Morteza Rahbar

770 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 418 citations indexed

About

Morteza Rahbar is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Morteza Rahbar has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 418 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Building and Construction, 6 papers in Environmental Engineering and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Morteza Rahbar's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (9 papers), 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (5 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (4 papers). Morteza Rahbar is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (9 papers), 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (5 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (4 papers). Morteza Rahbar collaborates with scholars based in Iran, United States and Switzerland. Morteza Rahbar's co-authors include Mohammadreza Bemanian, Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad, Amir H.D. Markazi, Ludger Hovestadt, Mohsen Faizi, Mahmood Golabchi, Peter von Buelow, Holly Samuelson and Mostafa Khanzadi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Energy and Energy and Buildings.

In The Last Decade

Morteza Rahbar

18 papers receiving 399 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.

Architectural layout generation using a graph-constrained conditional Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

2023 46 citations Morteza Rahbar et al. Automation in Construction profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Morteza Rahbar Iran	10	243	116	55	53	44	20	418
I.S. Sariyildiz Netherlands	11	263 1.1×	94 0.8×	22 0.4×	27 0.5×	22 0.5×	49	407
Philip F. Yuan China	14	286 1.2×	116 1.0×	24 0.4×	48 0.9×	31 0.7×	67	524
Thomas Wortmann Germany	14	494 2.0×	193 1.7×	47 0.9×	58 1.1×	25 0.6×	48	661
Rhys Goldstein Canada	10	256 1.1×	86 0.7×	60 1.1×	6 0.1×	49 1.1×	46	471
Sundaravelpandian Singaravel Belgium	7	319 1.3×	153 1.3×	8 0.1×	23 0.4×	8 0.2×	9	446
Tzong-Hann Wu Taiwan	6	92 0.4×	76 0.7×	19 0.3×	146 2.8×	106 2.4×	7	408
Chenxi Liu China	12	113 0.5×	55 0.5×	41 0.7×	37 0.7×	98 2.2×	34	386
Mustafa K. Masood Singapore	11	308 1.3×	246 2.1×	56 1.0×	19 0.4×	91 2.1×	18	505
Brodie W. Hobson Canada	9	286 1.2×	105 0.9×	28 0.5×	12 0.2×	31 0.7×	19	378
Andreas Donaubauer Germany	11	367 1.5×	55 0.5×	27 0.5×	173 3.3×	33 0.8×	38	535

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Morteza Rahbar

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rahbar, Morteza, et al.. (2025). Sustainable forestry logistics: Using modified A-star algorithm for efficient timber transportation route optimization. Forest Policy and Economics. 173. 103456–103456. 2 indexed citations

Golabchi, Mahmood, et al.. (2025). Ranking and sorting the Pareto front in optimal shell structure design. Frontiers of Architectural Research. 15(2). 705–728.

Rahbar, Morteza, et al.. (2024). Comparative study of optimization methods for building energy consumption and daylighting performance. Energy and Buildings. 323. 114753–114753. 3 indexed citations

Golabchi, Mahmood, et al.. (2024). Fabrication methods of shell structures. Automation in Construction. 165. 105570–105570. 4 indexed citations

Golabchi, Mahmood, et al.. (2024). Computational Morphogenesis of Lightweight Continous Concrete Shell Structures by Utilizing Metaheuristic Algorithms. Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures. 65(3). 171–188. 1 indexed citations

Golabchi, Mahmood, et al.. (2024). Topology and Thickness Optimization of Concrete Thin Shell Structures Based on Weight, Deflection, and Strain Energy. International Journal of Engineering. 37(7). 1369–1383. 4 indexed citations

Khanzadi, Mostafa, et al.. (2024). Optimal UAV camera position for automated computer vision-based inspection of bolt looseness in steel structures based on 4D BIM. Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring. 15(5). 1557–1579.

Rahbar, Morteza, et al.. (2024). Revealing connectivity in residential Architecture: An algorithmic approach to extracting adjacency matrices from floor plans. Frontiers of Architectural Research. 13(2). 370–386. 4 indexed citations

Rahbar, Morteza, et al.. (2023). Architectural layout generation using a graph-constrained conditional Generative Adversarial Network (GAN). Automation in Construction. 155. 105053–105053. 46 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mahdavinejad, Mohammadjavad, et al.. (2023). Design Optimization of the Skylight for Daylighting and Energy Performance Using NSGA-II. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(1). 72–86. 9 indexed citations

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Rahbar, Morteza, et al.. (2023). Effect of earth-sheltering and atrium form and proportion integration on energy and lighting performance optimization in a hot arid climate of Mashhad, Iran. Energy Efficiency. 16(2). 5 indexed citations

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Rahbar, Morteza, et al.. (2022). Impact of Different Shading Devices on Daylight Performance and Visual Comfort of A Four Opening Sides' Reading Room In Rasht. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 97–116. 8 indexed citations

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Rahbar, Morteza, et al.. (2022). Using intelligent multi-objective optimization and artificial neural networking to achieve maximum solar radiation with minimum volume in the archetype urban block. Sustainable Cities and Society. 86. 104101–104101. 49 indexed citations

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Faizi, Mohsen, et al.. (2022). Multi-objective optimization of natural surveillance and privacy in early design stages utilizing NSGA-II. Automation in Construction. 143. 104547–104547. 20 indexed citations

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Rahbar, Morteza, Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad, Amir H.D. Markazi, & Mohammadreza Bemanian. (2021). Architectural layout design through deep learning and agent-based modeling: A hybrid approach. Journal of Building Engineering. 47. 103822–103822. 69 indexed citations

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Rahbar, Morteza, et al.. (2021). PCA-ANN integrated NSGA-III framework for dormitory building design optimization: Energy efficiency, daylight, and thermal comfort. Applied Energy. 305. 117828–117828. 93 indexed citations

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Rahbar, Morteza, et al.. (2021). Towards CFD-based optimization of urban wind conditions: Comparison of Genetic algorithm, Particle Swarm Optimization, and a hybrid algorithm. Sustainable Cities and Society. 77. 103565–103565. 36 indexed citations

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Rahbar, Morteza, et al.. (2021). A Comparative Study of Artificial Intelligence Models for Predicting Interior Illuminance. Applied Artificial Intelligence. 35(5). 373–392. 10 indexed citations

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Rahbar, Morteza, et al.. (2021). Modified A* Algorithm integrated with ant colony optimization for multi-objective route-finding; case study: Yazd. Applied Soft Computing. 113. 107877–107877. 29 indexed citations

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Rahbar, Morteza, Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad, Mohammadreza Bemanian, Amir H.D. Markazi, & Ludger Hovestadt. (2019). Generating Synthetic Space Allocation Probability Layouts Based on Trained Conditional-GANs. Applied Artificial Intelligence. 33(8). 689–705. 26 indexed citations

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