
doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2512487
This article analyzes academic journals in the disciplines Law and Library and Information Science. Using data provided by Scopus as distributed through Journal Metrics, this article explores the intersection of the scholarly literature relevant to law librarianship and legal informatics. Although methodological approaches vary within each discipline – sometimes widely – this survey demonstrates the potentially narrow niche law librarians and legal information scientists occupy. If we take a broad view of the discipline and incorporate publications from both fields, however, this survey demonstrates that law librarians have many opportunities to contribute to the scholarly endeavor. This article does not reach specific questions that arise from author-level analysis. Further studies might explore the actual practice and publication pattern of academic law librarians and legal information scientists.
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 1 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
