Muhammad Tariq Shafiq

934 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 614 citations indexed

About

Muhammad Tariq Shafiq is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Management Science and Operations Research and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Tariq Shafiq has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 614 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Building and Construction, 6 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 5 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Tariq Shafiq's work include BIM and Construction Integration (15 papers), Construction Project Management and Performance (6 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (5 papers). Muhammad Tariq Shafiq is often cited by papers focused on BIM and Construction Integration (15 papers), Construction Project Management and Performance (6 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (5 papers). Muhammad Tariq Shafiq collaborates with scholars based in United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Pakistan. Muhammad Tariq Shafiq's co-authors include Mohamad Kassem, Jane Matthews, Fahim Ullah, Abdul Rauf, Yahya Rashid, Malik Khalfan, Waqar Mehmood, Rashid Maqbool, Akber Abid Gardezi and Muhammad Qaiser Saleem and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Sustainability and Ain Shams Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Tariq Shafiq

24 papers receiving 587 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.

Digital Twins in Built Environments: An Investigation of the Characteristics, Applications, and Challenges

2022 189 citations Muhammad Tariq Shafiq et al. Buildings profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Tariq Shafiq United Arab Emirates	11	344	168	150	113	107	25	614
Hala Nassereddine United States	12	244 0.7×	122 0.7×	126 0.8×	71 0.6×	43 0.4×	72	481
Amin Alvanchi Iran	14	327 1.0×	227 1.4×	116 0.8×	120 1.1×	40 0.4×	38	616
Sandra Matarneh Jordan	14	391 1.1×	143 0.9×	112 0.7×	51 0.5×	132 1.2×	28	712
Eric Forcael Chile	13	345 1.0×	197 1.2×	125 0.8×	44 0.4×	52 0.5×	60	681
Sofiat Abioye United Kingdom	3	290 0.8×	132 0.8×	91 0.6×	107 0.9×	37 0.3×	4	561
Zhenmin Yuan China	11	415 1.2×	234 1.4×	109 0.7×	66 0.6×	73 0.7×	26	654
Shakil Ahmed Bangladesh	11	366 1.1×	219 1.3×	37 0.2×	166 1.5×	68 0.6×	23	616
Sepehr Abrishami United Kingdom	19	660 1.9×	326 1.9×	151 1.0×	59 0.5×	177 1.7×	40	1.0k
Perry Forsythe Australia	16	356 1.0×	271 1.6×	38 0.3×	64 0.6×	66 0.6×	46	626
Steven Davis Australia	15	297 0.9×	295 1.8×	48 0.3×	106 0.9×	54 0.5×	42	682

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Rauf, Abdul, et al.. (2025). Examining the Impact of House Size on Building Embodied Energy. Buildings. 15(3). 467–467. 2 indexed citations

Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq, et al.. (2025). Challenges in Asset Management and Digital Twins: Industry Insights. Buildings. 15(11). 1809–1809. 1 indexed citations

Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Construction Management Education through 4D BIM and VR: Insights and Recommendations. Buildings. 14(10). 3116–3116. 4 indexed citations

Rauf, Abdul, et al.. (2024). Sustainable water management in construction: life-cycle embodied water assessment of residential buildings. Built Environment Project and Asset Management. 14(5). 682–696. 3 indexed citations

Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Reality for Project Scheduling in Construction Education. Buildings. 13(5). 1123–1123. 18 indexed citations

Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq, et al.. (2023). A critical appraisal of traditional methods of construction progress monitoring. Built Environment Project and Asset Management. 13(6). 830–845. 5 indexed citations

Maqbool, Rashid, et al.. (2023). Coping with skill shortage within the UK construction industry: Scaling up training and development systems. Ain Shams Engineering Journal. 15(2). 102396–102396. 10 indexed citations

Malik, Arun, et al.. (2022). Impediments of Cognitive System Engineering in Machine-Human Modeling. Computers, materials & continua/Computers, materials & continua (Print). 74(3). 6689–6701. 4 indexed citations

Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq, et al.. (2022). Automated Computer Vision-Based Construction Progress Monitoring: A Systematic Review. Buildings. 12(7). 1037–1037. 33 indexed citations

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Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq, et al.. (2021). Factors for Time and Cost Overrun in Public Projects. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Waqar, Abdul Waheed Khan, Waqar Aslam, et al.. (2021). Requirement Design for Software Configuration and System Modeling. Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing. 32(1). 441–454. 2 indexed citations

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Majeed, Fiaz, Muhammad Shoaib, Monagi H. Alkinani, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of Natural Language Software Interfaces to Databases. Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing. 32(1). 285–299. 1 indexed citations

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Nisar, Wasif, et al.. (2021). Modernization Framework to Enhance the Security of Legacy Information Systems. Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing. 32(1). 543–555. 2 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Waqar, Wasif Nisar, Muhammad Qaiser Saleem, et al.. (2021). CMMI Compliant Workflow Models to Track and Control Changes. Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing. 31(1). 387–405. 2 indexed citations

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Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq, et al.. (2021). Evaluating 4D-BIM and VR for Effective Safety Communication and Training: A Case Study of Multilingual Construction Job-Site Crew. Buildings. 11(8). 319–319. 60 indexed citations

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Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq, et al.. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on project performance in the UAE construction industry. Journal of Engineering Design and Technology. 20(1). 245–266. 66 indexed citations

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Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq. (2021). Client-Driven Level 2 BIM Implementation: A Case Study from the UAE. The Open Construction and Building Technology Journal. 15(1). 129–140. 7 indexed citations

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Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq, et al.. (2021). Improving construction safety with virtual-design construction technologies – a review. Journal of Information Technology in Construction. 26. 319–340. 62 indexed citations

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Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq, et al.. (2020). Potential of Virtual Design Construction Technologies to Improve Job-Site Safety in Gulf Corporation Council. Sustainability. 12(9). 3826–3826. 25 indexed citations

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Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq, et al.. (2013). A study of BIM collaboration requirements and available features in existing model collaboration systems. Journal of Information Technology in Construction. 18(8). 148–161. 77 indexed citations

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