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Law Highly Cited Researchers 658 Scientists Citation in Canada 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: 26
Canada
Markus D Dubber
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
Canada
Arthur Ripstein
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
Canada
Jerome Amir Singh
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
Canada
Natalie Stoljar
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
Canada
Ashlee Cunsolo
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
Canada
Isabelle Ouellet Morin
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
Canada
Frédéric Mégret
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
Canada
Raymond Corrado
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
Canada
Benoã®T Dupont
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
Canada
Michele Peterson Badali
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
Canada
Frank Pearce
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
Canada
Darryl Robinson
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
Canada
Payam Akhavan
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
Canada
Nathalie Mg Fontaine
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
Canada
Amy Fitzgerald
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
Canada
David Décary Hétu
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
Canada
Simon Stern
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
Canada
Daniel Weinstock
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
Canada
David R Boyd
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
Canada
Tamir Moustafa
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
Canada
Stephen A Smith
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
Canada
Catherine Dauvergne
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
Canada
Albert Yoon
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
Canada
Jo Anne Wemmers
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
Canada
Brenda Cossman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,305
754
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,071
Canada
8,414
916
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Markus D Dubber
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,008
Canada
9,005
973
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Arthur Ripstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,973
1,628
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,286
Canada
9,068
982
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Jerome Amir Singh
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,843
Canada
9,126
754
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Natalie Stoljar
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,867
Canada
9,322
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Ashlee Cunsolo
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,121
Canada
9,329
354
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Isabelle Ouellet Morin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,780
2,678
0.560
Stress
Vulnerability
Mental healh problems
Antisocial behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,614
Canada
9,463
776
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Frédéric Mégret
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,847
Canada
9,565
246
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Raymond Corrado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,648
1,468
0.316
Criminology
mental health
violence
psychopathy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,893
Canada
10,062
382
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Benoã®T Dupont
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,008
Canada
10,181
1,101
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Michele Peterson Badali
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,090
Canada
10,219
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Frank Pearce
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)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,698
Canada
10,244
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Darryl Robinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,280
1,337
0.312
international law
international criminal law
international human rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,619
Canada
10,976
1,198
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Payam Akhavan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,923
797
0.203
Public International Law
International Criminal Law
Human Rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,729
Canada
11,154
421
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Nathalie Mg Fontaine
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,947
Canada
11,302
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Amy Fitzgerald
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,948
Canada
11,393
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
David Décary Hétu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,735
2,289
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,593
Canada
11,530
1,238
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Simon Stern
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,152
Canada
11,619
921
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Daniel Weinstock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,641
1,072
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,605
Canada
11,902
1,100
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
David R Boyd
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,168
Canada
12,027
303
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Tamir Moustafa
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,955
Canada
12,085
961
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Stephen A Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,456
832
0.241
Private law
Contract Law
Remedies
legal theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,095
Canada
12,091
306
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Catherine Dauvergne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,454
1,109
0.321
refugee law
immigration law
law and globalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,978
Canada
12,393
1,327
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Albert Yoon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,348
1,338
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
301,189
Canada
12,442
477
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Jo Anne Wemmers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,332
1,321
0.396
victims
victimology
therapeutic jurisprudence
procedural justice
human rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,199
Canada
12,508
1,337
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Brenda Cossman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,305
754
0.228