Legal processes and jurisprudence
Legal processes and jurisprudence is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 8.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the assessment, standards, and management of legal evidence in judicial proceedings. It covers topics such as standards of proof, credibility assessment, trial procedures, court decisions, human rights litigation, legal translation, and criminal justice.
- Legal Evidence
- Standards of Proof
- Judicial Process
- Credibility Assessment
- Burden of Proof
- Trial Procedures
- Court Decisions
- Human Rights Litigation
- Legal Translation
- Criminal Justice
- Research works
- 15k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 8.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +7% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Legal processes and jurisprudence research?
By volume, Spain and Ecuador publish the most (602 and 391 works in 2022–2025).
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.
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Which institutions lead Legal processes and jurisprudence research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes publishes the most Legal processes and jurisprudence research, followed by Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador and Universidad Indoamérica.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 72 works
- 2 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador?? 59 works
- 3 Universidad IndoaméricaEcuador 56 works
- 4 University of ChileChile 49 works
- 5 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 48 works
- 6 Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador 47 works
- 7 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 36 works
- 8 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 35 works
- 9 Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 33 works
- 10 Universidad César VallejoPeru 31 works
Who are the leading researchers in Legal processes and jurisprudence?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Legal processes and jurisprudence include Juan Pablo.
- 1 Juan Pablo United States 809 citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Legal processes and jurisprudence research done?
The largest centres of Legal processes and jurisprudence research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), Santiago (Chile), Ambato (Ecuador) and Lima (Peru). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Durán, Ambato and Valdivia.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Madrid Spain 169 works
- 2 Santiago Chile 157 works
- 3 Ambato Ecuador 134 works
- 4 Lima Peru 122 works
- 5 Bogotá Colombia 112 works
- 6 Buenos Aires Argentina 100 works
- 7 Quito Ecuador 70 works
- 8 Barcelona Spain 67 works
- 9 Mexico City Mexico 62 works
- 10 Durán ?? 59 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Durán59.3 works271×
- AmbatoEC · 133.9 works115×
- ValdiviaCL · 26.0 works59×
- La PazBO · 25.7 works52×
- CuencaEC · 51.5 works48×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Legal processes and jurisprudence than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Legal processes and jurisprudence?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Diego Portales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 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 | Universidad Diego PortalesChile | 70.6 | 28.9% | 103.1× | 16 | +100.3% |
| 2 | Universidad San Francisco de QuitoEcuador | 70.5 | 33.0% | 55.0× | 10 | +71.8% |
| 3 | Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador?? | 66.0 | 19.4% | 270.9× | 59 | — |
| 4 | Universidad San Gregorio de PortoviejoEcuador | 65.4 | 35.5% | 105.2× | 10 | — |
| 5 | Universidad Autónoma de ChileChile | 62.4 | 8.6% | 85.2× | 14 | +305.5% |
| 6 | Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain | 62.4 | 29.5% | 25.2× | 11 | +0.1% |
| 7 | Universidad IndoaméricaEcuador | 62.1 | 13.4% | 282.9× | 56 | — |
| 8 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador | 62.0 | 16.5% | 83.5× | 27 | +87.3% |
| 9 | Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador | 61.9 | 16.4% | 84.8× | 47 | — |
| 10 | University of ChileChile | 61.5 | 9.1% | 53.2× | 49 | +56.2% |
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 processes and jurisprudence research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Legal processes and jurisprudence.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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