Brazilian Legal Issues
Brazilian Legal Issues is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 42k research works in it since 1950. 6.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to constitutional law, human rights, legal theory, and public administration. It includes discussions on constitutional interpretation, social justice, environmental law, judicial activism, and legal philosophy. The cluster also touches upon issues such as civil rights, public administration, and the intersection of law with other disciplines.
- Constitutional Law
- Human Rights
- Legal Theory
- Civil Rights
- Judicial Activism
- Social Justice
- Constitutional Interpretation
- Legal Philosophy
- Environmental Law
- Public Administration
- Research works
- 42k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 6.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +36% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Brazilian Legal Issues research?
By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (8.1k and 442 works in 2022–2025).
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Brazilian Legal Issues research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo publishes the most Brazilian Legal Issues research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil 268 works
- 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 192 works
- 3 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 177 works
- 4 Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 136 works
- 5 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 134 works
- 6 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 132 works
- 7 Ministério da JustiçaPortugal 126 works
- 8 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas GeraisBrazil 122 works
- 9 Universidade do ContestadoBrazil 117 works
- 10 Centro Universitário CesumarBrazil 116 works
Where is Brazilian Legal Issues research done?
The largest centres of Brazilian Legal Issues research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Brasília (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Espírito Santo, Nova Lima and Itaúna.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 São Paulo Brazil 1k works
- 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 655 works
- 3 Belo Horizonte Brazil 408 works
- 4 Brasília Brazil 392 works
- 5 Curitiba Brazil 385 works
- 6 Lisbon Portugal 277 works
- 7 Fortaleza Brazil 250 works
- 8 Porto Alegre Brazil 207 works
- 9 Recife Brazil 189 works
- 10 Florianópolis Brazil 174 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Espírito Santo37.2 works631×
- Nova LimaBR · 28.3 works448×
- ItaúnaBR · 27.3 works292×
- CaçadorBR · 130.6 works268×
- Lisbon61.8 works187×
- Orlando23.0 works182×
- Santa Cruz do SulBR · 83.4 works156×
- JacarezinhoBR · 47.7 works143×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Brazilian Legal Issues than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Brazilian Legal Issues?
Among universities, judged by research, Faculdade de Direito de Franca, Centro Universitário de Franca and Pontifícia Universidade Católica 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 | Faculdade de Direito de Franca?? | 75.1 | 32.2% | 643.1× | 10 | +1014.0% |
| 2 | Centro Universitário de FrancaBrazil | 73.5 | 29.3% | 233.1× | 12 | +1111.9% |
| 3 | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil | 65.4 | 4.9% | 139.2× | 268 | +211.2% |
| 4 | Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil | 65.0 | 9.1% | 28.0× | 136 | +182.0% |
| 5 | Universidade de São PauloBrazil | 64.2 | 9.8% | 11.6× | 192 | +103.5% |
| 6 | Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil | 63.7 | 9.5% | 16.3× | 113 | +169.9% |
| 7 | Centro Universitário InternacionalMexico | 63.2 | 9.8% | 136.2× | 22 | +250.1% |
| 8 | Universitario Francisco de AsísUruguay | 62.6 | 7.3% | 62.0× | 45 | +273.8% |
| 9 | Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil | 61.8 | 7.7% | 22.0× | 85 | +245.4% |
| 10 | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do ParanáBrazil | 61.7 | 8.7% | 49.9× | 66 | +193.1% |
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 Brazilian Legal Issues research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Brazilian Legal Issues.
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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.