Top 100 Scientists
Law / Law and Legal Studies Top 100 Scientists in Portugal 2025
Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (873,690 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.
Administração educacional
Direitos Humanos
Justiça
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
68
3,253
Vitimologia
Psicologia da Justiça
Psicologia Forense
Criminologia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
82
2,491
Direito
Direito do Urbanismo
Ordenamento do Território
Direito Administrativo
Expropriações Urbanísticas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
38
2,706
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
36
1,634
Solicitadoria e Direito
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
23
1,241
Digital forensics
Distributed systems
high performance computing
desktop grids
GPU
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
24
937
P´Pollicing Psychology
Juridical Psychology
Criminology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
26
778
Sociology of law
legal pluralism
epistemologies of the south
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
21
780
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Jurisprudence
legal philosophy
legal argumentation
criminal law theory
discrimination
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
428
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Direito Penal
Direito Processual Penal
Direito de Mera Ordenação Social
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
18
634
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* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Dialectology
Toponymy
Law and Language
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
475
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
criminology
sociology
law
immigration
crimmigration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
417
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
European law
European integration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
481
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Criminal Law
Corporate Criminal Law
Science and Criminal Law
Causality
Tax Crimes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
13
576
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Direito da União Europeia
Direito Administrativo
Direito do Urbanismo
Direito Internacional Privado
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
14
542
Direito
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
574
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Game Theory
Statistics
Criminology
WCC and Organized Crime
Criminal Networks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
400
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Political Science
International Relations
Religious Studies
European Studies
Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
296
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Mediação/Mediation
ADR/ODR
Arbitration
Consumer Law
Civil Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
356
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Competition Law
Antitrust
European Union Law
Nuclear Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
285
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
International Arbitration
Investment Law
Conflict of Laws
Energy Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
7
272
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
philosophy
law
sociology
political science
psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
7
469
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
law
gaming law
money laundering
civil and commercial law
direito civil e comercial
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
346
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
EU law
administrative law
European administrative law
public law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
204
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
infância educação direitos da criança Multiculturalismo cidadania
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
481
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 26
EU law
Public procurement
Competition law
Public Finance
Internacional economic law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
235
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 27
Law
Private Law
Contract Law
Insurance Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
5
214
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 28
Intellectual Property
Copyright Law
Law and Technology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
155
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 29
Direitos e Deveres Fundamentais
Direito e Processo Penal
Criminologia
Direito Europeu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
3
146
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 30
Sociodrama na Educação
Métodos Ativos e Criativos de Aprendizagem
Inclusão Social e Educativa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
199
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 31
law
political science
international relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
183
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 32
Civil Law
Commercial Law
Company Law
Securities Law
Banking Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
5
124
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 33
Law of the Sea
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
175
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 34
Intellectual Property Law
Unfair Competition
Competition Law
Private Law
Robot Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
224
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 35
Taxation
tax law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
151
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 36
law
mediation
contract law
online platforms
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
99
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 37
Artificial Intelligence
Criminal Law
Restorative Justice
Terrorism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
3
151
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 38
Law
International Law
International Relations
European Union Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
126
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 39
Direito do Trabalho
Direitos de personalidade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
94
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 40
