Education, Law, and Society
Education, Law, and Society is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 6.7k research works in it since 1955. 8.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation in justice systems, covering topics such as digital justice, criminal proceedings, taxation in the digital economy, artificial intelligence in legal processes, electronic evidence, access to justice in the digital age, judicial specialization, cybercrime, and data retention laws.
- Digital Justice
- Criminal Proceedings
- Taxation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Legal Regulation
- Electronic Evidence
- Access to Justice
- Judicial Specialization
- Cybercrime
- Data Retention Laws
- Research works
- 6.7k fractional, since 1955
- In the world top 10%
- 539 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 8.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +173% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Education, Law, and Society research?
By volume, Russia and Croatia publish the most (1.2k and 254 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Russia 1.2k works
- 2 Croatia 254 works
- 3 Ukraine 167 works
- 4 United States 156 works
- 5 Serbia 104 works
- 6 China 70 works
- 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 66 works
- 8 Uzbekistan 47 works
- 9 Indonesia 45 works
- 10 Kazakhstan 31 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 Education, Law, and Society research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Kutafin Moscow State Law University publishes the most Education, Law, and Society research, followed by University of Zagreb and Russian State University of Justice.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityRussia 73 works
- 2 University of ZagrebCroatia 48 works
- 3 Russian State University of JusticeRussia 44 works
- 4 Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian FederationRussia 41 works
- 5 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 37 works
- 6 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 35 works
- 7 Federal Penitentiary ServiceRussia 35 works
- 8 University of Novi SadSerbia 33 works
- 9 Institut za filozofijuCroatia 31 works
- 10 Institute of State and LawRussia 29 works
Who are the leading researchers in Education, Law, and Society?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Education, Law, and Society include A. Munjiza.
- 1 A. Munjiza United Kingdom 341 citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Education, Law, and Society research done?
The largest centres of Education, Law, and Society research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Zagreb (Croatia), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Makhachkala and Osijek.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow Russia 502 works
- 2 Zagreb Croatia 118 works
- 3 Saint Petersburg Russia 56 works
- 4 Kyiv Ukraine 50 works
- 5 Belgrade Serbia 43 works
- 6 Kharkiv Ukraine 41 works
- 7 New York United States 41 works
- 8 Tashkent Uzbekistan 40 works
- 9 Nizhny Novgorod Russia 38 works
- 10 Yekaterinburg Russia 37 works
Where it is the local speciality
- MakhachkalaRU · 20.0 works91×
- OsijekHR · 30.9 works82×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education, Law, and Society than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Education, Law, and Society?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Nis, Volgograd State University and Institute of State and Law 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 | University of NisSerbia | 74.1 | 19.8% | 24.2× | 10 | +236.7% |
| 2 | Volgograd State UniversityRussia | 72.2 | 16.4% | 120.0× | 17 | +697.9% |
| 3 | Institute of State and LawRussia | 71.5 | 19.0% | 366.6× | 29 | — |
| 4 | Moscow State UniversityTajikistan | 69.7 | 16.5% | 18.7× | 12 | — |
| 5 | Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityRussia | 68.9 | 11.8% | 331.2× | 73 | — |
| 6 | Russian State University of JusticeRussia | 62.7 | 4.6% | 490.4× | 44 | +804.2% |
| 7 | Weatherford CollegeUnited States | 61.9 | 4.7% | 10.8× | 35 | +526.9% |
| 8 | University of Novi SadSerbia | 60.9 | 7.9% | 42.5× | 33 | +102.1% |
| 9 | Kazan Law InstituteRussia | 59.2 | 15.7% | 546.9× | 13 | — |
| 10 | University of ZagrebCroatia | 57.3 | 6.1% | 35.3× | 48 | +37.8% |
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 Education, Law, and Society research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 173% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Education, Law, and Society.
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.