Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationLaw / Criminal Law Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
criminal law
sentencing
comparative law
criminal procedure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,986
5,023
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
International law
human rights law
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,425
5,361
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
criminal law
mental health law
public health law
bioethics
youth law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,673
5,902
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Criminal Justice Reform
Criminal Law
Climate Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,658
5,670
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Gun Control
Organized Crime
Criminal Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,033
2,459
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Derecho Penal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,133
5,880
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Criminal Law
International Criminal Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,054
3,073
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Criminal Law
Кримінальне право
Constitutional Law
Конституційне право
Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,276
2,576
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Evidence Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,700
1,500
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Legal History
Comparative Law
Criminal Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,907
2,221
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Criminología
Gender & Crime
Sentencing
Penology
Criminal Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,742
2,564
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
International law
human rights
law of war
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,473
2,068
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Immigration
Race and Law
APAs and Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,384
1,618
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
criminal law
comparative law
legal history
legal theory
ethics of artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,117
1,691
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
derecho penal
criminología
política criminal
criminal law
criminology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,976
2,442
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Crime victims
Criminal Procedure
Criminal Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,629
954
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
criminal law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,489
1,245
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
law of armed conflict
international human rights law
public international law
international criminal law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,355
969
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
criminal law
criminal procedure
neuroscience
science and law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,152
844
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
international law
international criminal law
international human rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,138
1,518
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
public international law
international law
human rights
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,894
1,780
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
economics criminal law corruption bribery crime political economy procurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,875
1,581
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
International criminal law
international criminal procedure
fair trial rights
human rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,828
1,314
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
criminal law
criminal procedure
Evidence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,754
2,662
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
international law
comparative law
human rights
international criminal law
foreign affairs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,647
864
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,344
14,663
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael Tonry
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,986
5,023
0.219
criminal law
sentencing
comparative law
criminal procedure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,438
4,128
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
William Schabas
Middlesex University
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,425
5,361
0.308
International law
human rights law
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,339
21,818
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard Bonnie
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,673
5,902
0.354
criminal law
mental health law
public health law
bioethics
youth law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,551
27,637
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Donald Braman
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,658
5,670
0.415
Criminal Justice Reform
Criminal Law
Climate Justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,302
34,814
373
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
James B Jacobs
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,033
2,459
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,350
151
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Juan Luis Modolell González
Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,133
5,880
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,201
361
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alexei Kibalnik
North Caucasian Institute for Social
Stavropol, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,054
3,073
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,702
49
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Василь Якович Тацій, Василий Яковлевич Таций, Vasyl Ya. Tatsiy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,276
2,576
0.311
Criminal Law
Кримінальне право
Constitutional Law
Конституційне право
Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,599
49,669
1,048
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Samuel Gross
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,700
1,500
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,475
54,793
693
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James Q Whitman
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,907
2,221
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,153
3,868
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Elena Larrauri
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,742
2,564
0.380
Criminología
Gender & Crime
Sentencing
Penology
Criminal Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,526
2,423
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrew Clapham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,473
2,068
0.319
International law
human rights
law of war
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,791
67,799
793
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gabriel Jack Chin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,384
1,618
0.301
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Immigration
Race and Law
APAs and Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,053
8,410
909
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Markus D Dubber
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,117
1,691
0.330
criminal law
comparative law
legal history
legal theory
ethics of artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,458
5,593
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jose Manuel Paredes Castañón
Universidad de Oviedo
Asturias, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,976
2,442
0.491
derecho penal
criminología
política criminal
criminal law
criminology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,874
76,561
515
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paul G Cassell
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,629
954
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,112
16,708
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jeremy Horder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,489
1,245
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,372
80,269
790
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Derek Jinks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,355
969
0.223
law of armed conflict
international human rights law
public international law
international criminal law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,641
83,268
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Deborah W Denno
Fordham University
The Bronx, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,152
844
0.203
criminal law
criminal procedure
neuroscience
science and law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,386
10,140
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Darryl Robinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,138
1,518
0.367
international law
international criminal law
international human rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,078
18,693
478
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marko Milanovic
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,894
1,780
0.457
public international law
international law
human rights
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,228
1,731
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tina Søreide
Norwegian School of Economics
Bergen, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,875
1,581
0.408
economics criminal law corruption bribery crime political economy procurement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,865
18,936
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yvonne McDermott
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,828
1,314
0.343
International criminal law
international criminal procedure
fair trial rights
human rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,275
89,861
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
American University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,754
2,662
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,882
91,769
677
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Leila Sadat
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,647
864
0.237
international law
comparative law
human rights
international criminal law
foreign affairs