Michael C.P. Sing

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Michael C.P. Sing is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Building and Construction and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael C.P. Sing has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 32 papers in Building and Construction and 24 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Michael C.P. Sing's work include Construction Project Management and Performance (34 papers), BIM and Construction Integration (24 papers) and Occupational Health and Safety Research (21 papers). Michael C.P. Sing is often cited by papers focused on Construction Project Management and Performance (34 papers), BIM and Construction Integration (24 papers) and Occupational Health and Safety Research (21 papers). Michael C.P. Sing collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Michael C.P. Sing's co-authors include Peter E.D. Love, David J. Edwards, Erika Pärn, Junxiao Liu, Xiangyu Wang, Jane Matthews, Jim Smith, Vivian W.Y. Tam, Rex T.L. Ng and Stephen O. Ogunlana and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of the Operational Research Society.

In The Last Decade

Michael C.P. Sing

74 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

The building information modelling trajectory in facilities management: A review

2016 299 citations David J. Edwards, Michael C.P. Sing et al. Automation in Construction profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael C.P. Sing Australia	28	1.2k	1.2k	667	369	336	81	2.3k
Erika Pärn United Kingdom	23	1.1k 0.9×	785 0.7×	401 0.6×	307 0.8×	314 0.9×	57	2.4k
Idris Othman Malaysia	31	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	501 0.8×	542 1.5×	352 1.0×	104	2.6k
Kerry London Australia	19	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	425 0.6×	177 0.5×	265 0.8×	121	2.3k
Hafiz Alaka United Kingdom	26	2.4k 2.0×	1.0k 0.9×	523 0.8×	188 0.5×	372 1.1×	63	3.3k
Timothy O. Olawumi Hong Kong	25	1.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	508 0.8×	120 0.3×	377 1.1×	55	2.6k
Yongkui Li China	26	1.1k 0.9×	1000 0.9×	559 0.8×	162 0.4×	228 0.7×	103	2.3k
Serdar Durdyev New Zealand	31	1.8k 1.5×	1.5k 1.3×	677 1.0×	494 1.3×	294 0.9×	86	2.9k
Anil Sawhney United States	27	1.8k 1.5×	1.6k 1.4×	455 0.7×	406 1.1×	253 0.8×	103	2.7k
Saeed Banihashemi Australia	29	1.7k 1.4×	972 0.8×	383 0.6×	169 0.5×	350 1.0×	118	2.7k
Xianhai Meng United Kingdom	26	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	824 1.2×	246 0.7×	193 0.6×	51	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael C.P. Sing

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sing, Michael C.P., et al.. (2025). Bridging the gap between smart cities and sustainability: Current practices and future trends. Cities. 159. 105799–105799. 7 indexed citations

Sing, Michael C.P., et al.. (2025). Causal Factors of Near Misses and Accidents in Urban Railway Construction: A Complex Network Approach. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 151(7).

Sing, Michael C.P., et al.. (2025). Improving Cost Contingency Estimation in Infrastructure Projects with Artificial Neural Networks and a Complexity Index. Applied Sciences. 15(7). 3519–3519.

Li, Jiayu & Michael C.P. Sing. (2025). Mapping energy sustainability: An integrated analysis of research landscapes and policy alignment. Environmental Science & Policy. 174. 104282–104282.

Chan, Albert P.C., et al.. (2025). Impact of integrity-based approach to ethics management on the integrity of construction professionals in a developing economy. Journal of Engineering Design and Technology. 24(1). 85–104.

Chan, Albert P.C., et al.. (2025). Characterisation and the relationships between the critical barriers to integrity-based approach to ethics management in the Nigerian construction industry. Engineering Construction & Architectural Management. 1–24.

Wang, Xueqing, Qin Zhang, Dan Wang, Junxiao Liu, & Michael C.P. Sing. (2023). Conceptual framework for enabling PPP project sustainability: a system thinking and modelling. Production Planning & Control. 35(15). 2034–2049. 5 indexed citations

Sing, Michael C.P., et al.. (2022). Scan-to-BIM technique in building maintenance projects: practicing quantity take-off. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation. 42(6). 1250–1262. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Cong, Junxiao Liu, Michael C.P. Sing, & Jin Wu. (2022). Pre-construction duration of public-private partnership projects: evidence from China. Engineering Construction & Architectural Management. 31(4). 1715–1729. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jianfeng, Junxiao Liu, Peter E.D. Love, David Greenwood, & Michael C.P. Sing. (2022). Public-private partnerships: A dynamic discrete choice model for road projects. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 82. 101227–101227. 18 indexed citations

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Sing, Michael C.P., Ivan W. H. Fung, David J. Edwards, & Junxiao Liu. (2021). Dynamic construction site layout planning: an application of branch and bond algorithm. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation. 40(4). 523–538. 7 indexed citations

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Sing, Michael C.P., et al.. (2021). Assessing the Off-Site Manufacturing Workers’ Influence on Safety Performance: A Bayesian Network Approach. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 148(1). 12 indexed citations

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Dong, Xiaowei, et al.. (2021). Managing Participants’ Behaviors: A Framework to Improve the Process Efficiency of Transport Public-Private Partnerships. Journal of Infrastructure Systems. 28(1). 3 indexed citations

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Love, Peter E.D., Michael C.P. Sing, Lavagnon A. Ika, & Sidney Newton. (2019). The cost performance of transportation projects: The fallacy of the Planning Fallacy account. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice. 122. 1–20. 62 indexed citations

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Fung, Ivan W. H., et al.. (2017). Development of an accident modelling in the Hong Kong construction industry. International Journal of Construction Management. 17(2). 124–131. 10 indexed citations

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Sing, Michael C.P., Vivian W.Y. Tam, Ivan W. H. Fung, & Junxiao Liu. (2017). Critical analysis of construction workforce sustainability in a developed economy – case study in Hong Kong. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability. 171(7). 342–350. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Junxiao, Peter E.D. Love, Jim Smith, et al.. (2017). From design to operations: a process management life-cycle performance measurement system for Public-Private Partnerships. Production Planning & Control. 29(1). 68–83. 56 indexed citations

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Sing, Michael C.P., David J. Edwards, Junxiao Liu, & Peter E.D. Love. (2015). Forecasting Private-Sector Construction Works: VAR Model Using Economic Indicators. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 141(11). 28 indexed citations

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Sing, Michael C.P., Peter E.D. Love, Xiangyu Wang, & J.T. Smith. (2012). Forecasting supply of commercial office buildings using polynomial distributed lag model. Bond University Research Portal (Bond University). 1353–1360. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiangyu, Peter E.D. Love, Mi Jeong Kim, et al.. (2012). A conceptual framework for integrating building information modeling with augmented reality. Automation in Construction. 34. 37–44. 195 indexed citations

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