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. 10.0% 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%
- 878 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +103% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Artificial Intelligence in Law research?
By volume, the United States and India publish the most (587 and 469 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United States
587 works
- 2
India
469 works
- 3
China
382 works
- 4
Brazil
179 works
- 5
United Kingdom
152 works
- 6
Italy
109 works
- 7
Indonesia
94 works
- 8
Germany
93 works
- 9
Canada
86 works
- 10
France
77 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 Artificial Intelligence in Law research?
By volume in 2022-now, University of Bologna publishes the most Artificial Intelligence in Law research, followed by Design Intelligence (United States) and CHDI Foundation.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
University of BolognaItaly
20 works
- 2
Design Intelligence (United States)United States
18 works
- 3
CHDI FoundationUnited States
16 works
- 4
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
15 works
- 5
Saveetha UniversityIndia
14 works
- 6
Amity UniversityIndia
13 works
- 7
Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia
13 works
- 8
Tsinghua UniversityChina
12 works
- 9
University of TorontoCanada
11 works
- 10
SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia
11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Artificial Intelligence in Law?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Artificial Intelligence in Law include Christopher D. Manning, Philip S. Yu and Hao Chen.
- 1
Christopher D. Manning
United States
179k citations
- 2
Philip S. Yu
United States
141k citations
- 3
Hao Chen
China
118k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Artificial Intelligence in Law research done?
The largest centres of Artificial Intelligence in Law research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), New York (United States), Chennai (India) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Norman and Bologna.
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
BeijingChina
89 works
- 2
New YorkUnited States
46 works
- 3
ChennaiIndia
43 works
- 4
Moscow
Russia
40 works
- 5
LondonUnited Kingdom
37 works
- 6
BengaluruIndia
30 works
- 7
PuneIndia
30 works
- 8
ShanghaiChina
29 works
- 9
New DelhiIndia
28 works
- 10
Washington D.C.United States
26 works
Where it is the local speciality
- NormanUS · 20.2 works18×
- BolognaIT · 20.0 works5.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Artificial Intelligence in Law than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Artificial Intelligence in Law?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Bologna, Tsinghua University 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.
One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of BolognaItaly |
78.9 | 10.5% | 7.9× | 20 | +110.0% |
| 2 | Tsinghua UniversityChina |
65.7 | 22.0% | 1.8× | 12 | +294.1% |
| 3 | Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia |
53.3 | 11.1% | 8.4× | 13 | +1031.7% |
| 4 | Stanford UniversityUnited States |
53.3 | 18.8% | 2.2× | 10 | +50.9% |
| 5 | Leiden University Netherlands |
49.7 | 12.5% | 5.6× | 9 | +257.1% |
| 6 | University of Luxembourg Luxembourg |
49.1 | 8.6% | 11.8× | 8 | +23.4% |
| 7 | Amity UniversityIndia |
49.0 | 5.6% | 10.7× | 14 | - |
| 8 | University of TorontoCanada |
45.7 | 6.8% | 1.9× | 11 | +21.4% |
| 9 | Saveetha UniversityIndia |
44.0 | 7.5% | 5.0× | 14 | - |
| 10 | UNSW Sydney Australia |
43.6 | 13.6% | 3.9× | 10 | -6.0% |
| 11 | University of OttawaCanada |
41.5 | 12.3% | 4.5× | 9 | +126.3% |
| 12 | Christ UniversityIndia |
24.2 | 0.9% | 8.9× | 9 | +244.3% |
| 13 | Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityIndia |
22.0 | 6.6% | 6.8× | 8 | - |
| 14 | SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia |
19.9 | 1.4% | 3.5× | 11 | - |
| 15 | Chandigarh UniversityIndia |
17.2 | 0.5% | 5.7× | 9 | - |
Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.
Every institution in Artificial Intelligence in Law, country by countryIs Artificial Intelligence in Law research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 103% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Artificial Intelligence in Law.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Artificial Intelligence in Law as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.
Fractional works of Artificial Intelligence in Law over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year.
Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.
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.
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