The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
international law
international arbitration
international human rights
transnational law
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,685
1,671
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Human Trafficking
Legal Education
International Legal Standards
Comparative Law
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
729
228
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Digital Law
International Economic Law
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
671
560
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Law
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
137
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
International Law
Comparative Law
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
86
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Law and Religion
Sports Law
Dispute Resolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
313
128
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296
206
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Legal English
English for Academic Purposes
Law and Language
Language Policy
Plagiarism Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
22
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Law: oil & gas
investment
health
and sports.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
29
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Taxation
Trade
Investment
Commercial Law
Illicit Financial Flows
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
58
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Civil Law
Environmental Law
Sports Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
49
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Air Law
Maritime Law
Insurance law
International Trade Law
Commercial Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
60
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Thermodynamic modeling
second law analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Law
Criminal Law
International Criminal Law
Criminal Procedures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
30
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
corporate law
banking law
IP and intellectual property law
arbitration
business transaction law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
24
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Business Law
E-Commerce
Arbitration
Criminal Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Law
Civil Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
international law
armed conflicts
social theories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Constitution Law
Election Law
Administrative Law
Public Procurement Law
Nationality Law
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Criminal Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Law - Blockchain - Crypto - Islamic Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
International Law
International Dispute Settlement
Arbitration
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Droit
gouvernance
corruption
droit financier
droits de l'homme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Civil and Commercial Litigation
Modernization of Justice
Law and Media
Privacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
القانون التجاري، حماية المستهلك، القانون القطري، القانون اللبناني، ا
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Ilias Bantekas
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,685
1,671
0.453
international law
international arbitration
international human rights
transnational law
Mohamed Mattar
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
729
228
0.313
Human Trafficking
Legal Education
International Legal Standards
Comparative Law
Georgios Dimitropoulos
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
671
560
0.835
Francis Nii Botchway
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
137
0.309
Susan Karamanian
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
86
0.250
Zachary Calo
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
313
128
0.409
Law and Religion
Sports Law
Dispute Resolution
Eleni Polymenopoulou
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296
206
0.696
John Haberstroh
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
22
0.265
Legal English
English for Academic Purposes
Law and Language
Language Policy
Plagiarism Studies
Talal Abdulla Al-Emadi
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
29
0.414
Law: oil & gas
investment
health
and sports.
Alexander Ezenagu
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
58
0.866
Taxation
Trade
Investment
Commercial Law
Illicit Financial Flows
أ د عبدالناصر زياد هياجنه Abdelnaser Zeyad Hayajneh
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
49
0.790
Eman Naboush
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
60
1.000
Air Law
Maritime Law
Insurance law
International Trade Law
Commercial Law
Mohammad Hasan Arshad
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
Thermodynamic modeling
second law analysis
Ahmed Samir Hassanein
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
30
0.857
Law
Criminal Law
International Criminal Law
Criminal Procedures
Husam Mohammed Botosh
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
24
0.923
corporate law
banking law
IP and intellectual property law
arbitration
business transaction law
Salim Yaacoub
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
Business Law
E-Commerce
Arbitration
Criminal Law
طارق جمعه
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
Ka Lok Yip
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
international law
armed conflicts
social theories
Hassan Al-Sayed
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
Constitution Law
Election Law
Administrative Law
Public Procurement Law
Nationality Law
Sami Hamdan Alrawashdeh
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
Khalid Ahmed Al-Ansari
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Law - Blockchain - Crypto - Islamic Finance
Ioannis Konstantinidis
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
0
0.000
International Law
International Dispute Settlement
Arbitration
Chaker Mzoughi
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Droit
gouvernance
corruption
droit financier
droits de l'homme
Imad Kattan
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Civil and Commercial Litigation
Modernization of Justice
Law and Media
Privacy
الاستاذة الدكتورة فاتن حوى Faten Hawa|Faten H. Hawa
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
القانون التجاري، حماية المستهلك، القانون القطري، القانون اللبناني، ا