Review of Law and Economics

Top Research Topics at Review of Law & Economics?

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Law and economics, Law, Incentive, Actuarial science and Microeconomics. The research on Law and economics discussed in it draws on the closely related field of State (polity). The works on Law deal in particular with Politics.

Topics in Incentive were tackled in line with various other fields like Enforcement and Public economics. While Review of Law & Economics focused on Actuarial science, it was also able to explore topics like Damages, Liability, Plaintiff and Harm. It centers on topics in Liability, with a focus on Strict liability.

Review of Law & Economics connects research in Microeconomics with the related topic of Industrial organization.

• Law and economics (23.60%)
• Law (15.48%)
• Incentive (15.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Measuring global money laundering: the ‘Walker Gravity Model’ (90 citations)
• The Influence of Public Institutions on the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Investigation for OECD Countries (74 citations)
• Trade-Based Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (57 citations)

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

The journal articles investigate areas of study like Social psychology, Money laundering, Law, Incentive and Law and economics. The most cited articles hold forums on Incentive that merge themes from other disciplines such as Enforcement and Accounting. The most cited publications explore Law and economics concepts, specifically Deterrence (psychology) but expand to research in Social response.

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

• Law
• Common law
• Microeconomics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Review of Law & Economics was organized to reinforce research efforts on Microeconomics, Liability, Accident (fallacy), Economic analysis and Elite. The research on Microeconomics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Technological change and Legal argument. The in-depth study on Liability also explores topics in the intersecting field of Law and economics.

The work on Accident (fallacy) tackled in Review of Law & Economics brings together disciplines like Actuarial science and Scope (project management). It investigates Elite research which frequently intersects with Criminology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• To Settle or to Fight to the End? Case-level Determinants of Early Settlement of Investor-State Disputes (1 citations)
• Mechanisms Underlying Familial Influence on Elite Political Behavior: Evidence from the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals (0 citations)
• A Note on the Article by Mark Ramseyer, published in RLE 2020 (0 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 Review of Law & Economics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Nuno Garoupa (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Francesco Parisi (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Thomas J. Miceli (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Tim Friehe (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Giovanni B. Ramello (5 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 Review of Law & Economics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Max Planck Society (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Bologna (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
• George Washington University (3 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Turin (2 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, 20.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 50.00% of all publications and 37.50% 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.