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Law / Employment Law Highly Cited Researchers 148 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
employment law
discrimination
algorithmic bia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,207
22,600
0.774
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Law and Economics
Behavioral Research
Intellectual Property
Employment Law
Regulatory Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,904
2,129
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Future of Work
Artificial Intelligence
Gig Economy
Employment Law
European La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,918
2,686
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Contract Law
Labor & Employment Law
the Future of Wor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,439
1,815
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Strategic HRM
Global HRM
Diversity Management
Employee relations
Employment la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,071
1,070
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Employment Law
Anti-Discrimination Law
EU Law
Law and Religion
Christian Ethic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,775
734
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Labour Law
Labor Law
Employment Law
Labor and Employment La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,602
1,114
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
employment law
employment discrimination
contract
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,464
408
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Law
Voting Rights
Corporate Governance
Labor and Employment La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,443
1,018
0.417
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
employment law
gender
legal profession
inequality
social movement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,442
891
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Labor Law
Labor Economics
Employment Law
Economic Analysis of La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,434
388
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
employment law
workplace bullying
therapeutic jurisprudence
law and psychology
unpaid internship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,197
681
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
трудовое право
labour law
labor law
employment la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,156
927
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Labor law
employment la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,117
557
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Disability Rights
Employment Law and Work Health and Safet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,026
1,217
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
International Economic Law
Law and Development
Labor and Employment Law
Comparative Law
Drug Law and Polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,534
447
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Labour Law
Employment Law
Dispute Resolution
Platform Work
Gig Econom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,526
909
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vedanta
HRM & HRD
OB
Employment Law & Industrial Relation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
630
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
legal history
employment la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,175
260
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
employment law
equal employment opportunity
comparative labo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,144
207
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
real estate law
employment la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,140
218
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Labour Law
Employment Law
Industrial Relations
Regulation
EU La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,120
507
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Constitutional Law
Human Rights Law
Employment Law
Jurisprudence
Public International La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,030
841
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Discrimination Law
Employment Law
Disability
Genetics
Equality of Opportunit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,021
497
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Labor and Employment La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,001
316
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,105
11,474
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Pauline T Kim
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,207
22,600
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,801
67,077
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Orly Lobel
University of San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,904
2,129
0.361
Law and Economics
Behavioral Research
Intellectual Property
Employment Law
Regulatory Theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,944
19,930
1,511
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jeremias Adams Prassl
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,918
2,686
0.686
Future of Work
Artificial Intelligence
Gig Economy
Employment Law
European La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,110
101,924
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Miriam Cherry
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,439
1,815
0.528
Contract Law
Labor & Employment Law
the Future of Wor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,293
7,721
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Debi Saini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,071
1,070
0.348
Strategic HRM
Global HRM
Diversity Management
Employee relations
Employment la
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362,724
1,760
413
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mark Bell
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,775
734
0.265
Employment Law
Anti-Discrimination Law
EU Law
Law and Religion
Christian Ethic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,540
3,177
605
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Guy Davidov
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,602
1,114
0.428
Labour Law
Labor Law
Employment Law
Labor and Employment La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
397,723
127,802
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Charles Sullivan
Seton Hall University
South Orange, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,464
408
0.166
employment law
employment discrimination
contract
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
400,283
128,460
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Grant M Hayden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,443
1,018
0.417
Law
Voting Rights
Corporate Governance
Labor and Employment La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
400,421
128,503
1,636
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Catherine R Albiston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,442
891
0.365
employment law
gender
legal profession
inequality
social movement
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,468
128,790
324
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kenneth G Dau Schmidt
Indiana University System
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,434
388
0.159
Labor Law
Labor Economics
Employment Law
Economic Analysis of La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,871
137,392
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David C Yamada
Suffolk University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,197
681
0.310
employment law
workplace bullying
therapeutic jurisprudence
law and psychology
unpaid internship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
438,738
196
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Кирилл Леонидович Томашевский Kirill Tomashevski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,156
927
0.430
трудовое право
labour law
labor law
employment la
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,516
140,544
887
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Marion Crain
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,117
557
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458,573
18,991
1,420
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paul Harpur
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,026
1,217
0.601
Disability Rights
Employment Law and Work Health and Safet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
552,264
168,962
461
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Alvaro Santos
Georgetown University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,534
447
0.291
International Economic Law
Law and Development
Labor and Employment Law
Comparative Law
Drug Law and Polic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
554,022
2,907
535
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Martin Gruber Risak
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,526
909
0.596
Labour Law
Employment Law
Dispute Resolution
Platform Work
Gig Econom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
591,439
4,162
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Balakrishnan Muniapan
Wawasan Open University
Penang, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
630
0.460
Vedanta
HRM & HRD
OB
Employment Law & Industrial Relation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
646,597
192,998
1,007
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lea Vandervelde
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,175
260
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
656,101
195,420
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Susan Bisom-Rapp
California Western School of Law
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,144
207
0.181
employment law
equal employment opportunity
comparative labo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
657,362
195,749
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Robert J Aalberts
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,140
218
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
663,639
40,348
1,259
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Koukiadaki Aristea
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,120
507
0.453
Labour Law
Employment Law
Industrial Relations
Regulation
EU La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
693,868
130
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ahmad Masum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,030
841
0.817
Constitutional Law
Human Rights Law
Employment Law
Jurisprudence
Public International La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697,254
205,389
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Brad Areheart
University of Tennessee System
Knoxville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,021
497
0.487
Discrimination Law
Employment Law
Disability
Genetics
Equality of Opportunit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
704,326
207,086
637
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Joseph Seiner
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,001
316
0.316