Some may be interested in seeing the results of an "immediacy index" test of the top 10 journals (by impact factor). This is looking at the number of cites from articles (in the JLR database) dated 2003 that cite to articles published in each journal where the cited article is also dated 2003. In other words it's a look at how rapidly articles from these journals become known and cited.
Harvard, closely followed by Columbia, sizeably leads the group.
| Impact Factor | 2003 articles cited by end of 2003 | No. of 2003 articles in Law Rev. | Immediacy Index (cites/arts) | |
| Yale Law Journal | 11.6 | 112 | 76 | 1.5 |
| Columbia Law Rev. | 11 | 97 | 52 | 1.9 |
| Virginia Law Rev. | 11 | 60 | 36 | 1.7 |
| N.Y.U. Law Rev. | 10.8 | 43 | 37 | 1.2 |
| Stanford Law Rev. | 10.8 | 73 | 58 | 1.3 |
| Cornell Law Rev. | 10.5 | 55 | 46 | 1.2 |
| Harvard Law Rev. | 10.3 | 160 | 82 | 2.0 |
| UCLA Law Rev. | 9.4 | 36 | 33 | 1.1 |
| Minnesota Law Rev. | 8.5 | 58 | 53 | 1.1 |
| U. of Penn. Law Rev. | 8.4 | 54 | 64 | 0.8 |
This is an example of a search in the JLR database:
text(55 56 +1 (stan stanford +2 "l.rev." "l.r." (l +1 rev review) (law +2 rev review)) ("stan.l.rev.") "stanford.l.rev." +6 2003) & DA(2003)