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Construction Management and Sustainability

Construction Management and Sustainability is a research topic within Building and Construction. Science Explorer counts 4.4k research works in it since 1975. 6.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on sustainable urban development, construction practices, and energy-efficient solutions. It covers topics such as renewable energy sources, building insulation, historic building reconstruction, smart city technologies, environmental assessment, and infrastructure projects. The papers explore methods to improve energy efficiency, utilize renewable energy sources, and assess the environmental impact of construction projects within urban areas.

  • Sustainable Urban Development
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Renewable Energy Sources
  • Building Insulation
  • Historic Building Reconstruction
  • Smart City Technologies
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Infrastructure Projects
  • Construction Management
  • Urban Environmental Quality
Research works
4.4k
fractional, since 1975
In the world top 10%
281
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+235%
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Which countries lead Construction Management and Sustainability research?

By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (779 and 181 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 779 works
  2. 2 Ukraine 181 works
  3. 3 United States 58 works
  4. 4 Kazakhstan 42 works
  5. 5 Uzbekistan 38 works
  6. 6 China 26 works
  7. 7 Poland 21 works
  8. 8 Belarus 14 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 11 works
  10. 10 Germany 10 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.

Russia: 66.1%Ukraine: 15.4%United States: 4.9%Kazakhstan: 3.6%6 others listed: 10.1%66%largest
Russia779 · 66.1%Ukraine181 · 15.4%United States58 · 4.9%Kazakhstan42 · 3.6%6 others listed119 · 10.1%

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

Which institutions lead Construction Management and Sustainability research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering publishes the most Construction Management and Sustainability research, followed by Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture and Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia 167 works
  2. 2 Kyiv National University of Construction and ArchitectureUkraine 35 works
  3. 3 Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil EngineeringRussia 29 works
  4. 4 Don State Technical UniversityRussia 29 works
  5. 5 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 27 works
  6. 6 Samara State Technical UniversityRussia 26 works
  7. 7 O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in KharkivUkraine 17 works
  8. 8 Irkutsk National Research Technical UniversityRussia 15 works
  9. 9 Voronezh State Technical UniversityRussia 15 works
  10. 10 Belgorod State Technological UniversityRussia 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Construction Management and Sustainability?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Construction Management and Sustainability include Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Zenonas Turskis and Artūras Kaklauskas.

  1. 1 Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas Lithuania 2k citations
  2. 2 Zenonas Turskis Lithuania 799 citations
  3. 3 Artūras Kaklauskas Lithuania 331 citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Construction Management and Sustainability research done?

The largest centres of Construction Management and Sustainability research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Rostov-on-Don (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh and Irkutsk.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 312 works
  2. 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 75 works
  3. 3 Kyiv Ukraine 69 works
  4. 4 Rostov-on-Don Russia 39 works
  5. 5 Samara Russia 33 works
  6. 6 Voronezh Russia 30 works
  7. 7 Irkutsk Russia 29 works
  8. 8 Kharkiv Ukraine 28 works
  9. 9 Weatherford United States 27 works
  10. 10 Novosibirsk Russia 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Rostov-on-DonRU · 38.6 works61×
  2. VoronezhRU · 29.5 works61×
  3. IrkutskRU · 28.6 works60×
  4. SamaraRU · 33.1 works58×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Construction Management and Sustainability than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Construction Management and Sustainability?

Among universities, judged by research, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering and Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture 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%5%10%mean 5.26%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Lviv Polytechnic National University: 11, 8.4%Moscow State University of Civil Engineering: 167, 3.0%Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture: 35, 4.7%Don State Technical University: 29, 7.4%O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv: 17, 7.0%Samara State Technical University: 26, 4.4%Voronezh State Technical University: 15, 5.3%Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University: 12, 2.9%Irkutsk National Research Technical University: 15, 4.4%Petersburg State Transport University: 13, 5.1%Lviv Polytechnic Nat…Don State Technical …Kyiv National Univer…Moscow State Univers…
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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 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 52.18.4%31.6×11 +435.3%
2 Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia 48.13.0%947.1×167 +1330.0%
3 Kyiv National University of Construction and ArchitectureUkraine 46.84.7%479.0×35 +1249.3%
4 Don State Technical UniversityRussia 42.97.4%189.5×29 —
5 O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in KharkivUkraine 40.87.0%212.1×17 +97.8%
6 Samara State Technical UniversityRussia 40.24.4%264.5×26 +1483.0%
7 Voronezh State Technical UniversityRussia 31.85.3%283.9×15 —
8 Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversityRussia 31.42.9%43.7×12 +167.6%
9 Irkutsk National Research Technical UniversityRussia 29.34.4%233.9×15 —
10 Petersburg State Transport UniversityRussia 29.25.1%153.3×13 —

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 Construction Management and Sustainability research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 235% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Construction Management and Sustainability.

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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.