Most cited journal articles
1. Masood, R., Kharal, M. K. N., & Nasir, A. R. (2014). Is BIM adoption advantageous for Pakistan's construction industry? Procedia Engineering, 77, 229-238. (Highly cited, 150+)
2. Masood, R., Lim, J. B. P, & González, V. A. (2021). Performance of the supply chains for New Zealand prefabricated housebuilding. Sustainable Cities and Society, 64, 102537. (Highly cited, 90+; IF: 11.7)
3. Zahoor, H., Chan, A. P., Masood, R., Choudhry, R. M., Javed, A. A., & Utama, W. P. (2016). Occupational safety and health performance in the Pakistani construction industry: stakeholders' perspective. International Journal of Construction Management, 16(3), 209-219. (Highly cited, 79+; IF: 4.5).
4. Roy, K., Lau, H. H., Ting, T. C. H., Masood, R., Kumar, A., & Lim, J. B. (2019). Experiments and finite element modelling of screw pattern of self-drilling screw connections for high-strength cold-formed steel. Thin-Walled Structures, 145, 106393. (Highly cited, 90+; IF: 6.4).
5. Masood, R., Lim, J. B., González, V. A., Roy, K., & Khan, K. I. A. (2022). A systematic review on supply chain management in prefabricated housebuilding research. Buildings, 12(1), 40. (Feature paper, Highly cited, 49+; IF: 3.8).
6. Dani, A. A., Roy, K., Masood, R., Fang, Z., & Lim, J. B. (2022). A comparative study on the life cycle assessment of New Zealand residential buildings. Buildings, 12(1), 50. (Featured paper, Highly cited, 42+; IF: 3.8).
7. Ur Rehman, H. S., Raza, M. A., Masood, R., Khan, M. A., Alamgir, S., Javed, M. A., ... & Lim, J. B. (2023). A multi-facet BIM-based approach for Green Building design of a new multi-family residential building using LEED system. International Journal of Construction Management, 23(12), 2024-2038. (Highly cited, 27+; IF: 4.5)
8. Maqsoom, A., Charoenngam, C., Masood, R., & Awais, M. (2014). Foreign market entry considerations of emerging economy firms: An example of Pakistani contractors. Procedia Engineering, 77, 222-228. (Highly cited, 22+)
9. Masood, R., Mujtaba, B., Khan, M. A., Mubin, S., Shafique, F., & Zahoor, H. (2014). Investigation for safety performance indicators on construction projects. Science International, 26(3), 1403-1408. (Highly cited, 22+)
10. Masood, R., Ali, M., Shafique, F., Shafique, M. A., Zafar, B., Maqsoom, A., & Ullah, Z. (2015). Investigating the delay factors of construction projects in metropolitan city of a developing country. Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture Research, 2(9), 947-955. (Highly cited, 22+)
11. Roy, K., Lau, H. H., Fang, Z., Masood, R., Ting, T. C. H., Lim, J. B., & Lee, V. C. C. (2022, February). Effects of corrosion on the strength of self-drilling screw connections in cold-formed steel structures-experiments and finite element modeling. In Structures (Vol. 36, pp. 1080-1096). Elsevier. (Highly cited, 18+; IF: 4.1)
12. Mathison, C., Roy, K., Clifton, G. C., Ahmadi, A., Masood, R., & Lim, J. B. (2019). Novel pin jointed moment connection for cold-formed steel trusses. Steel Compos. Struct, 31(5), 453-467. (Highly cited, 18+; IF: 4.6)
13. Johnston, R. P., McGrath, T., Nanukuttan, S., Lim, J. B., Soutsos, M., Chiang, M. C., Masood, R. & Rahman, M. A. (2018, February). Sustainability of cold-formed steel portal frames in developing countries in the context of life cycle assessment and life cycle costs. In Structures (Vol. 13, pp. 79-87). (Highly cited, 16+; IF: 4.1)
14. Paya-Marin, M. A., Roy, K., Chen, J. F., Masood, R., Lawson, R. M., Gupta, B. S., & Lim, J. B. (2020). Large-scale experiment of a novel non-domestic building using BPSC systems for energy saving. Renewable Energy, 152, 799-811. (Highly cited, 13+; IF: 8.4)
15. Roy, K., Ting, T. C. H., Lau, H. H., Masood, R., Alyousef, R., Alabduljabbar, H., ... & Lim, J. B. (2021). Cold-formed steel-lipped channel section columns undergoing local-overall buckling interaction. International Journal of Steel Structures, 21, 408-429. (Cited, 10+; IF: 1.6).
