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Sidley Austin

In research, Sidley Austin stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,348 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#29,872
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,398
of 8,685
Research works
399
▼ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Sidley Austin 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 #12,348 of 16,945 11.3%296

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sidley Austin 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: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.85× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.33× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 2.79× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sidley Austin?

Ranked on the composite score, Bart De Meester and Dominic Coppens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sidley Austin.

  1. 1 Bart De Meester United States · #401,205 worldwide 27 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Dominic Coppens United States · #542,414 worldwide 23 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Sidley Austin

Which keywords describe research at Sidley Austin?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Global Governance, Judicial Review, International Trade Law, WTO Dispute Settlement, International Law, Bilateral Investment Treaties and Foreign Direct Investment.

▲ 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Rights6▲ 28×7 topics
  2. Global Governance4▲ 86×4 topics
  3. Judicial Review4▲ 192×2 topics
  4. International Trade Law4▲ 126×1 topic
  5. WTO Dispute Settlement4▲ 2164×1 topic
  6. International Law3▲ 43×3 topics
  7. Globalization2▲ 5.8×2 topics
  8. Bilateral Investment Treaties2▲ 569×1 topic
  9. Foreign Direct Investment2▲ 219×1 topic
  10. Economic Development2▲ 12×3 topics
  11. Innovation2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  12. International Trade2▲ 66×2 topics
  13. Political Economy2▲ 37×3 topics
  14. Climate Change2▲ 3.0×8 topics
  15. Productivity2▲ 146×1 topic
  16. Trade Liberalization2▲ 165×1 topic
  17. International Relations1▲ 26×2 topics
  18. Coercive Diplomacy1▲ 331×1 topic
  19. Economic Sanctions1▲ 214×1 topic

Which research topics does Sidley Austin publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: World Trade Organization Law, International Arbitration and Investment Law, Global trade and economics and Economic Sanctions and International Relations.

World Trade Organization…4World Trade Organization Law: 4 fractional worksInternational Arbitration and Investment Law: 2 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics2Global trade and economics: 2 fractional worksEconomic Sanctions and I…1Economic Sanctions and International Relations: 1 fractional worksRussia and Soviet political economy: 1 fractional worksTopic Modeling0Topic Modeling: 0 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 0 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 0 fractional worksEU Law and Policy Analysis: 0 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsStrategy and ManagementGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 World Trade Organization Law Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  2. 2 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 2 works
  3. 3 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  4. 4 Economic Sanctions and International Relations Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Russia and Soviet political economy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 EU Law and Policy Analysis Law 0 works
  10. 10 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sidley Austin's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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