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International Review of Law and Economics
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International Review of Law and Economics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 27 10 17 5
Economics and Finance 373 15 14 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 31
Documents by Best Scientists*: 34
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 49
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.359
Impact Factor: 1

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Review of Law and Economics?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Law and economics, Law, Actuarial science, Incentive and Microeconomics. International Review of Law and Economics explores research in Law and economics and the adjacent study of Enforcement. Actuarial science research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Liability, Tort, Human factors and ergonomics, Plaintiff and Damages.

The study on Liability presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Harm.

  • Law and economics (19.75%)
  • Law (19.23%)
  • Actuarial science (14.90%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Judgment Proof Problem (360 citations)
  • Creating and Enforcing Norms, with Special Reference to Sanctions (339 citations)
  • Culture, Law, and Corporate Governance (329 citations)

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

The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Law, Actuarial science, Law and economics, Human factors and ergonomics and Injury prevention. The studies on Law and economics discussed at the most cited papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Computer security, Government, Competition (economics) and Sanctions. The study of Human factors and ergonomics in the journal articles encompasses disciplines such as Suicide prevention, as well as fields such as Criminology, all of which overlap with one another.

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

  • Law
  • Statistics
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

International Review of Law and Economics facilitates discussions on Law and economics, Microeconomics, Quality (business), Enforcement and Law. It explores issues in Law and economics which can be linked to other research areas like Empirical evidence, Perspective (graphical), Jurisdiction, Lawsuit and Plaintiff. International Review of Law and Economics holds forums on Microeconomics that merges themes from other disciplines such as Compensation principle, Leverage (finance), Causation, Objectivity (science) and Capital structure.

The research on Quality (business) tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Competition (economics), Endogeneity, Positive economics, Order (exchange) and Monetary economics. In the journal, Optimism, Pessimism, Public law, Expressive function and Reflexivity are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Enforcement research. Most of the Law studies addressed also intersect with Point (typography).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The global financial crisis, the EMU sovereign debt crisis and international financial regulation: lessons from a systematic literature review (4 citations)
  • Staggered boards, unequal voting rights, poison pills and innovation intensity: New evidence from the Asian markets (3 citations)
  • How Has the Covid19 Pandemic Impacted the Courts of Law? Evidence from Brazil (2 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 International Review of Law and Economics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Thomas J. Miceli (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Nuno Garoupa (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tim Friehe (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Francesco Parisi (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Steven Shavell (14 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 International Review of Law and Economics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • George Mason University (52 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Chicago (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Harvard University (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Connecticut (25 papers) published 2 papers at the last 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, 8.62% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.98% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.32% of all publications and 60.38% 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

  • Contracting for sex in the Pacific War

    J. Mark Ramseyer

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • The effects of macroeconomic, fiscal and monetary policy announcements on sovereign bond spreads

    António Afonso;João Tovar Jalles;João Tovar Jalles;Mina Kazemi

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Asymmetric solutions to asymmetric information problems

    Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci;Sander Onderstal;Francesco Parisi;Francesco Parisi

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Loyalty to the party or loyalty to the party leader: Evidence from the Spanish Constitutional Court

    Nuno Garoupa;Marian Gili;Fernando Gómez Pomar

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Openness effects on the rule of law: Size and patterns of trade

    Richard Frensch;Roman Horvath;Stephan Huber

    (2021)
    6 Citations

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