First Amendment Studies

Aims & Scope

First Amendment Studies publishes original scholarship on all aspects of free speech and embraces the full range of critical, historical, empirical, and descriptive methodologies.

First Amendment Studies welcomes scholarship addressing areas including but not limited to: • doctrinal analysis of international and national free speech law and legislation • rhetorical analysis of cases and judicial rhetoric • theoretical and cultural issues related to free speech • the role of free speech in a wide variety of contexts (e.g., organizations, popular culture, traditional and new media).

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Why trigger warnings are beneficial, perhaps even necessary

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Eleanor Amaranth

• Workplace bullying policies, higher education and the First Amendment: Building bridges not walls

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Frances L. M., Crystal Rae

• The academically destructive nature of trigger warnings

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Richard E.

• Toward a discursive marketplace of ideas: Reimaging the marketplace metaphor in the era of social media, fake news, and artificial intelligence

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Jared

• “Civility” as a Threat to Academic Freedom

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Dana L.

• Re-focusing the debate on trigger warnings: Privilege, trauma, and disability in the classroom

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Logan

• Free Speech v. Free Blacks: Racist policing and calls to harm

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Annie

• Racism and hate speech – A critique of Scanlon’s Contractual Theory

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Raphael

• Contingent Faculty and Academic Freedom in the Twenty-First Century

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Stephen A.

• The new voice of America: Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Holly Kathleen