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Legal Issues in Education

Legal Issues in Education is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 4.4k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the intersection of law and education, particularly the legal literacy required by teachers and administrators. It covers topics such as student rights, special education, parental notification, school discipline, and privacy rights in educational settings.

  • Legal Literacy
  • Education Law
  • Higher Education
  • Student Rights
  • Teacher Knowledge
  • School Discipline
  • Privacy Rights
  • Special Education
  • Parental Notification
  • Student Speech Rights
Research works
4.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
458
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
64% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Legal Issues in Education

Which countries lead Legal Issues in Education research?

By volume, the United States and Türkiye publish the most (329 and 40 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 329 works
  2. 2 Türkiye 40 works
  3. 3 India 24 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 22 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 20 works
  6. 6 South Africa 20 works
  7. 7 Canada 20 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 14 works
  9. 9 China 13 works
  10. 10 Australia 12 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: 63.9%Türkiye: 7.8%India: 4.6%United Kingdom: 4.2%6 others listed: 19.4%64%largest
United States329 · 63.9%Türkiye40 · 7.8%India24 · 4.6%United Kingdom22 · 4.2%6 others listed100 · 19.4%

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

Which institutions lead Legal Issues in Education research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Michigan publishes the most Legal Issues in Education research, followed by Indiana University and City University of New York.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of MichiganUnited States 7 works
  2. 2 Indiana UniversityUnited States 5 works
  3. 3 City University of New YorkUnited States 5 works
  4. 4 University of South CarolinaUnited States 5 works
  5. 5 University of Massachusetts AmherstUnited States 4 works
  6. 6 University of FloridaUnited States 4 works
  7. 7 University of IowaUnited States 3 works
  8. 8 Grand Canyon UniversityUnited States 3 works
  9. 9 University of ZululandSouth Africa 3 works
  10. 10 College of LawLatvia 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Legal Issues in Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Legal Issues in Education include Michael E. Porter and Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 Michael E. Porter United States 165k citations
  2. 2 Noam Chomsky United States 141k 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 Legal Issues in Education?

The most cited paper in Legal Issues in Education is "Moral Disengagement in the Perpetration of Inhumanities" (Albert Bandura, 1999), with 4,075 citations. Next come "Signature pedagogies in the professions" (2,028) and "Does Teacher Certification Matter? High School Teacher Certification Status and Student Achievement" (1,041).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Moral Disengagement in the Perpetration of Inhumanities Albert Bandura · Personality and Social Psychology Review Aug 1999 4,075
2 Signature pedagogies in the professions Lee S. Shulman · Daedalus Open access Jun 2005 2,028
3 Does Teacher Certification Matter? High School Teacher Certification Status and Student Achievement Dan D. Goldhaber, Dominic J. Brewer · Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis Jun 2000 1,041
4 Stop Blaming the Victim: A Meta-Analysis on Rape Myths Eliana Barrios Suarez, Tahany M. Gadalla · Journal of Interpersonal Violence Review 11 Jan 2010 863
5 Achieving Equity in Special Education: History, Status, and Current Challenges Russell J. Skiba, Ada B. Simmons, Shana Ritter et al. · Exceptional Children Apr 2008 660
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Where is Legal Issues in Education research done?

The largest centres of Legal Issues in Education research in 2022-now are New York (United States), Washington D.C. (United States), Ankara (Türkiye) and Chicago (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New YorkUnited States 15 works
  2. 2 Washington D.C.United States 14 works
  3. 3 AnkaraTürkiye 7 works
  4. 4 ChicagoUnited States 6 works
  5. 5 IstanbulTürkiye 6 works
  6. 6 Ann ArborUnited States 6 works
  7. 7 LondonUnited Kingdom 6 works
  8. 8 ColumbiaUnited States 5 works
  9. 9 PretoriaSouth Africa 5 works
  10. 10 Amherst CenterUnited States 4 works
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Is Legal Issues in Education research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Legal Issues in Education.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Legal Issues in Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Legal Issues in Education 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.

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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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