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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

In research, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,110 of 16,945 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,308 of 10,206 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#3,722 of 3,973 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Sciences — Social Sciences is 3.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#37,554
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#2,017
of 2,253
Research works
680
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
2.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #11,110 of 16,945 5.8%591
Social SciencesField #7,308 of 10,206 7.5%248
Business, Management and AccountingField #3,722 of 3,973 4.6%221
Strategy and ManagementSubfield #1,364 of 1,415 3.8%155

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 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).

What does Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Sciences takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social SciencesDomain · 31.8 works3.5×
← 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: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10.00× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.82× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.28× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer?

Ranked on the composite score, Look Chan Ho, Kate Parlett and Vincenzo Meli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

  1. 1 Look Chan Ho United Kingdom · #537,590 worldwide 6 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Kate Parlett United Kingdom · #629,237 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Vincenzo Meli United Kingdom · #704,532 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Laurent Cohen-Tanugi United Kingdom · #712,564 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Lucy Reed United Kingdom · #715,073 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Hélène Lallemand United Kingdom · #727,399 worldwide 4 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Christine Lagarde United Kingdom · #933,078 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Frank Röhling United Kingdom · #1,083,933 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Jérôme Philippe United Kingdom · #1,123,680 worldwide 1 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Zhou Lin United Kingdom · #1,385,286 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Which keywords describe research at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Corporate Governance, Consumer Protection, Criminal Justice, Privacy, Digital Markets Act, EU Competition Law and Legal Methodology.

▲ 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 Rights7▲ 18×10 topics
  2. Corporate Governance4▲ 16×4 topics
  3. Consumer Protection4▲ 248×2 topics
  4. Criminal Justice4▲ 46×3 topics
  5. Digital Markets Act3▲ 1042×1 topic
  6. EU Competition Law3▲ 1042×1 topic
  7. Privacy3▲ 29×2 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 6.2×4 topics
  9. Legal Methodology3▲ 452×1 topic
  10. Party Competition3▲ 710×1 topic
  11. Big Data3▲ 8.4×3 topics
  12. Legal Transplants3▲ 297×2 topics
  13. Data Protection2▲ 243×1 topic
  14. Digital Rights2▲ 708×1 topic
  15. Sovereignty2▲ 58×2 topics
  16. European Company Law2▲ 389×1 topic
  17. Regulatory Competition2▲ 389×1 topic
  18. European Union2▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Regulation2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  20. Sustainable Development2▲ 3.1×7 topics
  21. COVID-192▲ 3.3×2 topics
  22. International Law2▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Price Discrimination2▲ 110×2 topics
  24. State Aid2▲ 731×1 topic
  25. Taxation2▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Liability1▲ 140×2 topics
  27. Constitutional Law1▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Corporate Criminal Liability1▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Corporate Social Responsibility1▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Criminal Law1▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Mergers and Acquisitions1▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Financial Reporting1▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Financial Stability1▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Tax Avoidance1▲ 77×2 topics
  35. Environmental Policy1▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Urban Planning1▲ 37×2 topics
  37. Autorschaft1▲ 128×1 topic
  38. Bildung1▲ 83×1 topic
  39. Legal Reforms1▲ 281×1 topic
  40. m6A-seq1▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diverse Legal and Medical Studies, Law and Political Science, Digitalization, Law, and Regulation and Corporate Governance and Law.

Diverse Legal and Medical Studies: 3 fractional worksLaw and Political Science: 3 fractional worksDigitalization, Law, and Regulation: 2 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Law: 2 fractional worksEU Law and Policy Analysis: 2 fractional worksCriminal Law and Policy1Criminal Law and Policy: 1 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 1 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 1 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: 1 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementLawSociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary Theory2 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Legal and Medical Studies Strategy and Management 3 works
  2. 2 Law and Political Science Law 3 works
  3. 3 Digitalization, Law, and Regulation Law 2 works
  4. 4 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 2 works
  5. 5 EU Law and Policy Analysis Law 2 works
  6. 6 Criminal Law and Policy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 1 works
  8. 8 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  9. 9 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 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 available15.7%not open84.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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