include Laure Itard, O. Guerra Santin, Queena K. Qian, F.M. Meijer, Daša Majcen, A. Meijer, Taozhi Zhuang, Nico Nieboer, Faidra Filippidou and Marja Elsinga and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Henk Visscher

124 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The effect of occupancy and building characteristics on energy use for space and water heating in Dutch residential stock

2009 584 citations O. Guerra Santin, Laure Itard et al. Energy and Buildings profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Henk Visscher Netherlands	28	2.2k	758	539	383	294	138	3.1k
Ray Galvin United Kingdom	29	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 1.7×	559 1.0×	182 0.5×	414 1.4×	88	3.1k
Ruidong Chang Australia	32	2.0k 0.9×	199 0.3×	454 0.8×	260 0.7×	374 1.3×	105	3.7k
Yongtao Tan China	37	1.6k 0.7×	398 0.5×	880 1.6×	329 0.9×	1.1k 3.6×	97	4.1k
Thomas Lützkendorf Germany	26	2.0k 0.9×	214 0.3×	1.2k 2.3×	517 1.3×	316 1.1×	90	2.9k
Charles J. Kibert United States	23	2.1k 1.0×	158 0.2×	528 1.0×	318 0.8×	123 0.4×	70	3.0k
Holger Wallbaum Sweden	29	1.6k 0.8×	202 0.3×	831 1.5×	357 0.9×	142 0.5×	130	2.5k
Queena K. Qian Netherlands	24	1.1k 0.5×	250 0.3×	121 0.2×	325 0.8×	236 0.8×	84	1.9k
Nils Kok Netherlands	29	2.7k 1.2×	814 1.1×	208 0.4×	1.2k 3.2×	2.0k 7.0×	92	4.6k
Dirk Brounen Netherlands	24	869 0.4×	588 0.8×	127 0.2×	259 0.7×	1.4k 4.7×	73	2.9k
Kees Maat Netherlands	27	874 0.4×	723 1.0×	85 0.2×	165 0.4×	578 2.0×	61	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Henk Visscher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Henk Visscher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Henk Visscher

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All Works

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Çetin, Sultan, et al.. (2025). Advancing energy renovations through digitalisation: A critical review of EU policies and instruments. Energy and Buildings. 336. 115627–115627. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Zhengxuan, et al.. (2025). Dutch householders' intentions to adopt shallow geothermal systems for energy transition of existing buildings: A theory of planned behavior approach. Energy and Buildings. 347. 116386–116386.

Mlecnik, E., et al.. (2024). Dissemination, manipulation or monopolization? Understanding the influence of stakeholder information sharing on resident participation in neighborhood rehabilitation of urban China. Land Use Policy. 147. 107359–107359. 3 indexed citations

Konstantinou, Thaleia, et al.. (2024). Evaluating building-level parameters for lower-temperature heating readiness: A sampling-based approach to addressing the heterogeneity of Dutch housing stock. Energy and Buildings. 322. 114703–114703. 1 indexed citations

Qian, Queena K., et al.. (2024). Strategies for Mitigating Risks of Government-Led Energy Retrofitting Projects in China. Buildings. 14(6). 1663–1663. 3 indexed citations

Qian, Queena K., et al.. (2023). Overcoming inertia for sustainable urban development: Understanding the role of stimuli in shaping residents' participation behaviors in neighborhood regeneration projects in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 103. 107252–107252. 23 indexed citations

Konstantinou, Thaleia, et al.. (2023). Lower-Temperature-Ready Renovation: An Approach to Identify the Extent of Renovation Interventions for Lower-Temperature District Heating in Existing Dutch Homes. Buildings. 13(10). 2524–2524. 3 indexed citations

Visscher, Henk, et al.. (2022). The energy performance of dwellings with heat pumps of Dutch non-profit housing associations. Building Research & Information. 51(2). 192–202. 4 indexed citations

Qian, Queena K., et al.. (2021). Exploring key risks of energy retrofit of residential buildings in China with transaction cost considerations. Journal of Cleaner Production. 293. 126099–126099. 30 indexed citations

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Visscher, Henk, et al.. (2021). Retrofit at scale: accelerating capabilities for domestic building stocks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 800–811. 14 indexed citations

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Hansen, Anders Rhiger, et al.. (2019). Variances in residential heating consumption – Importance of building characteristics and occupants analysed by movers and stayers. Applied Energy. 250. 713–728. 69 indexed citations

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Filippidou, Faidra, Nico Nieboer, & Henk Visscher. (2018). Are we moving fast enough? The energy renovation rate of the Dutch non-profit housing using the national energy labelling database. Architecture and the Built Environment. 2 indexed citations

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Qian, Queena K., et al.. (2016). New Development of China's National Evaluation Standard for Green Building (ESGB-2014): A comparison of ESGB 2014 to ESGB 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Visscher, Henk. (2014). Insight in actual energy use in houses as a basis for energy performance contracting. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).

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Bueren, Ellen van, et al.. (2010). A sustainable built environment: A new text book based on ecosystem theory. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Santin, O. Guerra, Laure Itard, & Henk Visscher. (2010). Effects of the Dutch energy performance regulations on energy savings in dwellings. 1–13. 2 indexed citations

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Visscher, Henk, et al.. (2009). Fire safety regulations for housing in Europe compared. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2 indexed citations

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Visscher, Henk, et al.. (2003). Effective and efficient Building Control. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 4 indexed citations

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Meijer, F.M., et al.. (2002). Building regulations in Europe Part I: A comparison of the systems of building control in eight European countries. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 34 indexed citations

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Visscher, Henk. (1992). Kwaliteitsverklaringen en het bouw- en woningtoezicht. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations

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