Here are the Washington & Lee tax law review combined rankings of the five major tax journals:
- Florida Tax Review ("Florida")
- Tax Law Review ("NYU")
- Tax Lawyer ("ABA")
- Tax Notes
- Virginia Tax Review ("Virginia")
The rankings are based on the annual combined rankings in 2003-2012 among these five journals:by:
- Impact Factor (citations/number of articles published)
- Citations in Law Reviews
- Citations in Cases (federal and state courts)
- Currency (how rapidly articles are cited)
|
Rank |
Journal |
2012 |
2011 |
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
|
1.1 |
NYU |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
2.9 |
Tax Notes |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
|
3.0 |
Florida |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
3.1 |
Virginia |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
4.9 |
ABA |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
As I have previously noted, Tax Notes fares poorly in the Impact Factor category (citations/number of articles published) because W&L apparently counts as "articles" all of the advance sheet material in Tax Notes.
Tax Notes is #1 by a wide margin in the number of citations in law reviews, with more than double the citations of its nearest competitor:
|
Rank |
Journal |
2012 |
2011 |
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
|
1.0 |
Tax Notes |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
2.9 |
ABA |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
3.0 |
NYU |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
3.1 |
Virginia |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
|
5.0 |
Florida |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
