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Environmental Law Institute

In research, Environmental Law Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,913 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,103 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,884 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law, Political Science and International Relations and Strategy and Management — Law is 21.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,633
of 28,054 · #11,540 all time
Rank in United States
#1,733
of 4,192
Research works
2.3k
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Environmental Law Institute 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,913 of 12,888 12.3%65 #8411
Social SciencesDomain #7,103 of 10,521 9.0%236 #3588
Social SciencesField #4,884 of 6,365 9.0%145 #2393

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Environmental Law Institute 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. Physical Sciences#8,411 #7,913
  2. Social Sciences#3,588 #7,103
  3. Social Sciences#2,393 #4,884
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.

What does Environmental Law Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 21.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 41.0 works21×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 52.5 works11×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 21.0 works7.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.98× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.93× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 18 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.62× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.85× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.43× its world share, 145 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Environmental Law Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert H. Mnookin, Steen Treumer and Rasmus Kristian Feldthusen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Environmental Law Institute.

  1. 1 Robert H. Mnookin United States · #101,460 worldwide 146 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Steen Treumer United States · #537,091 worldwide 37 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Rasmus Kristian Feldthusen United States · #830,760 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Flemming Balvig United States · #944,555 worldwide 3 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Christopher M. Holman United States · #1,068,480 worldwide 52 citations · 144 works
  6. 6 Deborah Shapley United States · #1,136,348 worldwide 30 citations · 155 works
  7. 7 Carl Bruch United States · #1,465,535 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Environmental Law Institute

Which keywords describe research at Environmental Law Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, International Law, Judicial Review, Global Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Democracy, Constitutionalism and Regulatory Challenges.

▲ 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. Human Rights66▲ 19×46 topics
  2. International Law39▲ 38×20 topics
  3. Climate Change27▲ 3.0×34 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence24▲ 5.2×15 topics
  5. Sustainability22▲ 2.6×36 topics
  6. Judicial Review20▲ 66×4 topics
  7. Global Governance20▲ 26×13 topics
  8. Democracy19▲ 16×5 topics
  9. Constitutionalism19▲ 59×4 topics
  10. Regulatory Challenges19▲ 63×4 topics
  11. Environmental Law16▲ 24×6 topics
  12. ECHR16▲ 126×1 topic
  13. European Legal Systems16▲ 126×1 topic
  14. Innovation16▲ 4.7×19 topics
  15. Intellectual Property Rights15▲ 59×3 topics
  16. Corporate Governance14▲ 5.9×13 topics
  17. Transnational Corporations14▲ 173×2 topics
  18. Ethical Issues14▲ 39×4 topics
  19. Arbitration12▲ 130×2 topics
  20. Criminal Justice12▲ 16×8 topics
  21. European Union12▲ 16×14 topics
  22. Ethics12▲ 7.3×16 topics
  23. State Sovereignty12▲ 72×2 topics
  24. Intellectual Property11▲ 29×6 topics
  25. Copyright11▲ 121×2 topics
  26. Legal Implications11▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Bilateral Investment Treaties11▲ 170×1 topic
  28. Foreign Direct Investment11▲ 65×1 topic
  29. Innovation Policy11▲ 32×3 topics
  30. Digitalization10▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Constitutional Law10▲ 23×6 topics
  32. Liability10▲ 114×2 topics
  33. Market Value10▲ 124×2 topics
  34. Property Rights10▲ 45×6 topics
  35. Biological Engineering10▲ 141×1 topic
  36. Cyberbiosecurity10▲ 141×1 topic
  37. Patent Analysis9▲ 213×1 topic
  38. Technology Roadmapping9▲ 213×1 topic
  39. Accountability9▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Governance9▲ 8.2×9 topics

Which research topics does Environmental Law Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: European and International Law Studies, International Arbitration and Investment Law, Law, AI, and Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property and Patents.

European and Internation…16European and International Law Studies: 16 fractional worksInternational Arbitration and Investment Law: 11 fractional worksLaw, AI, and Intellectua…10Law, AI, and Intellectual Property: 10 fractional worksIntellectual Property an…9Intellectual Property and Patents: 9 fractional worksEnvironmental law and policy: 8 fractional worksCorporate Law and Human Rights: 7 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judici…5Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 5 fractional worksIntellectual Property Law: 5 fractional worksInternational Maritime Law Issues: 4 fractional worksInternational Environmental Law and Policies: 4 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsStrategy and ManagementArtificial IntelligenceManagement of Technology and Innovation3 others

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

  1. 1 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  2. 2 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 11 works
  3. 3 Law, AI, and Intellectual Property Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  4. 4 Intellectual Property and Patents Management of Technology and Innovation 9 works
  5. 5 Environmental law and policy Law 8 works
  6. 6 Corporate Law and Human Rights Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 7 works
  7. 7 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  8. 8 Intellectual Property Law Law 5 works
  9. 9 International Maritime Law Issues Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  10. 10 International Environmental Law and Policies Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 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 available31.8%not open68.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Environmental Law Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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