Best Law Scientists

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best researchers in the arena of Law is based on data derived from a wide range of data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for devising the citation-based metrics were acquired on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a researcher’s D-index (Discipline H-index), which only includes publications and citation values for an examined discipline.
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The scope of our Law research
Research.com’s best researchers ranking is a trustworthy account of leading scientists from the discipline of Law, established by means of a thorough examination of 166,880 researchers identified from various bibliometric data sources. For the area of Law, as many as 1698 scholars were examined.

What is D-index approval threshold for Law
The D-index threshold for including a scientist to be considered is established at 20 if the majority of of their publications are in the area of Law. The acceptance factors for scholars to be considered into the ranking of top researchers are based on the D-index, proportion of the publications made within the given discipline in addition to the awards and achievements of the researchers. The D-index threshold for listing leading scientists is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of scientists assessed for each discipline whilst ensuring that the top 1% of best scientists are incorporated into the ranking. There should be a proximity of 30% or less between a scholar’s general H-index and their D-index.

Additional verification rules
Because our primary mission is to make sure that only actual scientists are included in the ranking we are aware that metrics are never meant to be a complete tool to assess the work of researchers. Because of that we manually inspect every profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a wide range of credible sources. Even though it’s not a metric defining a scientist’s position in our ranking, the number of documents published in major journals and conference proceedings should constitute a valuable secondary signal of their contribution to research in a selected discipline. Position in the ranking is determined by every researcher’s D-index with the help of metrics collected from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most credible and well-known bibliometric databases of this type accessible to the research community. A thorough overview of our research process can be found on our methodology page.

Our agenda
Our objective is to motivate researchers, entrepreneurs and politicians worldwide to explore where leading experts are heading and to give an opportunity for the whole scientific community to get to know who the leading experts in specific disciplines, in various countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Law
As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the affiliation with the highest number of leading scholars in the world is Harvard University with 18 scientists affiliated with it being present in the Law ranking. It is followed by New York University with 16 scholars. Ranking thirds is Yale University with 16 scientists.

Prominent scientists featured in the world are affiliated with American Bar Foundation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Australian National University, Stanford University, University of Louisville, London School of Economics and Political Science, Arizona State University, Columbia University, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Pacific Institute For Research and Evaluation.

Professor Cass R. Sunstein from Harvard University is listed as the best scholar in the world in our ranking with a D-index of 114. Ranking on spot no. 2 in the world is Richard A. Posner from University of Chicago with a D-index of 98. The third position in the world is occupied by Alejandro Portes from University of Miami with a D-index of 96.

The average D-index for the top 3% scholars is 81 against an average of 30 for all scholars included in our ranking.

The average number of published articles in the discipline of Law for the top 1% of researchers in the ranking is 571 against an average of 150 for all scholars.

The average number of citations for the top 10% scientists is 24748 against an average of 8304 for all scholars.

