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Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation

Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation is a research topic within Archeology. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 25.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the temporal, spatial, and social aspects of cultural heritage studies, focusing on topics such as adaptive reuse, intangible heritage, sustainable development, community participation, heritage conservation, urban development, UNESCO World Heritage sites, cultural sustainability, historic buildings, and social value. The papers critically examine the recognition and misrecognition of community heritage, the challenges and opportunities in adaptive reuse of heritage buildings for sustainable urban development, and the role of cultural diversity and human rights in heritage management.

  • Adaptive Reuse
  • Intangible Heritage
  • Sustainable Development
  • Community Participation
  • Heritage Conservation
  • Urban Development
  • UNESCO World Heritage
  • Cultural Sustainability
  • Historic Buildings
  • Social Value
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+37%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (974 and 604 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 974 works
  2. 2 United States 604 works
  3. 3 Italy 585 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 557 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 443 works
  6. 6 Australia 310 works
  7. 7 Spain 299 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 252 works
  9. 9 India 211 works
  10. 10 Malaysia 192 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.

China: 22.0%United States: 13.6%Italy: 13.2%United Kingdom: 12.6%6 others listed: 38.6%22%largest
China974 · 22.0%United States604 · 13.6%Italy585 · 13.2%United Kingdom557 · 12.6%6 others listed1,706 · 38.6%

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

Which institutions lead Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Politecnico di Milano publishes the most Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation research, followed by Universiti Teknologi MARA and Sapienza University of Rome.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 70 works
  2. 2 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 36 works
  3. 3 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 35 works
  4. 4 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 35 works
  5. 5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 34 works
  6. 6 University of FlorenceItaly 33 works
  7. 7 University of BolognaItaly 31 works
  8. 8 Politecnico di TorinoItaly 30 works
  9. 9 Department of ArchaeologySri Lanka 27 works
  10. 10 Universidad de SevillaSpain 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation include C. Michael Hall, Peter Nijkamp and David Harvey.

  1. 1 C. Michael Hall New Zealand 2.2k citations
  2. 2 Peter Nijkamp Netherlands 2k citations
  3. 3 David Harvey United Kingdom 2k citations

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

Where is Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation research done?

The largest centres of Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Milan (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sarajevo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 144 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 139 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 113 works
  4. 4 Milan Italy 84 works
  5. 5 Rome Italy 83 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 73 works
  7. 7 Paris France 70 works
  8. 8 Ankara Türkiye 67 works
  9. 9 Madrid Spain 64 works
  10. 10 Sydney Australia 63 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SarajevoBA · 24.1 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation?

Among universities, judged by research, Politecnico di Milano, Delft University of Technology and Prince Sultan University 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%25%50%mean 41.88%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Politecnico di Milano: 70, 31.2%Delft University of Technology: 35, 48.2%Prince Sultan University: 10, 59.2%Politecnico di Torino: 30, 32.4%Near East University: 11, 34.6%University of Basilicata: 12, 39.0%Universidad de Sevilla: 26, 42.9%Università Iuav di Venezia: 13, 38.7%City University of Macau: 11, 48.5%School of Planning and Architecture Delhi: 9, 44.1%Prince Sultan Univer…Delft University of …Politecnico di TorinoPolitecnico di Milano
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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 77.531.2%12.8×70 +272.9%
2 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 71.548.2%6.6×35 +221.0%
3 Prince Sultan UniversitySaudi Arabia 69.459.2%11.6×10 —
4 Politecnico di TorinoItaly 66.432.4%8.5×30 +243.6%
5 Near East UniversityCyprus 64.934.6%10.6×11 +361.1%
6 University of BasilicataItaly 64.739.0%25.3×12 +279.8%
7 Universidad de SevillaSpain 63.542.9%6.4×26 +494.2%
8 Università Iuav di VeneziaItaly 63.438.7%58.8×13 +343.8%
9 City University of MacauMacau 61.948.5%8.9×11 —
10 School of Planning and Architecture DelhiIndia 61.644.1%29.4×9 +463.4%

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 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation.

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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.