Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
Sustainable Building Design and Assessment is a research topic within Building and Construction. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1956. 26.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on sustainable construction and green building research, covering topics such as environmental assessment tools, social sustainability, urban sustainability indicators, barriers and drivers for sustainable building, project management practices, regenerative sustainability, and building environmental assessment. The papers explore the current status, future agenda, challenges, and opportunities in the field of sustainable construction.
- Sustainable Construction
- Green Building
- Environmental Assessment Tools
- Social Sustainability
- Urban Sustainability Indicators
- LEED Certification
- Barriers and Drivers
- Project Management Practices
- Regenerative Sustainability
- Building Environmental Assessment
- Research works
- 21k fractional, since 1956
- In the world top 10%
- 5.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 26.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +60% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Sustainable Building Design and Assessment research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (788 and 417 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 788 works
- 2 United States 417 works
- 3 India 358 works
- 4 United Kingdom 335 works
- 5 Italy 321 works
- 6 Brazil 237 works
- 7 Malaysia 232 works
- 8 Australia 222 works
- 9 Türkiye 216 works
- 10 Nigeria 182 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 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Johannesburg publishes the most Sustainable Building Design and Assessment research, followed by Politecnico di Milano and Universiti Teknologi MARA.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 45 works
- 2 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 42 works
- 3 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 38 works
- 4 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 35 works
- 5 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 34 works
- 6 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 30 works
- 7 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 28 works
- 8 Politecnico di TorinoItaly 27 works
- 9 Western Sydney UniversityAustralia 25 works
- 10 University of MoratuwaSri Lanka 24 works
Who are the leading researchers in Sustainable Building Design and Assessment?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Sustainable Building Design and Assessment include Chi Sun Poon and Luisa F. Cabeza.
- 1 Chi Sun Poon Hong Kong 2.3k citations
- 2 Luisa F. Cabeza Spain 2.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Sustainable Building Design and Assessment research done?
The largest centres of Sustainable Building Design and Assessment research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Cairo (Egypt). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Moratuwa, Kumasi and Richmond.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MoratuwaLK · 24.3 works37×
- KumasiGH · 29.4 works19×
- RichmondAU · 25.4 works17×
- SharjahAE · 25.0 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sustainable Building Design and Assessment than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Sustainable Building Design and Assessment?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Johannesburg, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Politecnico di Milano 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 JohannesburgSouth Africa | 82.6 | 32.2% | 11.7× | 45 | +658.8% |
| 2 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 76.8 | 50.0% | 6.3× | 34 | +55.7% |
| 3 | Politecnico di MilanoItaly | 75.4 | 35.1% | 9.6× | 42 | +95.0% |
| 4 | Politecnico di TorinoItaly | 73.8 | 29.9% | 9.6× | 27 | +243.5% |
| 5 | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana | 72.6 | 26.3% | 19.7× | 24 | +253.6% |
| 6 | Massey UniversityNew Zealand | 69.8 | 29.9% | 14.3× | 16 | +281.0% |
| 7 | Western Sydney UniversityAustralia | 69.2 | 33.6% | 16.9× | 25 | +61.2% |
| 8 | Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway | 67.3 | 36.0% | 8.2× | 28 | +55.4% |
| 9 | University of MoratuwaSri Lanka | 63.6 | 16.9% | 37.2× | 24 | +592.9% |
| 10 | Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands | 63.2 | 23.3% | 8.3× | 34 | +85.5% |
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 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Sustainable Building Design and Assessment.
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.