Best Law Scientists in United Kingdom

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best scientists in the arena of Law was created using data consolidated from various data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for devising the citation-based metrics were gathered on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a researcher’s D-index (Discipline H-index), which only includes papers and citation metrics for an examined discipline.
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The range of our Law research
Research.com’s best scientists ranking is a credible list of leading scientists from the field of Law, created using a thorough examination of 166,880 researchers identified from various bibliometric data sources. For the area of Law, as many as 1698 scholars were investigated.

What is D-index acceptance threshold for Law
The D-index threshold for including a scientist to be examined is established at 20 if most of their publications are in the area of Law. The acceptance requirements for researchers to be considered into the ranking of top scientists are based on the D-index, ratio of the contributions made within the given discipline as well as the awards and achievements of the scholars. The D-index threshold for including best scholars is set as an increment of 10 depending on the overall number of researchers estimated for each area od study whilst making sure that the top 1% of leading scientists are incorporated into the ranking. We estimate a proximity of 30% or less between a researcher’s general H-index and their D-index.

Additional verification methods
Because our main goal is to make sure that only genuine scientists are mentioned in the ranking we believe that raw data are never meant to be a complete means to evaluate the output of researchers. This is why we manually verify every profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a wide range of reliable sources. Even though it’s not a metric contributing to a researcher’s position in our ranking, the number of papers published in prominent journals and conference proceedings should form a valuable secondary implication of their contribution to research in a selected discipline. Position in the ranking is determined by each scholar’s D-index according to data gathered from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most credible and well-known bibliometric databases of this type open to the research community. A comprehensive explanation of our research process can be found on our methodology page.

Our agenda
Our objective is to inspire researchers, entrepreneurs and politicians worldwide to explore where leading experts are heading and to provide a way for the entire research community to get to know who the leading experts in specific fields of research, in various countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Law
With 53 scholars United Kingdom ranks in spot 2 in the world.

As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the institution with the highest number of top scientists in United Kingdom is University of Oxford with 10 scientists affiliated with it being features in Research.com Law ranking. It is followed by Queen's University Belfast with 7 scholars. Ranking thirds is King's College London with 5 scientists.

Prominent scientists listed in United Kingdom are representing London School of Economics and Political Science, King's College London, University College London, Birkbeck, University of London, Cardiff University, University of Essex, University of Leeds, Northumbria University, Middlesex University, University of Bristol.

Professor Jonathan Jackson from London School of Economics and Political Science is featured as the best scientist in United Kingdom in our ranking with a D-index of 56. Ranking second in United Kingdom is Shadd Maruna from Queen's University Belfast with a D-index of 44. The third spot in United Kingdom is occupied by Joseph Raz from King's College London with a D-index of 41.

The average D-index for the top 5% scholars is 47 against an average of 27 for all 53 scholars listed in Research.com ranking.

The average number of published articles within the field of Law for the top 3% of researchers in the ranking is 168 against an average of 145 for all 53 researchers.

The average number of citations for the top 1% researchers is 14436 against an average of 5765 for all 53 researchers.

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
45 World 2 National D-index 44 Citations 15,473 123
56 World 3 National D-index 41 Citations 13,017 123
67 World 4 National D-index 38 Citations 7,041 348
79 World 5 National D-index 34 Citations 8,211 161
80 World 6 National D-index 34 Citations 7,590 207
91 World 7 National D-index 33 Citations 5,873 217
97 World 8 National D-index 32 Citations 6,411 240
104 World 9 National D-index 31 Citations 7,613 108
105 World 10 National D-index 31 Citations 6,452 244
106 World 11 National D-index 31 Citations 6,401 144
124 World 12 National D-index 30 Citations 5,241 148
128 World 13 National D-index 30 Citations 4,075 165
134 World 14 National D-index 29 Citations 10,099 298
142 World 15 National D-index 29 Citations 6,941 88
144 World 16 National D-index 29 Citations 6,842 128
145 World 17 National D-index 29 Citations 6,325 80
147 World 18 National D-index 29 Citations 4,469 126
177 World 19 National D-index 27 Citations 6,998 124
192 World 20 National D-index 27 Citations 3,807 149
199 World 21 National D-index 26 Citations 20,260 72
208 World 22 National D-index 26 Citations 5,616 198
209 World 23 National D-index 26 Citations 5,088 129
212 World 24 National D-index 26 Citations 4,738 365
214 World 25 National D-index 26 Citations 4,486 110
227 World 26 National D-index 26 Citations 3,367 122
246 World 27 National D-index 25 Citations 4,898 127
248 World 28 National D-index 25 Citations 4,514 112
250 World 29 National D-index 25 Citations 4,138 154
256 World 30 National D-index 25 Citations 3,386 63
262 World 31 National D-index 25 Citations 2,882 82
279 World 32 National D-index 24 Citations 4,335 75
293 World 33 National D-index 24 Citations 2,704 89
305 World 34 National D-index 23 Citations 4,495 105
308 World 35 National D-index 23 Citations 3,632 125
312 World 36 National D-index 23 Citations 2,931 165
320 World 37 National D-index 23 Citations 2,476 157
321 World 38 National D-index 23 Citations 2,476 154
323 World 39 National D-index 23 Citations 2,384 180
325 World 40 National D-index 23 Citations 2,126 94
328 World 41 National D-index 22 Citations 6,936 75
330 World 42 National D-index 22 Citations 5,776 94
333 World 44 National D-index 22 Citations 4,914 203
339 World 45 National D-index 22 Citations 3,430 111
341 World 46 National D-index 22 Citations 3,112 77
343 World 47 National D-index 22 Citations 2,899 120
358 World 48 National D-index 21 Citations 5,409 135
359 World 49 National D-index 21 Citations 5,373 71
369 World 50 National D-index 21 Citations 3,626 163
373 World 51 National D-index 21 Citations 2,794 64
380 World 52 National D-index 20 Citations 6,750 217
383 World 53 National D-index 20 Citations 4,929 125

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