Rob Willey

George Mason University - George Mason University Law Library

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George Mason University

4400 University Drive

Fairfax, VA 22030

United States

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The Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2024

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2025
Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp
George Mason University - George Mason University Law Library and George Mason University Law Library
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law school rankings, legal scholarship, legal scholarship rankings, scholarly impact rankings, best legal scholars, top legal scholars, law faculty scholarly impact, current top legal scholars, scholarly recognition in law, legal scholarship trends, law school faculty rankings, COVID-19 effects on legal research, gender in legal academia, caregiving in academia, inclusive academic rankings, quantifying scholarly impact, academic citation metrics

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How to Increase Citations to Legal Scholarship (Originally titled: Hein, U.S. News, and How to Increase Citations)

Originally published in the Ohio State Technology Law Journal, Volume 18.1, pp. 157-237 (2021)
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 15 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2022
Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp
George Mason University - George Mason University Law Library and George Mason University Law Library
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U.S. News, law school rankings, scholarship impact, citations, citation factors, search engine optimization, SEO, HeinOnline, ORCID

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A New Inclusive Scholar Rank

Women's Rights Law Reporter, Vol. 45, Issue 3-4, pp. 124-150 (2024).
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2024
Rob Willey, Melanie Knapp and Ashley Matthews
George Mason University - George Mason University Law Library, George Mason University Law Library and George Mason University Law Library
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legal scholarship, law school rankings, legal rankings, scholar rank, h-index, citations, gender gap, inclusion, tenure

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SSRN’s Impact on Citations to Legal Scholarship and How to Maximize It

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 475–507 (2023)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2023
Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp
George Mason University - George Mason University Law Library and George Mason University Law Library
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open access, OA, SSRN, citations, legal citations, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, Google, abstract length

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Visual Contracts in U.S. Courts

Drake Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 09 Sep 2024 Last Revised: 22 May 2025
Rob Willey, Tammy Tran, Lygie Hinkle and Ashley Matthews
George Mason University - George Mason University Law Library, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and George Mason University Law Library
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visual contracts, cartoon contracts, contract origins, legal design, history of contracts

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Constructing Inclusive & Current Scholarship Impact Rankings

Women's Rights Law Reporter, Vol. 44, No. 1/2, pp. 1–51 (2023)
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2023
Rob Willey, Melanie Knapp and Ashley Matthews
George Mason University - George Mason University Law Library, George Mason University Law Library and George Mason University Law Library
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legal scholarship, law school rankings, legal rankings, citations, gender gap, inclusion, tenure