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: 26
criminal law
comparative law
legal history
legal theory
ethics of artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,337
1,545
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Legal and Political Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,973
1,628
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Health and environmental ethics
law
governance
human rights
international humanitarian law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,942
2,767
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Moral political and social philosophy
feminist philosophy
philosophy of law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,904
2,031
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Climate Change
Health
Indigenous Health
Community-Based Participatory Research
Health Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,786
2,931
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Stress
Vulnerability
Mental healh problems
Antisocial behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,780
2,678
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
International law
human rights
international criminal justice
laws of war
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,699
1,745
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Criminology
mental health
violence
psychopathy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,648
1,468
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Cybercrime
cybersecurity
evolution of crime and technology
security networks
cybercrime prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,374
2,019
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
youth criminal justice
risk assessment
rehabilitation
risk-need-responsivity
children's rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,313
1,603
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
SOCIAL THEORY (MARX
DURKHEIM
FOUCAULT)
SOCIOLOGY OF LAW AND CRIME (CORPORATE CRIME)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,292
630
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
international law
international criminal law
international human rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,280
1,337
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Public International Law
International Criminal Law
Human Rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,923
797
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Antisocial behaviour
Psychopathic/callous-unemotional traits
Mental health
Sex differences
Trajectories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,837
1,360
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Green criminology
(critical) animal studies
environmental sociology
gender studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,767
1,799
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Criminology
Computer Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,735
2,289
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
legal history
law and literature
copyright
eighteenth-century literature
law and humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,679
1,167
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Ethics
political philosophu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,641
1,072
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Environmental Law and Policy
Environmental Justice
Human RIghts and Environment
Urban Sustainability
Rights of Nature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,530
2,049
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Law and Society
Religion and Politics
Authoritarianism
Middle East Politics
Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,480
1,335
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Private law
Contract Law
Remedies
legal theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,456
832
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
refugee law
immigration law
law and globalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,454
1,109
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,348
1,338
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
victims
victimology
therapeutic jurisprudence
procedural justice
human rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,332
1,321
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,305
754
0.228
Markus D Dubber
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,337
1,545
0.289
criminal law
comparative law
legal history
legal theory
ethics of artificial intelligence
Arthur Ripstein
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,973
1,628
0.327
Jerome Amir Singh
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,942
2,767
0.560
Health and environmental ethics
law
governance
human rights
international humanitarian law
Natalie Stoljar
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,904
2,031
0.414
Moral political and social philosophy
feminist philosophy
philosophy of law
Ashlee Cunsolo
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St John’s, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,786
2,931
0.612
Climate Change
Health
Indigenous Health
Community-Based Participatory Research
Health Justice
Isabelle Ouellet Morin
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,780
2,678
0.560
Stress
Vulnerability
Mental healh problems
Antisocial behavior
Frédéric Mégret
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,699
1,745
0.371
International law
human rights
international criminal justice
laws of war
Raymond Corrado
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,648
1,468
0.316
Criminology
mental health
violence
psychopathy
Benoã®T Dupont
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,374
2,019
0.462
Cybercrime
cybersecurity
evolution of crime and technology
security networks
cybercrime prevention
Michele Peterson Badali
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,313
1,603
0.372
youth criminal justice
risk assessment
rehabilitation
risk-need-responsivity
children's rights
Frank Pearce
Queen's University Kingston
Kingston, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,292
630
0.147
SOCIAL THEORY (MARX
DURKHEIM
FOUCAULT)
SOCIOLOGY OF LAW AND CRIME (CORPORATE CRIME)
Darryl Robinson
Queen's University Kingston
Kingston, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,280
1,337
0.312
international law
international criminal law
international human rights
Payam Akhavan
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,923
797
0.203
Public International Law
International Criminal Law
Human Rights
Nathalie Mg Fontaine
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,837
1,360
0.354
Antisocial behaviour
Psychopathic/callous-unemotional traits
Mental health
Sex differences
Trajectories
Amy Fitzgerald
University of Windsor
Windsor, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,767
1,799
0.478
Green criminology
(critical) animal studies
environmental sociology
gender studies
David Décary Hétu
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,735
2,289
0.613
Simon Stern
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,679
1,167
0.317
legal history
law and literature
copyright
eighteenth-century literature
law and humanities
Daniel Weinstock
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,641
1,072
0.294
David R Boyd
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,530
2,049
0.580
Environmental Law and Policy
Environmental Justice
Human RIghts and Environment
Urban Sustainability
Rights of Nature
Tamir Moustafa
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,480
1,335
0.384
Law and Society
Religion and Politics
Authoritarianism
Middle East Politics
Egypt
Stephen A Smith
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,456
832
0.241
Private law
Contract Law
Remedies
legal theory
Catherine Dauvergne
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,454
1,109
0.321
refugee law
immigration law
law and globalization
Albert Yoon
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,348
1,338
0.400
Jo Anne Wemmers
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,332
1,321
0.396
victims
victimology
therapeutic jurisprudence
procedural justice
human rights
Brenda Cossman
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,305
754
0.228