Economics
Industrial Organization
Law and Economics
Credit Markets.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
279
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 41
Private Law
EU Law
Human Rights Law
Healthcare Law
Social Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
2
137
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 42
Law
International Relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
1
107
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 43
environmental law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
2
75
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 44
Drug Use
Drug Policy
Crime
Insecurity
Ethnography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
179
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 45
Direito da Família
Filosofia do Direito
Direito das Crianças
BioDireito
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
86
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 46
Direito do Trabalho
Saúde e Segurança no Trabalho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
78
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 47
Philosofy of Law
Health Law
Bioethics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
78
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 48
Direito
Law
Direito da Família
Private International Law
Direito Internacional Privado
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
67
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 49
Ambiente
Água
Direitos Humanos
Economia Circular
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
3
79
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 50
Direito
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
56
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 51
Direito
Economia
Gestão
Globalização
Tributação Internacional e Europeia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
0
34
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 52
Forensic Sciences
Ballistics
Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
50
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 53
Propriedade intelectual
privacidade
direitos de autor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
38
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 54
Introdução ao direito
Direito civil
Direito Comercial
Direito Bancário
Direito dos Seguros
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
3
62
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 55
Ciências Policiais
Políticas Públicas de Segurança
Direito
Ciência Política
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
17
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 56
Direito do Trabalho
Direito do Consumo
Relação Jurídica de Emprego Público.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
24
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 57
Filosofia
Direito Constitucional
História da Filosofia
Direitos Humanos
História.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
16
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 58
Cidadania
Educação
Direitos Humanos
Participação
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
11
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 59
Direito
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
5
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 60
Direito Comercial
Direito da Segurança Social
Direito Europeu
Gestão das Condições de Trabalho
Regulação Económica e
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
16
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 61
Direito e Processo Penal
Direitos das crianças e jovens
Delinquência juvenil
Direitos Humanos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
10
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 62
Private Law
Company Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
8
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 63
Direito Penal
Direito Processual Penal
Criminologia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
6
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 64
Maritime Law
Law of the Sea
Maritime Strategy
Naval Operations
Communications & Inteligence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
4
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 65
Direito
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
Carlos Estevão
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
68
3,253
Administração educacional
Direitos Humanos
Justiça
Ana Isabel Sani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
82
2,491
Vitimologia
Psicologia da Justiça
Psicologia Forense
Criminologia
Fernanda Paula Oliveira
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
38
2,706
Direito
Direito do Urbanismo
Ordenamento do Território
Direito Administrativo
Expropriações Urbanísticas
Manuel Monteiro Guedes Valente
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
36
1,634
Carla Queirós
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
1,241
Patricio Domingues
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
24
937
Digital forensics
Distributed systems
high performance computing
desktop grids
GPU
Laura Nunes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
26
778
P´Pollicing Psychology
Juridical Psychology
Criminology
Sara Araújo
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
21
780
Sociology of law
legal pluralism
epistemologies of the south
Luís Duarte D'Almeida
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
428
Jurisprudence
legal philosophy
legal argumentation
criminal law theory
discrimination
Nuno Brandão
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
18
634
Direito Penal
Direito Processual Penal
Direito de Mera Ordenação Social
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José Antonio González Salgado
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
475
Maria João Guia
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
417
criminology
sociology
law
immigration
crimmigration
Antonio Goucha Soares
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
481
Susana Aires De Sousa
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
13
576
Criminal Law
Corporate Criminal Law
Science and Criminal Law
Causality
Tax Crimes
Dulce Lopes
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
542
Direito da União Europeia
Direito Administrativo
Direito do Urbanismo
Direito Internacional Privado
Ana Filipa Semblano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
574
Pedro Sousa
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
400
