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Architecture, Design, and Social History

Architecture, Design, and Social History is a research topic within Conservation. Science Explorer counts 7.4k research works in it since 1950. 17.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

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  • Interior Design
  • Education
  • Research
  • Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Sustainability
  • Architecture
  • Narrative Inquiry
  • Professional Development
  • Cultural Kaleidoscope
  • Design History
Research works
7.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
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Which countries lead Architecture, Design, and Social History research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (347 and 92 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 347 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 92 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 76 works
  4. 4 Australia 70 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 69 works
  6. 6 Egypt 66 works
  7. 7 China 54 works
  8. 8 Russia 49 works
  9. 9 India 47 works
  10. 10 Italy 42 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.

United States: 38.0%United Kingdom: 10.1%Türkiye: 8.3%Australia: 7.7%6 others listed: 35.9%38%largest
United States347 · 38.0%United Kingdom92 · 10.1%Türkiye76 · 8.3%Australia70 · 7.7%6 others listed327 · 35.9%

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

Which institutions lead Architecture, Design, and Social History research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Helwan University publishes the most Architecture, Design, and Social History research, followed by Film Independent and University of Baghdad.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Helwan UniversityEgypt 14 works
  2. 2 Film IndependentUnited States 14 works
  3. 3 University of BaghdadIraq 11 works
  4. 4 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 11 works
  5. 5 The University of MelbourneAustralia 11 works
  6. 6 Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 9 works
  7. 7 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 9 works
  8. 8 Pharos University in AlexandriaEgypt 8 works
  9. 9 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 8 works
  10. 10 Kyiv National University of Technologies and DesignUkraine 8 works

Where is Architecture, Design, and Social History research done?

The largest centres of Architecture, Design, and Social History research in 2022–2025 are Cairo (Egypt), London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Melbourne (Australia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cairo and Melbourne.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cairo Egypt 34 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 26 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 26 works
  4. 4 Melbourne Australia 23 works
  5. 5 New York United States 20 works
  6. 6 Bandung Indonesia 18 works
  7. 7 Sydney Australia 18 works
  8. 8 Baghdad Iraq 17 works
  9. 9 Alexandria Egypt 17 works
  10. 10 Los Angeles United States 16 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CairoEG · 33.8 works9.9×
  2. MelbourneAU · 22.6 works4.4×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Architecture, Design, and Social History than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Architecture, Design, and Social History?

Among universities, judged by research, Politecnico di Milano, Helwan University and University of Baghdad 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%10%20%mean 8.25%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Politecnico di Milano: 11, 16.4%Helwan University: 14, 2.3%University of Baghdad: 11, 11.8%Alexandria University: 9, 11.2%Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies: 9, 0.0%The University of Melbourne: 11, 7.8%Politecnico di MilanoUniversity of BaghdadAlexandria UniversityHelwan University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 78.316.4%11.5×11 —
2 Helwan UniversityEgypt 70.62.3%50.2×14 +558.3%
3 University of BaghdadIraq 65.111.8%11.6×11 —
4 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 60.311.2%14.2×9 —
5 Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 32.90.0%59.8×9 —
6 The University of MelbourneAustralia 32.07.8%8.2×11 +17.3%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Architecture, Design, and Social History research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Architecture, Design, and Social History.

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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.

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.