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Legal case studies and regulations

Legal case studies and regulations is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 7.1% 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 global governance and international law, including regulatory policymaking, human rights, environmental governance, data privacy laws, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, immigration policy, and trade agreements. The papers discuss various legal and regulatory challenges in the context of globalization and the interconnectedness of national and international legal systems.

  • International Law
  • Regulatory Policymaking
  • Human Rights
  • Global Financial Crisis
  • Environmental Governance
  • Data Privacy Laws
  • Corporate Governance
  • Intellectual Property Protection
  • Immigration Policy
  • Trade Agreements
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+2%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Legal case studies and regulations research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (416 and 182 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 416 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 182 works
  3. 3 India 153 works
  4. 4 China 62 works
  5. 5 Germany 59 works
  6. 6 Canada 55 works
  7. 7 Brazil 53 works
  8. 8 France 50 works
  9. 9 Italy 46 works
  10. 10 Australia 40 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.

United States: 37.3%United Kingdom: 16.3%India: 13.7%China: 5.6%6 others listed: 27.2%37%largest
United States416 · 37.3%United Kingdom182 · 16.3%India153 · 13.7%China62 · 5.6%6 others listed303 · 27.2%

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

Which institutions lead Legal case studies and regulations research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Cambridge publishes the most Legal case studies and regulations research, followed by Health Affairs and Universidade Federal de Campina Grande.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 66 works
  2. 2 Health AffairsUnited States 17 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeBrazil 11 works
  4. 4 University of RochesterUnited States 9 works
  5. 5 University of FloridaUnited States 8 works
  6. 6 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 7 works
  7. 7 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 7 works
  8. 8 University of Notre DameUnited States 5 works
  9. 9 University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa 5 works
  10. 10 Korean Japanese AssociationSouth Korea 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Legal case studies and regulations?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Legal case studies and regulations include İbrahim Dinçer.

  1. 1 İbrahim Dinçer Canada 5.9k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Legal case studies and regulations research done?

The largest centres of Legal case studies and regulations research in 2022–2025 are Cambridge (United Kingdom), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cambridge and Washington D.C..

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cambridge United Kingdom 68 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 33 works
  3. 3 New York United States 25 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C. United States 21 works
  5. 5 Bethesda United States 19 works
  6. 6 Beijing China 18 works
  7. 7 Paris France 15 works
  8. 8 New Delhi India 13 works
  9. 9 Rome Italy 12 works
  10. 10 Melbourne Australia 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CambridgeGB · 68.5 works28×
  2. Washington D.C.US · 21.2 works3.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Legal case studies and regulations than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Legal case studies and regulations?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cambridge, University of Florida and University of Rochester 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%0.5%1%mean 0.25%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Cambridge: 66, 0.0%University of Florida: 8, 1.0%University of Rochester: 9, 0.0%Universidade Federal de Campina Grande: 11, 0.0%University of FloridaUniversity of Cambri…University of Roches…Universidade Federal…
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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 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 69.10.0%41.0×66 -36.9%
2 University of FloridaUnited States 47.91.0%5.3×8 -36.1%
3 University of RochesterUnited States 34.70.0%20.6×9
4 Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeBrazil 34.00.0%37.7×11

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 case studies and regulations research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Legal case studies and regulations.

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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.

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.