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Energy Law and Policy

Energy Law and Policy is a research topic within Information Systems and Management. Science Explorer counts 1.1k research works in it since 1951. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the regulation and governance of emerging technologies, with a focus on technology neutrality, corporate governance in the age of AI, smart energy systems, and the intersection of law, ethics, and innovation. It delves into the challenges and dilemmas posed by the rapid advancement of technology and its implications for international law, environmental protection, and ethical considerations.

  • Regulation
  • Technology Neutrality
  • Corporate Governance
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Legal Innovation
  • Ethics
  • Smart Energy Systems
  • International Law
  • Environmental Protection
Research works
1.1k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
118
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+138%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
22% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Energy Law and Policy

Which countries lead Energy Law and Policy research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (63 and 49 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 63 works
  2. 2 India 49 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 46 works
  4. 4 China 24 works
  5. 5 Russia 21 works
  6. 6 Italy 21 works
  7. 7 Netherlands 18 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 18 works
  9. 9 Poland 17 works
  10. 10 France 16 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: 21.7%India: 16.6%United Kingdom: 15.7%China: 8.0%6 others listed: 37.9%22%largest
United States63 · 21.7%India49 · 16.6%United Kingdom46 · 15.7%China24 · 8.0%6 others listed111 · 37.9%

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

Which institutions lead Energy Law and Policy research?

By volume in 2022-now, Zarqa University publishes the most Energy Law and Policy research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Zagreb.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Zarqa UniversityJordan 10 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 4 works
  3. 3 University of ZagrebCroatia 4 works
  4. 4 University of LuxembourgLuxembourg 4 works
  5. 5 College of LawLatvia 4 works
  6. 6 University of GroningenNetherlands 4 works
  7. 7 Vilnius UniversityLithuania 4 works
  8. 8 University of Hong KongChina 3 works
  9. 9 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 3 works
  10. 10 Lead City UniversityNigeria 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Energy Law and Policy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Energy Law and Policy include Mark Richards.

  1. 1 Mark Richards New Zealand 55k 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 Energy Law and Policy?

The most cited paper in Energy Law and Policy is "Toward a Theory of Effective Supranational Adjudication" (Laurence R. Helfer, Anne-Marie Slaughter, 1997), with 549 citations. Next come "SmartPrivacy for the Smart Grid: embedding privacy into the design of electricity conservation" (219) and "How the EU Can Achieve Legally Trustworthy AI: A Response to the European Commission’s Proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act" (160).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Toward a Theory of Effective Supranational Adjudication Laurence R. Helfer, Anne-Marie Slaughter · The Yale Law Journal Open access Nov 1997 549
2 SmartPrivacy for the Smart Grid: embedding privacy into the design of electricity conservation Ann Cavoukian, Jules Polonetsky, Christopher A. Wolf · Identity in the Information Society Open access 19 Apr 2010 219
3 How the EU Can Achieve Legally Trustworthy AI: A Response to the European Commission’s Proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act Nathalie A. Smuha, Emma Ahmed-Rengers, Adam Harkens et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2021 160
4 XXXIX. The haze of Bayes, the aerial palaces of decision analysis, and the computerized Ouija board Alvan R. Feinstein · Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics Apr 1977 146
5 The Secret Life of the Trust: The Trust as an Instrument of Commerce John H. Langbein · The Yale Law Journal Oct 1997 114
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Where is Energy Law and Policy research done?

The largest centres of Energy Law and Policy research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia), Zarqa (Jordan) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 17 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 14 works
  3. 3 ZarqaJordan 10 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 9 works
  5. 5 RigaLatvia 8 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C.United States 6 works
  7. 7 ZagrebCroatia 6 works
  8. 8 VilniusLithuania 6 works
  9. 9 New DelhiIndia 5 works
  10. 10 MelbourneAustralia 4 works
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Where is the best place to study Energy Law and Policy?

Among universities, judged by research, Zarqa University 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
1Zarqa UniversityJordan 5.018.0%233.4×10 -

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 Energy Law and Policy, country by country

Is Energy Law and Policy research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 138% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Energy Law and Policy.

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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 Energy Law and Policy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00089% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Energy Law and Policy0.0042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Energy Law and Policy 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%Energy Law and Policy10.0% in 202520102020

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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