Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Law / International Law Highly Cited Researchers 112 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
Climate Change
Political Science
Industrial Organization
International Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,505
12,336
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
International Law
International Relations
Human Rights
Environment
Democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,228
3,729
0.132
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
International law
international institutions
global governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,253
7,303
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
International Relations
International Law
International Institutions
International Organizations
European Union
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,773
3,485
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Law. Dispute Resolution
Conflict Resolution
International law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,164
2,481
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
International law
climate change
environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,591
4,015
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
International Relations
International Law
Human Rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,588
2,477
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
International Law
International Relations
Intellectual Property
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,076
2,999
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
International law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,090
1,314
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
International law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,225
1,657
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
International Law
Human Rights
Law and Politics in Africa
International Business Transactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,540
2,618
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Conflict of Laws
Private International Law
Comparative Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,120
1,554
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Legal philosophy
International law
Just war theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,891
1,899
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
International Law
International Courts
International Trade
International Regulatory Regimes
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,730
940
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
International law
human rights
development
social movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,394
1,150
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
International Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,813
949
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Law
International Law
China
Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,344
611
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
International law
National Security Law
Law of Armed Conflict
Emergency Powers
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,337
835
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Law and Economics
Empirical Legal Studies
International Law
Comparative Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,242
2,306
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
International law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,207
387
0.121
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
International law
United Nations
peacekeeping
international relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,050
701
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
International law
law of the sea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,832
936
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
International Law
Human Rights
National Security Law
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,605
296
0.114
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Treaties
International Law
Cyberspace
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,551
1,064
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Climate Change
Climate Change Law
Migration
Climate Justice
International Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,364
1,566
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,280
9,383
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David G Victor
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,505
12,336
0.380
Climate Change
Political Science
Industrial Organization
International Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,208
11,582
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Richard Falk
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,228
3,729
0.132
International Law
International Relations
Human Rights
Environment
Democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,711
15,986
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kenneth W Abbott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,253
7,303
0.328
International law
international institutions
global governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,216
19,711
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark A Pollack
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,773
3,485
0.186
International Relations
International Law
International Institutions
International Organizations
European Union
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,270
25,563
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Carrie Menkel Meadow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,164
2,481
0.164
Law. Dispute Resolution
Conflict Resolution
International law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,427
31,477
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Daniel Bodansky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,591
4,015
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,454
31,484
337
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Wayne Sandholtz
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,588
2,477
0.197
International Relations
International Law
Human Rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,437
32,922
614
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kal Raustiala
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,076
2,999
0.248
International Law
International Relations
Intellectual Property
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,522
39,625
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Steve Charnovitz
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,090
1,314
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,236
43,331
930
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Steven Ratner
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,225
1,657
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,319
46,745
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Makau Mutua
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,540
2,618
0.307
International Law
Human Rights
Law and Politics in Africa
International Business Transactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,246
63,110
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Symeon C Symeonides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,120
1,554
0.254
Conflict of Laws
Private International Law
Comparative Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,356
75,813
888
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Scott Shapiro
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,891
1,899
0.388
Legal philosophy
International law
Just war theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,280
77,842
249
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jeffrey L Dunoff
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,730
940
0.199
International Law
International Courts
International Trade
International Regulatory Regimes
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,868
82,443
1,348
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,394
1,150
0.262
International law
human rights
development
social movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,167
91,817
997
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
William S Dodge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,813
949
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,282
101,031
885
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jerome A Cohen
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,344
611
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,821
101,199
1,288
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Oren Gross
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,337
835
0.250
International law
National Security Law
Law of Armed Conflict
Emergency Powers
Arab-Israeli Conflict
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,078
103,292
651
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Adam Chilton
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,242
2,306
0.711
Law and Economics
Empirical Legal Studies
International Law
Comparative Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,944
104,098
1,135
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Richard B Bilder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,207
387
0.121
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
324,200
107,778
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ian Johnstone
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,050
701
0.230
International law
United Nations
peacekeeping
international relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,277
113,370
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
James Kraska
US Naval War College
Newport, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,832
936
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
367,973
119,967
340
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Anthony Arend
Georgetown University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,605
296
0.114
International Law
Human Rights
National Security Law
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
374,073
121,665
372
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Duncan B Hollis
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,551
1,064
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,432
127,753
321
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Maxine Burkett
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,364
1,566
0.662
Climate Change
Climate Change Law
Migration
Climate Justice
International Law