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International Law Institute

In research, International Law Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,311 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,423 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 18.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,661
of 22,385 · #19,331 all time
Rank in Russia
#413
of 735
Research works
494
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
International Law Institute

What is International Law Institute 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 #7,311 of 9,585 6.1%85 #5181
Social SciencesField #5,423 of 5,988 5.5%62 #4590

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where International 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does International Law Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at International Law Institute is in Social Sciences, 13% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (55%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%), Medicine (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 111 fractional works · 75.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 81 fractional works · 54.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 39 fractional works · 26.9% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 12.9% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInternational LawInstitute147fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences76%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8154.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance138.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting95.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities53.7%
    5. Psychology31.9%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Computer Science63.7%
    2. Environmental Science53.5%
    3. Engineering32.0%
    4. Energy21.1%
    5. Mathematics21.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    1. Medicine117.2%
    2. Health Professions21.7%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does International Law Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 18.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 39.5 works18×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.84× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.03× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.33× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.33×81 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.03×13 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.84×9 works
  4. Veterinary1.67×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.30×6 works
  6. Energy1.23×2 works
  7. Mathematics0.93×2 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.74×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.71×5 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.63×2 works
  12. Psychology0.63×3 works
  13. Computer Science0.48×6 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.45×2 works
  15. Medicine0.37×10 works
  16. Neuroscience0.35×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×1 works
  21. Engineering0.13×3 works

Who are the top researchers at International Law Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, B. Mirkine‐Guetzévitch, Richard D. Kearney and Frauke Renz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Law Institute.

  1. 1 B. Mirkine‐Guetzévitch Russia · #2,707,738 worldwide 205 citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Richard D. Kearney Russia · #2,822,258 worldwide 136 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Frauke Renz Russia · #3,312,646 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Sir Michael Wood Russia · #3,338,084 worldwide 49 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Sandrine Giroud Russia · #3,594,611 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Patrick Macrory Russia · #3,707,679 worldwide 201 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Jolanta Kren Kostkiewicz Russia · #4,198,724 worldwide 54 citations · 132 works
  8. 8 Oleg I. Cherdakov Russia · #4,558,606 worldwide 10 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Marek Zilinsky Russia · #5,979,135 worldwide 40 citations · 100 works
  10. 10 C.J.J.C. van Nispen Russia · #6,208,933 worldwide 17 citations · 103 works
All ranked researchers at International Law Institute

What are the most cited papers from International Law Institute?

The most cited paper from International Law Institute is "Democracy and International Law" (J. Crawford, 1994), with 178 citations. Next come "ADJUDGING THE EXCEPTIONAL AT INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW: SECURITY, PUBLIC ORDER AND FINANCIAL CRISIS" (152) and "The Impact of Security Council Decisions on Dispute Settlement Procedures" (149).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Democracy and International Law J. Crawford · British Yearbook of International Law 1994 178
2 ADJUDGING THE EXCEPTIONAL AT INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW: SECURITY, PUBLIC ORDER AND FINANCIAL CRISIS Jürgen Kurtz · International and Comparative Law Quarterly Apr 2010 152
3 The Impact of Security Council Decisions on Dispute Settlement Procedures D. W. Bowett · European Journal of International Law 1994 149
4 The ILC’s Draft Statute for an International Criminal Tribunal James Crawford · American Journal of International Law 1994 127
5 FromOstpolitikto ‘frostpolitik’? Merkel, Putin and German foreign policy towards Russia Tuomas Forsberg · International Affairs 2016 94
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at International Law Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Artificial Intelligence, Legal Regulation, Human Rights, Blockchain Technology, Digital Economy, International Law, Information Security and Globalization.

▲ 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. Artificial Intelligence32▲ 15×15 topics
  2. Legal Regulation26▲ 79×8 topics
  3. Human Rights23▲ 16×31 topics
  4. Blockchain Technology18▲ 215×2 topics
  5. Digital Economy16▲ 53×7 topics
  6. International Law14▲ 30×19 topics
  7. Globalization14▲ 4.7×26 topics
  8. Information Security12▲ 84×2 topics
  9. Constitutional Reform11▲ 211×3 topics
  10. Fiscal Policy10▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Digital Technologies10▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Global Governance10▲ 28×13 topics
  13. Legal Modernization10▲ 226×1 topic
  14. Public Policy10▲ 14×1 topic
  15. Sustainable Development10▲ 4.2×18 topics
  16. Energy Efficiency9▲ 6.5×4 topics
  17. Smart Contracts8▲ 37×2 topics
  18. Innovation Development8▲ 74×2 topics
  19. Genetic Information8▲ 141×1 topic
  20. Socio-Economic Inequality8▲ 251×1 topic
  21. War Crimes7▲ 108×3 topics
  22. Sovereignty7▲ 53×6 topics
  23. Regional Development6▲ 13×7 topics
  24. Economic Development6▲ 5.3×12 topics
  25. Economic Security6▲ 20×6 topics
  26. Security Council6▲ 84×2 topics
  27. Geopolitics6▲ 27×6 topics
  28. Cybercrime6▲ 66×3 topics
  29. International Relations6▲ 16×9 topics
  30. Digital Sovereignty5▲ 73×2 topics
  31. Labor Market5▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Taxation5▲ 40×2 topics
  33. International Criminal Law5▲ 147×1 topic
  34. International Humanitarian Law5▲ 147×1 topic
  35. Criminal Justice5▲ 14×5 topics
  36. Criminal Proceedings5▲ 239×1 topic
  37. Digital Justice5▲ 239×1 topic
  38. Migration4▲ 9.0×5 topics
  39. Intellectual Property4▲ 25×3 topics
  40. Transition Economy4▲ 101×1 topic

Which research topics does International Law Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Legal and Policy Issues, Digital Transformation in Law, International Law and Human Rights and Education, Law, and Society.

Legal and Policy Issues10Legal and Policy Issues: 10 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Law: 8 fractional worksInternational Law and Hu…5International Law and Human Rights: 5 fractional worksEducation, Law, and Soci…5Education, Law, and Society: 5 fractional worksSecurity, Politics, and Digital Transformation: 4 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 4 fractional worksUkrainian Legal and Fore…3Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies: 3 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 3 fractional worksGlobal Political and Economic Relations: 2 fractional worksInternational Maritime Law Issues: 2 fractional works
LawGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinancePolitical Science and International RelationsDemography2 others

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

  1. 1 Legal and Policy Issues Law 10 works
  2. 2 Digital Transformation in Law General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 8 works
  3. 3 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  4. 4 Education, Law, and Society Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  5. 5 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 4 works
  7. 7 Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  8. 8 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 3 works
  9. 9 Global Political and Economic Relations Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 International Maritime Law Issues Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available46.5%not open53.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.5%domestic only73.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has International Law Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% 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 International Law Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%International Law Institute0.00053% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of International Law Institute 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 2025International Law Institute5.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.3% in 2021.

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