Journal of Law and Society

1.3k papers and 16.7k indexed citations i.

About

The 1.3k papers published in Journal of Law and Society in the last decades have received a total of 16.7k indexed citations. Papers published in Journal of Law and Society usually cover Law (556 papers), Sociology and Political Science (413 papers) and Political Science and International Relations (303 papers) specifically the topics of Law in Society and Culture (229 papers), Legal Education and Practice Innovations (176 papers) and Judicial and Constitutional Studies (131 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Journal of Law and Society are Colin Scott, Roger Cotterrell, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Kristina Murphy, Richard Abel, Kieran McEvoy, Adam Crawford, John Braithwaite, Neil Gunningham and Philip Lewis.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Journal of Law and Society

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries where authors publish in Journal of Law and Society

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This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Journal of Law and Society. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Journal of Law and Society with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Journal of Law and Society more than expected).

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