Result ranking

vLex results are, by default, sorted by relevance. This is calculated using a combination of the following factors:

• Textual ranking: scans the results and shows you information that most closely relates to your search terms.

• Legal ranking: higher legal status means higher priority. For example, a result from a higher court will have priority over a result from a minor court, and a piece of legislation will have higher priority than a bill.

• Citation frequency: documents that are cited more frequently rank higher.

• Social ranking: the way users interact with vLex gives the algorithm clues as to whether a document is helpful or not.

• Personal ranking: your SmartTopics choices and the documents that you follow indicate what is important to you.

• Editorial ranking: vLex's editorial team manually selects the key search results for the searches that are conducted most frequently.

Other sorting criteria

Use the drop-down menu in the top-right hand corner above your results to change the order to one of the following options:

• Most cited

• Most recent

• Oldest

• Most visited