Measure your academic influence with the AD Scientific Index 2025 H-Index Rankings.
These rankings provide a comprehensive evaluation of scientific performance by combining total and recent 6-year h-index values, offering insight into both research productivity and long-term impact. The h-index balances quantity with quality, highlighting sustained academic excellence. Rankings are continuously updated in near real-time to reflect the latest scholarly activity across countries, institutions, and 211 academic fields. Premium Membership unlocks deeper analytics, dynamic ranking tools, and personalized trend visualizations.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Administrative law
behavioral economic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
112
0.596
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
legal psycholog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
91
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Criminological Theory
Correctional Policy
Organization of Knowledg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
73
0.549
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Criminology
Statistics
Public Polic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
68
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Sexual Exploitation and Restorative Justic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
57
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
regulation
health and safety
law and economics
tort liability
risk and uncertaint
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
42
0.375
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
writing
self-regulation
practice-based professional development
learning
social justic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
67
0.620
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Intellectual Property
Antitrust
Internet La
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
58
0.547
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
dangerous
violence
law
risk
predictio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
44
0.436
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
57
0.576
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Criminology
policing
evidence based crime policy
criminal justice
crime preventio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
67
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
52
0.531
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
drug abuse
violence
crime and antisocial behavior
epidemiology
school dropou
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
59
0.663
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Criminology
criminal justice
crime
policin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
61
0.693
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
self-control
biosocial criminology
homicide
psychopathy
temperamen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
55
0.632
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
law
humanities
arts and sciences
law and society
critical race theor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
40
0.465
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Criminolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
40
0.471
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
46
0.548
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Regulation
Therapeutics
And La
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
60
0.723
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
constitutional law
philosophy of law
legal reasoning
freedom of speech and press
law of evidence and proo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
40
0.482
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
39
0.476
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Social policy
data science
behavioral scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
49
0.613
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Gangs
Violence
Criminal Justice
Criminolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
48
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Victimology
violence against women
campus crim
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
54
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
victimization
VAW
measurement
campus crim
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
54
0.684
Cass Sunstein
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
112
0.596
Tom Tyler
Yale University
New Haven, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
91
0.615
Francis T Cullen
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
73
0.549
Criminological Theory
Correctional Policy
Organization of Knowledg
Daniel Nagin
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
68
0.591
Mary P Koss
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
57
0.500
Sexual Exploitation and Restorative Justic
W Kip Viscusi
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
42
0.375
regulation
health and safety
law and economics
tort liability
risk and uncertaint
Karen R Harris
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
67
0.620
writing
self-regulation
practice-based professional development
learning
social justic
Mark Lemley
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
58
0.547
Intellectual Property
Antitrust
Internet La
John Monahan
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
44
0.436
Cathy Spatz Widom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
57
0.576
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David Weisburd
George Mason University
Fairfax, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
67
0.684
Criminology
policing
evidence based crime policy
criminal justice
crime preventio
Eric Posner
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
52
0.531
Michael G Vaughn
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
59
0.663
drug abuse
violence
crime and antisocial behavior
epidemiology
school dropou
Anthony A Braga
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
61
0.693
Criminology
criminal justice
crime
policin
Matt Delisi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
55
0.632
self-control
biosocial criminology
homicide
psychopathy
temperamen
Richard Delgado
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
40
0.465
law
humanities
arts and sciences
law and society
critical race theor
Terence Thornberry
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
40
0.471
Raymond Paternoster
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
46
0.548
Aaron Kesselheim
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
60
0.723
Frederick Schauer
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
40
0.482
constitutional law
philosophy of law
legal reasoning
freedom of speech and press
law of evidence and proo
Charles Sabel
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
39
0.476
Jens Ludwig
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
49
0.613
Social policy
data science
behavioral scienc
Scott Decker
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
48
0.600
Gangs
Violence
Criminal Justice
Criminolog
Bonnie Fisher
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
54
0.684
Victimology
violence against women
campus crim
Bonnie S Fisher
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
54
0.684
victimization
VAW
measurement
campus crim