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World Scientists H-Index Law / Environmental Law Rankings 2025

AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total H-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by "Scientists Last 6 Years H-index" and by subject.

Total 334 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
JB Ruhl
natural resources law
environmental law
ecosystem services
complex adaptive systems
climate change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
34
0.586
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Ahjond Garmestani
Environmental Law
Environmental Law and Policy
Ecosystem Management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
42
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Cary Coglianese
Administrative Law
Environmental Law
Public Policy
Regulation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
33
0.673
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Harro van Asselt
climate change law
environmental law
international environmental law
climate policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
40
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Peter Menell
Intellectual Property
Law and Technology
Environmental Law
Patent Law
Copyright Law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
23
0.561
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Robert Glicksman
Environmental law
Natural resources law
Administrative Law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
23
0.590
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Robin Craig
Environmental Law
Climate Change
Water Law
Public Trust Doctrine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
25
0.676
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Timo Koivurova
Arctic
international environmental law
security
human rights
indigenous peoples
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
23
0.622
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Louis J. Kotzé
Environmental law
environmental rights
environmental constitutionalism
Anthropocene
earth system
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
28
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Michael Vandenbergh
environmental law and policy
climate change
private governance
energy law and policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
25
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Raphael J Heffron
Just Transition
Energy Justice
Energy and Natural Resource Law
Planning & Environmental Law and Policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
32
0.970
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Rakhyun E Kim|Rak Kim, Rakhyun Kim, Rak Hyun Kim
Global Environmental Governance
Global Environmental Politics
International Environmental Law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
32
0.970
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
David Freestone
International Environmental Law
Law of the Sea
Climate Change
Biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
19
0.594
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Joanne Scott
EU Law
Environmental Law
WTO Law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
19
0.594
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Jacob Phelps
environmental governance
wildlife trade
environmental law
incentive-based conservation
orchids
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
28
0.903
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Wendy Wagner
science-policy
environmental law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
20
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Errol Meidinger
environmental law
transnational governance
sociology of law
human rights
legal theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
14
0.452
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Eric Biber
Environmental Law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
25
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Patricia Kameri-Mbote
Law
Environmental law
Property Law
Gender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
17
0.567
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Jonathan Nash
courts and judges
federal courts
civil procedure
environmental law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
16
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Douglas Kysar
Environmental law
animal law
climate change
torts
products liability
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
15
0.536
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Carl Dalhammar
ecodesign
ekodesign
law and innovation
environmental law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
23
0.852
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Michael A Livermore
Regulation
Environmental Law
Data Science and Law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
22
0.846
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Gloria Amparo Rodríguez
Environmental law
Derecho Ambiental
Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas
Sociología Jurídica
Antropología Jurídica
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Meinhard Doelle
Environmental Law
Climate Change Law
Energy Law
Impact Assessment Law
Impact Assessment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
17
0.654
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
JB Ruhl
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
34
0.586
natural resources law
environmental law
ecosystem services
complex adaptive systems
climate change
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ahjond Garmestani
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
42
0.750
Environmental Law
Environmental Law and Policy
Ecosystem Management
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cary Coglianese
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
33
0.673
Administrative Law
Environmental Law
Public Policy
Regulation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Harro van Asselt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
40
0.833
climate change law
environmental law
international environmental law
climate policy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Peter Menell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
23
0.561
Intellectual Property
Law and Technology
Environmental Law
Patent Law
Copyright Law
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robert Glicksman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
23
0.590
Environmental law
Natural resources law
Administrative Law
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Robin Craig
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
25
0.676
Environmental Law
Climate Change
Water Law
Public Trust Doctrine
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Timo Koivurova
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
23
0.622
Arctic
international environmental law
security
human rights
indigenous peoples
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Louis J. Kotzé
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
28
0.800
Environmental law
environmental rights
environmental constitutionalism
Anthropocene
earth system
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael Vandenbergh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
25
0.714
environmental law and policy
climate change
private governance
energy law and policy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Raphael J Heffron
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
32
0.970
Just Transition
Energy Justice
Energy and Natural Resource Law
Planning & Environmental Law and Policy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rakhyun E Kim|Rak Kim, Rakhyun Kim, Rak Hyun Kim
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
32
0.970
Global Environmental Governance
Global Environmental Politics
International Environmental Law
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Freestone
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
19
0.594
International Environmental Law
Law of the Sea
Climate Change
Biodiversity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Joanne Scott
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
19
0.594
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jacob Phelps
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
28
0.903
environmental governance
wildlife trade
environmental law
incentive-based conservation
orchids
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wendy Wagner
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
20
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Errol Meidinger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
14
0.452
environmental law
transnational governance
sociology of law
human rights
legal theory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eric Biber
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
25
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Patricia Kameri-Mbote
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
17
0.567
Law
Environmental law
Property Law
Gender
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jonathan Nash
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
16
0.571
courts and judges
federal courts
civil procedure
environmental law
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Douglas Kysar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
15
0.536
Environmental law
animal law
climate change
torts
products liability
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Carl Dalhammar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
23
0.852
ecodesign
ekodesign
law and innovation
environmental law
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael A Livermore
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
22
0.846
Regulation
Environmental Law
Data Science and Law
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gloria Amparo Rodríguez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
Environmental law
Derecho Ambiental
Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas
Sociología Jurídica
Antropología Jurídica
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Meinhard Doelle
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
17
0.654
Environmental Law
Climate Change Law
Energy Law
Impact Assessment Law
Impact Assessment