Naoe Nishihara

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 945 citations indexed

About

Naoe Nishihara is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Building and Construction and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Naoe Nishihara has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 945 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Social Psychology, 14 papers in Building and Construction and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Naoe Nishihara's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (14 papers), Thermoregulation and physiological responses (9 papers) and Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders (8 papers). Naoe Nishihara is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (14 papers), Thermoregulation and physiological responses (9 papers) and Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders (8 papers). Naoe Nishihara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and Australia. Naoe Nishihara's co-authors include Shin‐ichi Tanabe, Richard de Dear, Gail Brager, Christhina Cândido, David Cheong, Chandra Sekhar, Edward Arens, Jørn Toftum, Yingxin Zhu and Baizhan Li and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Building and Environment and Indoor Air.

In The Last Decade

Naoe Nishihara

34 papers receiving 910 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.

  1. Progress in thermal comfort research over the last twenty years
    2013 386 citations T. Akimoto, Naoe Nishihara et al. Indoor Air profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Naoe Nishihara Japan 11 686 382 228 192 184 34 945
Chungyoon Chun South Korea 18 849 1.2× 516 1.4× 227 1.0× 224 1.2× 287 1.6× 49 1.3k
Sami Karjalainen Finland 13 993 1.4× 435 1.1× 176 0.8× 191 1.0× 195 1.1× 26 1.5k
T. Akimoto Japan 9 653 1.0× 388 1.0× 107 0.5× 128 0.7× 110 0.6× 74 824
Natalia Giraldo Vásquez Denmark 8 658 1.0× 458 1.2× 95 0.4× 84 0.4× 212 1.2× 20 848
Marco Arnesano Italy 18 697 1.0× 346 0.9× 134 0.6× 138 0.7× 83 0.5× 60 943
Toby Cheung Singapore 15 1.0k 1.5× 730 1.9× 165 0.7× 119 0.6× 299 1.6× 29 1.4k
M. Fountain United States 14 875 1.3× 613 1.6× 96 0.4× 161 0.8× 137 0.7× 25 996
H. Zhang United States 11 617 0.9× 438 1.1× 81 0.4× 157 0.8× 138 0.8× 15 808
Ed Arens United States 8 507 0.7× 233 0.6× 99 0.4× 120 0.6× 108 0.6× 17 603
Ricardo Forgiarini Rupp Brazil 18 1.2k 1.8× 984 2.6× 155 0.7× 173 0.9× 260 1.4× 47 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Naoe Nishihara

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Fields of papers citing papers by Naoe Nishihara

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Naoe Nishihara

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Naoe Nishihara. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Naoe Nishihara based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Naoe Nishihara. Naoe Nishihara is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nishihara, Naoe, et al.. (2017). Causal Modeling Between Workplace Productivity and Workers′ Satisfaction with Various Spaces in Office Buildings. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering. 16(2). 409–415. 9 indexed citations
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Tanabe, Shin‐ichi, et al.. (2014). EFFECT OF POWER SAVING MEASURES ON COMFORT, PRODUCTIVITY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION. Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ). 79(704). 901–908. 2 indexed citations
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Tanabe, Shin‐ichi, et al.. (2014). Effect of power saving measures on comfort, productivity and energy conservation: Research on the field survey of office buildings under power saving after the Great East Japan Earthquake. 79(704). 901–908. 2 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe, et al.. (2009). A FIELD MEASUREMENT OF THERMAL ENVIRONMENT IN COOL BIZ OFFICE AND THE EVALUATION ON PRODUCTIVITY BY A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY. Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ). 74(637). 389–396. 19 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe, et al.. (2009). SUBJECTIVE EXPERIMENT FOR THE EFFECT OF THERMAL ENVIRONMENT AND VENTILATION RATE ON PRODUCTIVITY. Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ). 74(638). 507–515. 10 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe, et al.. (2009). THE EFFECT OF MODERATELY HOT ENVIRONMENT ON PERFORMANCE AND FATIGUE EVALUATED BY SUBJECTIVE EXPERIMENT OF LONG TIME EXPOSURE. Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ). 74(638). 525–530. 8 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe, et al.. (2009). Objective measurement of mental workload that affects productivity in moderately hot environment. 1 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe, et al.. (2008). SUBJECTIVE EXPERIMENT FOR THE EFFECT OF ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE ON PRODUCTIVITY. Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ). 73(625). 355–362. 3 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe, et al.. (2008). SUBJECTIVE EXPERIMENTS ON PRODUCTIVITY UNDER 800LX AND 3LX LIGHTING CONDITIONS. Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ). 73(625). 349–353. 2 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe, et al.. (2007). Effect of Overcooling on Productivity Evaluated by the Long Term Field Study. 20(24). 16558–16567. 2 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe & Shin‐ichi Tanabe. (2007). Monitoring cerebral blood flow for objective evaluation of relationship productivity and thermal environment. 2. 655–662. 1 indexed citations
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Tanabe, Shin‐ichi, et al.. (2007). Development of Survey Tools for Indoor Environmental Quality and Productivity. 3 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe, et al.. (2006). THE EFFECT OF CONTROLLING ILLUMINANCE LEVEL WITH TASK LIGHTS ON PRODUCTIVITY. Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ). 71(603). 101–109. 2 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe & Shin‐ichi Tanabe. (2005). Effect of Individual Control of Air Velocity on Office Workers' Productivity with Subjective Experiment. Journal of home economics. 56(3). 153–161. 5 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe & Shin‐ichi Tanabe. (2005). S-1001 Office Workers' Productivity in Moderately Hot Environment : Task Performance, Fatigue and Cerebral Blood Flow. 5. 61. 2 indexed citations
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Akimoto, T., et al.. (2004). IMPACTS OF NON-ISOTHERMAL TASK CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH INDIVIDUAL CONTROL ON THERMAL COMFORT AND PRODUCTIVITY. Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ). 69(582). 75–82. 3 indexed citations
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Tanabe, Shin‐ichi & Naoe Nishihara. (2004). Productivity and fatigue. Indoor Air. 14(s7). 126–133. 68 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe & Shin‐ichi Tanabe. (2003). SUBJECTIVE EXPERIMENTS ON PRODUCTIVITY UNDER MODERATELY HOT ENVIRONMENT. Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ). 68(568). 33–39. 11 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Naoe, et al.. (2002). A Cooling Vest for Working Comfortably in a Moderately Hot Environment.. Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY and Applied Human Science. 21(1). 75–82. 53 indexed citations
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Shiraishi, Shinya, et al.. (2001). Study On a System For Decreasing Vibration of a Hang Hook of Floating Crane. 2 indexed citations

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