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Latham & Watkins (United States)

In research, Latham & Watkins (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,849 of 21,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#14,383 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#25,667
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,494
of 8,685
Research works
379
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.4k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Latham & Watkins (United States) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #14,849 of 21,541 10.0%123
Social SciencesDomain #14,383 of 16,945 5.9%195

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Latham & Watkins (United States) 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).

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: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.86× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.91× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.71× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Latham & Watkins (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Regulation, Corporate Governance, Legal Transplants, European Union, Primary Care, European Company Law and Regulatory Competition.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Rights32▲ 9.9×17 topics
  2. Regulation24▲ 11×12 topics
  3. Corporate Governance20▲ 9.6×11 topics
  4. Legal Transplants19▲ 128×2 topics
  5. European Union15▲ 16×5 topics
  6. Primary Care15▲ 9.5×7 topics
  7. European Company Law14▲ 167×1 topic
  8. Regulatory Competition14▲ 167×1 topic
  9. Competition14▲ 43×3 topics
  10. Sovereignty14▲ 34×4 topics
  11. High Power Terahertz Sources14▲ 126×1 topic
  12. Vacuum Electronics14▲ 126×1 topic
  13. Price Discrimination14▲ 81×2 topics
  14. International Law14▲ 13×8 topics
  15. Market Structure14▲ 55×2 topics
  16. Judicial Review12▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Democracy12▲ 8.3×5 topics
  18. Economic Development12▲ 4.5×8 topics
  19. Innovation12▲ 3.3×9 topics
  20. Integrated Circuits11▲ 13×3 topics
  21. R&D11▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Collusion11▲ 149×1 topic
  23. Property Rights11▲ 25×5 topics
  24. Vertical Integration11▲ 149×1 topic
  25. Financial Crisis11▲ 19×4 topics
  26. Constitutionalism10▲ 24×1 topic
  27. European Legal Systems10▲ 63×1 topic
  28. Taxation10▲ 28×3 topics
  29. Health Care Spending10▲ 41×1 topic
  30. Insurance Markets10▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Frequency Synthesizer9▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Financial Reporting9▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Millimeter-Wave9▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Industrial Policy8▲ 31×2 topics
  35. CMOS8▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Low-Noise Amplifiers8▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Oscillators8▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Tax Avoidance8▲ 50×2 topics
  39. Consumer Protection8▲ 43×2 topics
  40. Intellectual Property8▲ 20×5 topics

Which research topics does Latham & Watkins (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance, Urban Agriculture and Sustainability, Urban Green Space and Health and European Monetary and Fiscal Policies.

Crime, Illicit Activitie…1Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance: 1 fractional worksUrban Agriculture and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksUrban Green Space and He…0Urban Green Space and Health: 0 fractional worksEuropean Monetary and Fi…0European Monetary and Fiscal Policies: 0 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judicial Processes: 0 fractional worksCorporate Insolvency and Governance: 0 fractional worksLegal Cases and Commentary0Legal Cases and Commentary: 0 fractional worksLegal principles and app…0Legal principles and applications: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…0Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 0 fractional worksDigitalization, Law, and…0Digitalization, Law, and Regulation: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePlant ScienceHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisFinance5 others

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

  1. 1 Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Urban Agriculture and Sustainability Plant Science 0 works
  3. 3 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  4. 4 European Monetary and Fiscal Policies Finance 0 works
  5. 5 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  6. 6 Corporate Insolvency and Governance Accounting 0 works
  7. 7 Legal Cases and Commentary Reproductive Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Legal principles and applications Law 0 works
  9. 9 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Digitalization, Law, and Regulation Law 0 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 available24.1%not open75.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Latham & Watkins (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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