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John H. Langbein

John H. Langbein

D-Index & Metrics

Law

D-Index
31
Citations
4337
World Ranking
251
National Ranking
183

John H. Langbein 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 John H. Langbein sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 262+

This scientist: 131 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John H. Langbein 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 John H. Langbein sits on this spectrum.

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: 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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

John H. Langbein is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research work primarily falls within the social sciences, with scholarly contributions addressing various aspects of law, sociology, political science, and international relations.

The scientist has focused on criminal law and related policies, particularly examining criminal law and evidence, criminal law and policy, and European criminal justice and data protection.

Recent publications by John H. Langbein include:

  • The Turn to Confession Bargaining in German Criminal Procedure: Causes and Comparisons with American Plea Bargaining, 2022, The American Journal of Comparative Law
  • langbein-usgs/est_noise: est_noise7.22, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The publication venues where John H. Langbein has contributed include:

  • The American Journal of Comparative Law
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their collaboration network appears limited, with no frequent co-authors noted in recent data.

John H. Langbein has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1987.

Best Publications

  • The Criminal Trial Before the Lawyers

    John H. Langbein

  • The German Advantage in Civil Procedure

    John H. Langbein

  • The Origins of Adversary Criminal Trial

    John H. Langbein

  • ALBION'S FATAL FLAWS

    John H. Langbein

  • Torture and the Law of Proof: Europe and England in the Ancien Regime

    Joel B. Samaha;John H. Langbein

  • Prosecuting crime in the Renaissance : England, Germany, France

    John H. Langbein

  • Shaping the Eighteenth-Century Criminal Trial: A View from the Ryder Sources

    John H. Langbein

  • The Contractarian Basis of the Law of Trusts

    John H Langbein

  • Prosecuting crime in the Renaissance

    John H. Langbein

  • Social Investing and the Law of Trusts

    John H Langbein;Richard A Posner

  • The Secret Life of the Trust: The Trust as an Instrument of Commerce

    John H. Langbein

  • Torture and the law of proof

    John H. Langbein

  • Torture and Plea Bargaining

    John H. Langbein

  • The Historical Foundations of the Law of Evidence: A View from the Ryder Sources

    John H Langbein

  • Torture and the Law of Proof: Europe and England in the Ancien Régime

    John H. Langbein

  • Understanding the Short History of Plea Bargaining

    John H. Langbein

  • Torture and Plea Bargaining

    John H. Langbein

  • Judges and Judging in the History of the Common Law and Civil Law

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  • Land Without Plea Bargaining: How the Germans Do It

    John H. Langbein

  • Controlling Prosecutorial Discretion in Germany

    John H. Langbein

  • Substantial Compliance with the Wills Act

    John H Langbein

  • Continental Criminal Procedure: Myth and Reality

    John H Langbein;Lloyd L Weinreb

  • Fighting ships and prisons;: The Mediterranean galleys of France in the age of Louis XIV

    John H. Langbein

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