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Brooklyn Law School

In research, Brooklyn Law School stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,409 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,115
of 22,385 · #11,599 all time
Rank in United States
#2,660
of 3,332
Research works
2.2k
▼ 53% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Brooklyn Law School

What is Brooklyn Law School known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,409 of 9,585 5.6%89 #2835

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brooklyn Law School sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Brooklyn Law School work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Brooklyn Law School is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (48%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 94 fractional works · 78.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 47.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 14.2% of its workLaw: 13 fractional works · 11.1% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.5% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 8.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBrooklyn LawSchool120fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences78%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5747.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1412.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1210.4%
    4. Psychology54.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities43.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Computer Science108.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    3. Environmental Science11.0%
    4. Engineering10.4%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine64.6%
    2. Health Professions32.3%
    1. Neuroscience21.6%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.20× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.73× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.86× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.78× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.86×12 works
  2. Social Sciences3.78×57 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.73×14 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.38×1 works
  5. Psychology1.32×5 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.20×4 works
  7. Computer Science1.03×10 works
  8. Neuroscience0.97×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.86×3 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.80×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.72×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.50×1 works
  13. Medicine0.24×6 works
  14. Environmental Science0.20×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  17. Energy0.10×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works
  20. Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Brooklyn Law School?

Ranked on the quality score, David J. Reiss, Frank Pasquale and Lawrence M. Solan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brooklyn Law School.

  1. 1 David J. Reiss United States · #550,722 worldwide 30k citations · 297 works
  2. 2 Frank Pasquale United States · #1,065,531 worldwide 7.7k citations · 175 works
  3. 3 Lawrence M. Solan United States · #1,276,933 worldwide 2.8k citations · 182 works
  4. 4 K. Sabeel Rahman United States · #1,557,620 worldwide 1.2k citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Julian Arato United States · #1,700,123 worldwide 364 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Norman S. Poser United States · #1,981,505 worldwide 532 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Gregg P. Macey United States · #2,200,286 worldwide 470 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Geoffrey Canada United States · #2,201,410 worldwide 277 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Elizabeth M. Schneider United States · #2,394,455 worldwide 1.8k citations · 185 works
  10. 10 Andrew S. Gold United States · #2,446,776 worldwide 331 citations · 106 works
All ranked researchers at Brooklyn Law School

What are the most cited papers from Brooklyn Law School?

The most cited paper from Brooklyn Law School is "What Matters in Corporate Governance?" (Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, Allen Ferrell, 2008), with 3,112 citations. Next come "The Growth of Executive Pay" (514) and "The Rise of the Platform Business Model and the Transformation of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism" (502).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 What Matters in Corporate Governance? Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, Allen Ferrell · Review of Financial Studies Open access 27 Nov 2008 3,112
2 The Growth of Executive Pay Lucian A. Bebchuk · Oxford Review of Economic Policy Jun 2005 514
3 The Rise of the Platform Business Model and the Transformation of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism K. Sabeel Rahman, Kathleen Thelen · Politics & Society Open access 22 Mar 2019 502
4 An Introduction to the Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Stanley M. Besen, Leo J. Raskind · The Journal of Economic Perspectives Open access Feb 1991 401
5 Speaking of Crime: The Language of Criminal Justice Lawrence M. Solan, Pieter Meijes Tiersma Feb 2005 373
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Brooklyn Law School?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, International Law, Global Governance, Property Rights, Regulation, Corporate Governance, Democracy and Security Council.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Rights20▲ 16×19 topics
  2. International Law9▲ 23×11 topics
  3. Globalization7▲ 3.2×14 topics
  4. Global Governance7▲ 24×6 topics
  5. Property Rights6▲ 82×4 topics
  6. Corporate Governance6▲ 7.1×7 topics
  7. Regulation6▲ 9.3×6 topics
  8. Democracy6▲ 14×4 topics
  9. Security Council6▲ 97×2 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 3.3×11 topics
  11. Surveillance5▲ 16×4 topics
  12. Equality5▲ 72×4 topics
  13. Criminal Justice5▲ 18×4 topics
  14. Sovereignty5▲ 45×3 topics
  15. State Sovereignty5▲ 88×2 topics
  16. Intellectual Property5▲ 34×4 topics
  17. Judicial Review4▲ 44×3 topics
  18. Constitutional Law4▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Neoliberalism4▲ 9.7×6 topics
  20. Discrimination4▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Civil Rights4▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Privacy Rights4▲ 297×2 topics
  23. Financial Reporting4▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Tax Avoidance4▲ 77×2 topics
  25. Criminal Trials4▲ 252×2 topics
  26. Humanitarian Intervention4▲ 85×2 topics
  27. Privacy4▲ 10×2 topics
  28. First Amendment3▲ 628×1 topic
  29. Freedom of Speech3▲ 628×1 topic
  30. Exclusionary Rule3▲ 330×1 topic
  31. Human Rights Act3▲ 330×1 topic
  32. International Trade Law3▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Public Opinion3▲ 22×4 topics
  34. Environmental Law3▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Regulatory Challenges3▲ 28×4 topics
  36. Ethical Issues3▲ 23×4 topics
  37. Legal System3▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Responsibility to Protect3▲ 88×1 topic
  39. Social Responsibility3▲ 11×2 topics
  40. United Nations3▲ 88×1 topic

Which research topics does Brooklyn Law School publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Law, Rights, and Freedoms, Criminal Law and Evidence, Global Peace and Security Dynamics and World Trade Organization Law.

Law, Rights, and Freedoms3Law, Rights, and Freedoms: 3 fractional worksCriminal Law and Evidence3Criminal Law and Evidence: 3 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 3 fractional worksWorld Trade Organization…3World Trade Organization Law: 3 fractional worksInternational Law and Hu…3International Law and Human Rights: 3 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judicial Processes: 2 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 2 fractional worksLaw, AI, and Intellectua…2Law, AI, and Intellectual Property: 2 fractional worksCorporate Taxation and Avoidance: 2 fractional worksInternational Arbitration and Investment Law: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLawPolitical Science and International RelationsArtificial Intelligence2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Law, Rights, and Freedoms Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Criminal Law and Evidence Law 3 works
  3. 3 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  4. 4 World Trade Organization Law Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  5. 5 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  6. 6 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Law, AI, and Intellectual Property Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Corporate Taxation and Avoidance Accounting 2 works
  10. 10 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available76.4%not open23.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.3%domestic only97.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Brooklyn Law School's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Brooklyn Law School as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Brooklyn Law School0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Brooklyn Law School over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Brooklyn Law School2.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.9% in 2018.

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