RANKING LAW JOURNALS AND THE LIMITS OF JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS
研究发现《期刊引用报告》的法律期刊排名与华盛顿与李大学法学院的排名不相关，原因是JCR数据库对法律期刊覆盖不足，并通过三个顶级期刊案例说明了数据库偏差对排名的影响。
Journal rankings published by Journal Citation Reports ( JCR ) are widely used to assess research quality, which influences important decisions by academic departments, universities, and countries in the allocation of research funds. We study refereed law journal rankings by JCR and Washington and Lee Law Library (W&L). JCR 's rankings are uncorrelated with W&L's. The differences appear to be attributable to underrepresentation of law journals in JCR 's database. We illustrate the effects of database bias on rankings through case studies of three elite journals, the Journal of Law and Economics, Supreme Court Review, and the American Law and Economics Review.