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2026

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D-Index
61
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23206
World Ranking
1988
National Ranking
6

Rafael Sacks publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rafael Sacks sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 198 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Rafael Sacks D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rafael Sacks sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Rafael Sacks is affiliated with Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel and conducts research primarily in the field of engineering with a focus on building and construction.

Their work spans several subfields, including building and construction, industrial and manufacturing engineering, management science and operations research, geology, and civil and structural engineering.

Research topics associated with their publications cover a variety of areas, such as:

  • BIM and Construction Integration
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Construction Project Management and Performance
  • Digital Transformation in Industry
  • Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization
  • Semantic Web and Ontologies

They have contributed to numerous papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • "Construction with digital twin information systems," 2020, Data-Centric Engineering
  • "Building Information Modelling, Artificial Intelligence and Construction Tech," 2020, Developments in the Built Environment
  • "An immersive virtual reality serious game to enhance earthquake behavioral responses and post-earthquake evacuation preparedness in buildings," 2020, Advanced Engineering Informatics
  • "Exploring graph neural networks for semantic enrichment: Room type classification," 2021, Automation in Construction
  • "Clustering Information Types for Semantic Enrichment of Building Information Models to Support Automated Code Compliance Checking," 2020, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Frequent co-authors working alongside Rafael Sacks include:

  • Timson Yeung
  • Zijian Wang
  • André Borrmann
  • Boyuan Ouyang
  • Duygu Utkucu

They have published extensively in certain venues, reflecting their research focus. These frequently used publication venues are:

  • Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
  • Automation in Construction
  • Computing in construction
  • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
  • Advanced Engineering Informatics

Best Publications

  • BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors

    Chuck Eastman;Paul Teicholz;Rafael Sacks;Kathleen Liston

  • Interaction of Lean and Building Information Modeling in Construction

    Rafael Sacks;Lauri Koskela;Bhargav A. Dave;Robert Owen

  • BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Designers, Engineers, Contractors, and Facility Managers

    Rafael Sacks;Charles Eastman;Ghang Lee;Paul Teicholz

  • Construction safety training using immersive virtual reality

    Rafael Sacks;Amotz Perlman;Ronen Barak

  • Specifying parametric building object behavior (BOB) for a building information modeling system

    Ghang Lee;Rafael Sacks;Charles M. Eastman

  • Requirements for building information modeling based lean production management systems for construction

    Rafael Sacks;Milan Radosavljevic;Ronen Barak

  • Construction with digital twin information systems

    Rafael Sacks;Ioannis Brilakis;Ergo Pikas;Haiyan Sally Xie

  • Hazard recognition and risk perception in construction

    Amotz Perlman;Amotz Perlman;Rafael Sacks;Ronen Barak

  • Construction Job Safety Analysis

    Ophir Rozenfeld;Rafael Sacks;Yehiel Rosenfeld;Hadassa Baum

  • Parametric 3D modeling in building construction with examples from precast concrete

    Rafael Sacks;Charles M. Eastman;Ghang Lee

  • Exchange Model and Exchange Object Concepts for Implementation of National BIM Standards

    C. M. Eastman;Y.-S. Jeong;R. Sacks;I. Kaner

  • Construction safety and digital design: A review

    Wei Zhou;Jennifer Whyte;Rafael Sacks

  • Tracking and locating components in a precast storage yard utilizing radio frequency identification technology and GPS

    Esin Ergen;Burcu Akinci;Rafael Sacks

  • Assessing research issues in Automated Project Performance Control (APPC)

    Ronie Navon;Rafael Sacks

  • Building Information Modeling Education for Construction Engineering and Management. I: Industry Requirements, State of the Art, and Gap Analysis

    R. Sacks;E. Pikas

  • Visualization of Work Flow to Support Lean Construction

    R. Sacks;M. Treckmann;O. Rozenfeld

  • Teaching Building Information Modeling as an Integral Part of Freshman Year Civil Engineering Education

    R. Sacks;R. Barak

  • Semantics of model views for information exchanges using the industry foundation class schema

    M. Venugopal;C. M. Eastman;R. Sacks;J. Teizer

  • Benchmark tests for BIM data exchanges of precast concrete

    Y.-S. Jeong;C.M. Eastman;R. Sacks;I. Kaner

  • Toward automated generation of parametric BIMs based on hybrid video and laser scanning data

    Ioannis Brilakis;Manolis Lourakis;Rafael Sacks;Silvio Savarese

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles M. Eastman
Charles M. Eastman Georgia Institute of Technology
Ioannis Brilakis
Ioannis Brilakis University of Cambridge
Lauri Koskela
Lauri Koskela Tallinn University of Technology
Jochen Teizer
Jochen Teizer Technical University of Denmark
Burcu Akinci
Burcu Akinci Carnegie Mellon University
Jennifer Whyte
Jennifer Whyte Imperial College London
Olli Seppänen
Olli Seppänen Aalto University
Silvio Savarese
Silvio Savarese Stanford University
M. Talat Birgonul
M. Talat Birgonul Middle East Technical University
Irem Dikmen
Irem Dikmen University of Reading

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