Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

Top Research Topics at Journal of Empirical Legal Studies?

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies is organized to address concerns in the fields of Law, Actuarial science, Law and economics, Empirical research and Plaintiff. Supreme court, State (polity), Judicial opinion, Politics and Jury are some of the facets of Law tackled in Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. The study on Supreme court presented in it intersects with the topics under Ideology.

The journal links adjacent topics like Jury with Social psychology. Issues in Actuarial science were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Medical malpractice, Tort, Liability, Payment and Damages. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies focused on Medical malpractice research conducted under the discipline of Malpractice.

It focuses on Plaintiff as well as the interrelated topic of Settlement (litigation).

• Law (31.60%)
• Actuarial science (16.18%)
• Law and economics (12.52%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Culture and Identity-Protective Cognition: Explaining the White-Male Effect in Risk Perception (472 citations)
• Street Stops and Police Legitimacy: Teachable Moments in Young Urban Men's Legal Socialization (205 citations)
• Attention Felons: Evaluating Project Safe Neighborhoods in Chicago (191 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Empirical Legal Studies:

The published papers investigate studies in Law, Law and economics, Actuarial science, Empirical research and Social psychology. The works on Law and economics tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Plea, Insider trading, Settlement (litigation), Self-serving bias and Plaintiff. The published articles with studies in Actuarial science featured incorporate elements of Malpractice, Medical malpractice and Déjà vu.

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:

Law, Ideology, Empirical research, State (polity) and Criminology are the subjects of interest in the journal. Most of the Law studies addressed also intersect with Identification (information). The studies on Ideology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Public economics, Nudge theory, Disadvantage, Civil rights and Default.

The work on Empirical research tackled in Journal of Empirical Legal Studies brings together disciplines like Sentence and Contrast (statistics). The research on State (polity) featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Punishment, Statute, Variables and Capital punishment. Many of the studies tackled connect Criminology with a similar field of study like Instrumental variable.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Comparing Conventional and Machine-Learning Approaches to Risk Assessment in Domestic Abuse Cases (3 citations)
• Medical Malpractice and Physician Discipline: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (2 citations)
• Death Penalty Statutes and Murder Rates: Evidence From Synthetic Controls (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 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

• Theodore Eisenberg (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Bernard S. Black (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Martin T. Wells (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Christoph Engel (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• David A. Hyman (10 papers) published 1 paper 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 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

• Cornell University (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Northwestern University (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Harvard University (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Texas at Austin (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
• New York University (17 papers) absent 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, 94.44% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 100.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 0.00% 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.