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Labor Law and Work Dynamics

Labor Law and Work Dynamics is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 5.4k research works in it since 1956. 9.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on labor relations, social security systems, and the intersection of domestic work, telework, and gender equality. It explores topics such as labor rights, workplace safety, immigrant workers, and the impact of digital transformation on the labor market. Additionally, it delves into the reform of pension systems and the challenges related to ensuring fair treatment and protection for workers in various employment arrangements.

  • Domestic Work
  • Telework
  • Labor Rights
  • Social Security
  • Gender Equality
  • Pension System
  • Workplace Safety
  • Immigrant Workers
  • Digital Transformation
  • Labor Market Reform
Research works
5.4k
fractional, since 1956
In the world top 10%
525
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
56% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Labor Law and Work Dynamics

Which countries lead Labor Law and Work Dynamics research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (743 and 149 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 743 works
  2. 2 Mexico 149 works
  3. 3 Ecuador 98 works
  4. 4 Argentina 68 works
  5. 5 Colombia 67 works
  6. 6 Chile 66 works
  7. 7 Peru 60 works
  8. 8 United States 27 works
  9. 9 Brazil 21 works
  10. 10 Italy 20 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: 56.4%Mexico: 11.3%Ecuador: 7.4%Argentina: 5.2%6 others listed: 19.7%56%largest
Spain743 · 56.4%Mexico149 · 11.3%Ecuador98 · 7.4%Argentina68 · 5.2%6 others listed260 · 19.7%

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

Which institutions lead Labor Law and Work Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Labor Law and Work Dynamics research, followed by Universitat de València and Instituto Nacional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 56 works
  2. 2 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 50 works
  3. 3 Instituto Nacional de Seguridad y Salud en el TrabajoSpain 40 works
  4. 4 Universidad de MurciaSpain 34 works
  5. 5 Universidad de MálagaSpain 27 works
  6. 6 Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 26 works
  7. 7 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 24 works
  8. 8 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 23 works
  9. 9 Universidad de LeónMexico 22 works
  10. 10 Universidad de GranadaSpain 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Labor Law and Work Dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Labor Law and Work Dynamics include Pierre Bourdıeu, Salvador Moncada and James J. Heckman.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Salvador Moncada United Kingdom 152k citations
  3. 3 James J. Heckman United States 122k citations
  4. 4 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 Labor Law and Work Dynamics?

The most cited paper in Labor Law and Work Dynamics is "El trabajo decente: nuevo paradigma para el fortalecimiento de los derechos sociales" (Elizabeth Galvéz Santillán, Esthela Gutiérrez Garza, Esteban Picazzo Palencia, 2011), with 132 citations. Next come "Padres-hijos: dos generaciones de trabajadores españoles" (91) and "El trabajo y el cuidado: cuestiones teórico-metodológicas desde la perspectiva de género" (81).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 El trabajo decente: nuevo paradigma para el fortalecimiento de los derechos sociales Elizabeth Galvéz Santillán, Esthela Gutiérrez Garza, Esteban Picazzo Palencia · Revista Mexicana de Sociología Open access 2011 132
2 Padres-hijos: dos generaciones de trabajadores españoles James Petras · Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) Open access 2018 91
3 El trabajo y el cuidado: cuestiones teórico-metodológicas desde la perspectiva de género Teresa Torns · Empiria Revista de metodología de ciencias sociales Open access 2 Oct 2008 81
4 Igualdad de género, conciliación familiar y laboral y Seguridad Social (a propósito de la Ley Orgánica 3/2007, de 22 de marzo, para la igualdad efectiva de mujeres y hombres) José Antonio Panizo Robles · Revista de Trabajo y Seguridad Social CEF Open access 7 May 2007 68
5 De la imposible conciliación a los permanentes malos arreglos Teresa Torns · Complutensian Scientific Journals (Complutense University of Madrid) Open access 4 Jul 2005 58
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Where is Labor Law and Work Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Labor Law and Work Dynamics research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Valencia (Spain), Barcelona (Spain) and Bogotá (Colombia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in León, Murcia and Ambato.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 218 works
  2. 2 ValenciaSpain 55 works
  3. 3 BarcelonaSpain 39 works
  4. 4 BogotáColombia 38 works
  5. 5 MurciaSpain 37 works
  6. 6 SevilleSpain 35 works
  7. 7 Mexico CityMexico 34 works
  8. 8 AmbatoEcuador 34 works
  9. 9 LimaPeru 32 works
  10. 10 SantiagoChile 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LeónMX · 22.7 works214×
  2. MurciaES · 36.6 works61×
  3. AmbatoEC · 33.8 works59×
  4. MálagaES · 27.9 works48×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Labor Law and Work Dynamics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Labor Law and Work Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia and Universitat de València 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 13.96%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Carlos I…Universidad Nacional…Universitat de Valèn…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
1Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 68.821.3%91.8×26 -4.2%
2Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 60.214.4%68.3×16 +134.6%
3Universitat de ValènciaSpain 59.011.3%73.2×50 +2.2%
4Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 55.38.3%51.1×56 +14.6%
5Universidad de MálagaSpain 48.611.3%69.6×27 +57.7%
6Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 48.514.3%18.8×18 -0.7%
7Universidad de OviedoSpain 48.411.8%59.7×18 +8.4%
8University of Castilla-La ManchaSpain 47.015.4%54.4×18 +3.6%
9Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 45.99.4%30.4×24 -18.8%
10Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 41.722.1%22.3×9 -69.2%

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 Labor Law and Work Dynamics, country by country

Is Labor Law and Work Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Labor Law and Work Dynamics.

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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 Labor Law and Work Dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0072% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Labor Law and Work Dynamics 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%Labor Law and Work Dynamics9.3% 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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