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Scholarly Influence in a Diverse Legal Academy: Race, Sex, and Citation Counts

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This article explores sex and race differences in scholarly influence by examining logged citation counts for all 815 professors who began tenure-track positions at accredited U.S. law schools between 1986 and 1991 and who remained on the tenure track in fall 1998. White men averaged significantly more citations than did women or minorities. The differences, however, were modest. Controlling for biographical variables through a series of regression equations. moreover, eliminated the citation gap between white men and both white and minority women, while substantially reducing the gap for minority men. The analyses suggest that most sex and race differences in citation counts are associated with differences in educational background, prestige of the institution at which a professor teaches, teaching assignments, and similar factors. As these differences diminish, already modest gaps in citation counts should decline as well. Copyright 2000 by the University of Chicago.

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  • Merritt, Deborah Jones, 2000. "Scholarly Influence in a Diverse Legal Academy: Race, Sex, and Citation Counts," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 29(1), pages 345-368, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jlstud:v:29:y:2000:i:1:p:345-68
    DOI: 10.1086/468076
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    1. Iman Tahamtan & Askar Safipour Afshar & Khadijeh Ahamdzadeh, 2016. "Factors affecting number of citations: a comprehensive review of the literature," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 107(3), pages 1195-1225, June.

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