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Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual Property Law is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 9k research works in it since 1950. 11.4% 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 intellectual property law and policy analysis, including trademark law, copyright law, patents, fair use, design protection, international trade, consumer rights, and legal harmonization. The papers explore various legal mechanisms, case studies, and empirical analyses in the field of intellectual property law.

  • Trademark Law
  • Copyright Law
  • Intellectual Property Rights
  • Trade Marks
  • Patents
  • Fair Use
  • Design Protection
  • International Trade
  • Consumer Rights
  • Legal Harmonization
Research works
9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-10%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Intellectual Property Law research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (708 and 236 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 708 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 236 works
  3. 3 Germany 81 works
  4. 4 Canada 80 works
  5. 5 France 79 works
  6. 6 China 69 works
  7. 7 India 62 works
  8. 8 Netherlands 56 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 54 works
  10. 10 Belgium 47 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: 48.1%United Kingdom: 16.1%Germany: 5.5%Canada: 5.4%6 others listed: 25.0%48%largest
United States708 · 48.1%United Kingdom236 · 16.1%Germany81 · 5.5%Canada80 · 5.4%6 others listed368 · 25.0%

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

Which institutions lead Intellectual Property Law research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Iowa publishes the most Intellectual Property Law research, followed by The Ohio State University and University of Michigan.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of IowaUnited States 20 works
  2. 2 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 17 works
  3. 3 University of MichiganUnited States 15 works
  4. 4 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 15 works
  5. 5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 14 works
  6. 6 University of TorontoCanada 13 works
  7. 7 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 12 works
  8. 8 New York UniversityUnited States 10 works
  9. 9 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 10 works

Where is Intellectual Property Law research done?

The largest centres of Intellectual Property Law research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Washington D.C. (United States) and Chicago (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 60 works
  2. 2 New York United States 37 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C. United States 31 works
  4. 4 Chicago United States 22 works
  5. 5 Iowa City United States 20 works
  6. 6 Amsterdam Netherlands 19 works
  7. 7 Columbus United States 19 works
  8. 8 Toronto Canada 19 works
  9. 9 Beijing China 19 works
  10. 10 Montreal Canada 18 works
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Where is the best place to study Intellectual Property Law?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Edinburgh, Utrecht University and University of Amsterdam 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%20%40%mean 20.74%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Edinburgh: 12, 38.4%Utrecht University: 9, 28.6%University of Amsterdam: 15, 20.4%The Ohio State University: 17, 8.7%Iowa State University: 8, 29.0%King's College London: 8, 35.5%University of Iowa: 20, 0.0%KU Leuven: 9, 15.0%University of Toronto: 13, 12.7%New York University: 10, 19.1%University of Edinbu…Utrecht UniversityUniversity of Amster…The Ohio State Unive…
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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 EdinburghUnited Kingdom 69.738.4%7.6×12 +48.7%
2 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 66.028.6%8.7×9 +88.9%
3 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 65.820.4%14.1×15 -26.6%
4 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 56.18.7%9.4×17 —
5 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 52.729.0%11.4×8 -66.7%
6 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 51.635.5%5.7×8 +43.1%
7 University of IowaUnited States 51.50.0%23.5×20 -22.4%
8 KU LeuvenBelgium 42.215.0%5.0×9 +114.8%
9 University of TorontoCanada 41.712.7%4.5×13 +87.1%
10 New York UniversityUnited States 38.519.1%6.6×10 -23.2%

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 Intellectual Property Law research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Intellectual Property 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.

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.