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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Constitutional Law
Constitutional Theory
Corruption
Copyright
Interne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,330
9,172
0.194
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Business Law
Constitutional Law
Legal Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,442
27,554
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
constitutional law
philosophy of law
legal reasoning
freedom of speech and press
law of evidence and proo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,920
7,540
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
constitutional law
constitutional theory
political scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,759
3,418
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Political Science
Comparative Constitutional Law
International Law
Comparative Law
Human Right
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,310
4,966
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
constitutional law
environmental law
climate change
jurisprudenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,987
3,038
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Comparative Constitutional Law
International Law
Asi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,014
9,351
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
American politics
public law
law
constitutional law
judicial politic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,252
3,128
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Comparative Constitutional Law
Constitutional Theory
Philosophy of Law
Theory of La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,543
5,982
0.323
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
race
constitutional law
civil rights
Latino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,742
3,615
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
law
constitutional law
international law
terrorism
separation of power
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,276
1,684
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Constitutional law
civil rights and civil liberties
modern political though
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,150
2,454
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
international law
foreign relations law
national security law
constitutional la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,199
3,196
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
comparative/U.S. constitutional law
regulation of AI
democrac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,936
6,113
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Administrative Law
Constitutional Law
Rulemaking
President
Statutory Interpretatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,066
1,296
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Constitutional Law
Critical Race Theory
Education La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,806
1,439
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Legal history
Constitutional law
Torts
Judicial biography
Constitutional histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,708
969
0.111
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
International Law
Constitutional Law
Administrative La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,961
2,236
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
privacy
free speech
constitutional law
internet
robot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,827
3,337
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
constitutional la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,079
2,584
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Constitutional Law
Presidential Powers
Separation of Power
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,043
1,806
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
constitutional law
law and politic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,796
1,535
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Constitutional Law
Federal Jurisdiction
Establishment Clause
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,796
1,108
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
legal history
war powers
constitutional law
civil rights
U.S. and the worl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,254
1,339
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citizenship Theory
International Law
Constitutional La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,817
1,136
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,765
5,549
379
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lawrence Lessig
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,330
9,172
0.194
Constitutional Law
Constitutional Theory
Corruption
Copyright
Interne
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,247
19
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Mahmud Marzuki
Universitas Airlangga
Surabaya, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,442
27,554
0.681
Business Law
Constitutional Law
Legal Theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,941
9,612
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Frederick Schauer
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,920
7,540
0.229
constitutional law
philosophy of law
legal reasoning
freedom of speech and press
law of evidence and proo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,310
16,159
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Akhil Reed Amar
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,759
3,418
0.150
constitutional law
constitutional theory
political scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,374
244
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alec Stone Sweet
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,310
4,966
0.223
Political Science
Comparative Constitutional Law
International Law
Comparative Law
Human Right
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,167
16,926
391
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Daniel Farber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,987
3,038
0.138
constitutional law
environmental law
climate change
jurisprudenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,720
17,913
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tom Ginsburg
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,014
9,351
0.445
Comparative Constitutional Law
International Law
Asi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,850
19,865
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jeffrey Segal
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,252
3,128
0.162
American politics
public law
law
constitutional law
judicial politic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,258
20,823
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Carlos Bernal
University of Dayton
Dayton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,543
5,982
0.323
Comparative Constitutional Law
Constitutional Theory
Philosophy of Law
Theory of La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,781
32,165
601
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ian Haney Lopez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,742
3,615
0.284
race
constitutional law
civil rights
Latino
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,469
36,756
661
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
John Yoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,276
1,684
0.149
law
constitutional law
international law
terrorism
separation of power
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,588
37,122
568
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rogers Smith
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,150
2,454
0.220
Constitutional law
civil rights and civil liberties
modern political though
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,791
40,617
554
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Oona Hathaway
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,199
3,196
0.313
international law
foreign relations law
national security law
constitutional la
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,870
41,687
352
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Aziz Huq
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,936
6,113
0.615
comparative/U.S. constitutional law
regulation of AI
democrac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,500
45,653
770
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Peter Strauss
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,066
1,296
0.143
Administrative Law
Constitutional Law
Rulemaking
President
Statutory Interpretatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,375
46,912
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Charles R Lawrence III
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,806
1,439
0.163
Constitutional Law
Critical Race Theory
Education La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,883
47,401
335
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
G Edward White
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,708
969
0.111
Legal history
Constitutional law
Torts
Judicial biography
Constitutional histor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,771
10,927
540
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eyal Benvenisti
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,961
2,236
0.281
International Law
Constitutional Law
Administrative La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,290
52,446
450
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Neil Richards
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,827
3,337
0.426
privacy
free speech
constitutional law
internet
robot
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,888
1,311
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Aharon Barak
Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Herzliya, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,079
2,584
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,711
57,689
398
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,043
1,806
0.256
Constitutional Law
Presidential Powers
Separation of Power
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,497
59,480
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Neal Devins
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,796
1,535
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,499
59,481
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael Paulsen
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
Minnesota, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,796
1,108
0.163
Constitutional Law
Federal Jurisdiction
Establishment Clause
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,825
63,950
418
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mary Dudziak
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,254
1,339
0.214
legal history
war powers
constitutional law
civil rights
U.S. and the worl
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,030
68,060
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Peter J Spiro
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,817
1,136
0.195
Citizenship Theory
International Law
Constitutional La