Legal and Policy Issues
Legal and Policy Issues is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 13.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the constitutional reform, legal modernization, and the impact of digital technologies on public policy in Russia. It covers topics such as the application of blockchain technology for diploma authenticity, the role of artificial intelligence in law, cybersecurity challenges, and the fiscal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cluster also addresses issues related to local self-government, e-government, and the use of digital technologies in the oil and gas industry.
- Constitutional Reform
- Legal Modernization
- Digital Technologies
- Public Policy
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cybersecurity
- Local Self-Government
- Blockchain Technology
- Fiscal Policy
- E-Government
- Research works
- 16k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +380% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Legal and Policy Issues research?
By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (4k and 511 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Russia 4k works
- 2 Ukraine 511 works
- 3 United States 419 works
- 4 China 235 works
- 5 Indonesia 124 works
- 6 Kazakhstan 116 works
- 7 Uzbekistan 80 works
- 8 United Kingdom 76 works
- 9 Poland 70 works
- 10 Germany 68 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Legal and Policy Issues research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Kutafin Moscow State Law University publishes the most Legal and Policy Issues research, followed by The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration and Institute of State and Law.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityRussia 272 works
- 2 The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationRussia 141 works
- 3 Institute of State and LawRussia 134 works
- 4 Russian State University of JusticeRussia 105 works
- 5 Financial UniversityRussia 103 works
- 6 Federal Penitentiary ServiceRussia 90 works
- 7 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 89 works
- 8 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 83 works
- 9 Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian FederationRussia 81 works
- 10 Baikal State UniversityRussia 80 works
Where is Legal and Policy Issues research done?
The largest centres of Legal and Policy Issues research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Kharkiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lyubertsy, Moscow and Marshall.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow Russia 1.8k works
- 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 225 works
- 3 Kyiv Ukraine 140 works
- 4 Kharkiv Ukraine 113 works
- 5 Yekaterinburg Russia 113 works
- 6 New York United States 110 works
- 7 Irkutsk Russia 107 works
- 8 Kazan’ Russia 99 works
- 9 Nizhny Novgorod Russia 91 works
- 10 Krasnodar Russia 89 works
Where it is the local speciality
- LyubertsyRU · 27.5 works315×
- Moscow22.3 works147×
- MarshallUS · 27.3 works107×
- MakhachkalaRU · 60.7 works105×
- BryanskRU · 20.5 works68×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Legal and Policy Issues than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Legal and Policy Issues?
Among universities, judged by research, Moscow State University, Kutafin Moscow State Law University and Financial 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 | Moscow State UniversityTajikistan | 75.3 | 18.4% | 27.9× | 48 | +899.5% |
| 2 | Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityRussia | 73.3 | 16.1% | 467.8× | 272 | +1521.4% |
| 3 | Financial UniversityRussia | 72.2 | 20.8% | 71.4× | 102 | +969.2% |
| 4 | St Petersburg UniversityRussia | 67.2 | 18.7% | 16.4× | 50 | +2361.5% |
| 5 | Volgograd State UniversityRussia | 65.0 | 16.8% | 140.5× | 53 | +1647.8% |
| 6 | Russian State University of JusticeRussia | 64.0 | 11.1% | 445.2× | 104 | +1727.8% |
| 7 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia | 63.6 | 14.9% | 9.5× | 52 | +658.2% |
| 8 | South Ural State UniversityRussia | 63.3 | 15.1% | 49.2× | 37 | +1598.8% |
| 9 | Perm State UniversityRussia | 63.2 | 35.7% | 39.9× | 11 | — |
| 10 | National Research Tomsk State UniversityRussia | 62.6 | 32.2% | 11.1× | 14 | — |
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 Legal and Policy Issues research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 380% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Legal and Policy Issues.
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.