Modern Law Review

Top Research Topics at Modern Law Review?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Law, Law and economics, Human rights, Public administration and Common law. Appeal, Public law, Politics, Legislation and Supreme court are all subfields of Law research that were featured in the journal. The in-depth study on Human rights also explores topics in the intersecting field of Convention.

• Law (47.52%)
• Law and economics (14.51%)
• Human rights (5.63%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Risk and Responsibility (1003 citations)
• Legal irritants: good faith in British law, or how unifying law ends up in new differences (312 citations)
• The Idea of Constitutional Pluralism (262 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Modern Law Review:

The journal articles aim to foster the development of research in Law, Law and economics, Human rights, Politics and Legislation. Context (language use) and Criminology are some topics wherein Law research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact. While work presented in the most cited publications provide substantial information on Law and economics, it also covers topics in Corporate law, Sovereignty and Normative.

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

• Law
• World War II
• Common law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Law, Law and economics, Publishing, Theology and Humanities. In the Law research discussed, Supreme court, Human rights, Economic Justice, Common law and Data Protection Act 1998 are all tackled. Modern Law Review facilitates discussions on Law and economics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Rule of law, Plaintiff and Damages.

The study on Publishing presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Economic history.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Guilt Beyond Guilt: From Political Theory to Metaphysics with Herbert Morris (1 citations)
• The Presumption of Innocence: A Deflationary Account (1 citations)
• Fairness and the Challenge of Making Markets Work Better (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 Modern Law Review (based on the number of publications) are:

• Richard Nobles (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Roger Brownsword (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• David Schiff (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Glanville Williams (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Hugh Collins (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 Modern Law Review (based on the number of publications) are:

• London School of Economics and Political Science (241 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Oxford (134 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Cambridge (84 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Bristol (61 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• University of Manchester (56 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, 94.81% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 71.43% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.29% 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 14.29% 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.