Legal and Social Justice Studies
Legal and Social Justice Studies is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1953. 18.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on various aspects of child protection, including legal frameworks, human rights, juvenile justice, sexual violence, drug abuse, restorative justice, data privacy, family roles, and gender discrimination. It explores the challenges and strategies for safeguarding the rights and well-being of children in Indonesia and globally.
- Child Protection
- Legal Framework
- Human Rights
- Juvenile Justice
- Sexual Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Restorative Justice
- Data Privacy
- Family Role
- Gender Discrimination
- Research works
- 30k fractional, since 1953
- In the world top 10%
- 5.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +377% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Legal and Social Justice Studies research?
By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (14k and 320 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Indonesia 14k works
- 2 ?? 320 works
- 3 United States 101 works
- 4 Malaysia 92 works
- 5 United Kingdom 42 works
- 6 India 37 works
- 7 Philippines 28 works
- 8 China 25 works
- 9 Iran 25 works
- 10 Japan 25 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Legal and Social Justice Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Indonesia publishes the most Legal and Social Justice Studies research, followed by Tarumanagara University and Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 301 works
- 2 Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia 281 works
- 3 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 275 works
- 4 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 233 works
- 5 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 229 works
- 6 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 213 works
- 7 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 186 works
- 8 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 181 works
- 9 State University of GorontaloIndonesia 168 works
- 10 Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran JakartaIndonesia 168 works
Where is Legal and Social Justice Studies research done?
The largest centres of Legal and Social Justice Studies research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Semarang (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gorontalo, Cianjur and Tembilahan.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Jakarta Indonesia 1.8k works
- 2 Medan Indonesia 1k works
- 3 Surabaya Indonesia 964 works
- 4 Semarang Indonesia 737 works
- 5 Bandung Indonesia 718 works
- 6 Yogyakarta Indonesia 625 works
- 7 Makassar Indonesia 575 works
- 8 Surakarta Indonesia 399 works
- 9 Malang Indonesia 376 works
- 10 Bengkulu Indonesia 375 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Gorontalo21.1 works71×
- CianjurID · 22.3 works44×
- TembilahanID · 20.6 works33×
- Bau-BauID · 31.8 works28×
- RantauprapatID · 30.0 works28×
- GorontaloID · 195.4 works28×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Legal and Social Justice Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Legal and Social Justice Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Indonesia, Padjadjaran University and Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu 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 IndonesiaIndonesia | 69.9 | 16.8% | 17.9× | 300 | +412.6% |
| 2 | Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia | 69.4 | 21.0% | 15.8× | 186 | +1194.4% |
| 3 | Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia | 67.6 | 14.7% | 13.7× | 275 | +1213.9% |
| 4 | Airlangga UniversityIndonesia | 67.6 | 18.1% | 12.3× | 152 | +1252.4% |
| 5 | Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia | 67.3 | 15.3% | 17.5× | 233 | +892.5% |
| 6 | Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia | 66.9 | 14.5% | 20.4× | 229 | +849.2% |
| 7 | State University of SemarangIndonesia | 65.6 | 17.8% | 12.8× | 138 | +249.5% |
| 8 | Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia | 65.5 | 11.1% | 37.9× | 281 | +1649.1% |
| 9 | University of BrawijayaIndonesia | 65.5 | 18.0% | 10.1× | 127 | +356.7% |
| 10 | Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia | 65.2 | 14.1% | 19.4× | 181 | +311.7% |
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 Legal and Social Justice Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 377% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Legal and Social Justice Studies.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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