16. Iqbal, A., Mubin, S., Gavrishyk, E., Masood, R., Roy, K., & Moradibistouni, M. (2022). A Comparative performance analysis of different insulation materials installed in a residential building of a cold region in Pakistan. Journal of composites science, 6(6), 165. (Cited, 6+; ; IF: 3.3).
17. Masood, R.., Lim, J.B.P., & Gonzalez, V. (2016). A Taxonomy of Construction Supply Chain for Affordable Housing in New Zealand. International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, 5(1), 16-21. (Cited, 10+).
18. Masood, R., Mujtaba, B., Khan, M. A., & Ali, T. (2014). Adoption of integrated management system (IMS) by construction firms in Pakistan. International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology, 3(5), 342-347. (Cited, 6+).
19. Masood, R., Farooqi, W., & Zahoor, H. (2014). System thinking approach for investigation of construction safety climate. Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture Research, 1(5), 346-351. (Highly cited, 3+)
20. Khan, M. A., Mujtaba, B., Masood, R., Ali, T. (2014). Rainfall-runoff modeling of a part-catchment area of river Dhünn based on physiographic and land use characteristics using MIKE BASIN. Science International, 26(5), 2379-2384. (Highly cited, 2+)
Recent journal articles
21. Nijah Akram, Sajjad Mubin, Rehan Masood, Ayesha Mehmood Malik, Shanzae Naeem, Rafia Gulzar, Khurram Amer, and Memoona Rashid. 2025. “Beyond Illumination: Stakeholders Perspectives and Preferences on Eco-Friendly Lighting for Sustainable Cities”. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 31 (1):249-76. https://doi.org/10.63278/mme.v31i1.1241.
22. Masood, R., Wilson, N., Landage, N., & Altaf, O. (2024). Learners' perception of collaborative value management through Building information Modelling, Rere Āwhio – Journal of Applied Research & Practice: Issue 4, 2024. https://doi.org/10.34074/rere.00406
23. Khan, M. A., Mustafa, R. F., Siddiqi, Z. A., & Masood, R. (2024). Validation of AISI Design of Cold-Formed Steel Beams Using Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis. Applied Sciences, 14(18), 8492. (IF:2.5)
24. Fatima, A., Mubin, S., & Masood, R. (2024). Risk-nased integrated performance assessment framework for public-private partnership infrastructure projects. Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal, 16(1), 251-274. (IF:1.7)
25. Sajid, Z. W., Ullah, F., Qayyum, S., & Masood, R. (2024). Climate Change Mitigation through Modular Construction. Smart Cities, 7(1), 566-596. (Cited, 2+; IF: 6.4)
26. Masood, R., Roy, K., González, V. A., & Lim, J. B. (2024). Ameliorating Supply Chains of Prefabricated Housebuilding: An Integrated Performance Framework. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(6). (Cited, 1+; IF: 5.6)
27. Masood, R., Roy, K., González, V. A., Lim, J. B., & Nasir, A. R. (2023). A supply chain perspective of prefabricated housebuilding diffusion in New Zealand. Engineering, Construction, and Architectural Management. Vol. 31, No. 7, pp. 2697-2720. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-10-2022-0941 (Cited, 8+; IF: 4.5)
28. Ahmad, Z., Mubin, S., Masood, R., Ullah, F., & Khalfan, M. (2022). Developing a Performance Evaluation Framework for Public Private Partnership Projects. Buildings, 12(10), 1563. (Cited, 8+; IF: 3.8)
29. Masood, R., Roy, K., González, V. A., Lim, J. B., & Nasir, A. R. (2023), Modeling the relational performance of the supply chains for prefabricated housebuilding in New Zealand, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, Vol. 14, No. 1, 276-302. https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-01-2023-0006 (Cited, 8+; IF: 3.4)
30. Finnie, D.A., Masood, R., Goldsworthy, S., & Harding, B. (2024). Embodied Carbon in New Zealand Commercial Construction. Energies, 17(11), 2629. (IF: 3.2)
31. Masood, R. (2024). Modelling prefabricated construction safety. Applied Sciences, 14(4), 1629. (IF: 2.7)
32. Finnie, D.A., Masood, R., & Grant, L. (2024). Subcontractor Engagement in the Two-Stage Early Contractor Involvement Paradigm for Commercial Construction. Knowledge, 4 (2), 302-320. (Tracked for IF)
33. Fatima, A., Mubin, S., & Masood, R.. (2024). Risk-based Integrated Performance Assessment Framework for Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure projects. Organization, Technology, and Management in Construction: an International Journal, (Under production) (IF:1.6)
National journal articles
34. Masood, R., & Roy, K. (2022). Review on prefabricated building technology. Scope – Work-based learning 4: Technology, 4, 24-30. (Cited, 4+)
35. Rehman, N., Masood, R., & Yap, M. (2021). Upskilling Engineers For Freelancing–Economic And Social Dynamics. Southern Institute of Technology Journal of Applied Research, 2021, 1-18.
