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CUNY School of Law

In research, CUNY School of Law stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,030 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,807 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,952 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,259
of 28,054 · #13,003 all time
Rank in United States
#1,381
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is CUNY School of Law known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,030 of 11,982 16.9%108 #9570
MedicineField #5,807 of 10,443 16.7%90 #8963
Social SciencesDomain #6,952 of 10,521 13.9%118 #6060
Social SciencesField #5,481 of 6,365 12.9%74 #5021

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where CUNY School of Law 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#9,570 #6,030
  2. Medicine#8,963 #5,807
  3. Social Sciences#6,060 #6,952
  4. Social Sciences#5,021 #5,481
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.39× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.47× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.73× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.99× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 74 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at CUNY School of Law?

Ranked on the composite score, Ruthann Robson, Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier and Rebecca M. Bratspies lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CUNY School of Law.

  1. 1 Ruthann Robson United States · #470,900 worldwide 11 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier United States · #678,265 worldwide 13 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Rebecca M. Bratspies United States · #1,085,741 worldwide 27 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Patricia A. Broderick United States · #1,327,685 worldwide 15 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at CUNY School of Law

Which keywords describe research at CUNY School of Law?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Epidemiology, Feminism, Health Disparities, Globalization, Colonialism, Criminal Justice and Neoliberalism.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology19▲ 1.80×73 topics
  2. Human Rights15▲ 5.4×18 topics
  3. Globalization11▲ 2.1×27 topics
  4. Mental Health9▲ 2.2×20 topics
  5. Public Health8▲ 2.1×20 topics
  6. Identity6▲ 3.3×19 topics
  7. Colonialism6▲ 5.0×13 topics
  8. Quality of Life6▲ 1.64×26 topics
  9. Risk Factors6▲ 2.1×25 topics
  10. Feminism6▲ 7.7×9 topics
  11. Health Disparities6▲ 8.1×7 topics
  12. Neoliberalism5▲ 5.6×10 topics
  13. Gender5▲ 3.4×14 topics
  14. Criminal Justice5▲ 7.8×2 topics
  15. Social Support4▲ 3.0×10 topics
  16. Environmental Law4▲ 7.9×2 topics
  17. Intellectual Property4▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Ethics4▲ 3.1×9 topics
  19. Property Rights4▲ 23×6 topics
  20. Constitutional Law4▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Professionalism4▲ 8.1×3 topics
  22. Psychological Impact4▲ 4.1×7 topics
  23. Civil Rights4▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations4▲ 3.8×9 topics
  25. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  26. Discrimination3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  27. Surveillance3▲ 4.5×4 topics
  28. Cognitive Impairment3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  29. Discourse Analysis3▲ 4.6×3 topics
  30. Equality3▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Social Exclusion3▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Climate Change Adaptation3▲ 6.5×2 topics
  33. Policy Dimensions3▲ 155×1 topic
  34. Rhetoric3▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Transnational Law3▲ 109×1 topic
  36. Health Impacts3▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Media3▲ 6.9×6 topics
  38. Legal Education3▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Welfare Rights Advice3▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Global South2▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does CUNY School of Law publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Legal Systems and Judicial Processes, Legal Education and Practice Innovations, Property Rights and Legal Doctrine and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis.

Legal Systems and Judici…3Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 3 fractional worksLegal Education and Prac…3Legal Education and Practice Innovations: 3 fractional worksProperty Rights and Legal Doctrine: 2 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksLaw, Rights, and Freedoms: 2 fractional worksLabor Movements and Unions: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Contempor…2Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics: 2 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLawPhilosophySociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  2. 2 Legal Education and Practice Innovations Law 3 works
  3. 3 Property Rights and Legal Doctrine Law 2 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 2 works
  5. 5 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Law, Rights, and Freedoms Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Labor Movements and Unions Public Administration 2 works
  8. 8 Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics History 2 works
  9. 9 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has CUNY School of Law's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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