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Posted on Mon, 25. July 2022Mon, 13. March 2023

Scopus/Scimago: Useless for Studying Legal Research!An Empirical Assessment of Misclassification Rates in a Popular Scientometric Data Source

DOI 10.25527/re.2022.02
Empirical research on citation patterns and scholarly reputation in academic research ("scientometrics") frequently relies on a commercial database called Scopus. Scientometric studies routinely analyse the contents of this database as representing the universe of research articles in various academic fields, including legal research. We reviewed the publically available data on German law journals and found that hardly ten percent of them are classified correctly. Even our most charitable count puts the misclassification rate at around 60 percent. In scientometrically studies regarding legal research, the use of Scopus is therefore indefensible. Evidence of an indefensible...
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Authors
Prof. Dr. Dr. Hanjo Hamann
Lill Emmelheinz
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Academic Posts
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bibliometrics, citations analysis, legal studies, scientometrics, Scopus
Posted on Fri, 20. November 2020Fri, 20. November 2020

Theatrum mundi Online-Symposium »Empirische Wende«

DOI 10.25527/re.2020.08
by Prof. Dr. Dr. Ino Augsberg
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Posted on Tue, 20. October 2020Tue, 20. October 2020

Correspondence Experiments in Law An Empirical Approach to Anti-Discrimination Jurisprudence

DOI 10.25527/re.2020.05
by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hanjo Hamann
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Posted on Wed, 13. May 2020Thu, 14. May 2020

Continuity in the Federal Constitutional Court?

DOI 10.25527/re.2020.04
by Marie-Lou Sohnius, Dr. Benjamin G. Engst and Prof. Thomas Gschwend, Ph.D.
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Posted on Sat, 28. March 2020Sat, 28. March 2020

Governing through the Primacy of Science

DOI 10.25527/re.2020.03
by Tobias Gumpp
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Posted on Sun, 15. March 2020Sat, 28. March 2020

14th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Eight scholars from Germany present their empirical legal scholarship in the US

DOI 10.25527/re.2020.02
by Gilien Silsby and Prof. Dr. Dr. Hanjo Hamann
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Posted on Wed, 5. February 2020Sat, 28. March 2020

10 Days Left to Register for CELSE in Oslo Registration for 3rd Conference on Empirical Legal Studies in Europe closes on 15th Feb

DOI 10.25527/re.2020.01
by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hanjo Hamann
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