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Western Michigan University Cooley Law School

In research, Western Michigan University Cooley Law School stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,923 of 10,206 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#16,535 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#42,658
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,675
of 8,685
Research works
191
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
155
0.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
92%
world 28%

What is Western Michigan University Cooley Law School 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 SciencesField #9,923 of 10,206 6.4%138
Social SciencesDomain #16,535 of 16,945 5.3%179

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Western Michigan University Cooley 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 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.

Who are the top researchers at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School?

Ranked on the composite score, Norman Otto Stockmeyer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Michigan University Cooley Law School.

  1. 1 Norman Otto Stockmeyer United States · #905,365 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School

Which keywords describe research at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Legal Education, Health Impacts, Welfare Rights Advice, Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Criminal Justice and Corporate Governance.

▲ 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. Legal Education47▲ 386×2 topics
  2. Health Impacts44▲ 348×1 topic
  3. Welfare Rights Advice44▲ 876×1 topic
  4. Human Rights40▲ 24×14 topics
  5. Constitutional Law31▲ 124×5 topics
  6. Intellectual Property30▲ 156×2 topics
  7. Criminal Justice29▲ 97×3 topics
  8. Corporate Governance28▲ 28×4 topics
  9. Environmental Law28▲ 108×4 topics
  10. Transnational Law28▲ 591×2 topics
  11. International Justice27▲ 636×1 topic
  12. Policy Dimensions27▲ 636×1 topic
  13. Property Rights22▲ 97×5 topics
  14. Regulation16▲ 14×6 topics
  15. Ethical Implications16▲ 196×2 topics
  16. Supreme Court14▲ 238×2 topics
  17. Machine Learning12▲ 3.0×5 topics
  18. Natural Language Processing12▲ 50×3 topics
  19. Artificial Intelligence12▲ 7.3×4 topics
  20. Big Data11▲ 10×2 topics
  21. Legal Technology10▲ 685×1 topic
  22. Predictive10▲ 685×1 topic
  23. Contracts10▲ 190×1 topic
  24. Enforcement10▲ 136×1 topic
  25. Public Opinion10▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Contract Law7▲ 86×2 topics
  27. Federalism7▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Nationalism7▲ 6.1×2 topics
  29. American founding6▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Constitutional government6▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Corrective Justice6▲ 131×1 topic
  32. Remedies6▲ 131×1 topic
  33. Contract Visualization5▲ 404×1 topic
  34. Legal Astuteness5▲ 404×1 topic
  35. Surveillance5▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Democracy5▲ 7.2×3 topics
  37. Equality5▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Legal Semiotics5▲ 109×1 topic
  39. Visual Jurisprudence5▲ 109×1 topic
  40. Discrimination4▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Western Michigan University Cooley Law School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Legal Systems and Judicial Processes, Legal and Constitutional Studies, Publishing and Scholarly Communication and Criminal Law and Evidence.

Legal Systems and Judici…1Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 1 fractional worksLegal and Constitutional Studies: 0 fractional worksPublishing and Scholarly…0Publishing and Scholarly Communication: 0 fractional worksCriminal Law and Evidence0Criminal Law and Evidence: 0 fractional worksAcademic Writing and Pub…0Academic Writing and Publishing: 0 fractional worksLaw, Economics, and Judi…0Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems: 0 fractional worksLegal Education and Prac…0Legal Education and Practice Innovations: 0 fractional worksDigital Humanities and S…0Digital Humanities and Scholarship: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsHistory and Philosophy of ScienceLaw1 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 1 works
  2. 2 Legal and Constitutional Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  3. 3 Publishing and Scholarly Communication History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  4. 4 Criminal Law and Evidence Law 0 works
  5. 5 Academic Writing and Publishing History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  6. 6 Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 Legal Education and Practice Innovations Law 0 works
  8. 8 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 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 available92.1%not open7.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors0.7%domestic only99.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Western Michigan University Cooley Law School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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