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Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies

Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 6.4k research works in it since 1956. 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 topics related to legal regulation in the global society, including human rights, environmental information, digital economy, forensic science, intellectual property, criminal liability, corruption prevention, and international cooperation. The papers discuss various challenges and prospects for legal frameworks in different areas and provide insights into the complexities of legal systems in the context of globalization.

Legal Regulation
Global Society
Human Rights
Environmental Information
Digital Economy
Forensic Science
Intellectual Property
Criminal Liability
Corruption Prevention
International Cooperation

Research works: 6.4k
In the world top 10%: 611
Top-10% rate: 9.6%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +53%
Largest producer: Ukraine

Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies

Which countries lead Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies research?

By volume, Ukraine and the United States publish the most (1.6k and 689 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Ukraine 1.6k works
2 United States 689 works
3 Russia 543 works
4 Germany 182 works
5 Indonesia 79 works
6 ?? 76 works
7 Poland 54 works
8 Uzbekistan 33 works
9 China 31 works
10 South Korea 30 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.

Ukraine1,612 · 48.4%United States689 · 20.7%Russia543 · 16.3%Germany182 · 5.5%6 others listed303 · 9.1%

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

Which institutions lead Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Human Growth Foundation publishes the most Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies research, followed by Max Planck Society and National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 436 works
2 Max Planck SocietyGermany 173 works
3 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 155 works
4 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 150 works
5 Kharkiv National University of Internal AffairsUkraine 140 works
6 National Academy of Internal AffairsUkraine 90 works
7 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 81 works
8 Yaroslav Mudryi National Law UniversityUkraine 71 works
9 V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityUkraine 48 works
10 Al-Azhar UniversityIndonesia 45 works

What are the most cited papers in Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies?

The most cited paper in Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies is "Mandatory Disclosure as a Solution to Agency Problems" (Paul G. Mahoney, 1995), with 225 citations. Next come "ETHICS AS AN ESCAPE FROM REGULATION." (208) and "PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINOLOGY" (140).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Mandatory Disclosure as a Solution to Agency Problems Paul G. Mahoney · The University of Chicago Law Review	1995	225
2	ETHICS AS AN ESCAPE FROM REGULATION. Ben Wagner · Amsterdam University Press eBooks Book chapterOpen access	27 Dec 2018	208
3	PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINOLOGY Aleksandr Borisovich Smushkin · Actual Problems of Russian Law Open access	18 Jun 2019	140
4	Ukraine's revolution of dignity: The dynamics of Euromaidan Yuriy Shveda, Joung Ho Park · Journal of Eurasian Studies	25 Nov 2015	127
5	Hypothetical and actual moral reasoning in a situation of civil disobedience. Norma Haan · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	Aug 1975	106

All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies research done?

The largest centres of Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies research in 2022-now are Kyiv (Ukraine), New York (United States), Kharkiv (Ukraine) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mariupol, Khmelnytskyi and Uzhhorod.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 KyivUkraine 594 works
2 New YorkUnited States 443 works
3 KharkivUkraine 325 works
4 MoscowRussia 236 works
5 MunichGermany 169 works
6 WeatherfordUnited States 150 works
7 LvivUkraine 102 works
8 OdesaUkraine 102 works
9 DniproUkraine 47 works
10 MedanIndonesia 46 works

