Issues, ethics and legal aspects research
Issues, ethics and legal aspects is a subfield of Nursing. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 17.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
In short: branch of philosophy that systematizes, defends, and recommends concepts of right and wrong conduct.
- Research works
- 36k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Topics
- 2
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +3% the tick is no change
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Issues, ethics and legal aspects research?
On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom rank highest in Issues, ethics and legal aspects. By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (1.4k and 508 works in 2022–2025).
By research quality, 2022–2025
- 1 United States · #1 all time 13.4% top 10% · 1.4k works
- 2 Brazil · #3 all time 14.7% top 10% · 508 works
- 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 14.7% top 10% · 206 works
The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.
Of 3 countries ranked in Issues, ethics and legal aspects. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.
All countries ranked in Issues, ethics and legal aspectsBy volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.4k works
- 2 Brazil 508 works
- 3 United Kingdom 206 works
- 4 Türkiye 196 works
- 5 Canada 159 works
- 6 China 145 works
- 7 Australia 122 works
- 8 Spain 103 works
- 9 India 91 works
- 10 Iran 88 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Issues, ethics and legal aspects research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Issues, ethics and legal aspects research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 23 works
- 2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil 17 works
- 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 16 works
- 4 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 16 works
- 5 Health AffairsUnited States 15 works
- 6 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 15 works
- 7 Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil 15 works
- 8 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 14 works
- 9 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 13 works
- 10 Universidade Estadual do CearáBrazil 12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Issues, ethics and legal aspects?
Among the most productive authors in Issues, ethics and legal aspects, Aziz Sheikh, Jasvinder A. Singh and Florian Fischer rank highest on the composite score.
- 1 Aziz Sheikh United Kingdom · #17 worldwide 5.8k citations · 274 works
- 2 Jasvinder A. Singh United States · #79 worldwide 4.7k citations · 154 works
- 3 Florian Fischer United States · #250 worldwide 7k citations · 107 works
- 4 Joan B. Soriano Spain · #361 worldwide 4.3k citations · 107 works
- 5 Guy B. Marks Australia · #819 worldwide 2.1k citations · 113 works
- 6 John W. Berry Canada · #1,713 worldwide 2.2k citations · 91 works
- 7 Bárbara Riegel United States · #2,628 worldwide 1.2k citations · 99 works
- 8 Charles A. O’Reilly United States · #2,772 worldwide 2.7k citations · 69 works
- 9 R. Brian Haynes Canada · #2,959 worldwide 2.8k citations · 67 works
- 10 Catherine Sherrington Australia · #3,579 worldwide 1.3k citations · 147 works
Re-ranked on the composite score from the 1,750 highest-output authors in Issues, ethics and legal aspects. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.
Top 100 Issues, ethics and legal aspects researchersWhere is Issues, ethics and legal aspects research done?
The largest centres of Issues, ethics and legal aspects research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Silver Spring and Fortaleza.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 São Paulo Brazil 76 works
- 2 London United Kingdom 66 works
- 3 New York United States 56 works
- 4 Washington D.C. United States 54 works
- 5 Boston United States 47 works
- 6 Istanbul Türkiye 39 works
- 7 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 37 works
- 8 Chicago United States 37 works
- 9 Philadelphia United States 36 works
- 10 Seoul South Korea 35 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Silver SpringUS · 22.5 works25×
- FortalezaBR · 30.8 works8.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Issues, ethics and legal aspects than the world average.
Issues, ethics and legal aspects research by country
The best places for Issues, ethics and legal aspects research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.
Where is the best place to study Issues, ethics and legal aspects?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Binghamton University and Universidade Federal de São Paulo score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil | 72.6 | 27.1% | 10.3× | 17 | +167.8% |
| 2 | Binghamton UniversityUnited States | 53.4 | 11.5% | 19.5× | 12 | +175.3% |
| 3 | Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil | 50.1 | 22.5% | 8.3× | 15 | -23.9% |
| 4 | Universidade Estadual do CearáBrazil | 45.7 | 8.9% | 16.7× | 12 | +76.6% |
| 5 | Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil | 45.0 | 16.1% | 5.8× | 16 | +81.1% |
| 6 | Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil | 42.7 | 15.7% | 7.3× | 15 | -1.0% |
| 7 | Universidade de São PauloBrazil | 41.2 | 18.8% | 3.0× | 23 | -20.1% |
| 8 | Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil | 40.0 | 15.0% | 7.5× | 14 | -34.4% |
| 9 | Columbia UniversityUnited States | 39.3 | 39.3% | 2.5× | 9 | -9.3% |
| 10 | Emory UniversityUnited States | 38.3 | 22.5% | 3.0× | 9 | +277.2% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Issues, ethics and legal aspects research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.