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National Center for State Courts

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World rank, all time
#33,257
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,975
of 7,310
Research works
135
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
National Center for State Courts

Which fields of science does National Center for State Courts work in?

In all years, 83% of research at National Center for State Courts is in Social Sciences, 11% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (57%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%), Psychology (10%). It does 3.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 113 fractional works · 83.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 77 fractional works · 56.8% of its workLaw: 28 fractional works · 20.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 14.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 12.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 10.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 10.6% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNational Centerfor State Courts135fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences83%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7756.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1712.3%
    3. Psychology1410.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting42.6%
    5. Decision Sciences10.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    1. Health Professions107.4%
    2. Medicine43.3%
    1. Mathematics21.1%
    2. Environmental Science10.9%
    3. Engineering10.9%
    4. Computer Science10.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Computer Science: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.73× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 5.76× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences5.76×7 works
  2. Psychology2.73×1 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.60×0 works
  4. Health Professions1.19×0 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×0 works
  6. Computer Science0.51×0 works
  7. Medicine0.34×1 works

Who are the top researchers at National Center for State Courts?

Ranked on the quality score, David B. Rottman, Richard Y. Schauffler and Pamela Casey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Center for State Courts.

  1. 1 David B. Rottman United States · #921,708 worldwide 1.3k citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Richard Y. Schauffler United States · #1,330,130 worldwide 1k citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Pamela Casey United States · #1,411,079 worldwide 561 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Nicole L. Waters United States · #1,703,097 worldwide 261 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 G. Thomas Munsterman United States · #1,794,922 worldwide 408 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Paula L. Hannaford‐Agor United States · #1,868,508 worldwide 355 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Brian Ostrom United States · #1,954,110 worldwide 374 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Brian J. Ostrom United States · #2,573,514 worldwide 277 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 VICTOR EUGENE FLANGO United States · #2,734,148 worldwide 386 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Ingo Keilitz United States · #3,062,960 worldwide 623 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at National Center for State Courts

What are the most cited papers from National Center for State Courts?

The most cited paper from National Center for State Courts is "Plea bargaining: The experiences of prosecutors, judges, and defense attorneys" (Robert A. Zastany, 1979), with 180 citations. Next come "Implicit Bias in the Courtroom" (151) and "Judge‐Jury Agreement in Criminal Cases: A Partial Replication of Kalven and Zeisel's The American Jury" (123).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Plea bargaining: The experiences of prosecutors, judges, and defense attorneys Robert A. Zastany · Journal of Criminal Justice Jun 1979 180
2 Implicit Bias in the Courtroom Jerry Kang, Mark W. Bennett, Devon W. Carbado et al. · eScholarship (California Digital Library) Open access 2012 151
3 Judge‐Jury Agreement in Criminal Cases: A Partial Replication of Kalven and Zeisel's The American Jury Theodore A. Eisenberg, Paula L. Hannaford‐Agor, Valerie P. Hans et al. · Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Mar 2005 123
4 The Predictability of Punitive Damages Theodore A. Eisenberg, John Goerdt, Brian Ostrom et al. · The Journal of Legal Studies Jun 1997 111
5 Therapeutic jurisprudence in the courts Pamela Casey, David B. Rottman · Behavioral Sciences & the Law 2000 81
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Center for State Courts?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Regulation, Property Rights, Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Contracts, Litigation, Human Rights and Legal Education.

▲ 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. Regulation16▲ 20×9 topics
  2. Property Rights15▲ 98×4 topics
  3. Enforcement12▲ 240×2 topics
  4. Criminal Justice12▲ 58×2 topics
  5. Contracts12▲ 316×1 topic
  6. Litigation12▲ 316×1 topic
  7. Human Rights11▲ 9.7×14 topics
  8. Legal Education11▲ 125×2 topics
  9. Health Impacts11▲ 120×1 topic
  10. Welfare Rights Advice11▲ 304×1 topic
  11. Intellectual Property9▲ 67×3 topics
  12. Constitutional Law9▲ 51×3 topics
  13. Mental Health9▲ 5.9×14 topics
  14. Criminal Trials8▲ 270×2 topics
  15. Supreme Court8▲ 190×2 topics
  16. Racial Disparities8▲ 117×2 topics
  17. Decision Making7▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Jury7▲ 921×1 topic
  19. Legal Proceedings7▲ 921×1 topic
  20. Mass Incarceration7▲ 161×1 topic
  21. Prison System7▲ 89×1 topic
  22. Public Opinion6▲ 26×4 topics
  23. Developmental Trajectories6▲ 35×3 topics
  24. Criminal Behavior6▲ 98×2 topics
  25. Corporate Governance6▲ 8.3×3 topics
  26. Environmental Law6▲ 31×2 topics
  27. Policy Dimensions6▲ 186×1 topic
  28. Transnational Law6▲ 170×1 topic
  29. Judicial Politics5▲ 184×1 topic
  30. Legal Consciousness5▲ 184×1 topic
  31. Risk Factors5▲ 3.6×7 topics
  32. Mental Disorders4▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Prevalence4▲ 7.8×4 topics
  34. Democracy4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  35. Youth Violence4▲ 61×3 topics
  36. Intervention3▲ 58×2 topics
  37. Psychopathy3▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Law and Economics3▲ 183×1 topic
  39. Cultural Competence3▲ 19×4 topics
  40. Ethnicity3▲ 7.9×2 topics

Which research topics does National Center for State Courts publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: European and International Law Studies, Legal Education and Practice Innovations, Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment and Jury Decision Making Processes.

European and Internation…1European and International Law Studies: 1 fractional worksLegal Education and Prac…1Legal Education and Practice Innovations: 1 fractional worksStalking, Cyberstalking,…0Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment: 0 fractional worksJury Decision Making Processes: 0 fractional worksJudicial and Constitutional Studies: 0 fractional worksLaw in Society and Culture0Law in Society and Culture: 0 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 0 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 0 fractional worksLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems: 0 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLawSociology and Political ScienceReproductive Medicine1 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 1 works
  2. 2 Legal Education and Practice Innovations Law 1 works
  3. 3 Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Jury Decision Making Processes Law 0 works
  5. 5 Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law 0 works
  6. 6 Law in Society and Culture Law 0 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 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 available24.5%not open75.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Center for State Courts's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Center for State Courts as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000031% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%National Center for State Courts0.0000085% in 202519801990200020102020

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