Hygrothermal properties of building materials
Hygrothermal properties of building materials is a research topic within Building and Construction. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 15.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on sustainable earth construction materials and techniques, including the use of local and natural materials such as rammed earth, hemp concrete, and plant aggregates. The research covers topics such as hygrothermal properties, moisture buffering, mechanical characteristics, and the environmental impact of using these materials in construction.
- Earth Construction
- Building Materials
- Hygrothermal Properties
- Sustainable Construction
- Moisture Buffering
- Rammed Earth
- Hemp Concrete
- Mechanical Properties
- Environmental Impact
- Natural Fibers
- Research works
- 10k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +52% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Hygrothermal properties of building materials research?
By volume, China and France publish the most (284 and 212 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 284 works
- 2 France 212 works
- 3 India 186 works
- 4 Italy 143 works
- 5 United States 132 works
- 6 United Kingdom 91 works
- 7 Türkiye 86 works
- 8 Brazil 84 works
- 9 Spain 79 works
- 10 Poland 76 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Hygrothermal properties of building materials research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Hygrothermal properties of building materials research, followed by Czech Technical University in Prague and University of Minho.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 19 works
- 2 Czech Technical University in PragueCzechia 17 works
- 3 University of MinhoPortugal 17 works
- 4 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 14 works
- 5 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 13 works
- 6 Cadi Ayyad UniversityMorocco 13 works
- 7 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 13 works
- 8 Tallinn University of TechnologyEstonia 12 works
- 9 Warsaw University of TechnologyPoland 11 works
- 10 Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaSpain 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Hygrothermal properties of building materials?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Hygrothermal properties of building materials include Paulo B. Lourénço and Bert Blocken.
- 1 Paulo B. Lourénço Portugal 1.5k citations
- 2 Bert Blocken Netherlands 1.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Hygrothermal properties of building materials research done?
The largest centres of Hygrothermal properties of building materials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), London (United Kingdom) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rabat.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- RabatMA · 23.6 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hygrothermal properties of building materials than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Hygrothermal properties of building materials?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Minho, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Tallinn University of Technology 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 MinhoPortugal | 82.4 | 25.9% | 17.5× | 17 | +96.2% |
| 2 | Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaSpain | 71.8 | 23.6% | 12.8× | 11 | +92.8% |
| 3 | Tallinn University of TechnologyEstonia | 64.2 | 6.8% | 35.2× | 12 | +930.2% |
| 4 | Cadi Ayyad UniversityMorocco | 62.1 | 7.0% | 25.6× | 13 | +362.9% |
| 5 | Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina | 61.5 | 21.3% | 16.0× | 13 | +9.0% |
| 6 | Politecnico di MilanoItaly | 59.5 | 20.6% | 6.6× | 13 | +121.0% |
| 7 | Czech Technical University in PragueCzechia | 58.9 | 1.5% | 26.1× | 17 | +126.5% |
| 8 | Warsaw University of TechnologyPoland | 58.0 | 7.0% | 15.7× | 11 | +461.7% |
| 9 | University of Naples Federico IIItaly | 57.8 | 19.1% | 6.5× | 10 | +197.7% |
| 10 | Riga Technical UniversityLatvia | 56.8 | 12.0% | 27.8× | 8 | +317.6% |
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 Hygrothermal properties of building materials research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 52% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hygrothermal properties of building materials.
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.