James O’Donnell

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

James O’Donnell is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, James O’Donnell has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Building and Construction, 33 papers in Environmental Engineering and 22 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in James O’Donnell's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (64 papers), BIM and Construction Integration (34 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (22 papers). James O’Donnell is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (64 papers), BIM and Construction Integration (34 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (22 papers). James O’Donnell collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and United Kingdom. James O’Donnell's co-authors include Marcus Keane, Mohammad Haris Shamsi, Usman Ali, Cathal Hoare, Eleni Mangina, Paul Raftery, Edward Corry, Donal Finn, Shushan Hu and Edward Curry and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Energy and Journal of Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

James O’Donnell

111 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Review of urban building energy modeling (UBEM) approaches, methods and tools using qualitative and quantitative analysis

2021 203 citations Usman Ali, Cathal Hoare et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James O’Donnell Ireland	29	2.1k	851	555	406	291	117	2.9k
Arno Schlueter Switzerland	35	3.3k 1.5×	1.5k 1.7×	978 1.8×	745 1.8×	175 0.6×	160	4.3k
Kwangbok Jeong South Korea	31	1.3k 0.6×	666 0.8×	361 0.7×	425 1.0×	81 0.3×	75	2.2k
Xing Shi China	32	1.8k 0.8×	938 1.1×	350 0.6×	361 0.9×	66 0.2×	109	3.1k
J. S. Haberl United States	23	1.7k 0.8×	600 0.7×	286 0.5×	464 1.1×	163 0.6×	198	2.1k
Khee Poh Lam United States	23	2.0k 0.9×	883 1.0×	648 1.2×	351 0.9×	73 0.3×	68	2.5k
Choongwan Koo South Korea	39	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	629 1.1×	860 2.1×	64 0.2×	131	4.0k
Godfried Augenbroe United States	34	3.1k 1.4×	1.6k 1.9×	476 0.9×	643 1.6×	65 0.2×	147	4.1k
Massimiliano Manfren Italy	28	1.3k 0.6×	529 0.6×	842 1.5×	572 1.4×	73 0.3×	66	2.3k
Radu Zmeureanu Canada	29	2.8k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	935 1.7×	783 1.9×	45 0.2×	134	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James O’Donnell

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Ye, Yunyang, et al.. (2025). Leveraging online housing data for large-scale building energy modeling. Building and Environment. 277. 112929–112929. 1 indexed citations

Fernandes, Jorge, et al.. (2025). Temporal assessment of overheating risk and thermal environment in naturally ventilated energy-efficient airtight dwellings. Journal of Building Engineering. 113. 114027–114027.

McGrath, James A., et al.. (2025). A seasonal assessment of indoor air quality and thermal performance in naturally ventilated airtight energy-efficient dwellings. Building and Environment. 276. 112862–112862. 4 indexed citations

Ali, Usman, Donal Finn, James A. McGrath, et al.. (2025). Quantifying uncertainty in multi-scale energy analysis of residential archetypes: A stochastic occupancy approach. Building and Environment. 279. 113026–113026. 2 indexed citations

O’Donnell, James, et al.. (2024). Long-term impact of electrification and retrofits of the U.S residential building in diverse locations. Building and Environment. 269. 112472–112472. 2 indexed citations

Farghaly, Karim, et al.. (2024). Life cycle cost analysis at scale: a reference architecture-based approach. Built Environment Project and Asset Management. 14(5). 713–733. 3 indexed citations

Ali, Usman, et al.. (2024). Machine learning based multi-objective optimisation of energy consumption, thermal comfort and CO2 concentration in energy-efficient naturally ventilated residential dwellings. Building and Environment. 267. 112255–112255. 5 indexed citations

Ali, Usman, et al.. (2023). Zone-wise occupancy schedules developed using Time Use Survey data for building energy performance simulations. Data in Brief. 49. 109453–109453. 5 indexed citations

Ali, Usman, et al.. (2023). Simulation-based evaluation of occupancy on energy consumption of multi-scale residential building archetypes. Journal of Building Engineering. 75. 106872–106872. 23 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, James, et al.. (2022). A case of non‐ischemic priapism in a healthy 7‐year‐old boy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). e12785–e12785. 1 indexed citations

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Aghamolaei, Reihaneh, Mohammad Azizi, Behnaz Aminzadeh, & James O’Donnell. (2022). A comprehensive review of outdoor thermal comfort in urban areas: Effective parameters and approaches. Energy & Environment. 34(6). 2204–2227. 62 indexed citations

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Hoare, Cathal, Reihaneh Aghamolaei, Muireann Á. Lynch, Ankita Gaur, & James O’Donnell. (2022). A linked data approach to multi-scale energy modelling. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 54. 101719–101719. 6 indexed citations

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Häfele, Karl‐Heinz, et al.. (2021). Information modelling for urban building energy simulation—A taxonomic review. Building and Environment. 208. 108552–108552. 64 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, James, Sergej Muhič, Vladimir Bazjanac, et al.. (2018). MVD based information exchange between BIM and building energy performance simulation. Automation in Construction. 90. 91–103. 110 indexed citations

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García‐Castro, Raúl, et al.. (2018). Enhancing energy management at district and building levels via an EM-KPI ontology. Automation in Construction. 99. 152–167. 37 indexed citations

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Frisch, Jérôme, et al.. (2017). Realizing openBIM: Development of a BIM Model View Definition for Advanced Building Energy Performance Simulation. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 138(4). 276–291. 1 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, James, et al.. (2015). Smart nodes pavilion: Bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization and additive manufacturing. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 4 indexed citations

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Pesch, Dirk, Shafique Ahmad Chaudhry, Cormac J. Sreenan, et al.. (2009). Efficient building management with IP-based wireless sensor network. Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, James, Marcus Keane, & Vladimir Bazjanac. (2008). Specification of an Information Delivery Tool to Support Optimal Holistic Environmental and Energy Management in Buildings. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 3(1). 61–68. 5 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, James, et al.. (2004). Specification and implementation of IFC based performance metrics to support building life cycle assessment of hybrid energy systems. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1(1). 10 indexed citations

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