Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Empirical Legal Studies is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Plugging the pipe? Evaluating the (null) effects of leaks on Supreme Court legitimacy43
The distribution of in‐person public K‐12 education in the time ofCOVID: An empirical perspective18
Does the 1L curriculum make a difference?13
Market versus policy responses to novel occupational risks13
Imputing Proxy Advisor Recommendations12
Bridging the Human– AI Fairness Gap: How Providing Reasons Enhances the Perceived Fairness of Public Decision‐Making11
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Can you trust your lawyer's call? Legal advisers exhibit myside bias resistant to debiasing interventions8
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Transnational Litigation in U.S. Courts: A Theoretical and Empirical Reassessment7
Judging fast or slow: The effects of reduced caseloads on gender‐ and ethnic‐based disparities in case outcomes7
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Constitutional accountability for police shootings6
U.S. Copyright Termination Notices 1977–2020: Introducing New Datasets6
Secured credit and bankruptcy resolution6
Private security and public police6
Income and Preferences for International Redistribution: Theory and Evidence5
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Privacy decision‐making and the effects of privacy choice architecture: Experiments toward the design of behaviorally‐aware privacy regulation5
Hiding Lawyer Misconduct: Evidence From Florida4
Stay at home if you can: COVID‐19 stay‐at‐home guidelines and local crime4
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The Diffusion of Deal Innovations in Complex Contractual Networks4
Charging sex traffickers under federal law: What dispositions should we expect when applying theories on prosecutorial decision‐making?4
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Patents Used in Patent Office Rejections as Indicators of Value4
Assessing the Conservative Nature of the Supreme Court of Japan via Ideal Point Estimation of Justices3
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One judge to rule them all: Single‐member courts as an answer to delays in criminal trials3
Chain novel, or Markov chain? Estimating the authority of U.S. Supreme Court case law3
Centered Advantage: A Geographic Measure of Partisan Fairness in Redistricting3
Asymmetric review of qualified immunity appeals3
The role of cable news hosts in public support for Supreme Court decisions3
Lucky you: Your case is heard by a seasoned panel—Panel effects in the German Constitutional Court3
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Law, Justice and Reason‐Giving3
A study of pandemic and stigma effects in removal proceedings3
Foreword JELS 22.4 (December 2025)3
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