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American Law and Economics Review
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American Law and Economics Review

1465-7252

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/aler

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 76 5 7 2
Economics and Finance 586 5 6 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 9
Documents by Best Scientists*: 9
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 40
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.666
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at American Law and Economics Review?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Law, Law and economics, Actuarial science, Incentive and Criminology. It focused on Law research but expanded to cover Empirical research. Some problems in Law and economics that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Plaintiff, State (polity) and Damages.

The work tackled in American Law and Economics Review goes beyond the discipline of Plaintiff as it also encompasses Settlement (litigation). American Law and Economics Review explores issues in Actuarial science which can be linked to other research areas like Liability and Harm. It emphasizes research on Liability, which includes concerns such as Strict liability.

The discussions emphasized the topic of Incentive in an attempt to further explore the field of Microeconomics. The journal tackles research in Criminology and various other disciplines, including Suicide prevention, Injury prevention and Human factors and ergonomics. It tackles research in various disciplines, including Suicide prevention and Demographic economics.

  • Law (24.71%)
  • Law and economics (18.97%)
  • Actuarial science (12.93%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Black-White Test Score Gap Through Third Grade (313 citations)
  • Governing Stock Markets in Transition Economies: Lessons from China (218 citations)
  • Do Harsher Prison Conditions Reduce Recidivism? A Discontinuity-based Approach (214 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at American Law and Economics Review:

The journal articles mostly deal with topics like Law, Human factors and ergonomics, Suicide prevention, Injury prevention and Demographic economics. The most cited papers focus on Law research which is adjacent to topics in Human capital. The journal articles explore themes in Suicide prevention like Homicide and link them with other fields of study like Occupational safety and health, Criminology, Demand side and Group composition.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • Statistics
  • Common law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

American Law and Economics Review investigates studies in Settlement (litigation), Plaintiff, Law and economics, Incentive and Microeconomics. American Law and Economics Review served as a forum through which researchers explored different topics like Settlement (litigation) and Selection (genetic algorithm). The studies on Plaintiff discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Cost-shifting, Intellectual property, American rule, CONTEST and Harm.

The in-depth study on Law and economics also explores topics in the intersecting field of Test (assessment). In American Law and Economics Review, Empirical evidence, Damages, Speculation and Ex-ante are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Incentive research. While work presented in American Law and Economics Review provided substantial information on Microeconomics, it also covered topics in Value (economics) and Rulemaking.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Litigation Spending and Care under the English and American Rules: Experimental Evidence (2 citations)
  • The Effect of Fee Shifting on Litigation: Evidence from a Policy Innovation in Intermediate Cost Shifting (2 citations)
  • The Impact of the Coronavirus Lockdown on Domestic Violence (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in American Law and Economics Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Steven Shavell (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • W. Kip Viscusi (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John J. Donohue (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yair Listokin (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nuno Garoupa (6 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in American Law and Economics Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Northwestern University (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Yale University (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Chicago (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stanford University (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 66.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.11% of all publications and 22.22% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Can Sanctuary Policies Reduce Domestic Violence?

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Estimating Firms’ Responses to Securities Regulation Using a Bunching Approach

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Lie detection: A strategic analysis of the Verifiability Approach

    Konstantinos Ioannidis;Theo Offerman;Randolph Sloof

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Coalitions among Plaintiffs’ Attorneys in Securities Class Actions

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • On Economic Theories of Criminal Punishment: Pricing, Prevention, or Proportionality?

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment

    (2021)
    1 Citations

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