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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 18 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Law and Economics of Intellectual Property
Competition Law
Access to Knowledge
Empirical Legal Studies
Behavioural law and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
56
0.519
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Big data
AI
Intellectual property
Emerging technologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
85
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Intellectual property
International IP
Competition La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
44
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Digital Preservation
Library Automation
Technology and Library Management
Open Educational Legal Information Resources
MOOC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
34
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Digital Archive
Open Access Resources
Digital Referencing
Legal Information Managmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
29
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bioethics
Family law
Alternate Dispute Resolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Constitutional Law
Comparative Law
Environmental La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Employment Law- Labour and Admin Law
Legal education and Research
Transparency and accountability in Governanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
19
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Corporate Laws
Securities Market
Competition La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Criminal Law
Criminology
Human Right
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Public International Law
International Criminal Law
International Humanitarian Law
Cyberspac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Library Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
4
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
criminal law
constitutional law
public policy
human right
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Comparative Public Law
Constitutional Law
Legal Histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
criminal law
feminist legal studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Disinformation
Digital rights
Cybersecurit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alternate Dispute Resolution
Investment Arbitration
International Commercial Arbitratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cyber Laws
Corporate Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,683,090
78,389
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Arul George Scaria
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
56
0.519
Law and Economics of Intellectual Property
Competition Law
Access to Knowledge
Empirical Legal Studies
Behavioural law and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,743,897
83,422
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
R Neethu
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
85
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,755,928
84,459
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yogesh Pai
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
44
0.473
Intellectual property
International IP
Competition La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,024,596
109,014
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Samar Iqbal Bakhshi
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
34
0.680
Digital Preservation
Library Automation
Technology and Library Management
Open Educational Legal Information Resources
MOOC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,110,976
117,379
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Akash Singh
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
29
0.744
Digital Archive
Open Access Resources
Digital Referencing
Legal Information Managmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,112,149
117,525
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Diksha Munjal
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
Bioethics
Family law
Alternate Dispute Resolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,172,696
123,330
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Niraj Kumar
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
Constitutional Law
Comparative Law
Environmental La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,215,293
127,538
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jeet Singh Mann
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
19
0.679
Employment Law- Labour and Admin Law
Legal education and Research
Transparency and accountability in Governanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,280,732
134,119
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Harpreet Kaur
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
Corporate Laws
Securities Market
Competition La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,281,798
134,266
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Srikrishna Deva Rao
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,344,996
140,206
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sharngan Aravindakshan
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Public International Law
International Criminal Law
International Humanitarian Law
Cyberspac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,357,234
141,367
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Priya Rai
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
4
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,388,430
144,161
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shantanu Pachauri
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
criminal law
constitutional law
public policy
human right
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,445,222
149,312
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shardool Kulkarni
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Comparative Public Law
Constitutional Law
Legal Histor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,487,092
153,142
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mehak Bajpai
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,514,323
155,699
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Archit Lohani
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Disinformation
Digital rights
Cybersecurit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,514,323
155,699
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Daniel Mathew
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Alternate Dispute Resolution
Investment Arbitration
International Commercial Arbitratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,572,630
161,028
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Aparajita Bhatt
National Law University, Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000