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Polish Law and Legal System

Polish Law and Legal System is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1958. 9.6% 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 and constitutional topics, including constitutional law, legal reform, human rights, public administration, civil service, criminal code, consumer protection, European Union law, judicial system, and legal interpretation. The papers provide insights into the legal and constitutional studies in Poland.

  • Constitutional Law
  • Legal Reform
  • Human Rights
  • Public Administration
  • Civil Service
  • Criminal Code
  • Consumer Protection
  • European Union Law
  • Judicial System
  • Legal Interpretation
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1958
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+48%
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Which countries lead Polish Law and Legal System research?

By volume, Poland and the United States publish the most (2.5k and 48 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 2.5k works
  2. 2 United States 48 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 41 works
  4. 4 Russia 33 works
  5. 5 Romania 26 works
  6. 6 Slovakia 17 works
  7. 7 Czechia 17 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 16 works
  9. 9 Lithuania 11 works
  10. 10 Italy 10 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.

Poland: 91.8%United States: 1.8%Ukraine: 1.5%Russia: 1.2%6 others listed: 3.7%92%largest
Poland2,453 · 91.8%United States48 · 1.8%Ukraine41 · 1.5%Russia33 · 1.2%6 others listed99 · 3.7%

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

Which institutions lead Polish Law and Legal System research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Warsaw publishes the most Polish Law and Legal System research, followed by Jagiellonian University and John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of WarsawPoland 162 works
  2. 2 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 141 works
  3. 3 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 134 works
  4. 4 University of SzczecinPoland 127 works
  5. 5 University of ŁódźPoland 111 works
  6. 6 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 106 works
  7. 7 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 99 works
  8. 8 University of WrocławPoland 91 works
  9. 9 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland 80 works
  10. 10 University of RzeszówPoland 77 works

Where is Polish Law and Legal System research done?

The largest centres of Polish Law and Legal System research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Lublin (Poland) and Łódź (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Radom, Olsztyn and Rzeszów.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 474 works
  2. 2 Krakow Poland 260 works
  3. 3 Lublin Poland 259 works
  4. 4 Łódź Poland 153 works
  5. 5 Olsztyn Poland 136 works
  6. 6 Szczecin Poland 130 works
  7. 7 Poznań Poland 125 works
  8. 8 Wrocław Poland 120 works
  9. 9 Rzeszów Poland 105 works
  10. 10 Katowice Poland 90 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RadomPL · 36.7 works412×
  2. OlsztynPL · 135.6 works209×
  3. RzeszówPL · 105.5 works146×
  4. SzczecinPL · 129.8 works141×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polish Law and Legal System than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Polish Law and Legal System?

Among universities, judged by research, Jagiellonian University, University of Warsaw and Maria Curie-Skłodowska University 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 9.42%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Jagiellonian University: 141, 8.4%University of Warsaw: 162, 9.8%Maria Curie-Skłodowska University: 99, 6.8%University of Białystok: 73, 13.6%University of Łódź: 111, 11.0%Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 106, 9.0%University of Szczecin: 127, 5.6%University of Wrocław: 90, 4.5%War Studies Academy: 18, 19.9%University of Rzeszów: 77, 5.6%University of Białys…University of WarsawJagiellonian Univers…Maria Curie-Skłodows…
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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 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 51.18.4%80.1×141 +210.1%
2 University of WarsawPoland 49.49.8%119.5×162 +143.6%
3 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 44.16.8%194.2×99 +267.1%
4 University of BiałystokPoland 43.913.6%321.6×73 +105.4%
5 University of ŁódźPoland 43.711.0%147.9×111 +104.4%
6 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 42.59.0%99.2×106 +125.8%
7 University of SzczecinPoland 42.45.6%334.8×127 +182.2%
8 University of WrocławPoland 41.94.5%166.6×90 +231.0%
9 War Studies AcademyPoland 41.819.9%384.9×18 —
10 University of RzeszówPoland 41.75.6%188.4×77 +249.7%

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 Polish Law and Legal System research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Polish Law and Legal System.

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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.