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BRICS Law Highly Cited Researchers 55 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Criminal Law
International Criminal La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,871
2,345
0.264
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Direito Penal
Criminologia
Criminal Law
Criminologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,111
2,272
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Criminal Law
Constitutional La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,404
2,079
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
codistics
codification
comparative law
criminal law
кодификаци�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,502
967
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Criminal Procedure
Criminal Law
Criminal Justic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
968
691
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Criminal Law
Constitutional Law
Gender Justice
Artificial Intelligence and La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
912
296
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
уголовное право
уголовная политика
criminal law
criminology
криминологи�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
220
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
уголовное право
криминология
уголовно-исполнительное право
criminal la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
888
256
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Criminal Law
Criminology
Transnational Organized Crim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
313
0.402
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Psychiatry
Medicine
genetics
literature
criminal la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
696
343
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Law & Economics
International Economic Law
Criminal Law
Sentencing Research
Economics of Crim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
394
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Legal Studies
Criminal Law
Privat Law
Constitutional Law
Administrative La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
391
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Direito Penal
Criminologia
Psicanálise
Sociologia do desvi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
167
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Criminal Law
Criminal Justice
Cyber La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
131
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sociolinguistic
Communicative culture
Language Education
Legal culture
Criminal La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
107
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
criminal law
criminology
уголовное право
криминологи�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
79
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Criminal law
уголовное прав�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
68
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
International Law
International Human Rights Law
International Criminal Justice and Criminal La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
123
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Refugee Law
Immigration La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
114
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Human Rights Law
Public International Law
Commercial Law
Criminal La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
64
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
уголовное право
criminal law
criminolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
44
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Уголовное право / Criminal La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
27
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
International law
maritime security
human security
military law
internationa criminal la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
84
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
criminal law
criminology
minors
crime
preventio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
47
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
criminal law
criminology
customs law
civil la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
38
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,208
403
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alexei Kibalnik
North Caucasian Institute for Social
Stavropol, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,871
2,345
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,197
3,417
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Salo de Carvalho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,111
2,272
0.372
Direito Penal
Criminologia
Criminal Law
Criminologi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,689
6,697
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Prem Chandra
Swami Vivekanand Subharti University
Uttar Pradesh, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,404
2,079
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,612
2,280
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Elena N. Trikoz -- Трикоз Елена Николаевна
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,502
967
0.386
codistics
codification
comparative law
criminal law
кодификаци�
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
712,401
24,229
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Vinicius Gomes De Vasconcellos
Universidade Estadual de Goiás UEG
Anapolis, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
968
691
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
734,102
23,954
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kushagra Sharma
New Law College Pune
Pune, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
912
296
0.325
Criminal Law
Constitutional Law
Gender Justice
Artificial Intelligence and La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
740,365
6,663
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gennadiy Yu. Lesnikov (Лесников Геннадий Юрьевич)
Belgorod State University
Belgorod, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
220
0.246
уголовное право
уголовная политика
criminal law
criminology
криминологи�
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743,632
6,717
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lev R. Klebanov Лев Романович Клебанов
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
888
256
0.288
уголовное право
криминология
уголовно-исполнительное право
criminal la
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
789,524
7,486
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Юрий Воронин
South Ural State University
Chelyabinsk, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
313
0.402
Criminal Law
Criminology
Transnational Organized Crim
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
828,433
14,920
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Farbod Fadai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
696
343
0.493
Psychiatry
Medicine
genetics
literature
criminal la
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
910,536
9,653
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dmitriy Skougarevskiy|Дмитрий Скугаревский
European University at St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
394
0.715
Law & Economics
International Economic Law
Criminal Law
Sentencing Research
Economics of Crim
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,037,465
17,100
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pena Justisia
Universitas Pekalongan
Pekalongan, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
391
0.965
Legal Studies
Criminal Law
Privat Law
Constitutional Law
Administrative La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,155,870
38,264
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mariana de Assis Brasil Weigert
Universidade Estácio de Sá
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
167
0.546
Direito Penal
Criminologia
Psicanálise
Sociologia do desvi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,272,943
7,916
645
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Murdoch Mm Watney
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
131
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,293,629
17,895
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Oksana O. Ayvazyan (ОO Айвазян)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
107
0.469
Sociolinguistic
Communicative culture
Language Education
Legal culture
Criminal La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,324,847
18,600
533
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Olga A. Kuznetsova (Ольга Алексеевна Кузнецова)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
79
0.369
criminal law
criminology
уголовное право
криминологи�
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,336,744
18,846
540
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Милена Игнатова
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
68
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,434,049
9,233
573
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Avitus Agbor
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
123
0.711
International Law
International Human Rights Law
International Criminal Justice and Criminal La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,522,014
9,973
1,008
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Callixte Kavuro
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
114
0.781
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Refugee Law
Immigration La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,523,028
9,989
834
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Redson Kapindu
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
64
0.438
Human Rights Law
Public International Law
Commercial Law
Criminal La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,602,741
24,342
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Оксана Шумилина (Oksana Shumilina)
Belgorod State University
Belgorod, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
44
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,602,948
24,358
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Алексей Петрович Жеребцов / Aleksey Zherebtsov
Ural State Law Academy
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
27
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,656,624
10,995
1,102
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michelle Nel
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
84
0.750
International law
maritime security
human security
military law
internationa criminal la
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,675,609
25,804
344
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Natalia Yu. Zhilina (Жилина Наталья Юрьевна)
Belgorod State University
Belgorod, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
47
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,685,075
26,016
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Павел Макурин
Lipetsk State Technical University
Lipetsk, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
38
0.358