2026 David W. Kennedy: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	31	246	220	180	160	95	4681

David W. Kennedy publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David W. Kennedy sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 262+

This scientist: 95 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

David W. Kennedy D-index placement in Law in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David W. Kennedy sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

Overview

David W. Kennedy is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within social sciences and earth and planetary sciences. Their work includes significant contributions to anthropology, archeology, political science and international relations, space and planetary science, and atmospheric science.

The topics covered in Kennedy's work include:

African Studies and Geopolitics
Archaeology and Historical Studies
African history and culture analysis
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Archaeological Research and Protection
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Sports, Gender, and Society

Among their recent published papers are:

"Kites of AlUla County and the Ḥarrat ʿUwayriḍ, Saudi Arabia," 2022, published in Arabian archaeology and epigraphy
"Operational response simulation tool for epidemics within refugee and IDP settlements: A scenario-based case study of the Cox's Bazar settlement," 2021, published in DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

Frequent co-authors of Kennedy's work include:

C. G. Fenwick
John Carman
Peter S. Wells
Klavs Randsborg
Sean A. Kingsley

Kennedy has published books with several academic publishers. Notable titles include:

Early Islamic North Africa, published by Bloomsbury Academic eBooks in 2020
The Man Who Created Merseyside Football, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2020
Well Met! Friends and Travelling Companions of Rev. Thomas Bowles, published by Archaeopress Archaeology eBooks in 2023
Of Law and the World, published by Harvard University Press in 2023

Best Publications

The Dark Sides of Virtue: Reassessing International Humanitarianism

David Kennedy

685
Citations
The International Human Rights Movement: Part of the Problem?

David Kennedy

383
Citations
International Law and the Nineteenth Century: History of an Illusion

David W. Kennedy

211
Citations
Of War and Law

David Kennedy

161
Citations
The Disciplines of International Law and Policy

David W. Kennedy

145
Citations
Challenging Expert Rule: The Politics of Global Governance

David W. Kennedy

130
Citations
The Dark Sides of Virtue

David Kennedy

124
Citations
The Mystery of Global Governance

David W. Kennedy

113
Citations
The Move to Institutions

David W. Kennedy

111
Citations
Perception of first‐ and second‐order motion: Separable neurological mechanisms?

Lucia M. Vaina;Alan Cowey;David Kennedy;David Kennedy

89
Citations
The "Rule of Law," Political Choices, and Development Common Sense

David Kennedy

86
Citations
A World of Struggle: How Power, Law, and Expertise Shape Global Political Economy

David Kennedy

85
Citations
When Renewal Repeats: Thinking Against the Box

David W. Kennedy

83
Citations
International Legal Structures

David Kennedy

74
Citations
A New Stream of International Law Scholarship

David W. Kennedy

73
Citations
Primitive Legal Scholarship.

David W. Kennedy

65
Citations
Law and the Political Economy of the World

David W. Kennedy

45
Citations
Some Caution about Property Rights as a Recipe for Economic Development

David W. Kennedy

42
Citations
One, Two, Three Many Legal Orders: Legal Pluralism and the Cosmopolitan Dream

David W. Kennedy

41
Citations
Theses about International Law Discourse

David W. Kennedy

33
Citations
The international human rights regime: still part of the problem?

David W. Kennedy

29
Citations
Apology to Utopia: The Structure of International Legal Argument

David W. Kennedy

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikos Makris Brigham and Women's Hospital

Jill M. Goldstein Harvard University

Larry J. Seidman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Verne S. Caviness Harvard University

William S. Kremen University of California, San Diego

Bruce R. Rosen Harvard University

Rosemary Toomey Boston University

Ming T. Tsuang University of California, San Diego

Hans C. Breiter University of Cincinnati

Satrajit S. Ghosh MIT

External Links

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