Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Law Highly Cited Researchers 524 Scientists Citation 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
criminal law
sentencing
comparative law
criminal procedure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,486
4,250
0.181
* 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
18,003
4,783
0.266
* 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
17,393
5,428
0.312
* 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
14,050
4,955
0.353
* 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
11,310
2,153
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Derecho Penal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,498
5,860
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Criminal Law
International Criminal Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,154
2,366
0.258
* 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
8,556
2,178
0.255
* 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
7,865
1,365
0.174
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* 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
7,138
1,995
0.279
* 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
6,947
2,257
0.325
* 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
6,683
1,825
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Direito Penal
Criminologia
Criminal Law
Criminologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,014
2,168
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Immigration
Race and Law
APAs and Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,553
1,455
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
criminal law
comparative law
legal history
legal theory
ethics of artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,337
1,545
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
derecho penal
criminología
política criminal
criminal law
criminology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,210
2,350
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Crime victims
Criminal Procedure
Criminal Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,742
867
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
criminal law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,619
1,073
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
law of armed conflict
international human rights law
public international law
international criminal law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,433
814
0.184
* 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
4,280
1,337
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
criminal law
criminal procedure
neuroscience
science and law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,254
714
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
public international law
international law
human rights
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,075
1,663
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
economics criminal law corruption bribery crime political economy procurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,022
1,402
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
criminal law
criminal procedure
Evidence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,017
2,455
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
International criminal law
international criminal procedure
fair trial rights
human rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,999
1,208
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,131
14,892
201
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
23,486
4,250
0.181
criminal law
sentencing
comparative law
criminal procedure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,950
4,163
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
William Schabas
Middlesex University
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,003
4,783
0.266
International law
human rights law
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,213
21,715
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard Bonnie
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,393
5,428
0.312
criminal law
mental health law
public health law
bioethics
youth law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,655
27,945
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Donald Braman
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,050
4,955
0.353
Criminal Justice Reform
Criminal Law
Climate Justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,113
35,346
377
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
James B Jacobs
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,310
2,153
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,097
155
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
10,498
5,860
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,248
371
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
9,154
2,366
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,100
48
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
8,556
2,178
0.255
Criminal Law
Кримінальне право
Constitutional Law
Конституційне право
Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,769
50,506
1,068
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Samuel Gross
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,865
1,365
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,232
55,160
698
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James Q Whitman
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,138
1,995
0.279
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,408
3,960
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Elena Larrauri
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,947
2,257
0.325
Criminología
Gender & Crime
Sentencing
Penology
Criminal Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,669
2,451
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrew Clapham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,683
1,825
0.273
International law
human rights
law of war
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,323
3,378
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Salo de Carvalho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,014
2,168
0.360
Direito Penal
Criminologia
Criminal Law
Criminologia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,626
68,399
795
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gabriel Jack Chin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,553
1,455
0.262
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Immigration
Race and Law
APAs and Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,150
8,423
916
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Markus D Dubber
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,337
1,545
0.289
criminal law
comparative law
legal history
legal theory
ethics of artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,752
5,609
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jose Manuel Paredes Castañón
Universidad de Oviedo
Asturias, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,210
2,350
0.451
derecho penal
criminología
política criminal
criminal law
criminology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,841
77,711
522
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Paul G Cassell
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,742
867
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,232
16,954
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jeremy Horder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,619
1,073
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,068
81,968
799
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Derek Jinks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,433
814
0.184
law of armed conflict
international human rights law
public international law
international criminal law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,789
10,252
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Darryl Robinson
Queen's University Kingston
Kingston, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,280
1,337
0.312
international law
international criminal law
international human rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,116
84,548
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Deborah W Denno
Fordham University
The Bronx, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,254
714
0.168
criminal law
criminal procedure
neuroscience
science and law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,009
18,759
478
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marko Milanovic
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,075
1,663
0.408
public international law
international law
human rights
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,999
1,750
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tina Søreide
Norwegian School of Economics
Bergen, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,022
1,402
0.349
economics criminal law corruption bribery crime political economy procurement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,280
88,426
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
American University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,017
2,455
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,338
19,000
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yvonne McDermott
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,999
1,208
0.302
International criminal law
international criminal procedure
fair trial rights
human rights