Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Law / Law and Legal Studies Highly Cited Researchers 883 Scientists Citation in Australia Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
criminology
restorative justice
peace
regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,506
13,573
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
risk
criminology
jurisprudence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,073
3,838
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Green Criminology
Youth Studies
Criminology
Juvenile Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,367
5,314
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Criminology
third-party policing
evidence-based policing
policing experiments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,351
6,496
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Social Identity Processes
Prejudice
Justice
Leadership and Influence
Partisan Truth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,977
5,550
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Law -regulation of alcohol & other unhealthy industries
regulatory capture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,878
3,406
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
dissent
nonviolent action
scientific controversies
strategies against injustice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,660
2,785
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,239
8,494
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
homelessness
public health
reducing health inequalities
social justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,828
6,047
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Public policy and regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,229
3,300
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Face perception and recognition
eyewitness memory
forensic science
expert evidence
mental health and criminal justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,226
3,573
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
International law
human rights law
feminist legal theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,783
2,287
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
public international law
refugees
migration
human rights
State responsibility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,504
2,188
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
international refugee law
climate change displacement
disaster displacement
forced migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,392
3,678
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
career development
international student transitions
professional education
social justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,312
3,168
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
History of science/information
intellectual history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,945
3,908
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Criminology and Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,407
3,034
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thermoelectric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,769
7,483
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Environmental law
International environmental law
Climate change law
Climate change litigation
Risk regulation and law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,657
3,177
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
justice repair
reconciliation
ethical decision-making
biased decision-making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,397
3,739
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
physics of light and surface plasmons
waves
simulation
nanotechnology
science communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,284
2,417
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Children and the law
child protection
child sexual abuse
court decision-making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,716
1,599
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
social institutions
social ontology
professional and applied ethics
police ethics
military ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,616
2,762
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
regulation
lawyers' ethics
food labelling
animal law
corporate compliance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,494
2,180
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
occupational deprivation
occupational justice
occupational therapy
occupational science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,236
2,117
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,001
270
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John Braithwaite
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,506
13,573
0.214
criminology
restorative justice
peace
regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,662
2,148
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pat O Malley
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,073
3,838
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,483
2,471
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rob White
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,367
5,314
0.325
Green Criminology
Youth Studies
Criminology
Juvenile Justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,779
2,958
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lorraine Mazerolle
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,351
6,496
0.453
Criminology
third-party policing
evidence-based policing
policing experiments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,688
3,401
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael J Platow
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,977
5,550
0.428
Social Identity Processes
Prejudice
Justice
Leadership and Influence
Partisan Truth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,433
3,432
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tony Brown
University of Newcastle
Callaghan, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,878
3,406
0.264
Law -regulation of alcohol & other unhealthy industries
regulatory capture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,989
3,848
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Brian Martin
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,660
2,785
0.239
dissent
nonviolent action
scientific controversies
strategies against injustice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,753
4,022
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ross P Buckley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,239
8,494
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,703
4,248
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lisa Jane Wood
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,828
6,047
0.558
homelessness
public health
reducing health inequalities
social justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,955
4,530
388
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Graeme Hodge
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,229
3,300
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,990
4,531
321
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard Kemp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,226
3,573
0.349
Face perception and recognition
eyewitness memory
forensic science
expert evidence
mental health and criminal justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,113
4,760
383
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hilary Charlesworth
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,783
2,287
0.234
International law
human rights law
feminist legal theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,570
4,918
345
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Guy S Goodwin Gill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,504
2,188
0.230
public international law
refugees
migration
human rights
State responsibility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,022
4,984
351
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jane McAdam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,392
3,678
0.392
international refugee law
climate change displacement
disaster displacement
forced migration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,054
5,032
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nancy Arthur
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,312
3,168
0.340
career development
international student transitions
professional education
social justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,154
5,236
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Richard Yeo
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,945
3,908
0.437
History of science/information
intellectual history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,408
5,596
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chris Cunneen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,407
3,034
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,490
6,147
511
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Weidi Liu
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,769
7,483
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,647
6,240
485
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jacqueline Peel
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,657
3,177
0.415
Environmental law
International environmental law
Climate change law
Climate change litigation
Risk regulation and law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,771
6,462
543
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tyler G Okimoto
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,397
3,739
0.505
justice repair
reconciliation
ethical decision-making
biased decision-making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,097
6,576
517
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Timothy Davis
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,284
2,417
0.332
physics of light and surface plasmons
waves
simulation
nanotechnology
science communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,792
7,164
531
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Judith Judy Cashmore
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,716
1,599
0.238
Children and the law
child protection
child sexual abuse
court decision-making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,155
7,266
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Seumas Miller
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,616
2,762
0.417
social institutions
social ontology
professional and applied ethics
police ethics
military ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,235
7,406
579
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Christine Parker
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,494
2,180
0.336
regulation
lawyers' ethics
food labelling
animal law
corporate compliance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,107
7,702
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gail Whiteford
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,236
2,117
0.339
occupational deprivation
occupational justice
occupational therapy
occupational science