Where it is the local speciality

MariupolUA · 33.9 works204×
KhmelnytskyiUA · 27.5 works113×
UzhhorodUA · 33.2 works104×
KharkivUA · 325.3 works91×
OdesaUA · 102.2 works79×
MykolayivUA · 22.2 works63×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Weatherford College and Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Kyiv National University of Construction and ArchitectureUkraine	57.7	29.2%	60.8×	11	+662.3%
2	Weatherford CollegeUnited States	56.7	8.5%	36.1×	150	+944.0%
3	Kharkiv National University of Internal AffairsUkraine	55.2	9.4%	659.0×	140	+32.0%
4	Yaroslav Mudryi National Law UniversityUkraine	51.8	14.2%	671.1×	71	-2.3%
5	Lviv State University of Internal AffairsUkraine	50.8	14.6%	628.3×	36	+28.7%
6	Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine	45.9	11.7%	94.3×	81	-13.7%
7	V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityUkraine	44.8	9.1%	78.4×	48	+148.8%
8	National University Zaporizhzhia PolytechnicUkraine	44.1	15.0%	80.0×	22	+26.6%
9	Uzhhorod National UniversityUkraine	41.0	8.6%	118.6×	33	+63.3%
10	Sumy State UniversityUkraine	41.0	16.1%	50.6×	16	-14.7%
11	State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Ukraine	40.9	11.7%	61.1×	29	+88.3%
12	National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of UkraineUkraine	40.4	19.8%	61.3×	21	-34.6%
13	National University Odesa Law AcademyUkraine	40.2	10.3%	311.8×	45	-6.0%
14	Al-Azhar UniversityIndonesia	38.9	4.3%	79.0×	45	-
15	Odessa State University of Internal AffairsUkraine	38.6	8.3%	921.3×	33	+54.8%
16	Dnipro University of TechnologyUkraine	38.6	15.2%	93.6×	16	-
17	University of Customs and FinanceUkraine	38.4	18.9%	190.0×	12	+1.4%
18	Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym HetmanUkraine	38.3	10.5%	99.7×	22	+71.3%
19	Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan UniversityUkraine	38.2	10.2%	31.2×	8	+96.7%
20	Baikal State UniversityRussia	38.1	12.8%	92.6×	16	+306.5%
21	Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine	36.7	17.0%	137.0×	14	+177.9%
22	Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine	35.8	7.5%	32.8×	27	+16.4%
23	Lviv UniversityUkraine	34.6	11.1%	70.1×	28	-8.8%
24	West Ukrainian National UniversityUkraine	34.4	13.5%	130.2×	35	-30.3%
25	National University of Civil Protection of UkraineUkraine	33.3	12.4%	70.0×	12	+38.8%
26	Donetsk State University of ManagementUkraine	32.5	4.6%	430.8×	27	+1039.0%
27	National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation InstituteUkraine	31.6	6.2%	54.5×	9	+191.3%
28	National University of Kyiv-Mohyla AcademyUkraine	31.1	16.4%	73.2×	12	-5.0%
29	Interregional Academy of Personnel ManagementUkraine	30.8	15.0%	155.3×	20	-34.7%
30	Open International University of Human Development UkraineUkraine	30.2	6.2%	331.3×	14	+191.3%
31	Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National UniversityUkraine	30.2	9.2%	98.7×	10	+22.7%
32	Sumy National Agrarian UniversityUkraine	28.1	9.8%	65.7×	10	+5.2%
33	Petro Mohyla Black Sea National UniversityUkraine	27.4	6.7%	127.5×	15	+541.7%
34	Chernihiv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine	27.1	11.9%	149.2×	8	-
35	The All-Russian State University of JusticeRussia	26.5	8.5%	197.5×	12	+158.3%
36	Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and LawUkraine	26.4	10.3%	483.8×	25	-32.1%
37	Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National UniversityUkraine	26.1	10.4%	56.7×	16	-13.5%
38	State Tax UniversityUkraine	25.0	13.3%	345.6×	13	-39.2%
39	Tashkent State University of LawUzbekistan	24.7	2.7%	59.4×	17	+141.3%
40	Russian State University of JusticeRussia	23.0	11.1%	114.7×	13	-2.7%
41	Kazan Federal UniversityRussia	19.6	1.2%	10.1×	8	+53.0%

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 Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies, country by country

Is Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0100% in 2024.

Fractional works of Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies 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.

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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Which countries lead Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

What are the most cited papers in Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies?

Where is Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies?

Is Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

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