Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Law / Environmental 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
natural resources law
environmental law
ecosystem services
complex adaptive systems
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,840
4,695
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Administrative Law
Environmental Law
Public Policy
Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,057
4,745
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
climate change law
environmental law
international environmental law
climate policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,927
6,470
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Environmental Law
Environmental Law and Policy
Ecosystem Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,563
5,856
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Just Transition
Energy Justice
Energy and Natural Resource Law
Planning & Environmental Law and Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,439
8,400
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
EU Law
Environmental Law
WTO Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,778
3,096
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
environmental law and policy
climate change
private governance
energy law and policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,186
3,417
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Intellectual Property
Law and Technology
Environmental Law
Patent Law
Copyright Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,858
1,751
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
environmental law
transnational governance
sociology of law
human rights
legal theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,729
1,291
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
environmental law
natural resources law
water law
environmental justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,619
6,057
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
environmental governance
wildlife trade
environmental law
incentive-based conservation
orchids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,280
3,915
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Environmental Law
Climate Change
Water Law
Public Trust Doctrine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,065
2,903
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Global Environmental Governance
Global Environmental Politics
International Environmental Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,265
4,779
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Environmental Law
Environmental Damage
Civl Liability
Constitucional Environmental Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,127
1,457
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Environmental law
animal law
climate change
torts
products liability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,067
1,124
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
science-policy
environmental law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,794
1,421
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Environmental law
Natural resources law
Administrative Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,624
1,367
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Arctic
international environmental law
security
human rights
indigenous peoples
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,567
2,087
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
International Environmental Law
Law of the Sea
Climate Change
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,360
1,466
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
environmental law
natural resources law
water law
property law
land use law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,122
661
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Environmental Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,902
2,291
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Environmental law
environmental rights
environmental constitutionalism
Anthropocene
earth system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,844
3,019
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Law
Environmental law
Property Law
Gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,699
1,289
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Renenewable energy
energy policy
ocean governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,648
2,633
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Environmental Law
Land Use Law
Natural Resources Law
Climate Change Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,491
1,360
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,076
30,317
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
JB Ruhl
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,840
4,695
0.366
natural resources law
environmental law
ecosystem services
complex adaptive systems
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,914
32,433
516
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cary Coglianese
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,057
4,745
0.394
Administrative Law
Environmental Law
Public Policy
Regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,831
486
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Harro van Asselt
University of Eastern Finland
Joensuu, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,927
6,470
0.592
climate change law
environmental law
international environmental law
climate policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,607
41,146
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ahjond Garmestani
US Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,563
5,856
0.612
Environmental Law
Environmental Law and Policy
Ecosystem Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,151
8,691
473
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Raphael J Heffron
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,439
8,400
0.890
Just Transition
Energy Justice
Energy and Natural Resource Law
Planning & Environmental Law and Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,264
4,707
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Joanne Scott
European University Institute
Fiesole, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,778
3,096
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,546
47,895
398
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Michael Vandenbergh
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,186
3,417
0.417
environmental law and policy
climate change
private governance
energy law and policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,486
56,346
875
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peter Menell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,858
1,751
0.255
Intellectual Property
Law and Technology
Environmental Law
Patent Law
Copyright Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,415
57,261
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Errol Meidinger
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,729
1,291
0.192
environmental law
transnational governance
sociology of law
human rights
legal theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,090
12,250
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jona Razzaque
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,619
6,057
0.915
environmental law
natural resources law
water law
environmental justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,696
12,815
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jacob Phelps
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,280
3,915
0.623
environmental governance
wildlife trade
environmental law
incentive-based conservation
orchids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,538
62,683
422
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robin Craig
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,065
2,903
0.479
Environmental Law
Climate Change
Water Law
Public Trust Doctrine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,846
4,560
542
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rakhyun E Kim|Rak Kim, Rakhyun Kim, Rak Hyun Kim
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,265
4,779
0.908
Global Environmental Governance
Global Environmental Politics
International Environmental Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,897
4,221
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jose Rubens Morato Leite
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC
Florianopolis, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,127
1,457
0.284
Environmental Law
Environmental Damage
Civl Liability
Constitucional Environmental Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,203
72,624
868
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Douglas Kysar
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,067
1,124
0.222
Environmental law
animal law
climate change
torts
products liability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,439
75,980
750
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wendy Wagner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,794
1,421
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,771
78,153
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Robert Glicksman
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,624
1,367
0.296
Environmental law
Natural resources law
Administrative Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,261
1,351
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Timo Koivurova
University of Lapland
Rovaniemi, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,567
2,087
0.457
Arctic
international environmental law
security
human rights
indigenous peoples
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
233,148
81,820
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David Freestone
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,360
1,466
0.336
International Environmental Law
Law of the Sea
Climate Change
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,540
85,498
1,132
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bradley C Karkkainen
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,122
661
0.160
environmental law
natural resources law
water law
property law
land use law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,058
89,111
1,215
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Eric Biber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,902
2,291
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,433
1,115
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Louis J. Kotzé
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,844
3,019
0.785
Environmental law
environmental rights
environmental constitutionalism
Anthropocene
earth system
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,298
136
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Patricia Kameri-Mbote
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,699
1,289
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,517
93,511
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Glen Wright
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,648
2,633
0.722
Renenewable energy
energy policy
ocean governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,147
96,635
750
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alejandro E Camacho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,491
1,360
0.390
Environmental Law
Land Use Law
Natural Resources Law
Climate Change Law