Simona D’Oca

4.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Simona D’Oca is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Speech and Hearing and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona D’Oca has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Building and Construction, 14 papers in Speech and Hearing and 7 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Simona D’Oca's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (31 papers), Noise Effects and Management (14 papers) and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (8 papers). Simona D’Oca is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (31 papers), Noise Effects and Management (14 papers) and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (8 papers). Simona D’Oca collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Netherlands. Simona D’Oca's co-authors include Tianzhen Hong, Da Yan, Sarah C. Taylor-Lange, Chien Chen, Stefano Paolo Corgnati, Jared Langevin, William J.N. Turner, Zsófia Deme Bélafi, Ardeshir Mahdavi and Isabella Gaetani and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Simona D’Oca

37 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Advances in research and applications of energy-related occupant behavior in buildings

2015 416 citations Tianzhen Hong, Simona D’Oca et al. Energy and Buildings profile →
Ten questions concerning occupant behavior in buildings: The big picture

2016 415 citations Tianzhen Hong, Simona D’Oca et al. Building and Environment profile →
IEA EBC Annex 66: Definition and simulation of occupant behavior in buildings

2017 362 citations Tianzhen Hong, Simona D’Oca et al. Energy and Buildings profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona D’Oca Italy	20	2.8k	883	659	639	488	37	3.1k
H. Burak Gunay Canada	28	2.9k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	476 0.7×	909 1.4×	508 1.0×	84	3.4k
Rune Korsholm Andersen Denmark	26	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	715 1.1×	493 0.8×	296 0.6×	72	2.8k
Elie Azar United Arab Emirates	28	1.9k 0.7×	655 0.7×	281 0.4×	356 0.6×	623 1.3×	98	2.7k
Stefano Paolo Corgnati Italy	36	4.1k 1.5×	1.8k 2.1×	576 0.9×	539 0.8×	662 1.4×	173	5.1k
Laure Itard Netherlands	25	2.3k 0.8×	827 0.9×	287 0.4×	308 0.5×	301 0.6×	71	2.9k
Xiaohang Feng China	11	1.8k 0.6×	701 0.8×	326 0.5×	370 0.6×	316 0.6×	13	2.0k
Salvatore Carlucci Norway	29	3.2k 1.1×	1.8k 2.1×	361 0.5×	449 0.7×	479 1.0×	75	3.9k
Frédéric Haldi Switzerland	16	2.0k 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	404 0.6×	447 0.7×	246 0.5×	27	2.1k
Roberto Lamberts Brazil	38	4.2k 1.5×	2.6k 3.0×	540 0.8×	442 0.7×	310 0.6×	166	5.1k
Valentina Fabi Italy	17	1.6k 0.6×	739 0.8×	429 0.7×	319 0.5×	156 0.3×	51	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Simona D’Oca

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simona D’Oca

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simona D’Oca

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pigliautile, Ilaria, et al.. (2022). Peer-to-peer energy communities: regulatory barriers in the EU context. Open Research Europe. 2. 147–147. 2 indexed citations

D’Oca, Simona, et al.. (2022). European small-town Renewable Energy Communities: Participatory design of supporting tools as a vehicle to engage and understand local communities and their energy related concerns. Open Research Europe. 2. 129–129. 2 indexed citations

Bavaresco, Mateus, Simona D’Oca, Enedir Ghisi, & Anna Laura Pisello. (2020). Assessing underlying effects on the choices of adaptive behaviours in offices through an interdisciplinary framework. Building and Environment. 181. 107086–107086. 17 indexed citations

D’Oca, Simona, et al.. (2019). Contextual and behavioural factors influencing human-building interaction in university offices: a cross-cultural comparison. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 111. 4064–4064. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Chien, Tianzhen Hong, Gerardo Zarazua de Rubens, et al.. (2019). Culture, conformity, and carbon? A multi-country analysis of heating and cooling practices in office buildings. Energy Research & Social Science. 61. 101344–101344. 34 indexed citations

Bavaresco, Mateus, Simona D’Oca, Enedir Ghisi, & Roberto Lamberts. (2019). Methods used in social sciences that suit energy research: A literature review on qualitative methods to assess the human dimension of energy use in buildings. Energy and Buildings. 209. 109702–109702. 58 indexed citations

D’Oca, Simona, et al.. (2019). Exploitation of Business Models for Deep Renovation. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 11–11. 4 indexed citations

D’Oca, Simona, et al.. (2018). People-centred deep renovation practices: from challenges to strategies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations

Podjed, Dan, et al.. (2018). People-Centred Approach for ICT Tools Supporting Energy Efficient and Healthy Behaviour in Buildings. MDPI (MDPI AG). 675–675. 5 indexed citations

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D’Oca, Simona, et al.. (2018). Technical, Financial, and Social Barriers and Challenges in Deep Building Renovation: Integration of Lessons Learned from the H2020 Cluster Projects. Buildings. 8(12). 174–174. 69 indexed citations

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D’Oca, Simona, Tianzhen Hong, & Jared Langevin. (2017). The human dimensions of energy use in buildings: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 81. 731–742. 288 indexed citations

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Kazmi, Hussain & Simona D’Oca. (2016). Demonstrating model-based reinforcement learning for energy efficiency and demand response using hot water vessels in net-zero energy buildings. 1–6. 7 indexed citations

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D’Oca, Simona, Chiara Delmastro, Valentina Fabi, & Stefano Paolo Corgnati. (2015). Testing Socio-Economic Demographic Variables on building energy consumption scenarios at the urban scale in Italy. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino). 3 indexed citations

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Gunay, H. Burak, et al.. (2015). On Modelling And Simulation of Occupant Models. Building Simulation Conference proceedings. 6 indexed citations

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D’Oca, Simona, Tianzhen Hong, & Stefano Paolo Corgnati. (2014). Occupant Behavior of Window Opening and Closing in Office Buildings: Data Mining Approaches. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino). 1 indexed citations

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D’Oca, Simona & Tianzhen Hong. (2014). A data-mining approach to discover patterns of window opening and closing behavior in offices. Building and Environment. 82. 726–739. 212 indexed citations

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D’Oca, Simona & Tianzhen Hong. (2014). Occupancy schedules learning process through a data mining framework. Energy and Buildings. 88. 395–408. 237 indexed citations

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D’Oca, Simona, et al.. (2014). The influence of realistic schedules for the use of appliances on the total energy performances in dwellings. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino). 172–189. 3 indexed citations

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Fabi, Valentina, et al.. (2013). The influence of occupant's behaviour in a high performing building. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino). 1–9. 8 indexed citations

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D’Oca, Simona. (2012). Influence of occupants' behaviour on heating energy consumption and thermal comfort in residential buildings.. 1 indexed citations

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