Abstract: The subject of this research is the analysis of scientific studies in the sphere of consumer protection, which are devoted not only to general theoretical aspects of the problem, but also to its specific spheres which fall under the of force of law of the Russian Federation “On consumer protection”. The authors report statistical data about the research in the field of consumer protection. This analysis had been held in historical perspective. The article shows the changes in the amount of research in this field. The authors are the first who systematized scientific works in the sphere of consumer protection according to various criteria in the particular period of time (2013 – 2014). The authors had used the methods of analysis, synthesis, the formal-juridical and chronological methods of scientific cognition. The authors had come to the conclusion that the studies in the sphere of consumer protection are of a very dynamic orientation. Moreover, it is significant that consumer protection, as a subject of a scientific research, is of a big interest not only for legal scholars, but also for specialists in other scientific spheres.