Worldwide Trending of Research in Architecture Education: A Bibliometric Analysis in Two Decades

Abstract

Research on the architecture education is growing. Architecture education is crucial for the progress of architectural practice and built environment. However, there is limited publications regarding research trending of architecture education. Therefore, this study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis of scholarly publications on architecture education from the Scopus database over the past two decades. The present study conducted frequency analysis using Microsoft Excel, ran data visualisation using VOSviewer, and used Harzing Publish or Perish for citation metrics and analysis. The study reveals that, from 2003 until early 2024, the number of publications pertaining to architecture education throughout the past two decades has increased steadily. The United States was ranked first in terms of research activity concerning architectural education, followed by Turkey. Politechnika Krakowska from Poland was the most active university in terms of architectural education research publications of significance. Numerous architecture education studies, in which several authors collaborated and were written in diverse languages, were published by a collective of 32 authors from 77 nations and 31 institutions. Nevertheless, this research only analysed the current trend of research on architecture education by examining the current trend of publications, the citation patterns, the prominent themes, and the state of collaboration in authorship. Future studies could focus on abstract analysis, narrowing the topics based on trending themes discovered in this study.