Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Law / Business-Corporate Law Highly Cited Researchers 38 Scientists Citation in United States 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
law and economics
corporate law
nonprofits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,096
6,593
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Corporate Law
Executive Compensation
Venture Capital
Bankruptcy
Corporate Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,021
4,023
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,710
3,115
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Corporate governance
corporate law
securities law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,410
2,731
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Intellectual Property Law
Property Law
Information Law
Contract Law
Corporate Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,314
1,518
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Corporate law and governance
Chinese state capitalism
Asian legal systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,693
1,588
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chinese law
corporate law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,902
818
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Corporate Law
Securities Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Compliance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,336
1,122
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Corporate Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,846
588
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Corporations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,700
1,946
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
financial regulation
banking law
corporate law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,680
1,561
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
corporate governance
corporate law
comparative law
law and economics
private law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,524
1,046
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Securities
Law and Finance
Corporate Law
Venture Capital
Contracts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,224
1,560
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,221
1,756
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
labor and employment law
corporate law
privacy law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,979
942
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Empirical Study of Corporate Law and Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,827
771
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Securities Regulation
Corporate Law
Legal History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,730
312
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Law and Economics
Corporate Law
Banking Law
Law and Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,585
860
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Regulatory Design
Administrative Law
Comparative Law
Corporate Law
Securities Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,569
228
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
M&A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,446
1,178
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Corporate Law
Contracts
European Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,396
495
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
corporate law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,322
415
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
financial regulation
securities regulation
corporate law
international finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,254
631
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Corporate Law
Investment Funds
Trust Law
Legal History
Theory of the Firm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
536
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Corporate Law
Securities Law
EU Law
Fiduciary Duty Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
990
79
0.080
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,716
9,150
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Henry Hansmann
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,096
6,593
0.199
law and economics
corporate law
nonprofits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,604
22,260
1,037
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jesse Fried
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,021
4,023
0.236
Corporate Law
Executive Compensation
Venture Capital
Bankruptcy
Corporate Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,693
26,467
493
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stephen Bainbridge
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,710
3,115
0.212
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,998
38,403
312
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Randall S Thomas
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,410
2,731
0.262
Corporate governance
corporate law
securities law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,028
61,412
816
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gideon Parchomovsky
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,314
1,518
0.240
Intellectual Property Law
Property Law
Information Law
Contract Law
Corporate Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,110
67,054
1,643
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Curtis J Milhaupt
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,693
1,588
0.279
Corporate law and governance
Chinese state capitalism
Asian legal systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,824
90,272
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Donald Clarke
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,902
818
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,884
101,220
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sean Griffith
Fordham University
The Bronx, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,336
1,122
0.336
Corporate Law
Securities Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Compliance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,964
113,043
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jerry Markham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,846
588
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,732
117,128
1,369
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Elizabeth Pollman
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,700
1,946
0.721
Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Corporations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,906
117,725
1,016
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Saule Omarova
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,680
1,561
0.582
financial regulation
banking law
corporate law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
377,154
122,481
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Martin Gelter
Fordham University
The Bronx, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,524
1,046
0.414
corporate governance
corporate law
comparative law
law and economics
private law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,602
132,638
1,674
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robert Bartlett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,224
1,560
0.701
Securities
Law and Finance
Corporate Law
Venture Capital
Contracts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,988
132,752
585
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Scott Hirst
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,221
1,756
0.791
Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Mergers & Acquisitions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451,309
142,648
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Matthew Bodie
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,979
942
0.476
labor and employment law
corporate law
privacy law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,095
149,568
1,225
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Robert J Jackson Jr
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,827
771
0.422
Empirical Study of Corporate Law and Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
495,319
154,321
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Michael Perino
Saint John's University
Bangkok, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,730
312
0.180
Securities Regulation
Corporate Law
Legal History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,677
162,097
1,052
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Simone M Sepe
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,585
860
0.543
Law and Economics
Corporate Law
Banking Law
Law and Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
528,226
163,000
1,542
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Robert B Ahdieh
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,569
228
0.145
Regulatory Design
Administrative Law
Comparative Law
Corporate Law
Securities Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
555,891
170,226
1,430
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dorothy S Lund
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,446
1,178
0.815
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
M&A
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,178
173,500
1,610
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jens Dammann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,396
495
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
587,335
178,386
535
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Harwell Wells
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,322
415
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
605,747
183,115
2,253
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stavros Gadinis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,254
631
0.503
financial regulation
securities regulation
corporate law
international finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
673,668
200,189
2,051
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
John Morley
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
536
0.517
Corporate Law
Investment Funds
Trust Law
Legal History
Theory of the Firm
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
690,493
204,310
394
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Manning Gilbert Warren
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
990
79
0.080
Corporate Law
Securities Law
EU Law
Fiduciary Duty Law