Law

2.5M citations
591.4k papers · · since 1950

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Law

67.2k papers receiving 194.0k citations

Countries where authors publish papers about Law

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This map shows the geographic impact of research in Law. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers about Law with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Law more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers about Law

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers covering Law. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers covering Law.

About Law

591.4k papers covering Law have received a total of 2.5M indexed citations since 1950 . Papers on Law are most often about the specific topic of Legal Studies and Policies, Legal and Social Justice Studies, Judicial and Constitutional Studies, Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies, Legal Education and Practice Innovations, Law in Society and Culture, Legal and Policy Analysis in Indonesia and Legal Issues in South Africa and also cover the fields of Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Accounting, Strategy and Management and Industrial relations. Papers citing work on Law are usually about Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Public Administration and Economics and Econometrics. Some of the most active scholars covering Law are Cass R. Sunstein, Tom R. Tyler, Glenn Shafer, Richard A. Posner, George Lakoff, Mark L. Johnson, Thomas Donaldson, Lee E. Preston, Richard A. Epstein and Eric A. Posner.

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