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Architecture and Art History Studies

Architecture and Art History Studies is a research topic within Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of architectural geometry, artistic representation, and mathematical theory, focusing on topics such as perspective, Renaissance art, historical cartography, anamorphic images, gothic architecture, and proportional analysis. It delves into the application of geometric principles in architectural design and the representation of cultural heritage through visual practices.

  • Architectural Geometry
  • Artistic Representation
  • Perspective
  • Mathematical Theory
  • Renaissance Art
  • Historical Cartography
  • Anamorphic Images
  • Gothic Architecture
  • Proportional Analysis
  • Cultural Heritage
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Architecture and Art History Studies

Which countries lead Architecture and Art History Studies research?

By volume, Spain and Italy publish the most (478 and 301 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 478 works
  2. 2 Italy 301 works
  3. 3 United States 193 works
  4. 4 Russia 101 works
  5. 5 Mexico 89 works
  6. 6 France 71 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 69 works
  8. 8 Germany 65 works
  9. 9 Brazil 58 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 49 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.

Spain: 32.4%Italy: 20.4%United States: 13.1%Russia: 6.8%6 others listed: 27.3%32%largest
Spain478 · 32.4%Italy301 · 20.4%United States193 · 13.1%Russia101 · 6.8%6 others listed402 · 27.3%

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

Which institutions lead Architecture and Art History Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid publishes the most Architecture and Art History Studies research, followed by Universidad de Sevilla and Universitat Politècnica de València.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain 54 works
  2. 2 Universidad de SevillaSpain 52 works
  3. 3 Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 45 works
  4. 4 Universidad de GranadaSpain 31 works
  5. 5 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 27 works
  6. 6 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 24 works
  7. 7 University of FlorenceItaly 23 works
  8. 8 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 21 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 19 works
  10. 10 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Architecture and Art History Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Architecture and Art History Studies include Christopher K. Glass.

  1. 1 Christopher K. Glass United States 138k 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 Architecture and Art History Studies?

The most cited paper in Architecture and Art History Studies is "Historical Development of the Newton–Raphson Method" (Tjalling J. Ypma, 1995), with 941 citations. Next come "The dialectics of sketching" (886) and "The Palladian Grammar" (545).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Historical Development of the Newton–Raphson Method Tjalling J. Ypma · SIAM Review Dec 1995 941
2 The dialectics of sketching Gabriela Goldschmidt · Creativity Research Journal 1991 886
3 The Palladian Grammar George Nicholas Stiny, William J. Mitchell · Environment and Planning B Planning and Design Jun 1978 545
4 Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style Göran Hermerén, Michael Baxandall · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 1973 431
5 Designing as reflective conversation with the materials of a design situation Donald A. Schön · Research in Engineering Design Sep 1992 333
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Architecture and Art History Studies research done?

The largest centres of Architecture and Art History Studies research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Seville (Spain), Rome (Italy) and Valencia (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Valladolid, Venice and Seville.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 119 works
  2. 2 SevilleSpain 56 works
  3. 3 RomeItaly 54 works
  4. 4 ValenciaSpain 51 works
  5. 5 BarcelonaSpain 33 works
  6. 6 Mexico CityMexico 33 works
  7. 7 GranadaSpain 31 works
  8. 8 MilanItaly 30 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 30 works
  10. 10 ParisFrance 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ValladolidES · 28.4 works40×
  2. VeniceIT · 22.6 works34×
  3. SevilleES · 56.4 works29×
  4. ZaragozaES · 25.9 works22×
  5. GranadaES · 31.3 works21×
  6. ValenciaES · 51.0 works20×
  7. FlorenceIT · 28.1 works16×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Architecture and Art History Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Architecture and Art History Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad de Sevilla and Universitat Politècnica de València score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 11.86%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Samara State Technic…Universidad de SevillaUniversidad Politécn…Universitat Politècn…
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.

Citation 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
1Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain 69.110.9%93.9×54 -10.4%
2Universidad de SevillaSpain 65.011.6%50.5×52 -19.2%
3Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 60.97.6%70.1×45 -11.2%
4Samara State Technical UniversityRussia 57.422.0%64.2×9 +67.7%
5Universidad de GranadaSpain 56.35.3%30.1×31 +26.9%
6University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"Italy 56.219.6%23.0×9 -29.5%
7University of FlorenceItaly 54.47.2%21.7×23 +65.9%
8Politecnico di TorinoItaly 54.313.9%21.2×17 -32.5%
9Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaSpain 53.613.3%24.1×15 -38.7%
10Universidad de ValladolidSpain 52.37.2%49.3×27 -5.7%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Architecture and Art History Studies, country by country

Is Architecture and Art History Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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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 Architecture and Art History Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0082% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Architecture and Art History Studies0.0077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Architecture and Art History 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%Architecture and Art History Studies10.1% in 2025200020102020

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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