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Triangulating Mixed Methods to Access Trends and Impacts in the Journal of International Economic Law

In: Navigating Inequities and Social Justice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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  • Sahar Behpour
  • Sarah E. Ryan
  • Ravi Varma Kumar Bevara
  • Crystal Bonds
  • Ting Xiao

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Information science researchers should embrace mixed methods for analyzing trends in journals and other content. This study advances mixed methods trend analysis by employing a triangulated approach using data science and content analysis. We apply a time-biased trend-detection model based on spectral clustering techniques to the Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL). In 687 articles, we uncover topical trends such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) settlement processes. We detect thematic clusters and the predominance of single-authored articles. We then employ qualitative close reading and content analysis of 45 articles using a 19-item Qualtrics tool. This analysis, of a similar time commitment as the quantitative analysis, reveals that most JIEL articles are written by law faculty, use legal analysis as their research method, and contain minimal statistical content. We offer policy recommendations to JIEL and other law review editors. Our findings demonstrate the power of mixed methods research for trend analysis.

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  • Sahar Behpour & Sarah E. Ryan & Ravi Varma Kumar Bevara & Crystal Bonds & Ting Xiao, 2026. "Triangulating Mixed Methods to Access Trends and Impacts in the Journal of International Economic Law," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Kendra Albright & Tereza Raquel Merlo & Naresh Kumar Agarwal (ed.), Navigating Inequities and Social Justice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, chapter 14, pages 257-282, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9781800617384_0014
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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