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Leiden Journal of International Law

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Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 80 5 5 2

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Number of Best Scientists*: 6
Documents by Best Scientists*: 6
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 49
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.65
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Leiden Journal of International Law?

Law, International law, Human rights, Law and economics and International court are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. As a part of it, discussions in Law involve topics like Tribunal, Jurisdiction, Economic Justice, State (polity) and Statute. Public international law is a primary topic of International law research in it.

The Human rights study tackling the subject of International human rights law is the focus of Leiden Journal of International Law. The study on International human rights law featured in Leiden Journal of International Law expounds on the topic of Right to property in particular. The in-depth study on International court also explores topics in the intersecting field of European Union law.

Municipal law is a major topic of Public law research presented in Leiden Journal of International Law.

  • Law (63.61%)
  • International law (38.14%)
  • Human rights (12.55%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Convention on the Rights of the Child (836 citations)
  • Cosmopolitan Justice, Responsibility, and Global Climate Change (316 citations)
  • Fragmentation of International Law? Postmodern Anxieties (235 citations)

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

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Law, International law, Public international law, Law and economics and Jurisdiction. The journal papers aim to address concerns in Law, specifically in the areas of Statute, Public law, Comparative law, Human rights and Tribunal. The journal articles hold forums on International law that merge themes from other disciplines such as State (polity), Sovereignty, Politics, International relations and Criminal procedure.

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:

Leiden Journal of International Law primarily tackles Law, International law, Law and economics, Human rights and State (polity). Leiden Journal of International Law focuses on Law research which is adjacent to topics in Function (engineering). While Leiden Journal of International Law focused on International law, it was also able to explore topics like Obligation, International relations, Commission, Power (social and political) and Economic Justice.

Topics in Law and economics explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Common law, Action (philosophy), Legitimacy, Criminal law and Normative. International human rights law research are fields of study within Human rights but they also intertwine with concepts in Deconstruction (building). The studies on State (polity) discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Treaty, International economic law, Political economy and Jurisdiction.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Gender and judging at the International Criminal Court: Lessons from ‘feminist judgment projects’ (1 citations)
  • Odile Ammann, Domestic Courts and the Interpretation of International Law. Methods and Reasoning Based on the Swiss Example, Brill/Nijhoff, 2020, 383 pp, €127.00, ISBN 9789004409873 (1 citations)
  • Good intentions and bad consequences: The general assistance mandate of the Trust Fund for Victims of the ICC (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 Leiden Journal of International Law (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Wouter Werner (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carsten Stahn (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas Skouteris (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jean d'Aspremont (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • René Lefeber (8 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 Leiden Journal of International Law (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Copenhagen (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Bristol (4 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • York University (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of New South Wales (3 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, 56.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 32.00% of all publications and 40.00% 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.

Top Publications

  • Reckoning with colonial injustice: International law as culprit and as remedy?

    Carsten Stahn

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • How social identity and social diversity affect judging

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • James Crawford and the art of law

    (2022)
    1 Citations
  • ‘A Plea of Humanity to Law’: In Memoriam for Benjamin Berell Ferencz (1920–2023)

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Kent Roach , Remedies for Human Rights Violations – A Two Track Approach to Supra-National and National Law, Cambridge University Press, 2021, 632 pp., ISBN 978-1-108-41787-7, £99.99

    (2022)
    0 Citations

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