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Architectural and Urban Studies

Architectural and Urban Studies is a research topic within Conservation. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1959. 9.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of urban design, cultural heritage conservation, and sustainable development, focusing on topics such as traditional architecture, community resilience, public expenditure, environmental sustainability, space utilization, and ethnic identity. It delves into the role of local wisdom in shaping urban spaces and addresses the challenges of preserving cultural heritage in the context of rapid urbanization.

  • Urban Design
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Traditional Architecture
  • Community Resilience
  • Sustainable Development
  • Local Wisdom
  • Public Expenditure
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Space Utilization
  • Ethnic Identity
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1959
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+37%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
91% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Architectural and Urban Studies

Which countries lead Architectural and Urban Studies research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (6.7k and 148 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 6.7k works
  2. 2 ?? 148 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 139 works
  4. 4 United States 79 works
  5. 5 Japan 73 works
  6. 6 China 68 works
  7. 7 Canada 67 works
  8. 8 Vietnam 35 works
  9. 9 India 33 works
  10. 10 Thailand 27 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Indonesia: 90.9%??: 2.0%Malaysia: 1.9%United States: 1.1%6 others listed: 4.1%91%largest
Indonesia6,663 · 90.9%??148 · 2.0%Malaysia139 · 1.9%United States79 · 1.1%6 others listed302 · 4.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Architectural and Urban Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Tarumanagara University publishes the most Architectural and Urban Studies research, followed by University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur and Universitas Gadjah Mada.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia 266 works
  2. 2 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 166 works
  3. 3 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 134 works
  4. 4 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 121 works
  5. 5 Universitas TrisaktiIndonesia 119 works
  6. 6 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 109 works
  7. 7 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 106 works
  8. 8 Institut Seni Indonesia DenpasarIndonesia 92 works
  9. 9 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 91 works
  10. 10 Parahyangan Catholic UniversityIndonesia 90 works

Who are the leading researchers in Architectural and Urban Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Architectural and Urban Studies include Jeremy N. Rich.

  1. 1 Jeremy N. Rich United States 62k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Architectural and Urban Studies?

The most cited paper in Architectural and Urban Studies is "Thermal dynamics of wallboard with latent heat storage" (Donald A. Neeper, 2000), with 351 citations. Next come "Comfort in urban spaces: defining the boundaries of outdoor thermal comfort for the tropical urban environments" (282) and "A review of the role of urban agriculture in the sustainable city discourse" (273).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Thermal dynamics of wallboard with latent heat storage Donald A. Neeper · Solar Energy 2000 351
2 Comfort in urban spaces: defining the boundaries of outdoor thermal comfort for the tropical urban environments Khandaker Shabbir Ahmed · Energy and Buildings 11 Nov 2002 282
3 A review of the role of urban agriculture in the sustainable city discourse Gideon Abagna Azunre, Owusu Amponsah, Charles Peprah et al. · Cities 8 May 2019 273
4 Compressive strength characteristics of cement stabilized rammed earth walls Chintha Jayasinghe, N. Kamaladasa · Construction and Building Materials 29 Sep 2006 244
5 Urban design morphology and thermal performance Gideon S. Golany · Atmospheric Environment Feb 1996 239
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Architectural and Urban Studies research done?

The largest centres of Architectural and Urban Studies research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Semarang (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Padangpanjang, Bantul and Balikpapan.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 965 works
  2. 2 BandungIndonesia 645 works
  3. 3 SurabayaIndonesia 616 works
  4. 4 SemarangIndonesia 397 works
  5. 5 YogyakartaIndonesia 354 works
  6. 6 MedanIndonesia 306 works
  7. 7 DenpasarIndonesia 303 works
  8. 8 MakassarIndonesia 276 works
  9. 9 MalangIndonesia 240 works
  10. 10 SurakartaIndonesia 225 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PadangpanjangID · 30.4 works96×
  2. BantulID · 37.5 works88×
  3. BalikpapanID · 38.3 works29×
  4. GorontaloID · 101.6 works29×
  5. DenpasarID · 303.4 works28×
  6. ReuleuetID · 47.3 works25×
  7. Yogyakarta23.8 works22×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Architectural and Urban Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Architectural and Urban Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Bandung Institute of Technology and Universitas Syiah Kuala score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 15.34%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →IPB UniversityUniversitas Syiah Ku…Universitas Gadjah M…Bandung Institute of…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 63.315.4%21.7×134 +19.8%
2Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 59.614.4%25.9×109 +12.6%
3Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia 59.215.6%30.5×84 +24.0%
4IPB UniversityIndonesia 58.020.3%8.2×30 +29.6%
5Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 54.912.2%11.0×70 +65.9%
6Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia 54.84.4%80.0×266 +28.4%
7Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 53.214.5%6.3×31 +21.9%
8University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 52.96.4%38.4×166 +402.6%
9Sultan Agung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 52.630.1%10.5×13 -1.3%
10University of IndonesiaIndonesia 52.020.1%10.8×82 -19.5%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Architectural and Urban Studies, country by country

Is Architectural and Urban Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Architectural and Urban Studies.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Architectural and Urban Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.041% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Architectural and Urban Studies0.031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Architectural and Urban Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Architectural and Urban Studies9.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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