The Yale Law Journal

49.8k citations
2.6k papers · indexed · active since 1950

Impact in

Papers in

  • Law 690
    • Judicial and Constitutional Studies 155
    • Criminal Law and Evidence 144
    • Legal Education and Practice Innovations 116
    • Legal Systems and Judicial Processes 381
    • American Constitutional Law and Politics 247

The Yale Law Journal

1.5k papers receiving 21.4k citations

Peers

The Yale Law Journal
Comparison fields: 5 of 219
  • Law 10.6k
  • Political Science and International Relations 12.4k
  • Economics and Econometrics 12.6k
  • Strategy and Management 5.8k
  • Accounting 4.3k
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Fields of papers published in The Yale Law Journal

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About The Yale Law Journal

The 2.6k papers published in The Yale Law Journal in the last decades have received a total of 49.8k indexed citations . Papers published in The Yale Law Journal usually cover Law (690 papers), Political Science and International Relations (855 papers), Economics and Econometrics (490 papers), Accounting (163 papers) and Public Administration (40 papers) specifically the topics of Legal Systems and Judicial Processes (381 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (247 papers), Legal and Constitutional Studies (227 papers), Law, Rights, and Freedoms (203 papers), Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (188 papers), Judicial and Constitutional Studies (155 papers), Criminal Law and Evidence (144 papers) and Legal Education and Practice Innovations (116 papers). The most active scholars publishing in The Yale Law Journal are Jane M. Jacobs, Henry Hansmann, Yochai Roberts Benkler, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Cass R. Sunstein, Oona A. Hathaway, Joseph H. H. Weiler, Lewis A. Kornhauser, Jeremy Waldron and Robert C. Ellickson.

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