European Journal of International Law

Top Research Topics at European Journal of International Law?

The journal investigates studies in Law, International law, Human rights, Law and economics and Politics. State (polity), Public international law, Comparative law, International human rights law and Public law are all aspects of Law research featured in European Journal of International Law. It is mostly focused on Comparative law, specifically Civil law (legal system).

The journal centers on topics in Public law, with a focus on Private law. The study on International law featured in it expounds on the topic of Municipal law in particular. The journal focuses on Human rights research which is adjacent to topics in Convention.

• Law (66.68%)
• International law (39.70%)
• Human rights (15.57%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• International Law in a World of Liberal States (399 citations)
• Human Dignity and judicial Interpretation of Human Rights (350 citations)
• NATO, the UN and the use of force: legal aspects (301 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at European Journal of International Law:

The most cited papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Law, International law, Human rights, Law and economics and State (polity). The International law research presented in the journal publications focuses mostly on Sovereignty and, on occasion, topics in Globalization. While the most cited publications focused on Human rights, they were also able to explore topics like Treaty and Convention.

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

• Law
• World War II
• China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Law, Law and economics, International law, Human rights and Democracy. Aside from Law, it also covered works in the field of Motion (physics). The journal holds forums on Law and economics that merges themes from other disciplines such as Obligation, State (polity), Use of force, Investment arbitration and Investor protection.

The studies in International law featured incorporate elements of Shadow (psychology), Government, Humanities, Preference and Network analysis. Human rights research featured in European Journal of International Law incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Field (Bourdieu), Adjudication, Magi and European Union law. While the journal focused on Democracy, it was also able to explore topics like Sustainable development, Legal scholarship, Political economy and Entitlement.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Preventing the bad from getting worse : the end of the World (Trade Organization) as we know it? (1 citations)
• A Mediterranean View on Slavery and French Empire (0 citations)
• Contexts of Early Modern German Legal Imagination: On Transformations of German Natural Law – Governing the State-Machine (0 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in European Journal of International Law (based on the number of publications) are:

• Jan Klabbers (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Joseph H. H. Weiler (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Eyal Benvenisti (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jochen von Bernstorff (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Martti Koskenniemi (10 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in European Journal of International Law (based on the number of publications) are:

• Max Planck Society (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
• European University Institute (46 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Cambridge (42 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• New York University (37 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• University of Helsinki (32 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less 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, 15.79% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.25% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.58% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.58% of all publications and 39.58% 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.