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Architecture and Cultural Influences

Architecture and Cultural Influences is a research topic within Archeology. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of culture, society, and architecture, with a focus on Islamic architecture, traditional houses, urban planning, and the social impact of design. It delves into topics such as cultural heritage, community development, vernacular architecture, art and design, privacy and hospitality in housing, and sustainability in architectural practices.

  • Islamic Architecture
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Traditional Houses
  • Urban Planning
  • Social Impact
  • Community Development
  • Vernacular Architecture
  • Art and Design
  • Privacy and Hospitality
  • Sustainability
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Architecture and Cultural Influences

Which countries lead Architecture and Cultural Influences research?

By volume, Indonesia and Malaysia publish the most (1k and 397 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 1k works
  2. 2 Malaysia 397 works
  3. 3 Egypt 206 works
  4. 4 Iran 205 works
  5. 5 United States 192 works
  6. 6 India 188 works
  7. 7 Iraq 187 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 176 works
  9. 9 China 98 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 90 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: 36.6%Malaysia: 14.5%Egypt: 7.5%Iran: 7.5%6 others listed: 34.0%37%largest
Indonesia1,002 · 36.6%Malaysia397 · 14.5%Egypt206 · 7.5%Iran205 · 7.5%6 others listed931 · 34.0%

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

Which institutions lead Architecture and Cultural Influences research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universiti Teknologi MARA publishes the most Architecture and Cultural Influences research, followed by Islamic Azad University, Tehran and University of Baghdad.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 103 works
  2. 2 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 70 works
  3. 3 University of BaghdadIraq 43 works
  4. 4 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 35 works
  5. 5 Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia 32 works
  6. 6 Helwan UniversityEgypt 28 works
  7. 7 Binus UniversityIndonesia 26 works
  8. 8 Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia 26 works
  9. 9 University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 25 works
  10. 10 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 24 works

What are the most cited papers in Architecture and Cultural Influences?

The most cited paper in Architecture and Cultural Influences is "The Production of Space" (Erik A. Swyngedouw, Henri Lefebvre, 1992), with 9,675 citations. Next come "Building houses with local materials: means to drastically reduce the environmental impact of construction" (621) and "Achieving Sustainable Urban Form" (578).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Production of Space Erik A. Swyngedouw, Henri Lefebvre · Economic Geography Jul 1992 9,675
2 Building houses with local materials: means to drastically reduce the environmental impact of construction Jean‐Claude Morel, Ali Mesbah, Michel Oggero et al. · Building and Environment Dec 2001 621
3 Achieving Sustainable Urban Form Nick Willams · Land Use Policy Apr 2001 578
4 The Compact City: A Sustainable Urban Form Lorraine Cairnes · URBAN DESIGN International Sep 1996 556
5 Fetishizing the modern city: the phantasmagoria of urban technological networks Maria Kaïka, Erik A. Swyngedouw · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Mar 2000 543
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Architecture and Cultural Influences research done?

The largest centres of Architecture and Cultural Influences research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia), Shah Alam (Malaysia) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shah Alam, Kota Bharu and Erbil.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 125 works
  2. 2 BandungIndonesia 124 works
  3. 3 Shah AlamMalaysia 111 works
  4. 4 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 96 works
  5. 5 TehranIran 95 works
  6. 6 SurabayaIndonesia 94 works
  7. 7 CairoEgypt 93 works
  8. 8 BaghdadIraq 84 works
  9. 9 MedanIndonesia 70 works
  10. 10 SemarangIndonesia 63 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Shah AlamMY · 111.0 works35×
  2. Kota BharuMY · 21.3 works29×
  3. ErbilIQ · 23.7 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Architecture and Cultural Influences than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Architecture and Cultural Influences?

Among universities, judged by research, Prince Sultan University, Universiti Teknologi MARA and University of Technology Malaysia 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 16.24%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Prince Sultan Univer…Effat UniversityUniversity of Techno…Universiti Teknologi…
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
1Prince Sultan UniversitySaudi Arabia 72.737.8%28.6×10 +481.7%
2Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 61.65.4%41.8×103 +41.1%
3University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 55.614.7%16.2×25 +41.1%
4Effat UniversitySaudi Arabia 50.716.6%128.1×9 +270.7%
5Salahaddin University-ErbilIraq 47.220.0%20.9×12 +348.8%
6University of BahrainBahrain 46.411.3%43.8×10 +111.4%
7University of MalayaMalaysia 45.816.6%9.8×18 -21.7%
8Near East UniversityCyprus 45.618.7%19.5×8 +157.9%
9Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia 44.713.7%15.1×32 -16.2%
10Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia 43.87.6%12.7×18 +44.1%

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 Architecture and Cultural Influences, country by country

Is Architecture and Cultural Influences research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Architecture and Cultural Influences.

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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 Cultural Influences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Architecture and Cultural Influences0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Architecture and Cultural Influences 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 Cultural Influences10.0% 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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