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D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Law 50 49 43 2 2 243 14140

Gunther Teubner publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gunther Teubner between 1971 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gunther Teubner published across 55 years, from 1971 to 2025, averaging 4.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 1986. 8 of the 257 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1971 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 1986. 1971: 2 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 2 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 28 publications 1987: 13 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 4 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 16 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 4 publications
1971 2025

257 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gunther Teubner: publications per year, 1971 to 2025
Year Publications
1971 2
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 2
1976 0
1977 0
1978 1
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 3
1984 5
1985 5
1986 28
1987 13
1988 3
1989 3
1990 2
1991 3
1992 6
1993 5
1994 1
1995 1
1996 2
1997 6
1998 5
1999 1
2000 4
2001 4
2002 5
2003 5
2004 4
2005 5
2006 16
2007 3
2008 4
2009 6
2010 4
2011 12
2012 10
2013 7
2014 4
2015 6
2016 7
2017 8
2018 6
2019 12
2020 5
2021 9
2022 0
2023 6
2024 4
2025 4
Total 257
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Gunther Teubner 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 Gunther Teubner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 46 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 37–41 to 262+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 262+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 242–246 publications, is where this scientist sits. 37–41 publications: 3 scientists 42–46 publications: 1 scientist 47–51 publications: 0 scientists 52–56 publications: 3 scientists 57–61 publications: 2 scientists 62–66 publications: 1 scientist 67–71 publications: 6 scientists 72–76 publications: 6 scientists 77–81 publications: 10 scientists 82–86 publications: 7 scientists 87–91 publications: 10 scientists 92–96 publications: 18 scientists 97–101 publications: 15 scientists 102–106 publications: 14 scientists 107–111 publications: 12 scientists 112–116 publications: 12 scientists 117–121 publications: 14 scientists 122–126 publications: 10 scientists 127–131 publications: 9 scientists 132–136 publications: 14 scientists 137–141 publications: 12 scientists 142–146 publications: 14 scientists 147–151 publications: 8 scientists 152–156 publications: 14 scientists 157–161 publications: 5 scientists 162–166 publications: 9 scientists 167–171 publications: 15 scientists 172–176 publications: 6 scientists 177–181 publications: 9 scientists 182–186 publications: 8 scientists 187–191 publications: 16 scientists 192–196 publications: 7 scientists 197–201 publications: 6 scientists 202–206 publications: 7 scientists 207–211 publications: 11 scientists 212–216 publications: 0 scientists 217–221 publications: 5 scientists 222–226 publications: 6 scientists 227–231 publications: 10 scientists 232–236 publications: 8 scientists 237–241 publications: 5 scientists 242–246 publications: 4 scientists 247–251 publications: 2 scientists 252–256 publications: 7 scientists 257–261 publications: 5 scientists 262+ publications: 100 scientists
37–41 publications 262+

This scientist: 243 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Law scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 466 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
37–41 3
42–46 1
47–51 0
52–56 3
57–61 2
62–66 1
67–71 6
72–76 6
77–81 10
82–86 7
87–91 10
92–96 18
97–101 15
102–106 14
107–111 12
112–116 12
117–121 14
122–126 10
127–131 9
132–136 14
137–141 12
142–146 14
147–151 8
152–156 14
157–161 5
162–166 9
167–171 15
172–176 6
177–181 9
182–186 8
187–191 16
192–196 7
197–201 6
202–206 7
207–211 11
212–216 0
217–221 5
222–226 6
227–231 10
232–236 8
237–241 5
242–246 4 243
247–251 2
252–256 7
257–261 5
262+ 100
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Gunther Teubner 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 Gunther Teubner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 23 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 42+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 92. Most scientists, 92, have 42+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 20 D-Index: 16 scientists 21 D-Index: 23 scientists 22 D-Index: 11 scientists 23 D-Index: 20 scientists 24 D-Index: 17 scientists 25 D-Index: 23 scientists 26 D-Index: 19 scientists 27 D-Index: 19 scientists 28 D-Index: 22 scientists 29 D-Index: 14 scientists 30 D-Index: 25 scientists 31 D-Index: 25 scientists 32 D-Index: 20 scientists 33 D-Index: 24 scientists 34 D-Index: 23 scientists 35 D-Index: 12 scientists 36 D-Index: 11 scientists 37 D-Index: 15 scientists 38 D-Index: 14 scientists 39 D-Index: 4 scientists 40 D-Index: 8 scientists 41 D-Index: 9 scientists 42+ D-Index: 92 scientists
20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Law scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 466 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 16
21 23
22 11
23 20
24 17
25 23
26 19
27 19
28 22
29 14
30 25
31 25
32 20
33 24
34 23
35 12
36 11
37 15
38 14
39 4
40 8
41 9
42+ 92 50
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Law in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Law in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Gunther Teubner is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany and specializes in social sciences with a primary focus on law, political science, and related interdisciplinary fields. Their research encompasses a range of subfields including law, political science and international relations, sociology and political science, safety research, and economics and econometrics.