36. Masood, R., Rehman, N., Rehman, H.S.U, & Roy, K. (2021). BIM Based Energy Analysis for Solar Powered Prefabricated House Buildings in New Zealand, SIT Journal of Applied Sciences, Edition: Mechanical Engineering, 25-31.
International conference articles/presentations
37. Masood, R. (2023, 26-28 Nov). Safety Situation of Prefabricated Construction in New Zealand. Paper presented at 46th Australasian Universities Building Education Association (AUBEA) annual international conference. Auckland, New Zealand. (Best paper award)
38. Finnie, D., Masood, R., Grant, L. & Khalfan, M. (2023, 26-28 Nov). Subcontractor engagement in the Two-stage early contractor involvement procurement. Paper presented at 46th Australasian Universities Building Education Association (AUBEA) annual international conference. Auckland, New Zealand.
39. Finnie, D., Goldsworthy, S. & Masood, R. (2023, 30 Nov-1Dec). Practices for reducing embodied carbon (EC) emissions in New Zealand commercial construction. Paper presented at Engineering, Project, and Production Management (EPPM) conference. Auckland, New Zealand.
40. Masood, R. , Gonzalez, V. & Lim, J. B. 2017. Value Stream Mapping - a Case Study of Cold-Formed Steel House Framing for Offsite Manufacturing Supply Chain, 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, 829-836. (Cited, 7+)
41. Farooqui, R. U., Masood, R., & Aziz, J. (2008). Assessing the viability of total quality management implementation in contracting firms of Pakistani construction industry. ICCIDC–I Advancing and Integrating Construction Education, Research & Practice. Karachi, Pakistan. (Cited, 22+).
42. Masood, R., & Choudhry, R. M. (2011, August). Measuring safety climate to enhance safety culture in the construction industry of Pakistan. In CIB W099 Safety and Health in Construction Conference: Prevention: Means to the end of construction injuries, illnesses, and fatalities (pp. 1243-1249). Singapore. (Cited, 19+).
43. Masood, R., & Choudhry, R. M. (2010, August). Identification of risk factors for construction contracting firms-Encompassing mitigation stance. In 2nd International Conference on Construction in Developing Countries' Advancing & Integrating Construction Education, Research & Practices (pp. 3-5). Cairo, Egypt. (Cited, 19+).
44. Masood, R., Choudhry, R.M. (2012, April 11-14) Investigation of demographic factors relationship with safety climate. In Proceedings of the 48th ASC Annual International Conference Proceedings, Birmingham, UK. (Cited, 11+).
45. Choudhry, R. M., & Masood, R. (2011, August). Assessment of multi-level safety climates of working groups to drive perceptual unification. In CIB W99 International Conference on Prevention: Means to the End of Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (pp. 24-26). Singapore. (Cited, 10+).
46. Masood, R., Choudhry, R., Azhar, S., & Hinze, J. (2012, July). Mapping construction safety non-practice behavior with culture constructs. In Third International conference on construction in developing countries (ICCIDC-III): Advancing Civil, Architectural and Construction Engineering & Management. Bangkok, Thailand. . (Cited, 9+).
47. Masood, R., Farooqui, Choudhry, Riaz, Z. & Munir, Y. (2012, August). Analyzing health & safety (H&S) policy to evaluate top management commitment level. In CIB W99 International Conference on Prevention: Means to the End of Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (pp. 24-26). Singapore. (Cited, 7+).
48. Masood, R., Choudhry, & Riaz, Z. (2012, August). Cross-trade perceptions of safety climate of construction workers. In CIB W99 International Conference on Prevention: Means to the End of Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (pp. 24-26). Singapore. (Cited, 6+).
49. Masood, R., Farooqui, R. U., & Aziz, J. (2009). A Framework for Strategic Management in Construction Contracting Firms. In Fifth International Conference in the 21st Century (CITC-V), Istanbul, Turkey. (Cited, 3+).
50. Masood, R., Farooqui, R., & Choudhry, R. (2013). Application of data mining for assessing safety climate of multi-trade construction workers - A step towards system thinking approach. In International Conference on Safety, Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICSCEPM-2013), "Issues, Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Countries," Islamabad, Pakistan. August 19 (Vol. 21, pp. 115-120). (Cited, 2+).
