Mapping and Analysis of Literature on Spatial Legibility Research in Scopus Database (1981-2023)

Year 2023, Volume: 2 Issue: 4, 45 - 67, 25.10.2023

Emine Banu Burkut

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine the literature on spatial legibility. The data of the study were obtained from the Scopus database. Publications related to spatial legibility were searched by keywords. The research covers the publications between 1981-2023. The analysis of the data consists, firstly, of the graphics and frequencies presented by the Scopus database, and secondly, the analysis of the data obtained from the R Studio Biblioshiny software program. According to the research findings, the most documents belong to the United States of America. There are publications in the most article types. Most global cited document is by Weisman. The most relevant words in the titles of reviewed publications are urban, legibility and city. The most relevant words in the keywords of reviewed publications are urban legibility, spatial syntax, spatial legibility, and wayfinding. In conclusion, this article presents a detailed literature on publications on spatial legibility. In the research, the spatial legibility research, which started with Kevin Lynch, has been examined in the process until today and reveals their mapping with R Studio-Bibliosiny software. As a suggestion, future research on spatial readability could focus on specific years and periods. In addition, different databases or different bibliometric analysis software can be used for analysis.

Keywords

Spatial Legibility, Scopus database, Bibliometric Analysis, R Studio-Biblioshiny, Mapping

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