Intellectual Property Rights and Media
Intellectual Property Rights and Media is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 6.9k research works in it since 1956. 9.2% 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 rights, media regulation, and digital media. It includes discussions on copyright law, competition law enforcement in the media sector, authorship in academic publishing, public information systems, data privacy, software quality in information systems, and the impact of social media on image rights. The papers also delve into the challenges and complexities of enforcing intellectual property rights in the digital age.
- Intellectual Property
- Media Regulation
- Copyright Law
- Competition Law
- Digital Media
- Authorship
- Public Information Systems
- Data Privacy
- Software Quality
- Academic Publishing
- Research works
- 6.9k fractional, since 1956
- In the world top 10%
- 637 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -20% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Intellectual Property Rights and Media research?
By volume, Poland and Germany publish the most (757 and 40 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Poland 757 works
- 2 Germany 40 works
- 3 United States 31 works
- 4 Türkiye 27 works
- 5 Ukraine 23 works
- 6 United Kingdom 11 works
- 7 Indonesia 11 works
- 8 Russia 10 works
- 9 Czechia 9 works
- 10 Spain 7 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.
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Which institutions lead Intellectual Property Rights and Media research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Jagiellonian University publishes the most Intellectual Property Rights and Media research, followed by University of Warsaw and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 61 works
- 2 University of WarsawPoland 43 works
- 3 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 41 works
- 4 University of WrocławPoland 37 works
- 5 University of ŁódźPoland 36 works
- 6 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 32 works
- 7 University of SzczecinPoland 22 works
- 8 Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w KrakowiePoland 22 works
- 9 University of GdańskPoland 22 works
- 10 University of RzeszówPoland 21 works
Who are the leading researchers in Intellectual Property Rights and Media?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Intellectual Property Rights and Media include Manfred Bruhn.
- 1 Manfred Bruhn Switzerland 705 citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Intellectual Property Rights and Media research done?
The largest centres of Intellectual Property Rights and Media research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Lublin (Poland) and Poznań (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Olsztyn, Rzeszów and Toruń.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- OlsztynPL · 28.9 works121×
- RzeszówPL · 26.5 works99×
- ToruńPL · 23.0 works91×
- LublinPL · 61.9 works82×
- ŁódźPL · 49.1 works75×
- SzczecinPL · 24.7 works73×
- KatowicePL · 37.4 works71×
- KrakowPL · 115.7 works71×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Intellectual Property Rights and Media than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Intellectual Property Rights and Media?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Warsaw, Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie and Jagiellonian 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.
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 WarsawPoland | 46.8 | 8.1% | 85.7× | 43 | +83.7% |
| 2 | Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w KrakowiePoland | 46.7 | 13.1% | 251.4× | 22 | +126.8% |
| 3 | Jagiellonian UniversityPoland | 46.2 | 6.6% | 94.6× | 61 | +66.9% |
| 4 | Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland | 43.8 | 8.7% | 102.9× | 41 | +72.4% |
| 5 | University of WrocławPoland | 43.0 | 6.5% | 182.3× | 36 | +110.9% |
| 6 | Uniwersytet SWPSPoland | 42.8 | 14.6% | 169.2× | 10 | +75.7% |
| 7 | Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland | 42.3 | 7.9% | 167.9× | 21 | +204.3% |
| 8 | Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityPoland | 39.7 | 6.0% | 84.1× | 19 | +156.0% |
| 9 | Kazimierz Wielki University in BydgoszczPoland | 39.1 | 10.2% | 181.3× | 13 | +163.3% |
| 10 | University of Economics in KatowicePoland | 39.0 | 14.6% | 181.5× | 15 | +53.7% |
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 Rights and Media research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2017. The fastest-growing topics are Intellectual Property Rights and Media.
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.