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Africa Law / International Law Highly Cited Researchers 84 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
International Law
Family La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
107
0.216
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Intellectual Property Rights
Cyberlaw
E-Commerce
Corporate law
Energy La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401
333
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
International law
Equality
social justice and the role of business
International trade law
Equity and access to higher educ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
186
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Political Science
International Law
International Relation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
215
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Private International La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241
120
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
International La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
129
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Human Rights and Development
the Right to Development in Africa
International La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
148
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
International Law and International Relation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
134
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
International Relations
International Law and Diplomacy and Strategic Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
160
0.920
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Labour Law
Law
International Law
SMEs and Islamic Bankin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
106
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Human rights
development studies
Public International Law
Environmental La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
111
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
International la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
70
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jurisprudence and International Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
65
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Child Protection
Family Law
Gender and Conflict Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
104
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jurisprudence and International Law
Medical Jurisprudence
Human Rights and Humanitarian La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
67
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Criminal Jurisprudence
Labour Law
Environmental Law and Public/Private International La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
47
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Public International Law
International Human Rights Law
Legal Ethics
African Philosophy
African Ethic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
35
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Egyptology
International Law
Protecting Antiquity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
43
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Labour and Industrial Relations Law
International Commercial Arbitration and Private Internationa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
54
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
International law
rule of law
democracy
law and legitimacy
Afric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
37
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Peace and Conflict
International Politics
International La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
52
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bioethics and Health Law
Environmental Law
Public International Law
Human Right
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
43
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Human Right and International Law
Sustainable Development
Climate Change and the Environmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
48
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
International Relations
Political Science
Security/Insecurity
International Law and Human rights
Economic Policies and Deve
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
43
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Human Right
Security studies and International La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
41
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
962,001
6,777
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nwogugu Edwin
Godfrey Okoye University
Ugwuomu-Nike, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
107
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,050,229
8,479
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tabrez Ahmad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401
333
0.830
Intellectual Property Rights
Cyberlaw
E-Commerce
Corporate law
Energy La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,132,589
6,757
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Karunanidhi Reddy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
186
0.564
International law
Equality
social justice and the role of business
International trade law
Equity and access to higher educ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,251,293
1,996
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thomas Prehi Botchway
University of Education Winneba
Winneba, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
215
0.846
Political Science
International Law
International Relation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,277,002
7,991
653
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jan L Neels
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241
120
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,356,540
8,643
1,051
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hannah Woolaver
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
129
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,392,942
38
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Carol C Ngang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
148
0.775
Human Rights and Development
the Right to Development in Africa
International La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,393,154
15,496
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Apampa Oluseyi
Babcock University
Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
134
0.702
International Law and International Relation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,441,339
16,452
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vincent Eseoghene Efebeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
160
0.920
International Relations
International Law and Diplomacy and Strategic Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,502,887
133
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rajendra Parsad Gunputh
University of Mauritius
Réduit, Mauritius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
106
0.684
Labour Law
Law
International Law
SMEs and Islamic Bankin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,512,940
134
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Roopanand Amar Mahadew
University of Mauritius
Réduit, Mauritius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
111
0.730
Human rights
development studies
Public International Law
Environmental La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,590,106
10,550
820
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Shannon Bosch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
70
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,647,113
20,941
756
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Egbewole Wahab O
University of Ilorin
Ilorin, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
65
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,662,816
21,269
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Olanike S Adelakun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
104
0.920
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Child Protection
Family Law
Gender and Conflict Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,834,381
25,134
232
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Matthew Enya Nwocha
Ebonyi State University
Abakaliki, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
67
0.848
Jurisprudence and International Law
Medical Jurisprudence
Human Rights and Humanitarian La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,865,111
25,854
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Adeniyi Olatunbosun
Kola Daisi University
Ibadan, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
47
0.635
Criminal Jurisprudence
Labour Law
Environmental Law and Public/Private International La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,883,973
12,808
999
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Freddy Mnyongani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
35
0.493
Public International Law
International Human Rights Law
Legal Ethics
African Philosophy
African Ethic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,921,560
13,136
1,025
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nicolaas Van Blerk
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
43
0.662
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Egyptology
International Law
Protecting Antiquity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,981,585
28,765
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David Tarh Akong Eyongndi
Bowen University
Iwo, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
54
0.964
Labour and Industrial Relations Law
International Commercial Arbitration and Private Internationa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,991,348
13,740
1,093
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Funmi Abioye
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
37
0.673
International law
rule of law
democracy
law and legitimacy
Afric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,008,330
29,459
405
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Oluwaseyi Ogunnowo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
52
1.000
Peace and Conflict
International Politics
International La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,012,239
4,015
616
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Karim Zaouaq|Zaouaq Karim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
43
0.827
Bioethics and Health Law
Environmental Law
Public International Law
Human Right
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,018,420
29,707
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Olaniyi Felix Olayinka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
48
0.941
Human Right and International Law
Sustainable Development
Climate Change and the Environmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,026,652
29,919
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ayoola Adebukola Olubunmi
Kola Daisi University
Ibadan, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
43
0.860
International Relations
Political Science
Security/Insecurity
International Law and Human rights
Economic Policies and Deve
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,048,723
4,585
736
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kwadwo Addo Tuffour
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
41
0.872
Human Right
Security studies and International La