Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationLaw / Criminal Law 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 :1
criminal law
sentencing
comparative law
criminal procedure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,275
5,210
0.224
* 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
17,719
5,590
0.315
* 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
17,090
6,201
0.363
* 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
13,903
5,883
0.423
* 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
11,189
2,571
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Derecho Penal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,330
6,056
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Criminal Law
International Criminal Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,104
3,110
0.342
* 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
8,416
2,689
0.320
* 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
7,777
1,548
0.199
* 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
7,026
2,317
0.330
* 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
6,853
2,671
0.390
* 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
6,578
2,152
0.327
* 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
5,475
1,694
0.309
* 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
5,215
1,759
0.337
* 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
5,098
2,553
0.501
* 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
4,680
991
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
criminal law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,556
1,288
0.283
* 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
4,397
1,006
0.229
* 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
4,212
890
0.211
* 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
4,207
1,572
0.374
* 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
4,016
1,883
0.469
* 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
3,964
1,659
0.419
* 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
3,925
1,392
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
criminal law
criminal procedure
Evidence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,905
2,790
0.714
* 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
3,694
903
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,988
14,832
202
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
23,275
5,210
0.224
criminal law
sentencing
comparative law
criminal procedure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,144
4,176
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
William Schabas
Middlesex University
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,719
5,590
0.315
International law
human rights law
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,544
21,787
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard Bonnie
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,090
6,201
0.363
criminal law
mental health law
public health law
bioethics
youth law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,457
27,846
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Donald Braman
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,903
5,883
0.423
Criminal Justice Reform
Criminal Law
Climate Justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,925
35,208
377
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
11,189
2,571
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,525
154
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
10,330
6,056
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,322
370
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
9,104
3,110
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,584
57
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
8,416
2,689
0.320
Criminal Law
Кримінальне право
Constitutional Law
Конституційне право
Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,538
50,378
1,067
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Samuel Gross
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,777
1,548
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,722
55,249
699
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James Q Whitman
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,026
2,317
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,576
3,929
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Elena Larrauri
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,853
2,671
0.390
Criminología
Gender & Crime
Sentencing
Penology
Criminal Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,120
2,449
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrew Clapham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,578
2,152
0.327
International law
human rights
law of war
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,761
68,362
794
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gabriel Jack Chin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,475
1,694
0.309
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Immigration
Race and Law
APAs and Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,953
8,470
917
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Markus D Dubber
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,215
1,759
0.337
criminal law
comparative law
legal history
legal theory
ethics of artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,287
5,609
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jose Manuel Paredes Castañón
Universidad de Oviedo
Asturias, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,098
2,553
0.501
derecho penal
criminología
política criminal
criminal law
criminology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,691
77,592
520
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
4,680
991
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,214
16,941
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jeremy Horder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,556
1,288
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,858
81,490
796
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Derek Jinks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,397
1,006
0.229
law of armed conflict
international human rights law
public international law
international criminal law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,251
84,193
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
4,212
890
0.211
criminal law
criminal procedure
neuroscience
science and law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,508
10,253
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Darryl Robinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,207
1,572
0.374
international law
international criminal law
international human rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,110
18,734
483
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marko Milanovic
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,016
1,883
0.469
public international law
international law
human rights
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,093
1,746
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tina Søreide
Norwegian School of Economics
Bergen, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,964
1,659
0.419
economics criminal law corruption bribery crime political economy procurement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,409
19,038
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yvonne McDermott
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,925
1,392
0.355
International criminal law
international criminal procedure
fair trial rights
human rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,524
89,241
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
American University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,905
2,790
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,374
92,891
690
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
3,694
903
0.244
international law
comparative law
human rights
international criminal law
foreign affairs