World
National
Scholar
D-Index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.
Citations
Publications
1 World 1 National D-index 114 Citations 95,845 693
2 World 2 National D-index 98 Citations 84,452 539
3 World 3 National D-index 96 Citations 102,496 281
4 World 4 National D-index 82 Citations 26,634 774
5 World 5 National D-index 79 Citations 25,182 239
6 World 6 National D-index 79 Citations 22,863 412
7 World 7 National D-index 76 Citations 45,912 199
8 World 1 National D-index 75 Citations 24,294 314
9 World 8 National D-index 72 Citations 22,480 383
10 World 9 National D-index 71 Citations 16,942 188
11 World 1 National D-index 70 Citations 41,420 363
12 World 10 National D-index 66 Citations 21,389 212
13 World 11 National D-index 66 Citations 15,586 260
14 World 12 National D-index 65 Citations 19,391 346
15 World 13 National D-index 63 Citations 28,678 243
16 World 14 National D-index 63 Citations 14,812 201
17 World 15 National D-index 60 Citations 24,752 180
18 World 16 National D-index 59 Citations 17,475 212
19 World 17 National D-index 59 Citations 12,479 210
20 World 18 National D-index 59 Citations 9,135 201
21 World 19 National D-index 58 Citations 10,402 238
22 World 20 National D-index 57 Citations 14,563 256
23 World 21 National D-index 56 Citations 14,813 206
25 World 22 National D-index 55 Citations 9,653 452
26 World 23 National D-index 54 Citations 14,960 226
27 World 24 National D-index 53 Citations 10,718 140
28 World 25 National D-index 52 Citations 29,714 180
29 World 26 National D-index 52 Citations 22,442 107
30 World 27 National D-index 52 Citations 18,721 267
31 World 28 National D-index 51 Citations 20,653 131
32 World 29 National D-index 51 Citations 8,677 225
33 World 30 National D-index 50 Citations 22,731 238
34 World 31 National D-index 49 Citations 8,923 156
35 World 32 National D-index 48 Citations 11,527 262
36 World 33 National D-index 48 Citations 11,488 236
37 World 34 National D-index 48 Citations 7,770 147
38 World 35 National D-index 47 Citations 24,713 161
39 World 36 National D-index 47 Citations 16,081 111
40 World 37 National D-index 46 Citations 12,359 273
41 World 38 National D-index 46 Citations 8,210 676
42 World 39 National D-index 45 Citations 9,684 354
43 World 40 National D-index 44 Citations 21,391 107
44 World 41 National D-index 44 Citations 17,698 121
45 World 2 National D-index 44 Citations 15,473 123
46 World 42 National D-index 44 Citations 14,762 103
48 World 44 National D-index 44 Citations 9,244 157
49 World 45 National D-index 43 Citations 22,699 98
50 World 46 National D-index 43 Citations 14,765 189
51 World 47 National D-index 43 Citations 10,245 135
52 World 2 National D-index 43 Citations 8,297 134
53 World 48 National D-index 43 Citations 6,466 156
54 World 49 National D-index 42 Citations 11,474 146
55 World 50 National D-index 42 Citations 10,650 84
56 World 3 National D-index 41 Citations 13,017 123
57 World 51 National D-index 41 Citations 8,134 99
58 World 52 National D-index 41 Citations 5,604 112
59 World 53 National D-index 40 Citations 8,775 152
60 World 54 National D-index 40 Citations 8,503 215
61 World 55 National D-index 40 Citations 6,240 243
62 World 56 National D-index 39 Citations 21,424 141
63 World 57 National D-index 39 Citations 18,036 204
64 World 1 National D-index 39 Citations 7,988 87
65 World 58 National D-index 39 Citations 7,896 138
66 World 59 National D-index 38 Citations 15,372 176
67 World 4 National D-index 38 Citations 7,041 348
68 World 60 National D-index 37 Citations 11,460 126
69 World 1 National D-index 37 Citations 9,817 178
70 World 61 National D-index 37 Citations 8,099 189
71 World 62 National D-index 37 Citations 7,968 85
72 World 63 National D-index 37 Citations 7,326 219
73 World 64 National D-index 36 Citations 25,682 111
74 World 65 National D-index 35 Citations 21,692 150
75 World 66 National D-index 35 Citations 18,252 103
76 World 67 National D-index 35 Citations 9,355 70
77 World 2 National D-index 35 Citations 9,068 148
78 World 68 National D-index 35 Citations 7,985 89
79 World 5 National D-index 34 Citations 8,211 161
80 World 6 National D-index 34 Citations 7,590 207
81 World 69 National D-index 34 Citations 5,906 143
82 World 70 National D-index 34 Citations 5,243 127
84 World 72 National D-index 33 Citations 32,486 94
85 World 73 National D-index 33 Citations 21,258 113
86 World 74 National D-index 33 Citations 16,126 125
87 World 75 National D-index 33 Citations 9,128 125
88 World 76 National D-index 33 Citations 8,151 170
89 World 77 National D-index 33 Citations 6,527 138
90 World 78 National D-index 33 Citations 6,088 151
91 World 7 National D-index 33 Citations 5,873 217
92 World 79 National D-index 32 Citations 12,077 106
93 World 1 National D-index 32 Citations 11,046 111
94 World 80 National D-index 32 Citations 10,110 348
95 World 81 National D-index 32 Citations 7,092 89
96 World 82 National D-index 32 Citations 6,633 57
97 World 8 National D-index 32 Citations 6,411 240
98 World 83 National D-index 32 Citations 6,165 98
99 World 84 National D-index 32 Citations 5,825 177
100 World 3 National D-index 32 Citations 5,768 237

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