University of Toronto Law Journal

Top Research Topics at University of Toronto Law Journal?

University of Toronto Law Journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Law, Law and economics, Criminology, Common law and Public law. It focuses on different Law studies like Comparative law, Constitution, Supreme court, Politics and International law.

• Law (53.20%)
• Law and economics (9.81%)
• Criminology (4.64%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The nerves of government : models of political communication and control (443 citations)
• Venture-Capital Exits in Canada and the United States (139 citations)
• An Economic Analysis of Limited Liability in Corporation Law (110 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at University of Toronto Law Journal:

The published articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Law, Law and economics, Criminology, Epistemology and Politics. Law studies presented in the journal articles include Criminal law, Supreme court, Fiduciary, Common law and Constitution. Property law, Property rights, Institution, Private property and Doctrine are some topics wherein Law and economics research discussed in the journal articles has an impact.

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 University of Toronto Law Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

• Bora Laskin (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Kent Roach (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Gilbert D. Kennedy (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Albert S. Abel (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael J. Trebilcock (18 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 University of Toronto Law Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Toronto (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yale University (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• McGill University (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• York University (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Queen's University (5 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 2022 edition, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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.