The core topics addressed in their work cover ethics and social impacts of artificial intelligence, law and political science, judicial and constitutional studies, comparative constitutional jurisprudence, European and international law studies, international law and human rights, as well as legal principles and applications.

The scientist has contributed to several publications, with recent papers including:

  • Transnational Economic Constitutionalism in the Varieties of Capitalism (2020, Global Perspectives)
  • The Constitution of Non-Monetary Surplus Values (2020, Social & Legal Studies)
  • Societal Constitutionalism: Background, Theory, Debates (2021, ICL Journal)
  • Networked statehood: an institutionalised self-contradiction in the process of globalisation? (2021, Transnational Legal Theory)
  • Human-algorithm hybrids as (quasi-)organizations? On the accountability of digital collective actors (2023, Journal of Law and Society)

Frequent co-authors include Angelo Golia, Herausgegeben Von, Alfons Bora, Michelle Cottier, and Walter Fuchs.

Gunther Teubner has published multiple works in various academic venues, prominently in Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie with seven publications, SSRN Electronic Journal with six, Journal of Law and Society with two, as well as Global Perspectives and Social & Legal Studies with one each.

The scientist has also authored books, including a notable publication titled Three Liability Regimes for Artificial Intelligence released by Hart Publishing eBooks in 2021.

Among distinctions, Gunther Teubner was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Regime-collisions: The vain search for legal unity in the fragmentation of global law

    Andreas Fischer-Lescano;Gunther Teubner

  • Law as an autopoietic system

    Gunther Teubner

  • Substantive and reflexive elements in modern law

    Gunther Teubner

  • Constitutional Fragments: Societal Constitutionalism and Globalization

    Gunther Teubner

  • Recht als autopoietisches System

    Gunther Teubner

  • Kontext und Autonomie: Gesellschaftliche Selbststeuerung durch reflexives Recht

    Gunther Teubner;Helmut Willke

  • Legal irritants: good faith in British law, or how unifying law ends up in new differences

    Gunther Teubner

  • Juridification of Social Spheres: A comparative analysis in the areas of labor, corporate, antitrust and social welfare law

    Gunther Teubner

  • Global law without a state

    Gunther Teubner

  • Rights of Non‐humans? Electronic Agents and Animals as New Actors in Politics and Law

    Gunther Teubner

  • Global Bukowina: Legal pluralism in the world society

    Gunther Teubner

  • HOW THE LAW THINKS: TOWARD A CONSTRUCTIVIST EPISTEMOLOGY OF LAW

    Gunther Teubner

  • Autopoietic Law: A new approach to law and society

    Gunther Teubner

  • Juridification: Concepts, Aspects, Limits, Solutions

    Gunther Teubner

  • Regime-Collisions: The Vain Search for Legal Unity in the Fragmentation of Global Law

    Gunther Teubner;Andreas Fischer-Lescano

  • The two faces of Janus : rethinking legal pluralism

    Gunther Teubner

  • Dilemmas of Law in the Welfare State

    Gunther Teubner

  • Societal Constitutionalism: Alternatives to State-Centered Constitutional Theory?

    Gunther Teubner

  • The Self-Reproduction of Law and its Limits

    Niklas Luhmann;Gunther Teubner

  • Law as Medium and Law as Institution

    Jürgen Habermas;Gunther Teubner

  • Transnational governance and constitutionalism

    Christian Joerges;Inger-Johanne Sand;Gunther Teubner

  • Regime-Kollisionen : zur Fragmentierung des globalen Rechts

    Andreas Fischer-Lescano;Gunther Teubner

  • Enterprise Corporatism - New Industrial-Policy and the Essence of the Legal Person

    Gunther Teubner

  • AUTOPOIESIS IN LAW AND SOCIETY: A REJOINDER TO BLANKENBURG

    Gunther Teubner

  • The Anonymous Matrix: Human Rights Violations by ‘Private’ Transnational Actors

    Gunther Teubner

  • After legal instrumentalism? : strategic models of post-regulatory law

    Gunther Teubner

  • The Transformation of Law in the Welfare State

    Gunther Teubner

  • Environmental law and ecological responsibility : the concept and practice of ecological self-organization

    Gunther Teubner;Lindsay Farmer;Declan Murphy

  • Global Private Regimes: Neo-Spontaneous Law and Dual Constitution of Autonomous Sectors?

    Gunther Teubner

  • Breaking Frames: Economic Globalisation and the Emergence of Lex Mercatoria

    Gunther Teubner

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Joerges
Christian Joerges Hertie School
Niklas Luhmann
Niklas Luhmann Bielefeld University
Hugh Collins
Hugh Collins London School of Economics and Political Science
Markus Roth
Markus Roth Technical University of Darmstadt
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas Goethe University Frankfurt
Nicola Lacey
Nicola Lacey London School of Economics and Political Science
Katharina Pistor
Katharina Pistor Columbia University
Reinhard Zimmermann
Reinhard Zimmermann Max Planck Society

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