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Medieval Architecture and Archaeology

Medieval Architecture and Archaeology is a research topic within Archeology. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 11.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the spatial, socio-economic, and political configurations of rural landscapes in medieval Iberia, focusing on topics such as early medieval churches, agricultural practices, peasant villages, hydraulic systems, and the formation of historical landscapes. It also delves into the social organization and environmental regulation of rural areas during this period.

  • Rural Landscapes
  • Medieval Architecture
  • Iberian Peninsula
  • Early Medieval Churches
  • Archaeology of Agriculture
  • Social Organization
  • Historical Landscape Formation
  • Hydraulic Systems
  • Peasant Villages
  • Commons and Environmental Regulation
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
44% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Medieval Architecture and Archaeology

Which countries lead Medieval Architecture and Archaeology research?

By volume, Spain and France publish the most (993 and 499 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 993 works
  2. 2 France 499 works
  3. 3 Italy 247 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 138 works
  5. 5 Portugal 96 works
  6. 6 United States 87 works
  7. 7 Argentina 51 works
  8. 8 Mexico 50 works
  9. 9 Brazil 46 works
  10. 10 Germany 34 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: 44.3%France: 22.3%Italy: 11.0%United Kingdom: 6.2%6 others listed: 16.2%44%largest
Spain993 · 44.3%France499 · 22.3%Italy247 · 11.0%United Kingdom138 · 6.2%6 others listed364 · 16.2%

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

Which institutions lead Medieval Architecture and Archaeology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Medieval Architecture and Archaeology research, followed by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad de Granada.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 238 works
  2. 2 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 68 works
  3. 3 Universidad de GranadaSpain 67 works
  4. 4 Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques PréventivesFrance 62 works
  5. 5 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 60 works
  6. 6 Universidad de SevillaSpain 51 works
  7. 7 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 37 works
  8. 8 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 36 works
  9. 9 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 32 works
  10. 10 Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medieval Architecture and Archaeology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medieval Architecture and Archaeology include Rafael Lozano.

  1. 1 Rafael Lozano United States 224k 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 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology?

The most cited paper in Medieval Architecture and Archaeology is "Textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) versus FRP as strengthening material of URM walls: in-plane cyclic loading" (Catherine G. Papanicolaou, Thanasis Triantafillou, Kyriakos Karlos et al., 2006), with 551 citations. Next come "State-of-the-art on strengthening of masonry structures with textile reinforced mortar (TRM)" (366) and "Some Aspects of Recrystallization in Ancient Limestones" (358).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) versus FRP as strengthening material of URM walls: in-plane cyclic loading Catherine G. Papanicolaou, Thanasis Triantafillou, Kyriakos Karlos et al. · Materials and Structures 13 Dec 2006 551
2 State-of-the-art on strengthening of masonry structures with textile reinforced mortar (TRM) Leonidas Alexandros S. Kouris, Thanasis Triantafillou · Construction and Building Materials 7 Sep 2018 366
3 Some Aspects of Recrystallization in Ancient Limestones Robert L. Folk · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks Book chapter 1965 358
4 Investigations on the bearing behaviour and application potential of textile reinforced concrete Josef Hegger, S. Voss · Engineering Structures 6 Mar 2008 348
5 Load–bearing behaviour and simulation of textile reinforced concrete Josef Hegger, Norbert Will, Oliver Bruckermann et al. · Materials and Structures 18 Jul 2006 275
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Medieval Architecture and Archaeology research done?

The largest centres of Medieval Architecture and Archaeology research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Granada (Spain), Seville (Spain) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Metz, Aix-en-Provence and Tarragona.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 235 works
  2. 2 GranadaSpain 76 works
  3. 3 SevilleSpain 69 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 68 works
  5. 5 BarcelonaSpain 63 works
  6. 6 MetzFrance 62 works
  7. 7 LisbonPortugal 55 works
  8. 8 ValenciaSpain 52 works
  9. 9 ToulouseFrance 45 works
  10. 10 Santiago de CompostelaSpain 41 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MetzFR · 61.8 works391×
  2. Aix-en-ProvenceFR · 21.9 works105×
  3. TarragonaES · 22.1 works46×
  4. GranadaES · 75.6 works42×
  5. Santiago de CompostelaES · 41.4 works42×
  6. SalamancaES · 37.4 works40×
  7. NanterreFR · 25.4 works37×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medieval Architecture and Archaeology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medieval Architecture and Archaeology?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat Rovira i Virgili and University of the Basque Country 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 11.68%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universitat Politècn…Universitat Rovira i…University of the Ba…Universidad de Salam…
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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
1Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 80.617.4%33.7×26 +9.3%
2Universitat Rovira i VirgiliSpain 72.613.3%54.1×21 +98.8%
3University of the Basque CountrySpain 70.513.0%26.6×28 -31.6%
4Universidad de SalamancaSpain 70.48.6%48.0×36 +12.6%
5Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 69.014.4%16.3×23 +3.8%
6Universidad de GranadaSpain 68.28.0%54.3×67 +3.9%
7Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 68.210.1%31.1×60 +1.1%
8Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 67.89.8%22.1×37 +1.8%
9Universidad de SevillaSpain 66.812.7%40.5×50 -21.6%
10Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain 65.79.5%32.4×22 +32.0%

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 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology, country by country

Is Medieval Architecture and Archaeology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Medieval Architecture and Archaeology.

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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 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Medieval Architecture and Archaeology0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Medieval Architecture and Archaeology 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%Medieval Architecture and Archaeology10.6% 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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