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New York Law School

In research, New York Law School stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,953 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,690 of 5,988 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#670 of 1,187 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law, Political Science and International Relations and Economics and Econometrics (Law is 24.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,904
of 22,385 · #5,777 all time
Rank in United States
#1,062
of 3,332
Research works
3.5k
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
New York Law School

What is New York Law School 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 #2,953 of 9,585 8.9%386 #1792
Social SciencesField #2,690 of 5,988 9.7%247 #2048
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #670 of 1,187 11.8%95 #456
LawSubfield #343 of 445 8.7%65 #191

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where New York Law School 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,792 #2,953
  2. Social Sciences#2,048 #2,690
  3. Political Science and International Relations#456 #670
  4. Law#191 #343
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does New York Law School work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at New York Law School is in Social Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (55%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 417 fractional works · 85.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 267 fractional works · 55.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 101 fractional works · 20.8% of its workLaw: 70 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 63 fractional works · 12.9% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 63 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 50 fractional works · 10.2% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 54 fractional works · 11.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 24 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 7.6% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 3.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNew York LawSchool486fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences86%

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 Sciences26755.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6313.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting5411.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities204.1%
    5. Psychology91.8%
    6. Decision Sciences40.8%
    1. Computer Science173.6%
    2. Environmental Science81.7%
    3. Engineering81.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Energy10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine163.2%
    2. Health Professions61.2%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.0%
    2. Neuroscience30.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does New York Law School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 24.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 70.4 works25×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 101.1 works14×
  3. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 49.8 works6.5×
  4. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 63.3 works6.1×
  5. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 23.5 works5.6×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.46× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.43× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.42× its world share, 54 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.09× its world share, 63 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.34× its world share, 267 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.09×63 works
  2. Social Sciences4.34×267 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.42×54 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.43×20 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.86×4 works
  6. Psychology0.59×9 works
  7. Computer Science0.46×17 works
  8. Health Professions0.45×6 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.35×8 works
  11. Neuroscience0.33×3 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×5 works
  13. Energy0.21×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.17×1 works
  16. Medicine0.17×16 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.11×1 works
  18. Engineering0.10×8 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×2 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  21. Nursing0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at New York Law School?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter D McCann, Frank Munger and Ira Rubinstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is New York Law School.

  1. 1 Peter D McCann United States · #902,787 worldwide 2.1k citations · 111 works
  2. 2 Frank Munger United States · #1,153,024 worldwide 1.1k citations · 101 works
  3. 3 Ira Rubinstein United States · #1,314,061 worldwide 765 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Michael Wood United States · #1,326,230 worldwide 977 citations · 141 works
  5. 5 Lawrence Gene Sager United States · #1,416,314 worldwide 1.3k citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Matthew C. Waxman United States · #1,573,761 worldwide 1k citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Ruti G. Teitel United States · #1,610,938 worldwide 3.5k citations · 182 works
  8. 8 Katherine M. Franke United States · #1,666,431 worldwide 925 citations · 77 works
  9. 9 Paul Bennett Marrow United States · #1,672,947 worldwide 1.4k citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Annette Gordon‐Reed United States · #1,752,353 worldwide 657 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at New York Law School

What are the most cited papers from New York Law School?

The most cited paper from New York Law School is "Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce" (Robert H. Mnookin, Lewis A. Kornhauser, 1979), with 1,503 citations. Next come "Venture capital and the structure of capital markets: banks versus stock markets" (1,428) and "Why Do Nations Obey International Law?" (1,186).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce Robert H. Mnookin, Lewis A. Kornhauser · The Yale Law Journal Open access Apr 1979 1,503
2 Venture capital and the structure of capital markets: banks versus stock markets Bernard S. Black, Ronald J. Gilson · Journal of Financial Economics Open access Mar 1998 1,428
3 Why Do Nations Obey International Law? Harold Hongju Koh, Abram J. Chayes, Antonia Handler Chayes et al. · The Yale Law Journal Jun 1997 1,186
4 The Future as History: The Prospects for Global Convergence in Corporate Governance and its Implications John C. Coffee · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 1999 1,088
5 The Emergence of Global Administrative Law Benedict Kingsbury, Nico Krisch, Richard B. Stewart · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2005 1,088
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at New York Law School?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Property Rights, International Law, Regulation, Global Governance, Corporate Governance, Intellectual Property and Constitutional Law.

▲ 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. Human Rights96▲ 19×53 topics
  2. Property Rights41▲ 130×7 topics
  3. International Law40▲ 26×21 topics
  4. Regulation35▲ 14×14 topics
  5. Global Governance31▲ 27×17 topics
  6. Globalization31▲ 3.3×56 topics
  7. Corporate Governance29▲ 8.0×15 topics
  8. Intellectual Property25▲ 45×7 topics
  9. Constitutional Law23▲ 36×7 topics
  10. Public Opinion22▲ 37×4 topics
  11. Security Council21▲ 88×2 topics
  12. Sovereignty21▲ 47×9 topics
  13. Environmental Law20▲ 20×6 topics
  14. Democracy20▲ 12×16 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence19▲ 2.8×17 topics
  16. Criminal Justice18▲ 16×6 topics
  17. Equality17▲ 60×6 topics
  18. Nationalism15▲ 7.0×16 topics
  19. Surveillance14▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Enforcement14▲ 108×2 topics
  21. State Sovereignty14▲ 66×2 topics
  22. Taxation14▲ 36×5 topics
  23. Liability14▲ 112×2 topics
  24. Discrimination14▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Contract Law14▲ 116×2 topics
  26. Transnational Law13▲ 252×2 topics
  27. Federalism13▲ 43×3 topics
  28. Supreme Court13▲ 87×2 topics
  29. War Crimes13▲ 60×3 topics
  30. International Justice13▲ 386×1 topic
  31. Policy Dimensions13▲ 386×1 topic
  32. International Criminal Law12▲ 114×1 topic
  33. International Humanitarian Law12▲ 114×1 topic
  34. Norms12▲ 66×2 topics
  35. Regulatory Challenges12▲ 28×4 topics
  36. Rule of Law12▲ 125×3 topics
  37. European Union12▲ 11×13 topics
  38. Social Responsibility12▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Contracts11▲ 142×1 topic
  40. Litigation11▲ 142×1 topic

Which research topics does New York Law School publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Legal Systems and Judicial Processes, International Law and Human Rights, Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems and Judicial and Constitutional Studies.

Legal Systems and Judici…13Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 13 fractional worksInternational Law and Hu…12International Law and Human Rights: 12 fractional worksLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems: 11 fractional worksJudicial and Constitutio…11Judicial and Constitutional Studies: 11 fractional worksLegal principles and app…10Legal principles and applications: 10 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 9 fractional worksLegal and Constitutional Studies: 9 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Securit…9Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 9 fractional worksLaw in Society and Culture: 8 fractional worksLaw, Rights, and Freedoms: 8 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsLawSociology and Political Science

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

  1. 1 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  2. 2 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  3. 3 Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  4. 4 Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law 11 works
  5. 5 Legal principles and applications Law 10 works
  6. 6 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  7. 7 Legal and Constitutional Studies Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  8. 8 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  9. 9 Law in Society and Culture Law 8 works
  10. 10 Law, Rights, and Freedoms Sociology and Political Science 8 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 available54.5%not open45.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has New York Law School's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 New York Law School as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%New York Law School0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of New York Law School 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025New York Law School6.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.0% in 2012.

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