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Posted on Mon, 25. July 2022Mon, 25. July 2022

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 Wed, 1. May 2019Wed, 12. June 2019

Are apex court judges politically biased?

DOI 10.25527/re.2019.03
by Prof. Dr. Niels Petersen
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Posted on Wed, 1. May 2019Wed, 12. June 2019

Augmented Doctrinal Reality Exploring and Analysing Judicial Discourse with Computer-Aided Methods

DOI 10.25527/re.2019.02
by Prof. Dr. Arthur Dyevre
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Posted on Wed, 1. May 2019Wed, 12. June 2019

What do Lawyers Have to Count (on)? On the Role of Lawʼs|Empirics in European Legal Studies

DOI 10.25527/re.2019.01
by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hanjo Hamann
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