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Journal of International Economic Law
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Journal of International Economic Law

1369-3034

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/jiel

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 15 11 15 7
Economics and Finance 460 5 7 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 19
Documents by Best Scientists*: 21
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 62
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.028
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of International Economic Law?

International trade, Law, Law and economics, International economics and Dispute settlement are among the topics commonly tackled in Journal of International Economic Law. In Journal of International Economic Law, Developing country and Negotiation are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in International trade research. The work on Law addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Investment (macroeconomics).

Investment (macroeconomics) research discussed connects with the study of Treaty. It focused on Dispute settlement research but expanded to cover Dispute resolution. The Trade barrier works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Commercial policy and Globalization.

The main emphasis of Journal of International Economic Law is the research on International law, emphasizing the topic of Public international law. Comparative law and Public law are closely related fields of research discussed in Journal of International Economic Law.

  • International trade (39.49%)
  • Law (24.90%)
  • Law and economics (13.91%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Post‐TRIPS Options for Access to Patented Medicines in Developing Nations (122 citations)
  • THE GLOBALIZATION OF PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE GOODS AND THE PRIVATIZATION OF GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS (120 citations)
  • The WTO dispute settlement system (117 citations)

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

The most cited papers investigate studies in International trade, Law, Developing country, Law and economics and Intellectual property. While the journal publications focused on International trade, they were also able to explore topics like Competition (economics) and International economics. The most cited articles tackle studies in World trade and the interrelated subject of Member states to gain insights into Law.

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 aim of Journal of International Economic Law is to expand the discussion of research in Special economic zone, International trade, International economics, Law and Unilateralism. Issues in Special economic zone were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Functional analysis (psychology), International economic law, Public economics and Legal status. Topics in International trade were tackled in line with various other fields like Code of conduct and Brexit.

The work on International economics tackled in Journal of International Economic Law brings together disciplines like Incentive, Financial services, Subsidy and Relevance (law). The studies in International investment, Dispute settlement and Intellectual property under the umbrella field of Law overlap with concepts in Perspective (graphical). Natural law, E-commerce, Law and economics and Scope (project management) are some topics wherein Unilateralism research discussed in Journal of International Economic Law have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A Pareto-Improving Compensation Rule for Investment Treaties (1 citations)
  • Brexit and Trade Defence: Effects of a Changed Territory (1 citations)
  • Evolutionary Interpretation and International Law (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 Journal of International Economic Law (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Marylin Johnson Raisch (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Simon Lester (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas Cottier (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Steve Charnovitz (15 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 Journal of International Economic Law (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Georgetown University (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Georgetown University Law Center (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Bern (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • European University Institute (14 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • A New Chinese Economic Order

    Gregory Shaffer;Henry Gao

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • Facilitating Access to Cross-Border Supplies of Patented Pharmaceuticals: The Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Frederick M Abbott;Jerome H Reichman

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Making the WTO (Not So) Great Again: The Case Against Responding to the Trump Trade Agenda Through Reform of WTO Rules on Subsidies and State Enterprises

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • To AB or not to AB? : dispute settlement in WTO reform

    Bernard M Hoekman;Petros C Mavroidis

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Managing Externalities in the WTO: The Agreement On Fisheries Subsidies

    (2023)
    16 Citations
  • State Capitalism in the GATT/WTO Legal Order

    (2023)
    12 Citations

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