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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. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolution of interior design education, practice, and research, with a focus on the intersection of family and consumer sciences, sustainability, architecture, and narrative inquiry. It delves into the professional development of interior designers, the cultural kaleidoscope of design, and the historical aspects of interior design.

  • 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%
759
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+41%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Architecture, Design, and Social History

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

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (410 and 105 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 410 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 105 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 90 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 77 works
  5. 5 Australia 75 works
  6. 6 China 68 works
  7. 7 Egypt 67 works
  8. 8 Russia 66 works
  9. 9 India 52 works
  10. 10 Italy 50 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: 38.8%United Kingdom: 9.9%Türkiye: 8.5%Indonesia: 7.2%6 others listed: 35.6%39%largest
United States410 · 38.8%United Kingdom105 · 9.9%Türkiye90 · 8.5%Indonesia77 · 7.2%6 others listed377 · 35.6%

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

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

By volume in 2022-now, Film Independent publishes the most Architecture, Design, and Social History research, followed by Helwan University and Politecnico di Milano.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Film IndependentUnited States 15 works
  2. 2 Helwan UniversityEgypt 14 works
  3. 3 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 14 works
  4. 4 University of BaghdadIraq 13 works
  5. 5 The University of MelbourneAustralia 11 works
  6. 6 Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 10 works
  7. 7 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 9 works
  8. 8 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 8 works
  9. 9 Pharos University in AlexandriaEgypt 8 works
  10. 10 Texas Tech UniversityUnited States 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Architecture, Design, and Social History?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Architecture, Design, and Social History include Michael E. Porter and Norman K. Denzin.

  1. 1 Michael E. Porter United States 165k citations
  2. 2 Norman K. Denzin United States 130k 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, Design, and Social History?

The most cited paper in Architecture, Design, and Social History is "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (1989) 1" (Peggy McIntosh, 2019), with 2,595 citations. Next come "Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association" (1,463) and "Children's Experience of Place" (859).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (1989) 1 Peggy McIntosh Book chapter 4 Jul 2019 2,595
2 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association Rui Yao · Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal 6 May 2011 1,463
3 Children's Experience of Place Roger M. Downs, Roger A. Hart · Geographical Review Apr 1980 859
4 Quantitative and qualitative research in the built environment: application of “mixed” research approach Dilanthi Amaratunga, David Baldry, Marjan Sarshar et al. · International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management Open access Feb 2002 756
5 Effects of interior design on wellness: theory and recent scientific research. Roger S. Ulrich · PubMed Conference paper 1991 616
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 CairoEgypt 34 works
  2. 2 IstanbulTürkiye 31 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 30 works
  4. 4 MelbourneAustralia 24 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 23 works
  6. 6 BandungIndonesia 20 works
  7. 7 BaghdadIraq 19 works
  8. 8 SydneyAustralia 18 works
  9. 9 Los AngelesUnited States 18 works
  10. 10 AlexandriaEgypt 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CairoEG · 34.0 works8.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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, The University of Melbourne, Politecnico di Milano and University of Baghdad 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%5%10%mean 5.72857%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Alexandria UniversityThe University of Me…Politecnico di MilanoUniversity of Baghdad
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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
1The University of MelbourneAustralia 76.08.7%7.1×11 +82.8%
2Politecnico di MilanoItaly 72.88.3%13.3×14 +6.9%
3University of BaghdadIraq 69.78.3%12.6×13 +466.7%
4Alexandria UniversityEgypt 67.310.5%14.6×9 +322.4%
5Helwan UniversityEgypt 61.81.2%49.4×14 +27.9%
6Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 37.32.9%7.8×8 +193.8%
7Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 23.00.2%60.3×10 -

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, Design, and Social History, country by country

Is Architecture, Design, and Social History research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Architecture, Design, and Social History as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0077% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Architecture, Design, and Social History0.0078% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Architecture, Design, and Social History 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, Design, and Social History10.0% 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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