BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH ON USER-CENTERED FACADE SYSTEMS: PUBLICATION TRENDS, COLLABORATION NETWORKS, AND THEMATIC STRUCTURE

Gül N., Izmir Tunahan G.

1. INTERNATIONAL İZMİR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONGRESS, İzmir, Türkiye, 21 - 22 Ekim 2026, ss.1-15, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İzmir
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-15
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

User-centered facade systems encompass approaches that take into account not only the energy and environmental performance of the facade but also user comfort, behavior, and interaction with the space. The increase in publications in this field in recent years raises questions about how research has evolved over time, in which countries and institutions it has been concentrated, how collaborations among researchers have taken shape, and which topics have come to the fore. This study aims to examine the scientific development of the literature on user-centered facade systems, its key actors, collaboration networks, and thematic structure using bibliometric methods, in line with the aforementioned questions. A total of 384 peer-reviewed publications published between 2000 and 2025, identified through a search conducted on November 26, 2025, in the Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus databases, were included in the analysis. The analyses were conducted in the R environment using the bibliometrix package and the Biblioshiny interface; annual publication trends, contributions by country and institution, author and country collaboration networks, prominent journals, and keywords were examined.

The findings show that the number of publications increased, particularly after 2016, and reached its peak in 2025 with 72 publications. In terms of distribution by country, China and the United Kingdom stood out, while Delft University of Technology was the most productive institution with 17 publications. It was observed that author collaborations developed primarily around interconnected groups of researchers. In the country collaboration network, the strongest link was identified as being between China and the United Kingdom. The journals with the highest number of publications were Building and Environment (57), Energy and Buildings (46), and Buildings (22). Among the keywords, “thermal comfort,” “energy efficiency,” “performance,” and “energy” showed greater visibility, while “occupant behavior” appeared less frequently. The findings suggest that future studies may further examine how occupant related themes are represented in the literature alongside energy performance and thermal comfort.