Maximizing the scholarly access, impact, and visibility of our faculty is a core part of our mission at the UW Law Library. Over the last few years, but especially since US News announced their new …
Scholarly Visibility
WI Law In Action Podcast: Bonnie Shucha on Law Faculty Scholarly Impact & Visibility
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, host Kris Turner interviewed me, Bonnie Shucha, Associate Dean and Director of the Law Library. I discuss my recent …
Senior Faculty Publish as Many Articles and More Books, Book Chapters than Younger Colleagues
Contrary to assertions that senior faculty tend to be less productive, Inside Higher Ed reports that a new study of academic productivity says that older professors publish as much as their younger colleagues. These senior …
New Study Offers Tips for Increasing Law Review Article Citations
82% of law review articles have zero citations within the first five years. 82%. This grim finding is from a recent study by Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp of George Mason University Law Library who …
ScholarSift & JStor Text Analyzer Use AI to Identify Law & Multidisciplinary Articles that You Might Have Missed
ScholarSift is a new resource that legal scholars and law librarians should keep an eye on. Using artificial intelligence, it analyzes the text and citations of law journal articles to find other relevant law journal …
Virtual Symposium on Citation and the Law
The Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School is hosting a free Virtual Symposium on Citation and the Law on April 22 and 23, 2021. Registration is now open. The symposium will highlight the …
Representing Law Faculty Scholarly Impact: Strategies for Improving Citation Metrics and Promoting Scholarly Visibility
For the last few years, I’ve been following the issue of legal citation metrics and scholarly impact and visibility very closely. I’m pleased to share that my new paper entitled, Representing Law Faculty Scholarly Impact: …
Law Scholars Can Now Add Books & Interdisciplinary Works to Hein through ORCID Integration – What this could mean for the US News scholarly impact ranking
If you’ve been following the new US News Scholarly Impact Ranking, you know that the exclusion of books and interdisciplinary works has been a major concern for many law scholars. Last February, I posted about how …