Journal of Legal Studies

Top Research Topics at The Journal of Legal Studies?

The Journal of Legal Studies mostly deals with topics like Law, Law and economics, Actuarial science, Liability and Criminal law. Law, which encompasses Supreme court and Politics, is the main subject of The Journal of Legal Studies. Law and economics research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Tort, Common law, Incentive, Plaintiff and Damages.

The research on Plaintiff discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Settlement (litigation). In the journal, Public law and Commercial law are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Criminal law research.

• Law (28.35%)
• Law and economics (19.86%)
• Actuarial science (8.66%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A fine is a price (1260 citations)
• Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers (1223 citations)
• The Selection of Disputes for Litigation (843 citations)

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

The journal papers aim to foster the development of research in Law, Law and economics, Public economics, Liability and Incentive. In addition to Law research, the most cited papers aim to explore topics under Quality (business) and Order (exchange). The most cited publications hold forums on Law and economics that merge themes from other disciplines such as Tort, Comparative negligence, Common law, Plaintiff and Social cost.

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

• Law
• Common law
• China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The Journal of Legal Studies investigates areas of study like Law, Law and economics, Public administration, International trade and Criminology. Aside from Law, the journal also covered works in the field of Public diplomacy. Paragraph, Convention, Intellectual property, Presumption and Legal protection are some topics wherein Law and economics research discussed in it have an impact.

Topics in Public administration were tackled in line with various other fields like Civil servants, Process (engineering), Tourism, Cultural heritage and The Republic. The presented International trade research focuses mostly on Sanctions and, on occasion, topics in Audit risk, Insurance law, Insurance policy, Actuarial science and Common law. The featured Criminology works encompass concepts such as Criminal law and Criminal liability and examines them in conjunction with Drone and Complement (complexity).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The Insured's Post-Contract Duty of Notification of Increase of Risk: Comparative study in Iranian, Chinese insurance law and principles of European insurance contracts (13 citations)
• A Study on the Malicious Complement Age Rule of Juvenile Crimes in Chinese Criminal Law (5 citations)
• Party Building or Noisy Signaling? The Contours of Political Conformity in Chinese Corporate Governance (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in The Journal of Legal Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

• Richard A. Posner (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Steven Shavell (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
• William M. Landes (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Richard A. Epstein (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Eric A. Posner (17 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 The Journal of Legal Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Western Ontario (51 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Chicago (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, Berkeley (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yale University (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Pennsylvania (12 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, 78.95% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 33.33% 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 16.67% 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.