2026 Harold Hongju Koh: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	30	273	246	196	175	169	4190

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Research.com Recognitions

2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1996 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Harold Hongju Koh is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and specializes in the social sciences, particularly focusing on political science and international relations. Their research extensively covers international law and human rights, alongside related areas such as international law and aviation, military and defense studies, corporate law and human rights, and European and international law studies.

Their recent publications include the following works:

US withdrawal from WHO is unlawful and threatens global and US health and security (2020), published in The Lancet
Introductory Remarks by David Bigge (2020), published in Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting
L'Amérique post-Trump fait ses comptes (2021), published in SAY
American Schools of International Law (Volume 410) (2020), published in Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law
Remarks by Harold Hongju Koh (2022), published in Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting

Frequent co-authors include:

Lawrence O. Gostin
Michelle A. Williams
Margaret Hamburg
Georges C. Benjamin
William H. Foege

Harold Hongju Koh has contributed multiple times to key publication venues, such as:

Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting
The Lancet
SAY
Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks

Their work also includes book publications with Yale University Press, notably the book titled The National Security Constitution in the Twenty-First Century, published in 2024.

Among their academic recognitions, Koh was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1996.

Best Publications

Why Do Nations Obey International Law

Harold Hongju Koh

1103
Citations
Transnational Legal Process

Harold Hongju Koh

251
Citations
A World Transformed

Harold Hongju Koh

178
Citations
Transnational Public Law Litigation

Harold Hongju Koh

153
Citations
On American Exceptionalism

Harold Hongju Koh

147
Citations
How Is International Human Rights Law Enforced

Harold Hongju Koh

134
Citations
The Trump Administration and International Law

Harold Hongju Koh

131
Citations
1998 Frankel Lecture: Bringing International Law Home

Harold Hongju Koh

80
Citations
The national security constitution : sharing power after the Iran-Contra Affair

Harold Hongju Koh

80
Citations
US withdrawal from WHO is unlawful and threatens global and US health and security.

Lawrence O Gostin;Harold Hongju Koh;Michelle Williams;Margaret A Hamburg

74
Citations
Democracia deliberativa y derechos humanos

Ronald C. Slye;Harold Hongju Koh

73
Citations
International Law as Part of Our Law

Harold Hongju Koh

69
Citations
Why Transnational Law Matters

Harold Hongju Koh

59
Citations
Deliberative Democracy and Human Rights

Harold Hongju Koh;Ronald C. Slye

45
Citations
The national security constitution

Harold Hongju Koh

32
Citations
The human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities : different but equal

Stanley S. Herr;Larry O. Gostin;Harold Hongju Koh

29
Citations
Why the President (Almost) Always Wins in Foreign Affairs: Lessons of the Iran-Contra Affair

Harold Hongju Koh

29
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International Law in Cyberspace

Harold Hongju Koh

28
Citations
The Crime of Aggression: The United States Perspective

Harold Hongju Koh;Todd F. Buchwald

28
Citations
The "Haiti Paradigm" in United States Human Rights Policy

Harold Hongju Koh

26
Citations
Internalization Through Socialization

Harold Hongju Koh

25
Citations
Is International Law Really State Law

Harold Hongju Koh

23
Citations
SEPARATING MYTH FROM REALITY ABOUT CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY LITIGATION

Harold Hongju Koh

21
Citations
Foundations of International Law and Politics

Oona Anne Hathaway;Harold Hongju Koh

20
Citations
Is There a "New" New Haven School of International Law?

Harold Hongju Koh

18
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The Spirit of the Laws

Harold Hongju Koh

14
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Why the President (Almost) Always Wins in Foreign Affairs

Harold Hongju Koh

9
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Reply to Book Reviews of The National Security Constitution: Sharing Power After the Iran Contra Affair

Harold Hongju Koh

2
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Frequent Co-Authors

Louis Henkin Columbia University

Lawrence O. Gostin Georgetown University

Reva B. Siegel Yale University

Bruce Ackerman Yale University

Michelle A. Williams Harvard University

Tom R. Tyler Yale University

Saskia Sassen Columbia University

Robert C. Post Yale University

Kim Lane Scheppele Princeton University

External Links

Wikipedia of Harold Hongju Koh Personal website of Harold Hongju Koh

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