Top 100 Scientists
Law / Environmental Law Top 100 Scientists in United States 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.
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
natural resources law
environmental law
ecosystem services
complex adaptive systems
climate change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
59
128
13,041
Environmental Law
Environmental Law and Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
56
94
9,798
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Administrative Law
Environmental Law
Public Policy
Regulation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
49
132
12,266
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Intellectual Property
Law and Technology
Environmental Law
Patent Law
Copyright Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
41
73
6,921
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Environmental law
Natural resources law
Administrative Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
83
4,687
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Environmental Law
Climate Change
Water Law
Public Trust Doctrine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
99
6,181
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
environmental law and policy
climate change
private governance
energy law and policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
53
8,292
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
International Environmental Law
Law of the Sea
Climate Change
Biodiversity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
89
4,394
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Environmental Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
47
3,982
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
science-policy
environmental law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
52
4,842
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* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
environmental law
transnational governance
sociology of law
human rights
legal theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
31
45
6,782
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Regulation
Environmental Law
Data Science and Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
41
2,932
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
courts and judges
federal courts
civil procedure
environmental law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
47
2,415
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Environmental law
animal law
climate change
torts
products liability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
39
5,107
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Environmental Law
Land Use Law
Natural Resources Law
Climate Change Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
35
3,546
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
environmental law
natural resources law
water law
property law
land use law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
30
4,152
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
environmental law
natural resources law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
33
1,855
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
environmental law and policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
35
2,165
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Renenewable energy
energy policy
ocean governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
41
3,702
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
environmental law
water law
natural resources law
administrative law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
32
1,448
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Law
Environmental Law
Law & Literature
Law & Humanities
Creative Writing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
38
1,536
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Natural Resources Law
Water Law
Property
Environmental Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
27
1,347
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Environmental Law
Administrative Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
30
2,699
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
US and International Water Law and Policy
US and International Environmental Law and Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
31
1,790
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Environmental Law
Natural Resources
Property Law
Conservation Easements
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
24
1,060
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 26
International Environmental Law
Human Rights
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
31
1,676
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 27
environmental law
federalism
climate change
water
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
29
2,991
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 28
environmental law
energy law
climate law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
33
1,276
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 29
climate change
geoengineering
international environmental law
international relations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
27
1,092
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 30
Community Ecology
Conservation Biology
Environmental Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
25
1,060
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 31
Climate change
environmental justice
climate adaptation
environmental law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
21
1,196
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 32
environmental law
regulation
cost-benefit analysis
human rights
climate change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
20
1,295
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 33
Environmental Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
18
790
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 34
Energy Law
Environmental Law
Environmental Justice
Energy Transition
Energy Justice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
802
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 35
Law
Legal Education
Legal History
Comparative Law
Environmental Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
18
2,446
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 36
Natural Resources Law
Forestry
Land Use
Environmental Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
20
531
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 37
Property
Environmental Law
Administrative Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
661
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 38
Environmental Law
Torts and Toxic Torts
Disasters and Tragedies
Natural Disasters
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
18
649
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 39
Environmental law
natural resources law
environmental ethics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
16
711
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 40
Climate Change
Physical Risk
Adaptation
Corporations
Finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
1,021
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 41
international law
human rights
right to food
environmental law
climate change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
734
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 42
Energy Law
Oil & Gas Law
Environmental Law
Regulatory Theory
International Energy Development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
633
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 43
Environmental Law
Energy Law
Regulation
Administrative Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
586
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 44
environmental law
animal law
international law
Brazil/U.S. comparative law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
17
511
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 45
Land Use Law
Environmental Law
State & Local Government Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
808
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 46
administrative law
environmental law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
490
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 47
Environmental law
comparative law
legal history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
386
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 48
Environmental Law
Administrative Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
588
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 49
environmental law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
12
340
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 50
AI for Climate Resilience
Environmental Law
Energy Transition and Justice
GIS
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
427
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 51
Environmental Law and Policy
Climate Change Adaptation
Natural Resources Law
Environmental Justice
Local Government
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
358
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 52
Climate Chage
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Environmental Law
Administrative Law
Energy Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
50
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 53
International and Comparative Environmental Law
Chinese Law
Public Interest Law
Environmental
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
96
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 54
