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Classical Studies and Legal History

Classical Studies and Legal History is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 9.6k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores various aspects of the Visigothic monarchy in Hispania during the late antiquity, including religious and political power, royal succession, cultural identity, and the legal system. It delves into topics such as the role of kings, internal conflicts, conversion of Jews, and the representation of power through iconography and epigraphy.

  • Visigothic
  • Monarchy
  • Hispania
  • Religious Power
  • Political Conflict
  • Royal Succession
  • Cultural Identity
  • Legal System
  • Late Antiquity
Research works
9.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Classical Studies and Legal History

Which countries lead Classical Studies and Legal History research?

By volume, Spain and Poland publish the most (380 and 327 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 380 works
  2. 2 Poland 327 works
  3. 3 France 214 works
  4. 4 Italy 158 works
  5. 5 United States 93 works
  6. 6 Brazil 89 works
  7. 7 Germany 83 works
  8. 8 Argentina 50 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 41 works
  10. 10 Chile 28 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.

Spain: 26.0%Poland: 22.4%France: 14.6%Italy: 10.8%6 others listed: 26.3%26%largest
Spain380 · 26.0%Poland327 · 22.4%France214 · 14.6%Italy158 · 10.8%6 others listed384 · 26.3%

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

Which institutions lead Classical Studies and Legal History research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Classical Studies and Legal History research, followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 65 works
  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 44 works
  3. 3 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland 39 works
  4. 4 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 30 works
  5. 5 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 22 works
  6. 6 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 22 works
  7. 7 Pontifical University of John Paul II in KrakówPoland 20 works
  8. 8 University of WarsawPoland 19 works
  9. 9 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 17 works
  10. 10 Universidad de NavarraSpain 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Classical Studies and Legal History?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Classical Studies and Legal History include George Davey Smith, Giuseppe Grosso and Philippe Moreau.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 Giuseppe Grosso Italy 137k citations
  3. 3 Philippe Moreau France 105k citations
  4. 4 Andrea MASSIRONI Germany 102k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Classical Studies and Legal History?

The most cited paper in Classical Studies and Legal History is "Civilis Princeps: Between Citizen and King" (Andrew Wallace‐Hadrill, 1982), with 626 citations. Next come "Legislation against the Christians" (432) and "Requisitioned Transport in the Roman Empire: A New Inscription from Pisidia" (335).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Civilis Princeps: Between Citizen and King Andrew Wallace‐Hadrill · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1982 626
2 Legislation against the Christians Timothy David Barnes · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1968 432
3 Requisitioned Transport in the Roman Empire: A New Inscription from Pisidia Stephen Α. Mitchell · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1976 335
4 The Law of Obligations: Roman Foundations of the Civilian Tradition Peter A.S. Stein, Reinhard Zimmermann · American Journal of Legal History 1994 321
5 Proconsuls, Assizes and the Administration of Justice under the Empire G. P. Burton · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1975 313
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Classical Studies and Legal History research done?

The largest centres of Classical Studies and Legal History research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland), Paris (France) and Krakow (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lublin and Krakow.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 109 works
  2. 2 WarsawPoland 79 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 55 works
  4. 4 KrakowPoland 51 works
  5. 5 LublinPoland 47 works
  6. 6 RomeItaly 29 works
  7. 7 BarcelonaSpain 29 works
  8. 8 Buenos AiresArgentina 24 works
  9. 9 SevilleSpain 21 works
  10. 10 MilanItaly 19 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LublinPL · 47.5 works37×
  2. KrakowPL · 50.7 works18×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Classical Studies and Legal History than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Classical Studies and Legal History?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, University of Silesia in Katowice and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 16.64%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Silesi…Universidad Autónoma…Universidad Complute…Cardinal Stefan Wysz…
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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.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 74.212.9%32.4×44 +21.8%
2University of Silesia in KatowicePoland 69.721.4%33.7×10 +53.4%
3Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 67.217.2%15.8×14 +18.0%
4Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland 65.110.4%201.7×39 +41.3%
5Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 63.817.4%22.1×22 -4.3%
6University of MilanItaly 62.416.3%13.1×13 +20.3%
7Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 61.710.8%19.1×22 +7.6%
8Universidad de SevillaSpain 59.419.7%16.4×14 -43.7%
9Universidad de ValladolidSpain 57.626.7%20.8×9 +1.0%
10John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 57.113.6%119.8×30 -11.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Classical Studies and Legal History, country by country

Is Classical Studies and Legal History research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Classical Studies and Legal History as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0072% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Classical Studies and Legal History0.0071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Classical Studies and Legal History 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.

still counting5%10%15%Classical Studies and Legal History9.7% in 2025200020102020

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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