Table 9 Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient between the three rankings (penalized Pagerank, Vertex strength and Closeness) and the number of cases won and the total claim value of cases won. Spearman’s coefficient was calculated for top 10, top 50 lawyers (according to the respective ranking) and all layers in network
From: Ranking lawyers using a social network induced by legal cases
| Â | Top 10 | Â | Top 50 | Â | All lawyers | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Number | Total claim | Number | Total claim | Number | Total claim |
| Â | of cases | values | of cases | values | of cases | values |
| Â | won | won | won | won | won | won |
Penalized Pagerank | −0.236 | 0.103 | 0.507 | 0.501 | 0.149 | 0.147 |
Vertex strength | 0.648 | 0.624 | 0.523 | 0.510 | 0.903 | 0.871 |
Closeness | 0.389 | 0.224 | 0.571 | 0.563 | 0.866 | 0.838 |