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European Law and Migration

European Law and Migration is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 4.1k research works in it since 1950. 13.3% 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 European social policy and legal framework, including social security, migration law, asylum policy, EU citizenship, coordination of benefits, equality directive, labor law, and welfare systems. The papers explore the complexities and challenges within the European social policy landscape, addressing issues of solidarity, citizenship rights, and the legal framework governing social welfare.

  • European Union
  • social security
  • migration law
  • asylum policy
  • solidarity
  • EU citizenship
  • coordination of benefits
  • equality directive
  • labor law
  • welfare systems
Research works
4.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
543
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-8%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead European Law and Migration research?

By volume, Poland and Germany publish the most (163 and 87 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 163 works
  2. 2 Germany 87 works
  3. 3 France 38 works
  4. 4 Czechia 38 works
  5. 5 United States 35 works
  6. 6 Netherlands 33 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 23 works
  8. 8 Belgium 22 works
  9. 9 Austria 20 works
  10. 10 Spain 18 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.

Poland: 34.1%Germany: 18.3%France: 8.0%Czechia: 7.9%6 others listed: 31.7%34%largest
Poland163 · 34.1%Germany87 · 18.3%France38 · 8.0%Czechia38 · 7.9%6 others listed152 · 31.7%

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

Which institutions lead European Law and Migration research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Warsaw publishes the most European Law and Migration research, followed by Jagiellonian University and University of Łódź.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of WarsawPoland 12 works
  2. 2 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 12 works
  3. 3 University of ŁódźPoland 10 works
  4. 4 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 9 works
  5. 5 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland 8 works
  6. 6 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 6 works
  7. 7 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 6 works
  8. 8 Masaryk UniversityCzechia 6 works
  9. 9 University of SzczecinPoland 5 works
  10. 10 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 5 works

Where is European Law and Migration research done?

The largest centres of European Law and Migration research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Łódź (Poland) and Prague (Czechia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Warsaw and Krakow.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 42 works
  2. 2 Krakow Poland 20 works
  3. 3 Łódź Poland 14 works
  4. 4 Prague Czechia 14 works
  5. 5 Lublin Poland 13 works
  6. 6 Poznań Poland 10 works
  7. 7 Paris France 10 works
  8. 8 Vienna Austria 8 works
  9. 9 Utrecht Netherlands 8 works
  10. 10 Brno Czechia 8 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WarsawPL · 42.1 works22×
  2. KrakowPL · 20.1 works20×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in European Law and Migration than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study European Law and Migration?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Warsaw, Jagiellonian 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.

0%10%20%mean 12.275%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Warsaw: 12, 16.2%Jagiellonian University: 12, 12.2%University of Łódź: 10, 16.9%Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 9, 3.8%University of ŁódźUniversity of WarsawJagiellonian Univers…Adam Mickiewicz Univ…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of WarsawPoland 66.816.2%38.5×12 +48.3%
2 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 62.612.2%29.0×12 +84.0%
3 University of ŁódźPoland 41.716.9%56.7×10 +28.7%
4 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 1.83.8%35.5×9 +3.3%

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 European Law and Migration research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are European Law and Migration.

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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.

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.