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Conservation Techniques and Studies

Conservation Techniques and Studies is a research topic within Conservation. Science Explorer counts 17k 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 impact of climate change on the conservation of cultural heritage, focusing on environmental monitoring, sea-level rise, microclimate control, indoor air quality, and risk assessment for museum environments and archaeological sites. The papers address the threats posed by climate change to cultural heritage resources and propose strategies for adaptation and preservation.

  • Climate Change
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Conservation
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Museum Environments
  • Sea-Level Rise
  • Microclimate Control
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Archaeological Sites
  • Risk Assessment
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+20%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Italy
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Conservation Techniques and Studies

Which countries lead Conservation Techniques and Studies research?

By volume, Italy and China publish the most (700 and 575 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Italy 700 works
  2. 2 China 575 works
  3. 3 United States 411 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 275 works
  5. 5 Spain 270 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 173 works
  7. 7 France 156 works
  8. 8 India 120 works
  9. 9 Brazil 118 works
  10. 10 Greece 115 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.

Italy: 24.0%China: 19.7%United States: 14.1%United Kingdom: 9.4%6 others listed: 32.7%24%largest
Italy700 · 24.0%China575 · 19.7%United States411 · 14.1%United Kingdom275 · 9.4%6 others listed952 · 32.7%

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

Which institutions lead Conservation Techniques and Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, National Research Council publishes the most Conservation Techniques and Studies research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Sapienza University of Rome.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 National Research CouncilItaly 70 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 60 works
  3. 3 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 47 works
  4. 4 University of BolognaItaly 38 works
  5. 5 University of FlorenceItaly 37 works
  6. 6 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 36 works
  7. 7 Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 27 works
  8. 8 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 25 works
  9. 9 University of Naples Federico IIItaly 22 works
  10. 10 Department of ArchaeologySri Lanka 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Conservation Techniques and Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Conservation Techniques and Studies include Lídia Morawska, Luc Van Gool and Diego Augusto Santos Silva.

  1. 1 Lídia Morawska Australia 244k citations
  2. 2 Luc Van Gool Switzerland 177k citations
  3. 3 Diego Augusto Santos Silva Brazil 152k 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 Conservation Techniques and Studies?

The most cited paper in Conservation Techniques and Studies is "The need for evidence-based conservation" (William J. Sutherland, Andrew S. Pullin, Paul M. Dolman et al., 2004), with 1,805 citations. Next come "TECHNOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF LOW‐FIRED TERRACOTTA STATUES FROM AYIA IRINI, KEA" (1,259) and "Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation" (1,238).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The need for evidence-based conservation William J. Sutherland, Andrew S. Pullin, Paul M. Dolman et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Open access 10 Apr 2004 1,805
2 TECHNOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF LOW‐FIRED TERRACOTTA STATUES FROM AYIA IRINI, KEA Yannis Maniatis, A.A. Katsanos, Miriam Ervin Caskey · Archaeometry Aug 1982 1,259
3 Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation Nathan James Bennett, Robin Roth, Sarah C. Klain et al. · Biological Conservation Open access 29 Nov 2016 1,238
4 Biodeterioration of stone: a review Th. Warscheid, J. Braams · International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Dec 2000 1,062
5 Library of FT-Raman spectra of pigments, minerals, pigment media and varnishes, and supplement to existing library of Raman spectra of pigments with visible excitation Lucía Burgio, Robin J. H. Clark · Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy Jun 2001 1,052
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Where is Conservation Techniques and Studies research done?

The largest centres of Conservation Techniques and Studies research in 2022-now are Rome (Italy), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Venice and Florence.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 RomeItaly 138 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 131 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 91 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 70 works
  5. 5 MilanItaly 69 works
  6. 6 MadridSpain 58 works
  7. 7 AthensGreece 54 works
  8. 8 LisbonPortugal 49 works
  9. 9 FlorenceItaly 46 works
  10. 10 BolognaItaly 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VeniceIT · 26.4 works18×
  2. FlorenceIT · 46.3 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Conservation Techniques and Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Conservation Techniques and Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Bologna, Delft University of Technology and Politecnico di Milano 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 18.25%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Delft University of …Politecnico di MilanoUniversity of BolognaUniversity of Florence
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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.

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
1University of BolognaItaly 74.616.3%11.5×38 +18.1%
2Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 71.530.7%5.3×14 +3.7%
3Politecnico di MilanoItaly 68.518.2%12.7×36 -7.2%
4University of FlorenceItaly 68.211.7%15.6×37 +17.3%
5Sapienza University of RomeItaly 66.710.2%10.0×47 +36.8%
6University of SalernoItaly 64.720.3%12.6×15 +314.9%
7University of Naples Federico IIItaly 60.411.0%7.5×22 +45.4%
8Polytechnic University of BariItaly 59.023.1%22.2×11 +62.7%
9Politecnico di TorinoItaly 56.618.1%11.5×21 -6.6%
10University of PaduaItaly 56.022.9%3.9×12 +3.2%

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 Conservation Techniques and Studies, country by country

Is Conservation Techniques and Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Conservation Techniques and Studies.

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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 Conservation Techniques and Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Conservation Techniques and 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%Conservation Techniques and 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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