Game Theory
Statistics
Criminology
WCC and Organized Crime
Criminal Networks
Jorge Botelho Moniz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
296
Political Science
International Relations
Religious Studies
European Studies
Law
Cátia Marques Cebola
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
356
Mediação/Mediation
ADR/ODR
Arbitration
Consumer Law
Civil Law
Miguel Sousa Ferro
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
285
Competition Law
Antitrust
European Union Law
Nuclear Law
Fernando Dias Simões
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
7
272
International Arbitration
Investment Law
Conflict of Laws
Energy Law
Soraya Nour Sckell|Soraya Nour, Soraya Sckell, Nour Sckell
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
7
469
philosophy
law
sociology
political science
psychology
Jorge Godinho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
346
law
gaming law
money laundering
civil and commercial law
direito civil e comercial
Filipe Brito Bastos
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
204
EU law
administrative law
European administrative law
public law
Rosa Leite Madeira
Universidade de Aveiro
Aveiro, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
481
infância educação direitos da criança Multiculturalismo cidadania
Nuno Cunha Rodrigues
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
235
EU law
Public procurement
Competition law
Public Finance
Internacional economic law
Margarida Lima Rego
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
5
214
Law
Private Law
Contract Law
Insurance Law
Tito Rendas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
155
Intellectual Property
Copyright Law
Law and Technology
Gonçalo Nicolau Cerqueira Sopas De Melo Bandeira
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
3
146
Direitos e Deveres Fundamentais
Direito e Processo Penal
Criminologia
Direito Europeu
Margarida Belchior
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
199
Sociodrama na Educação
Métodos Ativos e Criativos de Aprendizagem
Inclusão Social e Educativa
Wladimir Brito
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
183
law
political science
international relations
José Ferreira Gomes
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
124
Civil Law
Commercial Law
Company Law
Securities Law
Banking Law
Vasco BeckerWeinberg
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
175
Nuno Sousa E Silva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
224
Intellectual Property Law
Unfair Competition
Competition Law
Private Law
Robot Law
Liliana Ivone Pereira
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
151
Joana Campos Carvalho
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
99
law
mediation
contract law
online platforms
Pedro Miguel Freitas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
3
151
Artificial Intelligence
Criminal Law
Restorative Justice
Terrorism
António Pinto Pereira
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
126
Law
International Law
International Relations
European Union Law
Ana Lambelho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
94
Direito do Trabalho
Direitos de personalidade
Celia Costa Cabral
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
279
Economics
Industrial Organization
Law and Economics
Credit Markets.
Rui Cascão
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
2
137
Private Law
EU Law
Human Rights Law
Healthcare Law
Social Law
Abel Laureano
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
1
107
Heloísa Oliveira
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
75
Drug Use
Drug Policy
Crime
Insecurity
Ethnography
Hugo Cunha Lança|Hugo Lança, Hugo Lança Silva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
86
Direito da Família
Filosofia do Direito
Direito das Crianças
BioDireito
Ana Cristina Ribeiro Costa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
78
Direito do Trabalho
Saúde e Segurança no Trabalho
Ana Elisabete Ferreira
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
78
Direito
Law
Direito da Família
Private International Law
Direito Internacional Privado
Amparo Sereno
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
79
Ambiente
Água
Direitos Humanos
Economia Circular
Ana Filipa Conceição
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
56
Carlos Rodrigues
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
4
0
34
Direito
Economia
Gestão
Globalização
Tributação Internacional e Europeia
Luís Fernandes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
50
Pedro Pina
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
38
Propriedade intelectual
privacidade
direitos de autor
António Pedro A Ferreira
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
3
62
Introdução ao direito
Direito civil
Direito Comercial
Direito Bancário
Direito dos Seguros
Ricardo Claro
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
17
Ciências Policiais
Políticas Públicas de Segurança
Direito
Ciência Política
Susana Ferreira Dos Santos
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Bragança, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
24
Direito do Trabalho
Direito do Consumo
Relação Jurídica de Emprego Público.
Thiago Rodrigues Pereira
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
16
Filosofia
Direito Constitucional
História da Filosofia
Direitos Humanos
História.
Luisa Bravo Lamas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
11
Cidadania
Educação
Direitos Humanos
Participação
Iva Faria
Instituto Superior de Entre Douro e Vouga
Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
5
Rui Teixeira Santos
Instituto Superior de Gestão
Lisboa, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
16
Direito Comercial
Direito da Segurança Social
Direito Europeu
Gestão das Condições de Trabalho
Regulação Económica e
Ana Paula Pinto Lourenço
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
10
Direito e Processo Penal
Direitos das crianças e jovens
Delinquência juvenil
Direitos Humanos
Carlos Loureiro
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
8
Ana Teresa Carneiro
Instituto Superior da Maia
Castêlo da Maia, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
6
Direito Penal
Direito Processual Penal
Criminologia
Duarte Lynce De Faria
Escola Naval da Marinha
Rio de Janeiro, Portugal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
4
Maritime Law
Law of the Sea
Maritime Strategy
Naval Operations
Communications & Inteligence
Marcelino Abreu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2