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Pros & Cons of a Law Faculty Scholarly Impact Ranking using SSRN Downloads

Posted on September 8, 2022

Yesterday, I blogged about new scholarship by Rob Willey, Melanie Knapp, and Ashley Matthews at George Mason University Law Library that explores how and why women are frequently underrepresented in law scholarly impact rankings and …

Posted in Legal Publications, Scholarly Visibility

New Scholarship Explores Underrepresentation of Women in Law Scholarly Impact Rankings & Proposes Alternative Metric

Posted on September 7, 2022

Several studies have found that women tend to publish less frequently than men.  However, research also shows that, per publication, women tend to be cited at the same or higher rates than men. New scholarship by …

Posted in Legal Publications, Scholarly Visibility

Partnering with other Law School Units to Promote Law Faculty Scholarly Visibility

Posted on July 27, 2022

This afternoon, I had the pleasure of attending an excellent presentation on The Life Cycle of Scholarship Marketing, jointly presented by the UW Law School External Affairs Office and our Law Library.  The session was …

Posted in Presentations & Workshops, Scholarly Visibility, UW Law School

New Work Offers Great Advice for Legal Scholars & Law Librarians on Capturing Impact: Telling the Story of Your Scholarship Beyond the Citation Count.

Posted on April 7, 2022

In her recent article, Ashley Ahlbrand offers great advice for legal scholars and law librarians on Capturing Impact: Telling the Story of Your Scholarship Beyond the Citation Count.  She explores the shortcomings of citation metrics …

Posted in Legal Writing, Scholarly Visibility

New Scholarship Finds that Law Scholarship Posted to SSRN Enjoys a Citation Advantage

Posted on February 24, 2022

New scholarship by Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp at George Mason University School of Law finds that legal scholars who post their work to SSRN are cited more often.  Their working paper, SSRN’s Impact on …

Posted in citation, Scholarly Visibility

New Work Recommends Standards for Law Scholarly Impact Analyses

Posted on October 24, 2021

An excellent new article by Karen L. Wallace & Rebecca Lutkenhaus, Professors of Law Librarianship at Drake University Law School takes a deep dive into the practice and implications of ranking law faculty scholarly impact.  In …

Posted in Libraries & Librarians, Scholarly Visibility

LSA Statement on US News’ Rejection of Scholarly Impact Metric

Posted on September 14, 2021

Earlier today, the Law & Society Association has issued a statement on U.S. News’ decision not to proceed with its proposal to add a measure of “scholarly impact” to its law school rankings.  LSA is …

Posted in Legal Publications, Libraries & Librarians, Scholarly Visibility

HeinOnline Enhances Subject Searching with New PathFinder – But Still Has a Few Bumps

Posted on August 26, 2021

HeinOnline recently introduced a new feature called PathFinder that offers more robust subject searching.  PathFinder is a multi-level subject taxonomy in which broad research concepts are divided into increasingly granular levels.  Both text and graphical …

Posted in Data & Databases, Scholarly Visibility

Responding to US News’ Decision Not to Create Scholarly Impact Ranking – Law Librarians Still Play a Key Role in Maximizing Scholarly Visibility

Posted on August 23, 2021

After raising numerous concerns from the legal academic community, Brian Leiter reports that U.S. News has decided not to produce its own scholarly impact ranking.  Chief among these concerns is that the exclusion of interdisciplinary scholarship and …

Posted in Libraries & Librarians, Scholarly Visibility

UW Law Library Program on Increasing Scholarly Visibility Busts Myths about Marketing & Discoverability

Posted on August 18, 2021

Last week, our UW Law Librarians teamed up with our External Affairs team to put on a very well-received in-house program for our faculty and staff on Increasing Scholarly Visibility: Social Media & Discoverability.  It …

Posted in Libraries & Librarians, Scholarly Visibility
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