Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Law / Business-Corporate Law Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
law and economics
corporate law
nonprofits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,753
7,772
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Corporate Law
Executive Compensation
Venture Capital
Bankruptcy
Corporate Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,859
4,703
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,556
3,749
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Corporate governance
corporate law
securities law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,317
3,295
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Intellectual Property Law
Property Law
Information Law
Contract Law
Corporate Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,245
1,837
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Corporate law and governance
Chinese state capitalism
Asian legal systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,641
1,896
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Chinese law
corporate law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,882
1,010
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
corporate law
securities regulation
corporate governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,479
1,582
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Corporate Law
Securities Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Compliance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,299
1,384
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Corporate Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,795
655
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
financial regulation
banking law
corporate law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,617
1,709
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Corporations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,588
2,049
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
corporate governance
corporate law
comparative law
law and economics
private law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,493
1,204
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,156
1,892
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Securities
Law and Finance
Corporate Law
Venture Capital
Contracts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,143
1,601
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
labor and employment law
corporate law
privacy law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,944
1,074
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Empirical Study of Corporate Law and Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
869
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Derecho mercantil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,750
887
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Securities Regulation
Corporate Law
Legal History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,720
361
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Regulatory Design
Administrative Law
Comparative Law
Corporate Law
Securities Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,565
276
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Law and Economics
Corporate Law
Banking Law
Law and Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,548
983
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Corporate Law
Contracts
European Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,357
565
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
M&A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,332
1,230
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Corporate Law
Corporate Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,315
1,142
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
corporate law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,310
499
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,519
9,095
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Henry Hansmann
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,753
7,772
0.237
law and economics
corporate law
nonprofits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,113
22,096
1,034
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jesse Fried
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,859
4,703
0.279
Corporate Law
Executive Compensation
Venture Capital
Bankruptcy
Corporate Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,154
26,304
490
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stephen Bainbridge
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,556
3,749
0.258
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,056
38,128
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Randall S Thomas
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,317
3,295
0.319
Corporate governance
corporate law
securities law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,660
61,113
814
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gideon Parchomovsky
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,245
1,837
0.294
Intellectual Property Law
Property Law
Information Law
Contract Law
Corporate Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,294
66,622
1,625
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Curtis J Milhaupt
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,641
1,896
0.336
Corporate law and governance
Chinese state capitalism
Asian legal systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,239
89,443
250
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Donald Clarke
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,882
1,010
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,968
2,465
455
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Assaf Hamdani
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,479
1,582
0.455
corporate law
securities regulation
corporate governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,203
100,671
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sean Griffith
Fordham University
The Bronx, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,299
1,384
0.420
Corporate Law
Securities Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Compliance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,864
112,965
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jerry Markham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,795
655
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,357
118,088
1,015
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Saule Omarova
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,617
1,709
0.653
financial regulation
banking law
corporate law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,499
118,968
1,377
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Elizabeth Pollman
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,588
2,049
0.792
Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Corporations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
374,191
121,962
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Martin Gelter
Fordham University
The Bronx, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,493
1,204
0.483
corporate governance
corporate law
comparative law
law and economics
private law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,080
133,631
588
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Scott Hirst
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,156
1,892
0.878
Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Mergers & Acquisitions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,907
134,132
1,680
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Robert Bartlett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,143
1,601
0.747
Securities
Law and Finance
Corporate Law
Venture Capital
Contracts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
449,658
142,502
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Matthew Bodie
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,944
1,074
0.552
labor and employment law
corporate law
privacy law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,773
150,026
1,223
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Robert J Jackson Jr
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
869
0.488
Empirical Study of Corporate Law and Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483,557
15,148
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Isabel Rodríguez Martínez
Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera
Alfara del Patriarca, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,750
887
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
489,466
153,065
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michael Perino
Saint John's University
Bangkok, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,720
361
0.210
Securities Regulation
Corporate Law
Legal History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
521,310
161,569
1,535
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Robert B Ahdieh
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,565
276
0.176
Regulatory Design
Administrative Law
Comparative Law
Corporate Law
Securities Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,816
162,484
1,052
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Simone M Sepe
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,548
983
0.635
Law and Economics
Corporate Law
Banking Law
Law and Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
569,963
174,354
1,614
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jens Dammann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,357
565
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576,188
175,984
1,468
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dorothy S Lund
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,332
1,230
0.923
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
M&A
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
580,745
4,518
714
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kobi Kastiel
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,315
1,142
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
582,282
177,501
533
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Harwell Wells
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,310
499
0.381