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  "title": "Early career NIW research: student publication and citation counts",
  "description": "PetitionMatcher analysis of 481 selected published law firm NIW approvals involving students, dated January 1, 2023 through October 13, 2026. Includes a verified minimum of 72 reports of one or two journal articles and 78 of 445 exact overall citation totals at 25 or fewer. This is not an approval-rate dataset.",
  "snapshotDate": "2026-10-13",
  "approvalWindow": {
    "start": "2023-01-01",
    "end": "2026-10-13"
  },
  "sourcePopulation": "Selected published law firm NIW approval accounts involving applicants identified as students",
  "studentCases": 481,
  "journalArticles": {
    "oneOrTwoMinimum": 72,
    "cohortDenominator": 481,
    "scope": "Reported journal articles. Some counts include accepted work. Conference papers and preprints are separate. Missing or unclear counts are not zero. The higher-count distribution has not been fully source audited."
  },
  "citations": {
    "exactOverallTotals": 445,
    "zeroTo25": 78,
    "excluded": {
      "total": 36,
      "approximateOrQualified": 26,
      "notReported": 8,
      "limitedScope": 2
    },
    "bands": [
      {
        "label": "0",
        "cases": 1
      },
      {
        "label": "1 to 10",
        "cases": 3
      },
      {
        "label": "11 to 25",
        "cases": 74
      },
      {
        "label": "26 to 50",
        "cases": 94
      },
      {
        "label": "51 or more",
        "cases": 273
      }
    ],
    "scope": "Exact overall totals supported by the published source. Reported timing differs and may be at filing or later."
  },
  "variables": [
    "Student NIW approval cases reviewed",
    "Source-supported minimum reporting one or two journal articles",
    "Exact overall citation count coverage",
    "Cases reporting 25 or fewer citations",
    "Reasons for excluding citation counts"
  ],
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  ],
  "limitations": [
    "Student is a reported role, not a fixed age or years since graduation.",
    "Published law firm successes are selected approvals. They do not establish individual approval odds or which evidence caused approval.",
    "The wider PetitionMatcher corpus contains other source types and career stages and is not this article's denominator.",
    "Third-party source material remains subject to its publisher's rights."
  ],
  "publisher": "PetitionMatcher Research Team",
  "license": "https://www.petitionmatcher.com/terms"
}