Autism spectrum disorder in architecture perspective: a review of the literature and bibliometric assessment of research indexed in Web of Science.

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Purpose

An increasing number of scholarly publications on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have urged researcher interest in this topic; however, there is still a lack of quantitative analysis. Therefore, this study aims to cover the knowledge gap between the amount of literature published on ASD research on architectural and designers' perspectives compared to the medical and psychological fields. The study has analyzed global research output on ASD from a designer's perspective to recognize this gap related to designing the physical environment.  Methodology: The bibliometric method was employed to analyze the published literature from 1992-to 2021. 812 papers were downloaded from the Web of Science for analysis based on annual growth of literature, prolific authors, authorship pat

SUBMITTER: Moniem Ali R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9326241 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature