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Latin America Law Highly Cited Researchers 4.986 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Direito Constitucional
Teoria dos Direitos Fundamentais
Eficácia e Efetividade dos direitos fundamentais no direito público
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,823
11,463
0.339
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Direito Administrativo
Direito Constitucional
Direito Público
Administrative La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,871
7,142
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Antropologia
Direitos Humanos
violência de gênero
raça e racismo
Colonialidade do Pode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,583
16,230
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jurisprudence
Direito Constitucional
Hermenêutica Jurídica
Filosofia do Direito
Teoria do Direit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,309
6,765
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Direito
Direito Privado
Direito Civil-Constitucional
La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,125
5,080
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Direito Processual Civil
Teoria Geral do Process
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,918
5,236
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Derecho Público (Constitucional y Penal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,049
4,721
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Derech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,435
5,506
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Derecho Pena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,860
6,104
0.562
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Direito do Trabalho
Direito Processual do Trabalho
Direito Constitucional
Direitos Humanos
Direitos Sociai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,675
3,792
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Saúde Coletiva
Saúde e Direitos Humanos enfocando HIV/Aids
ISTs
COVID-19
violência interpessoa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,126
2,486
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
direito
sociologia
sociologia jurídica
sociologia do direito
ciência polític
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,654
1,345
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sociologia
teoria social
violência
justiça criminal
criminalidad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,052
2,855
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Latin American Politics
Democracy
Political Parties
Electoral Reform
Women's Political Representatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,983
3,040
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
sexualidade
gênero
estudos queer
direitos humano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,982
3,576
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Public International Law
Private International Law
Constitutional Law
Human Rights La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,724
2,333
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,671
1,101
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
teoría del derecho en América Latina
fuerza simbólica de la le
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,658
2,198
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Direito Constituciona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,539
2,301
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
direito ambiental
povos indígenas
federalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,522
1,550
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
bioética
direito
doença infecciosa
saúde públic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,502
2,808
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Direito Público
Direito Constitucional
Direito Administrativ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,430
2,354
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Direito Públic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,302
2,403
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Direito
sustentabilidade
inteligência artificia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,213
2,039
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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
Rankings
20,025
149
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ingo Sarlet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,823
11,463
0.339
Direito Constitucional
Teoria dos Direitos Fundamentais
Eficácia e Efetividade dos direitos fundamentais no direito público
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,330
194
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Celso Antônio Bandeira De Mello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,871
7,142
0.239
Direito Administrativo
Direito Constitucional
Direito Público
Administrative La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,922
241
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rita Segato
Universidade de Brasília UNB
Brasilia, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,583
16,230
0.611
Antropologia
Direitos Humanos
violência de gênero
raça e racismo
Colonialidade do Pode
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,764
358
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lenio Luiz Streck
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos UNISINOS
Sao Leopoldo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,309
6,765
0.317
Jurisprudence
Direito Constitucional
Hermenêutica Jurídica
Filosofia do Direito
Teoria do Direit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,217
713
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Maria Celina Bodin De Moraes
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-RIO
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,125
5,080
0.336
Direito
Direito Privado
Direito Civil-Constitucional
La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,477
834
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fredie Didier Jr|Fredie Didier Junior, Fredie Souza Didier Jr., Fredie Didier
Universidade Federal da Bahia
Rosario, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,918
5,236
0.376
Direito Processual Civil
Teoria Geral do Process
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,367
109
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alberto Rosario Matos
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,049
4,721
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,671
89
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Felipe Bohorquez Rodriguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,435
5,506
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,244
152
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Juan Luis Modolell González
Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,860
6,104
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,204
1,349
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mauricio Godinho Delgado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,675
3,792
0.355
Direito do Trabalho
Direito Processual do Trabalho
Direito Constitucional
Direitos Humanos
Direitos Sociai
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,420
1,467
426
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ivan Franca Junior
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,126
2,486
0.246
Saúde Coletiva
Saúde e Direitos Humanos enfocando HIV/Aids
ISTs
COVID-19
violência interpessoa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,276
2,380
689
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
José Eduardo Faria
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,654
1,345
0.176
direito
sociologia
sociologia jurídica
sociologia do direito
ciência polític
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,082
2,728
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michel Misse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,052
2,855
0.405
Sociologia
teoria social
violência
justiça criminal
criminalidad
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,688
619
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Flavia Freidenberg
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,983
3,040
0.435
Latin American Politics
Democracy
Political Parties
Electoral Reform
Women's Political Representatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,708
2,786
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Berenice Bento
Universidade de Brasília UNB
Brasilia, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,982
3,576
0.512
sexualidade
gênero
estudos queer
direitos humano
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,896
2,975
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Valerio De Oliveira Mazzuoli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,724
2,333
0.347
Public International Law
Private International Law
Constitutional Law
Human Rights La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,217
343
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Carlos M Vilas
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,671
1,101
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,540
203
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mauricio Garcia Villegas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,658
2,198
0.330
teoría del derecho en América Latina
fuerza simbólica de la le
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,594
3,138
866
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
João Paulo Francisco
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,539
2,301
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,067
3,154
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paulo De Bessa Antunes|P. B. Antunes, Paulo Bessa
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UNIRIO
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,522
1,550
0.238
direito ambiental
povos indígenas
federalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,565
3,173
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andreia Patricia Gomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,502
2,808
0.432
bioética
direito
doença infecciosa
saúde públic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,554
3,214
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Romeu Felipe Bacellar Filho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,430
2,354
0.366
Direito Público
Direito Constitucional
Direito Administrativ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,980
3,308
915
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Maria Paula Dallari Bucci
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,302
2,403
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,540
3,395
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Juarez Freitas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,213
2,039
0.328
Direito
sustentabilidade
inteligência artificia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,452
3,473
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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