Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Law Highly Cited Researchers 277 Scientists Citation in Germany 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
Environmental Law and Economics
Payments for Ecosystem Services
REDD+
Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,872
1,121
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Transnational Private Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,836
458
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Derechos Humanos
Derechos Sociales
Igualdad
Perspectiva de Género
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,831
899
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Criminal justice
prisons
legal cultures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,824
440
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
company law
capital markets law
comparative law
private international law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,812
803
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Numerical Gas Dynamics
Numerical Magnetohydrodynamics
Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,810
800
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Functional Analysis
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
Conservation Laws
Stochastic PDEs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,797
535
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
European Union Law
Trade Law
WTO
arbitration
investment protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,762
528
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
comparative law
private international law
family law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,700
486
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Information Law
Social Media Research
Activity Tracking
Smart Cities
E-Government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,629
1,129
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Economics of Digitization
Economics of Innovation
Data Economy
Law and Economics
Economics of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,575
984
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Political Economy
Institutional Economics
Law & Economics
Applied Econometrics
Game Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,571
1,222
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
human rights
legal mobilization
authoritarianism
rule of law
international courts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,564
435
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
German and European Administrative Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,543
572
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Toxicology
Environmental Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,433
1,183
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Makrokriminalität
Internetkriminalität
Bagatelldelinquenz
Comparative Criminal Justice
Sanktionsforschung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,338
523
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
EU refugee and migration law and politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,215
185
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
International law
comparative constitutional law
foreign relations law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
713
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Human Rights
International and Comparative Law
Inter-American Human Rights System
transitional justice
socio-legal studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,056
448
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
White-Collar Crime
Corporate Crime
Computer and Internet Crime
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
891
486
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Kriminologie Kriminalstatistik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
754
138
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
public law
economic law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
737
464
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Ethics and law of
genomics
regenerative medicine
health policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
715
346
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
European Law
Commercial Law
Corporate Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
687
158
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
social acceptance in the context of energy systems
energy poverty
distributive justice
survey methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
569
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
470,011
17,086
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Lasse Loft
Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung
Müncheberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,872
1,121
0.599
Environmental Law and Economics
Payments for Ecosystem Services
REDD+
Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
476,444
17,299
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Gralf Peter Calliess
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,836
458
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,323
17,327
299
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Laura Clérico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,831
899
0.491
Derechos Humanos
Derechos Sociales
Igualdad
Perspectiva de Género
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
478,620
17,362
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Johannes Feest
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,824
440
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
480,721
17,444
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jessica Schmidt
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,812
803
0.443
company law
capital markets law
comparative law
private international law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
481,074
17,453
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Friedemann Kemm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,810
800
0.442
Numerical Gas Dynamics
Numerical Magnetohydrodynamics
Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483,519
17,537
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Petra Wittbold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,797
535
0.298
Functional Analysis
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
Conservation Laws
Stochastic PDEs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
490,212
17,722
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Christian Tietje
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,762
528
0.300
European Union Law
Trade Law
WTO
arbitration
investment protection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
502,157
18,062
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Katharina Boele-Woelki
Bucerius Law School
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,700
486
0.286
comparative law
private international law
family law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
516,568
18,517
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Kaja J. Fietkiewicz
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,629
1,129
0.693
Information Law
Social Media Research
Activity Tracking
Smart Cities
E-Government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
527,861
18,846
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Frank Mueller-Langer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,575
984
0.625
Economics of Digitization
Economics of Innovation
Data Economy
Law and Economics
Economics of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
528,674
18,869
402
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Jerg Gutmann
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,571
1,222
0.778
Political Economy
Institutional Economics
Law & Economics
Applied Econometrics
Game Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
530,369
18,910
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Dilek Kurban
Hertie School of Governance
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,564
435
0.278
human rights
legal mobilization
authoritarianism
rule of law
international courts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
534,969
19,045
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Ulrich Stelkens
Universität Speyer
Speyer, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,543
572
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,092
19,826
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Naeem Shahid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,433
1,183
0.826
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Toxicology
Environmental Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
584,189
20,515
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Stefan Harrendorf
Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald
Greifswald, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,338
523
0.391
Makrokriminalität
Internetkriminalität
Bagatelldelinquenz
Comparative Criminal Justice
Sanktionsforschung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
618,303
21,509
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Mehmet Ozcan
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,215
185
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
619,581
21,559
274
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Helmut Philipp Aust
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
713
0.589
International law
comparative constitutional law
foreign relations law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
668,627
23,066
297
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Manuel Góngora Mera
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,056
448
0.424
Human Rights
International and Comparative Law
Inter-American Human Rights System
transitional justice
socio-legal studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
729,738
24,856
361
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Martin Paul Waßmer
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
891
486
0.545
White-Collar Crime
Corporate Crime
Computer and Internet Crime
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788,704
26,675
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Gerhard Spiess
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
754
138
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
796,301
26,923
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Michael Ioannidis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
737
464
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
806,711
27,227
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Nils Hoppe
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
715
346
0.484
Ethics and law of
genomics
regenerative medicine
health policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
820,596
27,634
422
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Uwe Blaurock
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
687
158
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
838,738
28,212
514
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Hawal Shamon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
569
0.875
social acceptance in the context of energy systems
energy poverty
distributive justice
survey methodology