51. Masood, R., & Farooqui, R. (2012, July). Economic Impact of Terrorism on Pakistan Construction Industry. In Third International conference on construction in developing countries (ICCIDC-III): Advancing Civil, Architectural and Construction Engineering & Management. Bangkok, Thailand. (Cited, 2+).
52. Masood, R., Choudhry, R., Riaz, Z. Waseem, U., Khursheed, N. & Khan, M.A. (2012, August). Strengthening the Formal Education of Construction Safety for Civil Engineers – Bridging the Gap. In CIB W99 International Conference on Prevention: Means to the End of Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (pp. 24-26). Singapore. (Cited, 2+).
53. Masood, R., Gonzalez, V., Lim, J. P., & Cabrera, G. (2017). Trends in Housing Offsite Manufacturing Supply Chain Management (HOSCM) research. In X. Zou, Ptrick, J. Sanjayan, M. Alam, & X. Xu (Eds.), Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate. Melbourne, Australia. (pp. 763–769). (Cited, 1+).
54. Masood, R., Maqsoom, A., Ellahi, M., & Khan, M.A. (2012, Nov 7-9). Measuring Content of Vision Statement For Imaging Future. In International Scientific Conference People Buildings and Environment. Lednice, Czech Republic. (pp. 312-320). (Cited, 1+).
55. Masood, R., & Farooqui, R. U. (2009, November). Effective Management system in Construction contracting firms–A Comparative Analysis. In 1st International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure and Built Environment in Developing Countries, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia (pp. 2-3). (Cited, 1+).
56. Masood, R., & Choudhry, R. M. (2012, December 19-21). Measuring Construction Safety Climate in Supervisory Environment with Multi-level Analysis on Projects in Pakistan. Seventh International Conference on Construction on the 21st Century (CITC-VII), Bangkok, Thailand.
57. Masood, R. (2012, December 19-21). Relating Construction Safety Performance lagging and leading indicators. Seventh International Conference on Construction on the 21st Century (CITC-VII), Bangkok, Thailand.
58. Masood, R., & Choudhry, R. M. (2011, July 5-7). Investigation of the Multi-level Safety Climate of Working Groups for Perceptional Differences. Sixth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-VI). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
59. Masood, R., Hasan, J. & Choudhry, R. M. (2011, July 5-7). Sustainable Infrastructure Re-construction Approaches for Flood Disaster. investigation of the Multi-level Safety Climate of Working Groups for Perceptional Differences. Sixth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-VI). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
National conference articles/presentations
Ø Virtual Research Symposium (2024, 4 Dec): https://itpresearch.ac.nz/opsitara-2024/. Te Pūkenga.
Ø OPSITARA Research Symposium (2024, 5-6 Dec): https://itpresearch.ac.nz/opsitara-2024/. Ara Institute of Canterbury joint research symposium | Te Pūkenga.
Ø OPSITARA Research Symposium (2023, 30 Nov-1st Dec): Savage J. L. & Bodkin-Allen S. (Eds.) (2023) OPSITARA 2023: Te Pūkenga Region 4 Research Symposium, Invercargill, New Zealand. Book of Abstracts https://itpresearch.ac.nz/home/opsitara2023/. Southern Institute of Technology | Te Pūkenga.
60. Masood, R., Flanders, J., Finnie, D., & Grace, M. (2023). Are we prepared for assessing AI content?
61. Masood, R., Landage, N., Piri, I., & Wilson, N. (2023). Mapping Quantity Surveyor Graduate profiles against NZIQS competency standards.
62. Masood, R., Wilson, N., Landage, N., & Altaf, O. (2023). BIM-enabled collaborative automated quantity take-off of buildings for better efficiency and effectiveness.
63. Masood, R., Soper, K., Menike, S., Bistouni, M., & Morrison, B. (2023). Application of Circular economy principles by Prefabricated housebuilding companies.
64. Masood, R., Flanders, J., Raina, P., Aliakbarlou, S., & Afzal, M. (2023). Root causes of Request for information (RFI) on commercial construction projects.
65. Masood, R., Li, X., Menike, S., Wilson, N., & Afzal, M. (2023). Application of Building information modelling in prefabricated housebuilding.
66. Ali, R. & Masood, R. (2023). Cyclone Gabrielle Hosing Recovery through Prefabricated Construction
67. Pene, T., Masood, R., Menike, S., & Mualia, S. (2023). Critical Success factors for Indigenous construction companies in New Zealand.
