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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. 11.8% 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%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+12%
the tick is no change

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

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (947 and 174 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 947 works
  2. 2 Mexico 174 works
  3. 3 France 122 works
  4. 4 Argentina 121 works
  5. 5 Colombia 85 works
  6. 6 Chile 77 works
  7. 7 United States 72 works
  8. 8 Ecuador 48 works
  9. 9 Brazil 44 works
  10. 10 Italy 40 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: 54.7%Mexico: 10.0%France: 7.0%Argentina: 7.0%6 others listed: 21.2%55%largest
Spain947 · 54.7%Mexico174 · 10.0%France122 · 7.0%Argentina121 · 7.0%6 others listed366 · 21.2%

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

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

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad de Sevilla publishes the most Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies research, followed by Universitat Politècnica de València and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad de SevillaSpain 46 works
  2. 2 Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 45 works
  3. 3 Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain 42 works
  4. 4 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 40 works
  5. 5 Universidad de GranadaSpain 34 works
  6. 6 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 30 works
  7. 7 Universidad de MálagaSpain 29 works
  8. 8 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 26 works
  9. 9 Universidad de OviedoSpain 26 works
  10. 10 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 25 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies include J. Nadal.

  1. 1 J. Nadal Spain 896 citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

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

The largest centres of Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), Valencia (Spain), Barcelona (Spain) and Seville (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Oviedo, Alicante and Valladolid.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 225 works
  2. 2 Valencia Spain 74 works
  3. 3 Barcelona Spain 72 works
  4. 4 Seville Spain 68 works
  5. 5 Mexico City Mexico 55 works
  6. 6 Buenos Aires Argentina 44 works
  7. 7 Bogotá Colombia 43 works
  8. 8 Santiago Chile 40 works
  9. 9 Granada Spain 36 works
  10. 10 Paris France 31 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. OviedoES · 27.8 works44×
  2. AlicanteES · 24.8 works41×
  3. ValladolidES · 26.3 works40×
  4. SevilleES · 68.3 works37×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad de Extremadura and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid 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%30%mean 18.29%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad de Sevilla: 46, 22.1%Universidad de Extremadura: 19, 24.5%Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: 42, 16.4%Universidad Rey Juan Carlos: 19, 20.7%Universidad de Málaga: 29, 17.7%Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia: 14, 20.3%Universitat Politècnica de València: 44, 8.7%Universitat de Barcelona: 30, 15.6%Universidad de Valladolid: 22, 17.6%Universitat de València: 25, 19.3%Universidad de Extre…Universidad de SevillaUniversidad Rey Juan…Universidad Politécn…
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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 Universidad de SevillaSpain 57.922.1%45.6×46 +67.9%
2 Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain 50.924.5%49.2×19 +85.2%
3 Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain 50.116.4%69.2×42 +47.7%
4 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 48.320.7%37.3×19 +125.8%
5 Universidad de MálagaSpain 47.717.7%47.7×29 +95.9%
6 Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 46.220.3%38.7×14 +165.9%
7 Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 46.08.7%64.9×44 +123.6%
8 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 45.815.6%28.6×30 +48.6%
9 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 45.517.6%46.1×22 +111.1%
10 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 45.119.3%24.9×25 +36.8%

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 Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.