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Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies

Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 9.4k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of cultural landscapes, tourism development, and territorial heritage, with a focus on topics such as industrial heritage, rural tourism, historical land use, community engagement, and environmental conservation. The papers provide geographical perspectives on the impact of tourism on cultural landscapes and the sustainable development of territorial heritage.

  • Cultural Landscape
  • Tourism
  • Heritage
  • Territorial Development
  • Industrial Heritage
  • Rural Tourism
  • Historical Land Use
  • Community Engagement
  • Environmental Conservation
  • Geographical Perspectives
Research works
9.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
952
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
55% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies

Which countries lead Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (1k and 190 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 1k works
  2. 2 Mexico 190 works
  3. 3 France 130 works
  4. 4 Argentina 129 works
  5. 5 Colombia 91 works
  6. 6 Chile 80 works
  7. 7 United States 76 works
  8. 8 Ecuador 52 works
  9. 9 Brazil 50 works
  10. 10 Italy 43 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: 55.3%Mexico: 10.1%France: 6.9%Argentina: 6.8%6 others listed: 20.8%55%largest
Spain1,042 · 55.3%Mexico190 · 10.1%France130 · 6.9%Argentina129 · 6.8%6 others listed392 · 20.8%

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

Which institutions lead Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad de Sevilla publishes the most Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies research, followed by Universitat Politècnica de València and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad de SevillaSpain 55 works
  2. 2 Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 47 works
  3. 3 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 46 works
  4. 4 Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain 43 works
  5. 5 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 42 works
  6. 6 Universidad de GranadaSpain 40 works
  7. 7 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 35 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 34 works
  9. 9 Universidad de MálagaSpain 33 works
  10. 10 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies include Pierre Bourdıeu, Francisco Herrera and Jorge L. Rodriguez.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Francisco Herrera Spain 141k citations
  3. 3 Jorge L. Rodriguez United States 97k 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 Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies?

The most cited paper in Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies is "Identidad cultural un concepto que evoluciona" (L Olga Luc u EDa Molano, 2007), with 251 citations. Next come "Rural tourism in Spain" (187) and "Ecological history of transhumance in Spain" (176).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Identidad cultural un concepto que evoluciona L Olga Luc u EDa Molano · Opera 5 Nov 2007 251
2 Rural tourism in Spain Rosa María Yagüe Perales · Annals of Tourism Research Oct 2002 187
3 Ecological history of transhumance in Spain María José Gómez Ruiz, Julie Ruiz · Biological Conservation 1986 176
4 The Barcelona model: and an original formula? From ‘reconstruction’ to strategic urban projects (1979–2004) Javier Monclús · Planning Perspectives 2003 155
5 Farm tourism, gender and the environment in Spain Maria Dolors García Ramón, Gemma Cànoves, Nuria Valdovinos · Annals of Tourism Research 1995 145
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies research done?

The largest centres of Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Seville (Spain), Valencia (Spain) and Barcelona (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Oviedo, Badajoz and Albacete.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 239 works
  2. 2 SevilleSpain 82 works
  3. 3 ValenciaSpain 79 works
  4. 4 BarcelonaSpain 78 works
  5. 5 Mexico CityMexico 60 works
  6. 6 Buenos AiresArgentina 47 works
  7. 7 BogotáColombia 45 works
  8. 8 GranadaSpain 43 works
  9. 9 SantiagoChile 41 works
  10. 10 ZaragozaSpain 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. OviedoES · 30.1 works44×
  2. BadajozES · 20.5 works44×
  3. AlbaceteES · 22.5 works41×
  4. SevilleES · 81.8 works41×
  5. AlicanteES · 26.7 works40×
  6. ValladolidES · 28.3 works39×
  7. MálagaES · 32.9 works38×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies than the world average.

See Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies on the map

Where is the best place to study Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Universidad Complutense de Madrid score highest, combining citation 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%30%mean 15.6%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universitat de LleidaUniversidad de SevillaUniversidad Complute…Universidad Politécn…
above the meannear itbelow it

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.

Citation 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 de SevillaSpain 60.419.0%52.2×55 -22.8%
2Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain 59.112.8%73.0×43 +44.9%
3Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 58.213.3%25.7×42 +17.1%
4Universitat de LleidaSpain 57.927.0%56.6×10 +71.4%
5Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain 56.819.8%53.6×20 +3.1%
6Universidad de GranadaSpain 55.711.3%38.2×40 +32.4%
7University of Castilla-La ManchaSpain 53.412.2%44.7×23 +20.8%
8Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 52.57.3%71.5×47 +51.0%
9University of AlicanteSpain 51.717.9%47.5×26 -3.4%
10Universidad de MálagaSpain 50.615.4%56.7×33 -5.3%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies, country by country

Is Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies.

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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 Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.010% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies0.010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism 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%Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies9.7% 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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