Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationLaw / Law and Legal Studies Rankings 2025
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 :26
Health services
social justice
feminist ethics
death studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,598
14,665
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
crime theory
crime data
routine activities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,935
11,979
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Meta-analysis
Criminology
Crime Policy
Correctional Effectiveness
Juvenile Delinquency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,068
10,808
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Criminology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,117
7,203
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
private law
sociology of law
legal theory
contract law
legal pluralism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,707
8,807
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Criminology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,605
7,560
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,359
10,504
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Direito Constitucional
Teoria dos Direitos Fundamentais
Eficácia e Efetividade dos direitos fundamentais no direito público.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,960
12,145
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
real estate
housing
mortgage markets
subprime
housing finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,432
11,364
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
law and economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,891
5,201
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Information Economics
Platforms
Strategy
Industrial Organization
Law and Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,681
16,674
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Criminology
Operations Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,646
6,737
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Victimology
violence against women
campus crime
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,611
13,132
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
victimization
VAW
measurement
campus crime
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,377
13,051
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Criminology
Peace and conflict
Qualitative Analysis
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,138
8,368
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
international relations
international law
international political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,112
9,584
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Social policy
data science
behavioral science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,013
12,766
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
political science
law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,619
5,552
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Biodiversity
Agroecology
Tropical Conservation and Development
Myrmecology
Environmental Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,235
10,747
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
drug abuse
violence
crime and antisocial behavior
epidemiology
school dropout
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,175
16,602
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
antitrust
legal history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,749
6,239
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
public health
health policy
health law
injury prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,631
8,315
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
statistics
sociology
demography
criminology
social indicators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,526
6,736
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Political Philosophy
Phil. of Int'l Law
Bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,505
7,557
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Environmental and climate justice
land use
sustainability
health equity
disaster and resilience planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,303
9,366
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,836
1,566
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Vikki Entwistle
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,598
14,665
0.424
Health services
social justice
feminist ethics
death studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,346
8,571
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Marcus Felson
Texas State University
San Marcos, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,935
11,979
0.353
crime theory
crime data
routine activities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,086
8,903
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
David B Wilson
George Mason University
Fairfax, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,068
10,808
0.327
Meta-analysis
Criminology
Crime Policy
Correctional Effectiveness
Juvenile Delinquency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,005
9,288
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Terence Thornberry
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,117
7,203
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,433
906
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Gunther Teubner
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,707
8,807
0.278
private law
sociology of law
legal theory
contract law
legal pluralism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,541
60
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Mahlogonolo Thobane
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,605
7,560
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,813
9,647
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Raymond Paternoster
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,359
10,504
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,204
160
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Ingo Sarlet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,960
12,145
0.392
Direito Constitucional
Teoria dos Direitos Fundamentais
Eficácia e Efetividade dos direitos fundamentais no direito público.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,734
10,031
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
David Reiss
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,432
11,364
0.373
real estate
housing
mortgage markets
subprime
housing finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,388
10,331
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Robert Cooter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,891
5,201
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,647
10,450
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Marshall Van Alstyne Questrom Chair
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,681
16,674
0.562
Information Economics
Platforms
Strategy
Industrial Organization
Law and Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,690
10,471
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Alfred Blumstein
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,646
6,737
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,755
10,504
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Bonnie Fisher
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,611
13,132
0.443
Victimology
violence against women
campus crime
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,062
10,642
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Bonnie S Fisher
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,377
13,051
0.444
victimization
VAW
measurement
campus crime
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,339
38
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Gomment Imoudu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,138
8,368
0.287
Criminology
Peace and conflict
Qualitative Analysis
sustainable development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,375
10,782
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Beth Simmons
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,112
9,584
0.329
international relations
international law
international political economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,493
10,832
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Jens Ludwig
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,013
12,766
0.440
Social policy
data science
behavioral science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,986
11,034
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
John Ferejohn
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,619
5,552
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,487
11,249
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Ivette Perfecto
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,235
10,747
0.381
Biodiversity
Agroecology
Tropical Conservation and Development
Myrmecology
Environmental Justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,570
11,284
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Michael G Vaughn
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,175
16,602
0.589
drug abuse
violence
crime and antisocial behavior
epidemiology
school dropout
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,112
11,523
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Herbert Hovenkamp
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,749
6,239
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,272
11,597
451
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
David M Studdert
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,631
8,315
0.301
public health
health policy
health law
injury prevention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,422
11,672
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
KC Land
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,526
6,736
0.245
statistics
sociology
demography
criminology
social indicators
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,451
11,682
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Allen Buchanan
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,505
7,557
0.275
Political Philosophy
Phil. of Int'l Law
Bioethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,698
11,779
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Robert D Bullard
Texas Southern University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,303
9,366
0.343
Environmental and climate justice
land use
sustainability
health equity
disaster and resilience planning