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United States Courts

In research, United States Courts stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,358 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,733 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Sciences — Social Sciences is 4.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#36,558
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,718
of 8,685
Research works
282
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is United States Courts 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 #11,358 of 16,945 19.7%207
Social SciencesField #7,733 of 10,206 20.1%131

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United States Courts 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 United States Courts specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Sciences takes 4.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social SciencesField · 22.7 works4.1×
← 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: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.33× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.71× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.09× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at United States Courts?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Artificial Intelligence, International Law, Legal Regulation, Criminal Justice, European Union, International Cooperation and Mental Health.

▲ 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 Rights5▲ 12×21 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  3. International Law3▲ 21×8 topics
  4. Legal Regulation3▲ 28×5 topics
  5. Machine Learning3▲ 1.88×5 topics
  6. Globalization2▲ 2.7×8 topics
  7. Mental Health2▲ 3.5×9 topics
  8. Criminal Justice2▲ 21×6 topics
  9. European Union2▲ 20×4 topics
  10. Intellectual Property2▲ 30×3 topics
  11. International Cooperation2▲ 72×3 topics
  12. Social Support2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  13. Access to Justice1▲ 111×2 topics
  14. Arbitration1▲ 117×2 topics
  15. Gender1▲ 5.9×4 topics
  16. Sustainable Development1▲ 1.96×7 topics
  17. Fiscal Policy1▲ 14×2 topics
  18. French Revolution1▲ 192×1 topic
  19. Jurisdiction Agreements1▲ 269×1 topic
  20. Napoleonic Wars1▲ 192×1 topic
  21. Private International Law1▲ 269×1 topic
  22. Social Media1▲ 2.0×4 topics
  23. State Sovereignty1▲ 62×2 topics
  24. Education1▲ 1.55×6 topics
  25. Food Safety1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  26. Occupation1▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Public Opinion1▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Stress1▲ 7.2×4 topics
  29. Environmental Information1▲ 187×1 topic
  30. Global Governance1▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Global Society1▲ 187×1 topic
  32. Human-Computer Interaction1▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Social Inequality1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  34. Supreme Court1▲ 83×2 topics
  35. Economic Development1▲ 2.9×4 topics
  36. Feed Additives1▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Health1▲ 5.7×2 topics
  38. Interactive Evolutionary Computation1▲ 105×1 topic
  39. Music Generation1▲ 105×1 topic
  40. Pesticide Risk Assessment1▲ 725×1 topic

Which research topics does United States Courts publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction, European Political History Analysis, Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies and International Arbitration and Investment Law.

Conflict of Laws and Jur…1Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction: 1 fractional worksEuropean Political Histo…1European Political History Analysis: 1 fractional worksUkrainian Legal and Forensic Studies: 1 fractional worksInternational Arbitration and Investment Law: 1 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 1 fractional worksAgricultural safety and regulations: 1 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 1 fractional worksLegal and Policy Issues1Legal and Policy Issues: 1 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cultural Studies: 1 fractional worksLegal Education and Practice Innovations: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsHistoryStrategy and ManagementComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition3 others

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

  1. 1 Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 European Political History Analysis History 1 works
  3. 3 Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 1 works
  5. 5 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  6. 6 Agricultural safety and regulations Food Science 1 works
  7. 7 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Legal and Policy Issues Law 1 works
  9. 9 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 1 works
  10. 10 Legal Education and Practice Innovations Law 1 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 available33.2%not open66.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United States Courts's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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