68. Mukunthan, R., Aliakbarlou, S., Masood, R., Shaheed, R., & Matafeo, R. (2023, November 30 – December 01). Improving Prefabrication Supply Chain to Alleviate the Housing Shortage.
69. Xu, Y., Aliakbarlou, S., Masood, R., Chan, L., & Kimaro, A. (2023). Skill requirements for low-prefabricated Timber Building Technologies.
70. Afzal, M., Liu, H., & Masood, R. (2023). Impact of the Edendale roundabout on safety and mobility.
71. Afzal, M., Maharjan, S., & Masood, R. (2023). Critical Analysis of Invercargill Road Network in Case of Natural Hazards.
Ø ITP Research Symposium (2022, 30 Nov-2nd Dec): Savage J. L. & Bodkin-Allen S. (Eds.) (2022) ITP Research Symposium, Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill, New Zealand.
72. Masood, R., Aliakbarlou, S. and Hu, A. (2022) Skill Matrix for Prefabricated Construction.
73. Masood, R., Shuva, C. and Bordon, A. (2022). Use of LIDAR Scanner for Heritage Buildings.
74. Um, S., Aliakbarlou, S., Masood, R. and Chen, L. (2022). Skills Shortage in New Zealand prefabricated construction
75. Masood, R. and Ali, R. (2022). Effectiveness of Prefabricated construction for Pandemic facilities
76. Lee, J., Masood, R. and Moradibistouni, M. (2022). Multicriteria decision-making for selecting insulation for prefabricated buildings.
Ø OPSITARA Research Symposium (2022, July 14-15): Brook, L. & Aimers, J. (Eds.) (2022) OPSITARA 2022: Otago Polytechnic Ltd., Dunedin, New Zealand. (https://doi.org/10.34074/proc.2204).
77. Masood, R., Ward, K. and Afzal, M. (2022) Towards HyFlex model for architecture, engineering and construction courses
78. Masood, R., Aliakbarlou, S., Chan, L. and Teo, J. (2022). Uptake of Offsite Construction in NZ – A Non- Supplier viewpoint.
79. Masood, R., Menike, S., Nerlekar, P., and Afzal, M. (2022). Establishing Quality Assurance Regime for prefabricated house building company.
80. Afzal, M., Masood, R., Gabriel, C. and Melo, H. (2022). An empirical study on flexible pavement design for reconstruction of Tweed street
Ø ITP Research Symposium (2021, October 14-15): Shone, M., Russell, B. & Gunawardana, S. (Eds.) (2021) ITP Research Symposium, Ara Institute of Canterbury Ltd., Christchurch, New Zealand. (https://www.ara.ac.nz/news-and-events/events/opsitara-2021-research-conference/)
81. Masood, R., Samarsinghe, D. Moradibistouni, M. & Akbarlou, S.A. (2021). Identification of Offsite Construction Skills and Profiles
82. Masood, R., Gabriel, C., Afzal, M. & Peltsmakher, K. (2021). Cold-formed Steel (CFS) as a Prefabrication Technology for Medium Density Housing (MDH) in New Zealand.
83. Shuva, C. & Masood, R. (2021). Developing An Operational Workflow to Integrate Mobile Lidar Scanner in BIM Optimisation.
Ø ITP Research Symposium (2020, September 24): Hamerton, H. & Fraser, C. (Eds.) (2021) ITP Research Symposium, Toi-Ohomai Institute of Technology, Tauranga, New Zealand. (https://itpresearch.ac.nz/home/2020-itp-symposium/)
84. Masood, R., Samarsinghe, D., & Aliakbarlou, S. (2020). Making a case of upskilling the New Zealand workforce for Offsite construction.
Industry articles
85. Masood, R. (2023, November). Prefabricated Construction Safety. OP Research Magazine. (https://www.op.ac.nz/research/research-stories/prefabricated-construction-safety/)
86. Dani, A., Roy, K., Masood, R., and Lim, J. B. (2023, Feb/Mar). LCA case study of stand-alone houses. Modern construction methods, Build 194, Build Magazine, BRANZ
87. Masood, R., Lim, J. B., & González, V. A. (2021, November). Snapshot of NZ's prefab challenge. Modern construction methods, Build 186, Build Magazine, BRANZ
88. Masood, R., and Lim, James B.P. Medium Density Housing with prefabricated Cold-formed Steel. Newsletter of National Association of Steel Housing. December Newsletter (2020)
89. Masood, R., and Lim, James B.P. Supply chain performance in Cold-formed Steel housebuilding. Newsletter of National Association of Steel Housing. September Newsletter (2020)