Building materials and conservation
Building materials and conservation is a research topic within Earth-Surface Processes. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 28.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
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- Biodeterioration
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- Salt Crystallization
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- Conservation
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 28.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +47% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Building materials and conservation research?
By volume, China and Italy publish the most (1k and 686 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1k works
- 2 Italy 686 works
- 3 United States 320 works
- 4 France 308 works
- 5 Spain 307 works
- 6 Türkiye 266 works
- 7 India 240 works
- 8 United Kingdom 191 works
- 9 Portugal 171 works
- 10 Germany 161 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.
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Which institutions lead Building materials and conservation research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Politecnico di Milano publishes the most Building materials and conservation research, followed by University of Naples Federico II and University of Florence.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 36 works
- 2 University of Naples Federico IIItaly 36 works
- 3 University of FlorenceItaly 36 works
- 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 35 works
- 5 University of BolognaItaly 34 works
- 6 Czech Technical University in PragueCzechia 33 works
- 7 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 30 works
- 8 University of MinhoPortugal 29 works
- 9 Universidad de GranadaSpain 28 works
- 10 Tongji UniversityChina 27 works
Who are the leading researchers in Building materials and conservation?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Building materials and conservation include Karen Scrivener.
- 1 Karen Scrivener Switzerland 2.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Building materials and conservation research done?
The largest centres of Building materials and conservation research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Rome (Italy), Paris (France) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Braga.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BragaPT · 29.0 works12×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Building materials and conservation than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Building materials and conservation?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Évora, University of Florence and University of Naples Federico II 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of ÉvoraPortugal | 75.4 | 43.5% | 36.3× | 19 | +180.1% |
| 2 | University of FlorenceItaly | 68.1 | 34.5% | 12.1× | 36 | +24.5% |
| 3 | University of Naples Federico IIItaly | 66.1 | 26.8% | 10.6× | 36 | +53.8% |
| 4 | Universidad de GranadaSpain | 66.0 | 38.7% | 9.3× | 28 | +30.4% |
| 5 | Politecnico di MilanoItaly | 65.8 | 23.6% | 8.9× | 36 | +118.2% |
| 6 | University of BolognaItaly | 64.7 | 37.4% | 7.5× | 34 | +51.1% |
| 7 | Czech Technical University in PragueCzechia | 62.2 | 6.1% | 23.7× | 33 | +186.5% |
| 8 | University of MinhoPortugal | 62.1 | 24.5% | 14.2× | 29 | +44.2% |
| 9 | Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly | 61.8 | 61.3% | 7.3× | 10 | +112.6% |
| 10 | Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain | 59.2 | 31.1% | 10.3× | 21 | +9.5% |
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 Building materials and conservation research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Building materials and conservation.
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.