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Museums and Cultural Heritage

Museums and Cultural Heritage is a research topic within Museology. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 28.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on informal learning in museums and science centers, exploring topics such as visitor experience, family engagement, free-choice learning, and the impact of digital engagement. It also delves into the role of school field trips, interactive exhibits, and cultural sustainability in enhancing museum learning experiences.

  • Museum Learning
  • Informal Education
  • Science Centers
  • Visitor Experience
  • Family Engagement
  • Free-Choice Learning
  • Cultural Sustainability
  • Interactive Exhibits
  • School Field Trips
  • Digital Engagement
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
28.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+38%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Museums and Cultural Heritage research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (509 and 318 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 509 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 318 works
  3. 3 Brazil 305 works
  4. 4 China 227 works
  5. 5 Italy 196 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 192 works
  7. 7 Spain 183 works
  8. 8 France 164 works
  9. 9 Australia 150 works
  10. 10 Germany 127 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.

United States: 21.5%United Kingdom: 13.4%Brazil: 12.9%China: 9.6%6 others listed: 42.7%21%largest
United States509 · 21.5%United Kingdom318 · 13.4%Brazil305 · 12.9%China227 · 9.6%6 others listed1,012 · 42.7%

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

Which institutions lead Museums and Cultural Heritage research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Museums and Cultural Heritage research, followed by Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Sapienza University of Rome.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 24 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 18 works
  3. 3 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 15 works
  4. 4 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 14 works
  5. 5 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 14 works
  6. 6 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 13 works
  7. 7 The University of MelbourneAustralia 12 works
  8. 8 Australian National UniversityAustralia 12 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 11 works
  10. 10 University of the AegeanGreece 11 works

Where is Museums and Cultural Heritage research done?

The largest centres of Museums and Cultural Heritage research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lisbon.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 83 works
  2. 2 Paris France 69 works
  3. 3 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 57 works
  4. 4 São Paulo Brazil 55 works
  5. 5 Lisbon Portugal 45 works
  6. 6 Rome Italy 37 works
  7. 7 Madrid Spain 37 works
  8. 8 Istanbul Türkiye 37 works
  9. 9 Beijing China 35 works
  10. 10 Ankara Türkiye 35 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LisbonPT · 45.2 works5.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Museums and Cultural Heritage?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitat de València, University of Aveiro and Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 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 39.01%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universitat de València: 10, 58.8%University of Aveiro: 9, 37.1%Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: 18, 11.7%Universidad de Valladolid: 9, 34.1%University of Turin: 9, 45.3%Jagiellonian University: 13, 36.4%Universidad de Murcia: 8, 43.3%Politecnico di Milano: 14, 39.7%University of South Australia: 8, 34.5%Universidade do Porto: 9, 49.2%Universitat de Valèn…University of AveiroUniversidad de Valla…Universidade Federal…
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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 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 58.758.8%4.9×10 +150.2%
2 University of AveiroPortugal 57.437.1%7.5×9 +263.6%
3 Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 56.511.7%29.4×18 +257.2%
4 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 55.234.1%10.1×9 +124.0%
5 University of TurinItaly 54.345.3%5.0×9 +226.1%
6 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 52.636.4%5.2×13 +300.0%
7 Universidad de MurciaSpain 51.843.3%7.7×8 +121.4%
8 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 51.139.7%5.0×14 +99.8%
9 University of South AustraliaAustralia 51.134.5%9.7×8 +53.8%
10 Universidade do PortoPortugal 49.649.2%4.3×9 +91.5%

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 Museums and Cultural Heritage research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Museums and Cultural Heritage.

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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.