Title: Quality of urban life: a bibliometric analysis

Authors: Neeraj Patel; Ajay Kumar

Addresses: Department of Architecture and Planning, National Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar, India ' Department of Architecture and Planning, National Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar, India

Abstract: This study aims for a bibliometric analysis of a collection of literature on the 'quality of urban life' from the Web of Science and Scopus datasets. We used a final dataset of 609 documents on the 'quality of urban life' after analysis and compilation. This study uses the statistical software 'R' for data processing and analysis and VOSviewer for visualisation. The outcomes reflect data concerning keen authors, the most impactful citation-based articles, the most prolific countries, and other factors. According to the lexical network analysis, the quality of urban life has a substantial co-occurrence link with the three commonly occurring terms 'sustainable development', 'urban planning', and 'sustainability'. The countries that publish the most articles are the United States, China, Italy, Germany, Turkey, and the UK. Journals like Social Indicators Research, Sustainability and Cities are the most prominent for research on the quality of urban life.

Keywords: bibliometric analysis; quality of urban life; urban area; urban development; urban planning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2025.148417

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2025 Vol.36 No.1, pp.107 - 127

Received: 21 Jul 2023
Accepted: 26 Jul 2023
Published online: 04 Sep 2025 *

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