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same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average
within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research
topics.
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Fields of papers citing papers by William E. Nelson
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Nelson, William E.. (2009). Legal Turmoil in a Factious Colony: New York, 1664-1776. Hofstra law review. 38(1). 3.
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Nelson, William E., et al.. (2009). The Liberal Tradition of the Supreme Court Clerkship: Its Rise, Fall, and Reincarnation?. Vanderbilt law review. 62(6). 1747.5 indexed citations
Nelson, William E.. (2004). Brown v. Board of Education and the Jurisprudence of Legal Realism. Saint Louis University law journal. 48(3). 4.2 indexed citations
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Nelson, William E.. (2004). The Province of the Judiciary, 37 J. Marshall L. Rev. 325 (2004). The John Marshall law review. 37(2). 2.1 indexed citations
Nelson, William E.. (1999). From Fairness to Efficiency: The Transformation of Tort Law in New York, 1920-1980. Buffalo law review. 47(1). 117.
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Nelson, William E. & Norman Williams. (1999). Suburbanization and Market Failure: An Analysis of Government Policies Promoting Suburban Growth and Ethnic Assimilation. The Fordham urban law journal/Fordham urban law journal. 27(1). 197.1 indexed citations
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Nelson, William E.. (1995). The Changing Meaning of Equality inTwentieth-Century Constitutional Law. Washington and Lee law review. 52(1). 3.1 indexed citations
Meyer, William R., Sudarshan K. Loyalka, William E. Nelson, & Ross W. Williams. (1975). Homemade nuclear bomb syndrome. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society.25 indexed citations
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