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Historical Art and Architecture Studies

Historical Art and Architecture Studies is a research topic within Conservation. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to art history, conservation, and cultural heritage in Spain. It includes studies on Spanish art, particularly focusing on Seville and its baroque painting, as well as the influence of the Spanish monarchy and colonial art. The cluster also delves into museum studies, Renaissance art, and the conservation of historic buildings and artifacts.

  • Art History
  • Conservation
  • Spanish Art
  • Seville
  • Baroque Painting
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Renaissance
  • Museum Studies
  • Spanish Monarchy
  • Colonial Art
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
66% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Historical Art and Architecture Studies

Which countries lead Historical Art and Architecture Studies research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (1.5k and 169 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 1.5k works
  2. 2 Mexico 169 works
  3. 3 United States 138 works
  4. 4 Italy 126 works
  5. 5 France 82 works
  6. 6 Argentina 67 works
  7. 7 Portugal 50 works
  8. 8 Chile 48 works
  9. 9 Brazil 46 works
  10. 10 Colombia 45 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.

Spain: 65.9%Mexico: 7.5%United States: 6.1%Italy: 5.6%6 others listed: 14.9%66%largest
Spain1,490 · 65.9%Mexico169 · 7.5%United States138 · 6.1%Italy126 · 5.6%6 others listed338 · 14.9%

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

Which institutions lead Historical Art and Architecture Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad de Sevilla publishes the most Historical Art and Architecture Studies research, followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad de Granada.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad de SevillaSpain 138 works
  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 124 works
  3. 3 Universidad de GranadaSpain 73 works
  4. 4 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 68 works
  5. 5 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 55 works
  6. 6 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 54 works
  7. 7 Real Academia EspañolaSpain 49 works
  8. 8 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 47 works
  9. 9 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 40 works
  10. 10 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 39 works

Who are the leading researchers in Historical Art and Architecture Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical Art and Architecture Studies include Rafael Lozano, Michel Foucault and Francisco Herrera.

  1. 1 Rafael Lozano United States 224k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 Francisco Herrera Spain 141k citations
  4. 4 Jesús F. San Miguel Spain 132k citations
  5. 5 Barry S. Taylor United States 130k citations
  6. 6 Egbert W. Meijer Netherlands 100k 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 Historical Art and Architecture Studies?

The most cited paper in Historical Art and Architecture Studies is "Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance" (Marta Ajmar, 1997), with 315 citations. Next come "LITERACY AND CULTURE IN EARLY MODERN CASTILE" (254) and "Identidad cultural un concepto que evoluciona" (251).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance Marta Ajmar · Journal of Design History 1997 315
2 LITERACY AND CULTURE IN EARLY MODERN CASTILE Sara T. Nolle · Past & Present 1989 254
3 Identidad cultural un concepto que evoluciona L Olga Luc u EDa Molano · Opera 5 Nov 2007 251
4 The relationship between accounting and spatial practices in the factory Salvador Carmona, Mahmoud Ezzamel, Fernando Gutiérrez Hidalgo · Accounting Organizations and Society Apr 2002 184
5 Madrid and the Spanish Economy, 1560-1850 Charles J. Jago, David R. Ringrose · Hispanic American Historical Review Nov 1984 170
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Historical Art and Architecture Studies research done?

The largest centres of Historical Art and Architecture Studies research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Seville (Spain), Valencia (Spain) and Granada (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Valladolid, Seville and Albacete.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 416 works
  2. 2 SevilleSpain 167 works
  3. 3 ValenciaSpain 86 works
  4. 4 GranadaSpain 76 works
  5. 5 Mexico CityMexico 72 works
  6. 6 ValladolidSpain 72 works
  7. 7 BarcelonaSpain 65 works
  8. 8 ZaragozaSpain 61 works
  9. 9 SalamancaSpain 45 works
  10. 10 PamplonaSpain 35 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ValladolidES · 71.9 works85×
  2. SevilleES · 166.8 works72×
  3. AlbaceteES · 32.1 works51×
  4. SalamancaES · 45.0 works48×
  5. ZaragozaES · 61.4 works44×
  6. GranadaES · 75.7 works43×
  7. OviedoES · 32.0 works41×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Historical Art and Architecture Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Historical Art and Architecture Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universitat Politècnica de València and Universidad de Sevilla 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%10%20%mean 13.39%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Autónoma…Universidad Politécn…Universitat Politècn…Universidad de Sevilla
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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
1Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain 74.916.8%49.3×33 +7.1%
2Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 71.313.3%42.8×32 +8.8%
3Universidad de SevillaSpain 69.710.3%112.3×138 -11.6%
4Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 68.317.3%31.3×38 -19.1%
5Universidad de ValladolidSpain 67.811.3%105.7×68 +4.0%
6Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 67.010.5%64.7×124 -14.2%
7University of AlmeríaSpain 66.114.1%27.0×9 +37.6%
8University of the Basque CountrySpain 65.015.4%25.1×26 +3.2%
9Universitat de ValènciaSpain 64.413.1%39.9×47 -8.3%
10Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 64.111.8%58.7×56 +14.2%

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 Historical Art and Architecture Studies, country by country

Is Historical Art and Architecture Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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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 Historical Art and Architecture Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Historical Art and Architecture Studies0.0087% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Historical Art and Architecture 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%Historical Art and Architecture Studies9.6% 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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