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Legal Studies and Policies

Legal Studies and Policies is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 50k research works in it since 1950. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of legal research topics, including normative and empirical methodologies, criminal law enforcement, Islamic banking, leadership styles, and community participation. It also delves into specific areas such as Hukum Agraria Indonesia and corporate criminal liability. The papers reflect a comprehensive exploration of legal research methodology and practice.

  • Legal Research
  • Normative Methodology
  • Criminal Law
  • Hukum Agraria Indonesia
  • Corporate Criminal Liability
  • Environmental Law Enforcement
  • Islamic Banking
  • Leadership Styles
  • Consumer Interest
  • Community Participation
Research works
50k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+64%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
95% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Legal Studies and Policies

Which countries lead Legal Studies and Policies research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (25k and 672 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 25k works
  2. 2 ?? 672 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 238 works
  4. 4 United States 175 works
  5. 5 Bangladesh 62 works
  6. 6 India 59 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 43 works
  8. 8 Australia 42 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 39 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 38 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.

Indonesia: 94.8%??: 2.6%Malaysia: 0.9%United States: 0.7%6 others listed: 1.1%95%largest
Indonesia25k · 94.8%??672 · 2.6%Malaysia238 · 0.9%United States175 · 0.7%6 others listed282 · 1.1%

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

Which institutions lead Legal Studies and Policies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Legal Studies and Policies research, followed by Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara and University of Indonesia.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 874 works
  2. 2 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 566 works
  3. 3 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 501 works
  4. 4 Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia 481 works
  5. 5 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 369 works
  6. 6 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 366 works
  7. 7 University of MataramIndonesia 333 works
  8. 8 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 328 works
  9. 9 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 327 works
  10. 10 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 320 works

Who are the leading researchers in Legal Studies and Policies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Legal Studies and Policies include Francis Fukuyama, Dimitri P. Bertsekas and Clifford Geertz.

  1. 1 Francis Fukuyama United States 110k citations
  2. 2 Dimitri P. Bertsekas United States 73k citations
  3. 3 Clifford Geertz United States 72k citations
  4. 4 Philip Kotler United States 58k 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 Studies and Policies?

The most cited paper in Legal Studies and Policies is "The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia" (Hugh Tinker, 1963), with 423 citations. Next come "Objectivity and Interpretation" (323) and "PEMAHAMAN TERHADAP ASAS KEPASTIAN HUKUM MELALUI KONSTRUKSI PENALARAN POSITIVISME HUKUM" (247).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia Hugh Tinker · Pacific Affairs Open access Dec 1963 423
2 Objectivity and Interpretation Owen M. Fiss · Stanford Law Review Apr 1982 323
3 PEMAHAMAN TERHADAP ASAS KEPASTIAN HUKUM MELALUI KONSTRUKSI PENALARAN POSITIVISME HUKUM Mario Julyano, Aditya Yuli Sulistyawan · CREPIDO Open access 31 Jul 2019 247
4 KENAKALAN REMAJA DAN PENANGANANNYA DADAN SUMARA SUMARA, Sahadi Humaedi, Meilanny Budiarti Santoso · Prosiding Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat Open access 31 Jul 2017 226
5 METODOLOGI NORMATIF DAN EMPIRIS DALAM PERSPEKTIF ILMU HUKUM Yati Nurhayati, Ifrani Ifrani, M.Yasir Said · Jurnal Penegakan Hukum Indonesia Open access 17 Jan 2021 195
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Where is Legal Studies and Policies research done?

The largest centres of Legal Studies and Policies research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Bandung (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gorontalo, Cianjur and Parepare.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 3k works
  2. 2 MedanIndonesia 1.9k works
  3. 3 SurabayaIndonesia 1.6k works
  4. 4 BandungIndonesia 1.3k works
  5. 5 YogyakartaIndonesia 1.2k works
  6. 6 SemarangIndonesia 1.1k works
  7. 7 BengkuluIndonesia 1k works
  8. 8 MakassarIndonesia 996 works
  9. 9 MalangIndonesia 735 works
  10. 10 DenpasarIndonesia 618 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Gorontalo39.3 works80×
  2. CianjurID · 36.3 works42×
  3. Parepare22.4 works41×
  4. Banjarmasin54.8 works39×
  5. TembilahanID · 41.6 works38×
  6. Padangsidempuan25.6 works34×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Legal Studies and Policies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Legal Studies and Policies?

Among universities, judged by research, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu, Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Teungku Dirundeng Meulaboh and Islamic University of Indonesia score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 14.72%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Sekolah Tinggi Agama…Islamic University o…Padjadjaran UniversityInstitut Agama Islam…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 65.310.6%27.7×874 +68.5%
2Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Teungku Dirundeng MeulabohIndonesia 64.732.1%47.7×15 +211.0%
3Islamic University of IndonesiaIndonesia 63.113.3%33.3×248 +78.0%
4Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 62.511.7%16.6×327 +27.3%
5Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 62.513.0%29.0×320 +62.3%
6Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 62.313.0%9.9×213 +66.1%
7University of IndonesiaIndonesia 62.09.5%19.0×501 +74.8%
8Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University BandungIndonesia 62.013.7%35.1×279 +68.4%
9Islamic UniversityBangladesh 61.212.4%14.8×53 +141.5%
10International University of BatamIndonesia 60.117.9%24.2×77 +105.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Legal Studies and Policies, country by country

Is Legal Studies and Policies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 64% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Legal Studies and Policies.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Legal Studies and Policies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.14% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Legal Studies and Policies0.10% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Legal Studies and Policies 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.

still counting5%10%15%Legal Studies and Policies9.4% in 202520102020

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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