Contribution of Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (JIPR) in IPR Research: A View through the Articles Published in the Second Decade of Twenty-First Century (2015–2019) — V

Abstract

This Paper seeks to review the articles published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (JIPR)in the second half of the second decade of the twenty-first century from Volume 20 (1) (2015) to Volume 24 (6) (2019). This is the fifth paper on the theme ‗JIPR in IPR Research‘ and proceeds with the same method and arguments as adopted and developed in the previous four papers published on the theme. In this decade, a total of 144 articles were published including one Special Issue on the theme ‗New Technologies, Climate Change and IPR‘. These 144 articles were published in 30 issues of 5 volumes. JIPR in this decade published 6 regular issues in Volumes 20 (2015) and 22 (2017). Whereas, the Issues 4 and 5 of Volume 21 (2016); Issues 2 and 3, and 4 and 5 of Volume 23 (2018); and Issues (1) and (2), (3) and (4), and (5) and (6) of Volume 24 (2019) were published jointly. Out of total articles published in JIPR till Volume 24, the number of articles published in this decade (144) constitutes 17.60 (point six zero) percent, and the contribution of this decade (2015–2019) is 19.27 (point two seven) percent.