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Artificial Intelligence in Law

Artificial Intelligence in Law is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 8.8k research works in it since 1950. 26.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of predictive legal technology, including machine learning, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence, to forecast judicial decisions in various courts. The topics also cover the use of big data and behavior control in legal contexts, as well as the ethical implications of integrating technology into the legal profession.

  • Predictive
  • Legal Technology
  • Judicial Decisions
  • Machine Learning
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Supreme Court
  • Behavior Control
  • Big Data
  • Ethical Implications
Research works
8.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
26.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+63%
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Which countries lead Artificial Intelligence in Law research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (460 and 341 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 460 works
  2. 2 India 341 works
  3. 3 China 317 works
  4. 4 Brazil 146 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 126 works
  6. 6 Italy 94 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 85 works
  8. 8 Germany 77 works
  9. 9 France 67 works
  10. 10 Canada 65 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.

United States: 25.9%India: 19.2%China: 17.8%Brazil: 8.2%6 others listed: 29.0%26%largest
United States460 · 25.9%India341 · 19.2%China317 · 17.8%Brazil146 · 8.2%6 others listed515 · 29.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Artificial Intelligence in Law research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Bologna publishes the most Artificial Intelligence in Law research, followed by Design Intelligence (United States) and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of BolognaItaly 19 works
  2. 2 Design Intelligence (United States)United States 18 works
  3. 3 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 11 works
  4. 4 Saveetha UniversityIndia 11 works
  5. 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 10 works
  6. 6 UNSW SydneyAustralia 9 works
  7. 7 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 9 works
  8. 8 University of OttawaCanada 8 works
  9. 9 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 8 works
  10. 10 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 7 works

Where is Artificial Intelligence in Law research done?

The largest centres of Artificial Intelligence in Law research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), London (United Kingdom) and Chennai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Norman.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 80 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 33 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 31 works
  4. 4 Chennai India 30 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 27 works
  6. 6 New York United States 26 works
  7. 7 Bengaluru India 24 works
  8. 8 New Delhi India 22 works
  9. 9 Norman United States 20 works
  10. 10 Pune India 20 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NormanUS · 20.2 works22×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Artificial Intelligence in Law than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Artificial Intelligence in Law?

Among universities, judged by research, Leiden University, University of Bologna and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham 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.

0%25%50%75%mean 40.5143%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Leiden University: 9, 38.3%University of Bologna: 19, 43.0%Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham: 11, 53.0%University of Ottawa: 8, 39.9%Tsinghua University: 10, 63.3%UNSW Sydney: 9, 35.0%Saveetha University: 11, 11.1%Amrita Vishwa Vidyap…University of BolognaUniversity of OttawaLeiden University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 68.638.3%9.6×9 +74.5%
2 University of BolognaItaly 68.043.0%8.6×19 -40.4%
3 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 60.153.0%7.7×11 —
4 University of OttawaCanada 47.339.9%5.7×8 +26.7%
5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 46.763.3%1.9×10 —
6 UNSW SydneyAustralia 39.735.0%4.0×9 -10.3%
7 Saveetha UniversityIndia 31.911.1%4.2×11 —

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 Artificial Intelligence in Law research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Artificial Intelligence in Law.

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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.

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.