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Southern University Law Center

In research, Southern University Law Center stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,778 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,952 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations — Political Science and International Relations is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,465
of 28,054 · #37,422 all time
Rank in United States
#3,676
of 4,192
Research works
505
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Southern University Law Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,778 of 10,521 7.0%110 #12349
Social SciencesField #4,952 of 6,365 6.6%77 #7787

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southern University Law Center 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).

What does Southern University Law Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 22.1 works11×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.74× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.65× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.52× its world share, 77 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southern University Law Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Lorna Fox O’Mahony lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern University Law Center.

  1. 1 Lorna Fox O’Mahony United States · #621,446 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Southern University Law Center

Which keywords describe research at Southern University Law Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Corporate Governance, Criminal Justice, Intellectual Property, Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, Property Rights and Policy Dimensions.

▲ 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 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 Rights22▲ 16×20 topics
  2. Corporate Governance15▲ 15×7 topics
  3. Criminal Justice12▲ 40×4 topics
  4. Intellectual Property12▲ 74×3 topics
  5. Environmental Law11▲ 41×5 topics
  6. Globalization11▲ 4.2×21 topics
  7. Constitutional Law11▲ 59×2 topics
  8. Property Rights9▲ 100×4 topics
  9. Policy Dimensions8▲ 879×1 topic
  10. Transnational Law8▲ 619×1 topic
  11. Public Opinion7▲ 42×3 topics
  12. Surveillance7▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Democracy6▲ 13×7 topics
  14. Regulation6▲ 8.3×4 topics
  15. Federalism6▲ 67×2 topics
  16. International Law6▲ 14×9 topics
  17. Neoliberalism6▲ 12×4 topics
  18. American founding6▲ 133×1 topic
  19. Constitutional government6▲ 133×1 topic
  20. Equality5▲ 64×3 topics
  21. Financialization5▲ 38×3 topics
  22. Mental Health5▲ 2.5×9 topics
  23. Income Inequality5▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Discrimination5▲ 18×3 topics
  25. Housing5▲ 74×1 topic
  26. Media5▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Public Policy5▲ 7.2×5 topics
  28. Shareholder Value5▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Gender Equality5▲ 13×6 topics
  30. Civil Rights4▲ 47×1 topic
  31. Freedom of Speech4▲ 730×1 topic
  32. Contract Law4▲ 116×2 topics
  33. Enforcement4▲ 102×2 topics
  34. Labor Market4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  35. Liability3▲ 93×2 topics
  36. Social Networks3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  37. Corrective Justice3▲ 190×1 topic
  38. Remedies3▲ 190×1 topic
  39. Youth Violence3▲ 49×2 topics
  40. Immigration3▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Southern University Law Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Legal Systems and Judicial Processes, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism and Law, Rights, and Freedoms.

Legal Systems and Judici…8Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 8 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 6 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Ne…5Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 5 fractional worksLaw, Rights, and Freedoms4Law, Rights, and Freedoms: 4 fractional worksLegal principles and applications: 3 fractional worksLaw in Society and Culture: 3 fractional worksLaw, Economics, and Judi…3Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems: 3 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 2 fractional worksBusiness Law and Ethics: 2 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsFinanceSociology and Political ScienceLaw2 others

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

  1. 1 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  2. 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  3. 3 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 5 works
  4. 4 Law, Rights, and Freedoms Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Legal principles and applications Law 3 works
  6. 6 Law in Society and Culture Law 3 works
  7. 7 Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Business Law and Ethics Accounting 2 works
  10. 10 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 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 available73.7%not open26.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern University Law Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher 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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