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Polish Legal and Social Issues

Polish Legal and Social Issues is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% 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 labor law, social protection, and employment practices. It includes discussions on work flexibility, disability rights, data privacy in the workplace, European Union labor regulations, and the impact of technology on work-life balance. The papers also explore issues such as employment contracts, working time directives, and the role of trade unions in modern labor relations.

  • Labor Law
  • Social Protection
  • Employment Status
  • European Union
  • Work Flexibility
  • Disability Rights
  • Data Privacy
  • Employment Contracts
  • Working Time Directive
  • Trade Unions
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-6%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Polish Legal and Social Issues research?

By volume, Poland and the United States publish the most (1.9k and 40 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 1.9k works
  2. 2 United States 40 works
  3. 3 Romania 20 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 14 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 11 works
  6. 6 Czechia 11 works
  7. 7 Germany 10 works
  8. 8 Slovakia 8 works
  9. 9 Spain 7 works
  10. 10 Russia 7 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: 93.8%United States: 1.9%Romania: 1.0%Ukraine: 0.7%6 others listed: 2.7%94%largest
Poland1,939 · 93.8%United States40 · 1.9%Romania20 · 1.0%Ukraine14 · 0.7%6 others listed55 · 2.7%

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

Which institutions lead Polish Legal and Social Issues research?

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

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 129 works
  2. 2 University of WarsawPoland 113 works
  3. 3 University of ŁódźPoland 93 works
  4. 4 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 91 works
  5. 5 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 90 works
  6. 6 University of SzczecinPoland 80 works
  7. 7 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland 79 works
  8. 8 University of WrocławPoland 64 works
  9. 9 University of RzeszówPoland 59 works
  10. 10 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 58 works

Where is Polish Legal and Social Issues research done?

The largest centres of Polish Legal and Social Issues 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 381 works
  2. 2 Krakow Poland 228 works
  3. 3 Lublin Poland 207 works
  4. 4 Łódź Poland 131 works
  5. 5 Poznań Poland 107 works
  6. 6 Olsztyn Poland 103 works
  7. 7 Wrocław Poland 91 works
  8. 8 Szczecin Poland 83 works
  9. 9 Rzeszów Poland 79 works
  10. 10 Gdańsk Poland 62 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RadomPL · 27.1 works395×
  2. OlsztynPL · 103.0 works206×
  3. RzeszówPL · 79.3 works142×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polish Legal and Social Issues than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Polish Legal and Social Issues?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Łódź, Jagiellonian University and University of Warsaw 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 9.81%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Łódź: 93, 15.2%Jagiellonian University: 91, 8.1%University of Warsaw: 113, 9.1%John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: 129, 8.3%The Maria Grzegorzewska University: 26, 12.7%University of Gdańsk: 57, 9.9%University of Wrocław: 64, 6.1%Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw: 79, 6.9%WSPIA University of Rzeszow: 9, 15.5%Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 90, 6.3%University of ŁódźUniversity of WarsawJohn Paul II Catholi…Jagiellonian Univers…
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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 ŁódźPoland 52.315.2%161.2×93 +46.5%
2 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 48.78.1%67.3×91 +132.4%
3 University of WarsawPoland 47.79.1%108.2×113 +66.5%
4 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 45.98.3%381.4×129 +133.5%
5 The Maria Grzegorzewska UniversityPoland 45.812.7%324.4×26 +221.2%
6 University of GdańskPoland 44.69.9%129.6×57 +83.6%
7 University of WrocławPoland 43.36.1%152.6×64 +150.1%
8 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland 42.46.9%301.6×79 +154.5%
9 WSPIA University of RzeszowPoland 41.215.5%1234.3×9 +140.9%
10 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 40.96.3%108.5×90 +93.7%

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 Legal and Social Issues research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2017. The fastest-growing topics are Polish Legal and Social Issues.

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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.