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Discrimination and Equality Law

Discrimination and Equality Law is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 5.9k research works in it since 1950. 10.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the legal framework, challenges, and developments related to equality and non-discrimination law in Europe. It covers topics such as gender equality, intersectionality, age discrimination, European Court of Human Rights, anti-discrimination measures, and the role of EU law in promoting equal treatment. The papers also discuss the complexities and nuances of addressing discrimination across various social dimensions.

  • Equality
  • Non-Discrimination
  • European Court of Human Rights
  • Intersectionality
  • Anti-Discrimination
  • Gender Equality
  • Equal Treatment
  • EU Law
  • Age Discrimination
  • Human Rights
Research works
5.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
639
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Discrimination and Equality Law

Which countries lead Discrimination and Equality Law research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (238 and 131 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 238 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 131 works
  3. 3 Germany 97 works
  4. 4 Poland 68 works
  5. 5 France 64 works
  6. 6 Spain 54 works
  7. 7 Australia 52 works
  8. 8 Italy 47 works
  9. 9 China 41 works
  10. 10 Russia 37 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: 28.8%United Kingdom: 15.7%Germany: 11.7%Poland: 8.2%6 others listed: 35.6%29%largest
United States238 · 28.8%United Kingdom131 · 15.7%Germany97 · 11.7%Poland68 · 8.2%6 others listed295 · 35.6%

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

Which institutions lead Discrimination and Equality Law research?

By volume in 2022-now, Woodbury University publishes the most Discrimination and Equality Law research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Oxford.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Woodbury UniversityUnited States 14 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 13 works
  3. 3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 11 works
  4. 4 University of ŁódźPoland 9 works
  5. 5 University of BristolUnited Kingdom 8 works
  6. 6 Max Planck SocietyGermany 7 works
  7. 7 University of MichiganUnited States 7 works
  8. 8 University of WarsawPoland 7 works
  9. 9 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom 7 works
  10. 10 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 7 works

What are the most cited papers in Discrimination and Equality Law?

The most cited paper in Discrimination and Equality Law is "Hate Crimes and Stigma-Related Experiences Among Sexual Minority Adults in the United States" (Gregory M. Herek, 2008), with 831 citations. Next come "Antecedents and consequences of attributions to discrimination: Theoretical and empirical advances" (682) and "Pink triangles: Antecedents and consequences of perceived workplace discrimination against gay and lesbian employees." (641).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hate Crimes and Stigma-Related Experiences Among Sexual Minority Adults in the United States Gregory M. Herek · Journal of Interpersonal Violence 25 Feb 2008 831
2 Antecedents and consequences of attributions to discrimination: Theoretical and empirical advances Brenda Major, Wendy J. Quinton, Shannon K. McCoy · Advances in experimental social psychology Book chapter 2002 682
3 Pink triangles: Antecedents and consequences of perceived workplace discrimination against gay and lesbian employees. Belle Rose Ragins, John M. Cornwell · Journal of Applied Psychology 2001 641
4 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 UNMAS, · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapterOpen access 25 Oct 2018 606
5 Who women are, who women should be: Descriptive and prescriptive gender stereotyping in sex discrimination. Diana Burgess, Eugene Borgida · Psychology Public Policy and Law Sep 1999 580
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Where is Discrimination and Equality Law research done?

The largest centres of Discrimination and Equality Law research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), New York (United States) and Washington D.C. (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 30 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 18 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 18 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C.United States 16 works
  5. 5 WarsawPoland 15 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 15 works
  7. 7 BurbankUnited States 14 works
  8. 8 BrusselsBelgium 14 works
  9. 9 MelbourneAustralia 13 works
  10. 10 RomeItaly 12 works
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Where is the best place to study Discrimination and Equality Law?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Oxford, Woodbury University and University of Łódź 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.

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
1University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 69.428.7%6.5×11 -0.3%
2Woodbury UniversityUnited States 45.08.6%1947.1×14 -
3University of ŁódźPoland 36.817.7%25.9×9 +140.6%

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 Discrimination and Equality Law, country by country

Is Discrimination and Equality Law research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Discrimination and Equality 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Discrimination and Equality Law as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0055% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Discrimination and Equality Law0.0065% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Discrimination and Equality 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.

still counting5%10%15%Discrimination and Equality Law11.3% 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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