Law and Society Review

Top Research Topics at Law & Society Review?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Law, Politics, Criminology, Law and economics and Economic Justice. Supreme court, State (polity), Power (social and political), Criminal justice and Democracy studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Law presented. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Politics, apply to Public administration as well.

The research on Criminology discussed in Law & Society Review draws on the closely related field of Social psychology.

• Law (50.87%)
• Politics (16.07%)
• Criminology (14.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Why the "Haves" Come out Ahead: Speculations on the Limits of Legal Change (1745 citations)
• The Role of Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Shaping Public Support for Policing (1640 citations)
• Legal Cynicism and (Subcultural?) Tolerance of Deviance: The Neighborhood Context of Racial Differences (1018 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Law & Society Review:

The most cited articles primarily tackle Law, Social psychology, Criminology, Law and economics and Politics. The most cited articles investigate Law research which frequently intersects with Context (language use). Issues in Criminology were discussed in the journal publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Homicide, Suicide prevention and Race (biology).

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

• Law
• World War II
• Politics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Law & Society Review investigates studies in Law, Criminology, Humanities, Race (biology) and Art history. The Politics, Justice (virtue) and Civil defense studies presented in it fall under the field of Law, but it also has connections to other fields such as Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. The journal served as a forum through which researchers explored different topics like Politics and Vaccine court.

The journal facilitates discussions on Criminology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Jury, Women's Liberation, Transitional justice and Negotiation. Law & Society Review explores topics in Humanities which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Illusion, Prison and State (polity). Topics in Art history were tackled in line with various other fields like Power (social and political), Modernity, Creative destruction and Agency (sociology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• American Policing and the Danger Imperative (8 citations)
• Civil rights as patient experience: How healthcare organizations handle discrimination complaints (1 citations)
• How Migrations Affect Private Orders: Norms and Practices in the Fishery of Marseille (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 Law & Society Review (based on the number of publications) are:

• Austin Sarat (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• John Hagan (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Herbert M. Kritzer (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Richard Lempert (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Tom R. Tyler (13 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 Law & Society Review (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of California, Berkeley (55 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of California, Irvine (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• American Bar Foundation (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• University of Minnesota (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (20 papers) published 1 paper 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, 17.07% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.41% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.88% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.59% of all publications and 44.12% 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.