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Human Rights and Immigration

Human Rights and Immigration is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1951. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of social and economic rights, European Union law, and constitutional principles, with a focus on issues such as labor rights, welfare state policies, the impact of globalization, and the response to COVID-19. It delves into debates surrounding the protection of vulnerable groups, the role of international organizations, and the challenges posed by economic crises. The cluster reflects a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and promoting social rights within the context of European legal frameworks.

  • Social Rights
  • European Union
  • Constitutional Law
  • Globalization
  • Labor Law
  • Human Rights
  • Schengen Area
  • Welfare State
  • COVID-19
  • Equality
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
59% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Human Rights and Immigration

Which countries lead Human Rights and Immigration research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (1.5k and 192 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 1.5k works
  2. 2 Mexico 192 works
  3. 3 France 179 works
  4. 4 Chile 134 works
  5. 5 Ecuador 106 works
  6. 6 Italy 100 works
  7. 7 Argentina 93 works
  8. 8 United States 73 works
  9. 9 Colombia 70 works
  10. 10 Peru 70 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: 58.9%Mexico: 7.8%France: 7.2%Chile: 5.4%6 others listed: 20.7%59%largest
Spain1,455 · 58.9%Mexico192 · 7.8%France179 · 7.2%Chile134 · 5.4%6 others listed511 · 20.7%

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

Which institutions lead Human Rights and Immigration research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Human Rights and Immigration research, followed by Universitat de València and Universitat de Barcelona.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 106 works
  2. 2 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 82 works
  3. 3 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 80 works
  4. 4 Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 65 works
  5. 5 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 51 works
  6. 6 Universidad de GranadaSpain 47 works
  7. 7 Universidad de SevillaSpain 46 works
  8. 8 Universidad de MurciaSpain 43 works
  9. 9 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 39 works
  10. 10 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Human Rights and Immigration?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Human Rights and Immigration include Anthony Giddens, Amartya Kumar Sen and Judith Butler.

  1. 1 Anthony Giddens United States 121k citations
  2. 2 Amartya Kumar Sen United States 117k citations
  3. 3 Judith Butler United States 116k 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 Human Rights and Immigration?

The most cited paper in Human Rights and Immigration is "Fundamental Principles of Disability" (MICHAEL J. OLIVER, 1996), with 713 citations. Next come "Democratic Theory and Border Coercion" (658) and "Out of Darkness into Light? Introducing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" (447).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fundamental Principles of Disability MICHAEL J. OLIVER Book chapter 1996 713
2 Democratic Theory and Border Coercion Arash Abizadeh · Political Theory 7 Jan 2008 658
3 Out of Darkness into Light? Introducing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rosemary Kayess, Peter William French · Human Rights Law Review 10 Jan 2008 447
4 Disability in a Human Rights Context Theresia Degener · Laws Open access 25 Aug 2016 357
5 The European Social Model: Coping with the challenges of diversity Fritz W. Scharpf · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics PreprintOpen access 2002 294
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Where is Human Rights and Immigration research done?

The largest centres of Human Rights and Immigration research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Barcelona (Spain), Valencia (Spain) and Santiago (Chile). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jaén, Castellon and Albacete.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 408 works
  2. 2 BarcelonaSpain 135 works
  3. 3 ValenciaSpain 89 works
  4. 4 SantiagoChile 81 works
  5. 5 SevilleSpain 76 works
  6. 6 Mexico CityMexico 66 works
  7. 7 GranadaSpain 47 works
  8. 8 MurciaSpain 45 works
  9. 9 AmbatoEcuador 42 works
  10. 10 BogotáColombia 41 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JaénES · 21.4 works49×
  2. CastellonES · 26.6 works48×
  3. AlbaceteES · 34.2 works46×
  4. MurciaES · 45.4 works37×
  5. AmbatoEC · 42.4 works37×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Human Rights and Immigration than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Human Rights and Immigration?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitat de Barcelona, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 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 12.41%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universitat de Valèn…Universidad Carlos I…Universitat de Barce…Universidad Complute…
above the meannear itbelow it

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.

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
1Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 75.410.5%41.0×80 +82.1%
2Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 70.010.3%47.2×106 +8.1%
3Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 69.810.8%115.5×65 +24.7%
4Universitat de ValènciaSpain 68.913.8%59.1×82 -15.7%
5Universidad de ValladolidSpain 67.618.0%36.9×28 +40.4%
6Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 64.210.7%19.9×32 +16.9%
7Universidad de MálagaSpain 63.218.5%43.8×34 +2.6%
8Universidad Pontificia ComillasSpain 61.514.9%118.2×22 +33.9%
9Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 61.18.9%35.4×51 +9.6%
10Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain 58.07.7%39.0×19 +9.3%

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 Human Rights and Immigration, country by country

Is Human Rights and Immigration research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Human Rights and Immigration as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Human Rights and Immigration0.010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Human Rights and Immigration 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%Human Rights and Immigration9.8% 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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