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Legal and Social Philosophy

Legal and Social Philosophy is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 4.3k research works in it since 1950. 4.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the influence of positivism on social change, with a focus on the 19th century. It delves into the works of Auguste Comte, utopian socialism, scientific philosophy, and its impact on political theory, historical analysis, cultural history, and colonialism.

  • Positivism
  • Social Change
  • Auguste Comte
  • Utopian Socialism
  • Scientific Philosophy
  • Historical Analysis
  • Political Theory
  • Cultural History
  • Colonialism
  • Sociological Thought
Research works
4.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
204
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+1%
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Which countries lead Legal and Social Philosophy research?

By volume, France and the United States publish the most (381 and 50 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 381 works
  2. 2 United States 50 works
  3. 3 ?? 41 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 35 works
  5. 5 Canada 19 works
  6. 6 Germany 17 works
  7. 7 Belgium 15 works
  8. 8 Spain 9 works
  9. 9 Italy 8 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 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.

France: 65.6%United States: 8.6%??: 7.1%United Kingdom: 6.0%6 others listed: 12.8%66%largest
France381 · 65.6%United States50 · 8.6%??41 · 7.1%United Kingdom35 · 6.0%6 others listed74 · 12.8%

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

Which institutions lead Legal and Social Philosophy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Université de Lille publishes the most Legal and Social Philosophy research, followed by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Université de LilleFrance 14 works
  2. 2 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 14 works
  3. 3 Université Paris-Panthéon-AssasFrance 12 works
  4. 4 Université de PoitiersFrance 12 works
  5. 5 Université Jean Moulin Lyon IIIFrance 11 works
  6. 6 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance 11 works
  7. 7 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1France 10 works
  8. 8 Institut Caennais de Recherche Juridique?? 10 works
  9. 9 Institut d'Etudes Politiques de ParisFrance 10 works
  10. 10 Université Paris NanterreFrance 10 works

Where is Legal and Social Philosophy research done?

The largest centres of Legal and Social Philosophy research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Lille (France) and Toulouse (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lille and Lyon.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 93 works
  2. 2 Lyon France 27 works
  3. 3 Lille France 21 works
  4. 4 Toulouse France 15 works
  5. 5 Rennes France 15 works
  6. 6 Nantes France 13 works
  7. 7 Marseille France 13 works
  8. 8 Nanterre France 12 works
  9. 9 Poitiers France 12 works
  10. 10 Montpellier France 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LilleFR · 20.7 works53×
  2. LyonFR · 26.7 works44×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Legal and Social Philosophy than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Legal and Social Philosophy?

Among universities, judged by research, Université Toulouse-I-Capitole, Université de Lille and Université de Poitiers 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 4.53333%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Université Toulouse-I-Capitole: 9, 21.4%Université de Lille: 14, 0.8%Université de Poitiers: 12, 2.8%Université Paris Nanterre: 10, 8.7%Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: 14, 5.7%Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1: 10, 0.0%Aix-Marseille Université: 11, 0.0%Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas: 12, 1.4%Université Jean Moulin Lyon III: 11, 0.0%Université Toulouse-…Université Paris Nan…Université de PoitiersUniversité de Lille
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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 Université Toulouse-I-CapitoleFrance 43.121.4%487.2×9 -32.8%
2 Université de LilleFrance 42.80.8%65.8×14 +106.9%
3 Université de PoitiersFrance 37.92.8%148.5×12 +103.6%
4 Université Paris NanterreFrance 36.68.7%72.5×10 +105.2%
5 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 33.25.7%132.0×14 -59.4%
6 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1France 28.50.0%53.3×10 +50.9%
7 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance 28.00.0%55.8×11 +52.6%
8 Université Paris-Panthéon-AssasFrance 25.01.4%412.2×12 -5.7%
9 Université Jean Moulin Lyon IIIFrance 22.80.0%291.3×11 +41.3%

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 Philosophy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Legal and Social Philosophy.

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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.