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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Plugging the pipe? Evaluating the (null) effects of leaks on Supreme Court legitimacy80
Does the 1L curriculum make a difference?20
The distribution of in‐person public K‐12 education in the time ofCOVID: An empirical perspective13
Sentence Variability in a Mathematical Sentencing Framework: A Statistical Analysis of Brazilian Court Data11
A Survey of Preferences for Estate Distribution at Death10
Market versus policy responses to novel occupational risks10
Imputing Proxy Advisor Recommendations9
Bridging the Human– AI Fairness Gap: How Providing Reasons Enhances the Perceived Fairness of Public Decision‐Making9
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Can you trust your lawyer's call? Legal advisers exhibit myside bias resistant to debiasing interventions8
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Secured credit and bankruptcy resolution6
Constitutional accountability for police shootings6
Patents and Supra‐Competitive Prices: Evidence From Consumer Products6
Judging fast or slow: The effects of reduced caseloads on gender‐ and ethnic‐based disparities in case outcomes6
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Income and Preferences for International Redistribution: Theory and Evidence5
Charging sex traffickers under federal law: What dispositions should we expect when applying theories on prosecutorial decision‐making?5
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Privacy decision‐making and the effects of privacy choice architecture: Experiments toward the design of behaviorally‐aware privacy regulation5
Private security and public police5
Stay at home if you can: COVID‐19 stay‐at‐home guidelines and local crime5
Patents Used in Patent Office Rejections as Indicators of Value5
The Diffusion of Deal Innovations in Complex Contractual Networks4
Hiding Lawyer Misconduct: Evidence From Florida4
Foreword JELS 22.4 (December 2025)4
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Law, Justice and Reason‐Giving4
Asymmetric review of qualified immunity appeals3
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
One judge to rule them all: Single‐member courts as an answer to delays in criminal trials3
A study of pandemic and stigma effects in removal proceedings3
The role of cable news hosts in public support for Supreme Court decisions3
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