Environmental Law
Chinese Law
Public Interest Law
Environmental Governance
Climate Justice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
51
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 55
Environmental Law. Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
16
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 56
Environmental Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
1
20
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 57
Environmental law
judicial politics
Court of Appeals
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
16
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 58
Environmental Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
14
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 59
Environmental law
Environmental governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
3
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 60
Agricultural Law
Environmental Law
Food Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 61
environmental law
natural resources law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
2
JB Ruhl
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
128
13,041
natural resources law
environmental law
ecosystem services
complex adaptive systems
climate change
Ahjond Garmestani
US Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
56
94
9,798
Environmental Law
Environmental Law and Policy
Cary Coglianese
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
132
12,266
Administrative Law
Environmental Law
Public Policy
Regulation
Peter Menell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
73
6,921
Intellectual Property
Law and Technology
Environmental Law
Patent Law
Copyright Law
Robert Glicksman
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
83
4,687
Environmental law
Natural resources law
Administrative Law
Robin Craig
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
99
6,181
Environmental Law
Climate Change
Water Law
Public Trust Doctrine
Michael Vandenbergh
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
53
8,292
environmental law and policy
climate change
private governance
energy law and policy
David Freestone
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
89
4,394
International Environmental Law
Law of the Sea
Climate Change
Biodiversity
Eric Biber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
47
3,982
Wendy Wagner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
52
4,842
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Errol Meidinger
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
45
6,782
environmental law
transnational governance
sociology of law
human rights
legal theory
Michael A Livermore
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
41
2,932
Regulation
Environmental Law
Data Science and Law
Jonathan Nash
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
47
2,415
courts and judges
federal courts
civil procedure
environmental law
Douglas Kysar
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
39
5,107
Environmental law
animal law
climate change
torts
products liability
Alejandro E Camacho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
35
3,546
Environmental Law
Land Use Law
Natural Resources Law
Climate Change Law
Bradley C Karkkainen
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
30
4,152
environmental law
natural resources law
water law
property law
land use law
Albert C Lin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
33
1,855
David Markell
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
35
2,165
Glen Wright
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
41
3,702
Renenewable energy
energy policy
ocean governance
Dave Owen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
32
1,448
environmental law
water law
natural resources law
administrative law
Michael Burger
Roger Williams University
Bristol, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
38
1,536
Law
Environmental Law
Law & Literature
Law & Humanities
Creative Writing
Christine A Klein
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
27
1,347
Natural Resources Law
Water Law
Property
Environmental Law
David Schoenbrod
New York Law School
New York, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
30
2,699
Gabriel Eckstein
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
31
1,790
US and International Water Law and Policy
US and International Environmental Law and Policy
Jessica Owley
University of Miami
Coral Gables, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
24
1,060
Environmental Law
Natural Resources
Property Law
Conservation Easements
David Hunter
American University
Washington, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
31
1,676
Kirsten Engel
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
29
2,991
environmental law
federalism
climate change
water
Victor B Flatt
University of Houston
Houston, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
33
1,276
Jesse L Reynolds
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
27
1,092
climate change
geoengineering
international environmental law
international relations
David E Jennings
Vermont Law School
South Royalton, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
25
1,060
Community Ecology
Conservation Biology
Environmental Law
Alice Kaswan
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
21
1,196
Climate change
environmental justice
climate adaptation
environmental law
Amy Sinden
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
20
1,295
environmental law
regulation
cost-benefit analysis
human rights
climate change
Jeffrey M Gaba
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
790
Uma Outka
University of Kansas
Lawrence, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
802
Energy Law
Environmental Law
Environmental Justice
Energy Transition
Energy Justice
Steve Sheppard
Saint Mary's University San Antonio Texas
San Antonio, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
2,446
Law
Legal Education
Legal History
Comparative Law
Environmental Law
Blake Hudson
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
20
531
Natural Resources Law
Forestry
Land Use
Environmental Law
Jerry Anderson
Drake University
Des Moines, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
661
Denis Binder
Chapman University
Orange, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
649
Environmental Law
Torts and Toxic Torts
Disasters and Tragedies
Natural Disasters
Alyson C Flournoy
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
16
711
Environmental law
natural resources law
environmental ethics
Madison Condon
Boston University
Boston, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
1,021
Climate Change
Physical Risk
Adaptation
Corporations
Finance
Hilal Elver
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
734
international law
human rights
right to food
environmental law
climate change
James W Coleman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
633
Energy Law
Oil & Gas Law
Environmental Law
Regulatory Theory
International Energy Development
Todd Aagaard
Villanova University
Villanova, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
586
Environmental Law
Energy Law
Regulation
Administrative Law
David N Cassuto
Pace University
New York, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
17
511
environmental law
animal law
international law
Brazil/U.S. comparative law
Stephen R Miller
University of Idaho
Moscow, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
808
Land Use Law
Environmental Law
State & Local Government Law
Kathryn E Kovacs
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
490
Noga Morag Levine
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
386
Environmental law
comparative law
legal history
Caroline Cecot
George Mason University
Fairfax, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
588
John Ruple
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
12
340
Nadia B Ahmad
Barry University
Miami, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
427
AI for Climate Resilience
Environmental Law
Energy Transition and Justice
GIS
Sean Hecht
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
358
Environmental Law and Policy
Climate Change Adaptation
Natural Resources Law
Environmental Justice
Local Government
Gabriel Weil
Touro Law Center
Central Islip, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
50
Climate Chage
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Environmental Law
Administrative Law
Energy Law
Yanmei Lin
Vermont Law School
South Royalton, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
96
International and Comparative Environmental Law
Chinese Law
Public Interest Law
Environmental
Shiyin Chen
Vermont Law School
South Royalton, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
51
Environmental Law
Chinese Law
Public Interest Law
Environmental Governance
Climate Justice
Xiao Recio-Blanco
Environmental Law Institute
Washington, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
16
Environmental Law. Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy
Azam Hawari
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
20
Elizabeth Wheat
University of Wisconsin Green Bay
Green Bay, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
16
Environmental law
judicial politics
Court of Appeals
Taiga Takahashi
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
14
Emily R Lyons
Vermont Law School
South Royalton, United States
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
1
0
2
John Robinson Jr
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
2