https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2640-7784
https://papers.ssrn.com/author=1876859
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieclairemiller
Experience
West Virginia University College of Law
July 2024 - Present, Interim Director of the Law Library
July 2018 - Present, Head of Outreach, Attorney Services, and Digital Initiatives
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Washington and Lee University School of Law
January 2015 - June 2018, Assistant Director of the Law Library
August 2014 - December 2014, Head of Bibliographic and Digital Services Librarian
January 2012 - July 2014, Electronic Services Librarian
Publications
All in Good Time: An Analysis of Longitudinal Citation Data to Assess the Impact of Open Access Digital Archives
Forthcoming
What is the impact of self-archiving platforms and institutional repositories on rate of citation to legal scholarship over time? While we know that greater exposure leads to higher rates of citation in the aggregate[1], this study will use citation analysis to investigate the question of whether and to what degree these platforms have increased the rate of citation to legal scholarship over the lifespan of the published work. The study will analyze longitudinal citation data of a selection of lead articles published by flagship law journals across multiple time intervals to address questions such as: is the volume of citations to a given work at the time of publication, months, years, or even decades later greater if such platforms are used to increase exposure? Does it matter whether such tools are implemented contemporaneously with publication or implemented at a later stage in the lifespan of the work? Finally, what implications, if any, do these results have in the context of the long tail theory of legal scholarship?
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The Scholarly Impact Matrix: An Empirical Study of How Multiple Metrics Create an Informed Story of a Scholar's Work
39 Legal Reference Services Q. 283 (2020) (with Caroline Osborne). Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=3582607
This article analyzes data collected in an empirical study of citation metrics. Between February 1, 2019 and April 30, 2019, the authors collected citation data from Google Scholar, HeinOnline, Westlaw, Lexis, SSRN, and Digital Commons repositories on randomly selected faculty members at U.S. law schools for the purpose of answering questions regarding fit and utility of citation metrics. Analysis of the citation data examines the impact of adoption of scholarly profiles, gender, and stage in the profession, and discipline, on exposure on citation with the conclusion that exposure results in increased citations.
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Curricular Changes in Legal Research Instruction: An Empirical Study
37 Legal Reference Services Q. 97 (2018) (with Caroline Osborne). Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=3201057
This article examines components of curricular design of a legal research class as impacting student performance. Expertise of instructor and use of the inverted, or flipped, classroom are specifically explored. Eight years of exam performance on an oral legal research midterm is used to measure student performance and success of various components of curricular design.
Teaching
West Virginia University College of Law
Introduction to Legal Research, 2018 - present
Advanced Legal Research: Selected Topics, 2020 - present
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Washington and Lee University School of Law
Legal Research 1, 2015 - 2018
Introduction to the Legal Profession (undergraduate course), 2017