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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 73 609 531 113 99 230 52777

John Law publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by John Law between 1966 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. John Law published across 60 years, from 1966 to 2025, averaging 4.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 1984. 9 of the 266 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1966 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 1984. 1966: 1 publication 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 0 publications 1973: 1 publication 1974: 2 publications 1975: 1 publication 1976: 2 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 2 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 23 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 8 publications 1987: 7 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 1 publication 2023: 2 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 4 publications
1966 2025

266 publications in total across all disciplines

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John Law: publications per year, 1966 to 2025
Year Publications
1966 1
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 1
1972 0
1973 1
1974 2
1975 1
1976 2
1977 2
1978 1
1979 1
1980 2
1981 1
1982 2
1983 1
1984 23
1985 0
1986 8
1987 7
1988 7
1989 2
1990 5
1991 5
1992 4
1993 2
1994 3
1995 4
1996 2
1997 3
1998 5
1999 4
2000 10
2001 3
2002 8
2003 10
2004 7
2005 6
2006 11
2007 6
2008 8
2009 5
2010 5
2011 11
2012 7
2013 10
2014 12
2015 3
2016 3
2017 13
2018 2
2019 4
2020 7
2021 1
2022 1
2023 2
2024 5
2025 4
Total 266
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John Law publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Law sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 224–233 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 230 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213 230
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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John Law D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Law sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 73 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46 73
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

John Law is affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions focus on various interdisciplinary topics, notably spanning Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Geographies of human-animal interactions, Culinary Culture and Tourism, Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, Race, Genetics, and Society, South Asian Studies and Conflicts, as well as Romani and Gypsy Studies.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Words to think with: An introduction, 2020, The Sociological Review
  • Thinking differently with Chinese medicine: 'Explanations' and case studies for a postcolonial STS, 2022, Social Studies of Science
  • Verbing meahcci: Living Sámi lands, 2020, The Sociological Review
  • Translating a title: On other terms, 2020, The Sociological Review
  • Afterword: The Infrastructures of Difference, 2020, Nomadic Peoples

John Law frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • Solveig Joks
  • Liv Østmo
  • Annemarie Mol
  • Wen-yuan Lin
  • Liubov Chernysheva

Their work has been published across several academic venues, primarily:

  • The Sociological Review
  • The MIT Press eBooks
  • Social Studies of Science
  • Nomadic Peoples
  • Studies in health technology and informatics

The subfields covered by John Law include:

  • General Health Professions
  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Food Science
  • Physiology
  • Genetics

Best Publications

  • Notes on the theory of the actor-network: ordering, strategy and heterogeneity.

    John Law

  • Shaping technology, building society : studies in sociotechnical change

    Wiebe E. Bijker;John Law

  • Enacting the social

    John Law;John Urry

  • Technology and heterogeneous engineering: the case of Portuguese expansion

    J. Law

  • Actor-network theory and material semiotics

    John Law

  • Regions, Networks and Fluids: Anaemia and Social Topology:

    Annemarie Mol;John Law

  • After Ant: Complexity, Naming and Topology:

    John Law

  • A Sociology of monsters: Essays on power, technology, and domination

    John Law

  • Mapping the Dynamics of Science and Technology

    Michel Callon;John Law;Arie Rip

  • Power, Action and Belief. A New Sociology of Knowledge?

    J Law;G. J Fyfe;M Callon;B Latour

  • Embodied Action, Enacted Bodies. The Example of Hypoglycaemia

    Annemarie Mol;John Law

  • On the Methods of Long-Distance Control: Vessels, Navigation and the Portuguese Route to India:

    John Law

  • Notes on Materiality and Sociality

    John Law;Annemarie Mol

  • Mapping the dynamics of science and technology : sociology of science in the real world

    Susan E. Cozzens;Michel Callon;John Law;Arie Rip

  • Situating Technoscience: An Inquiry into Spatialities

    John Law;Annemarie Mol

  • Introduction: Monsters, Machines and Sociotechnical Relations:

    John Law

  • Reassembling Social Science Methods: The Challenge of Digital Devices:

    Evelyn S. Ruppert;John Law;Mike Savage

  • On Interests and their Transformation: Enrolment and Counter-Enrolment:

    Michel Callon;John Law

  • Complexities: An Introduction

    Annemarie Mol;John Law

  • Complexities: Social Studies of Knowledge Practices

    John Law;Annemarie Mol

  • What's wrong with a one-world world?

    John Law

Frequent Co-Authors

Annemarie Mol
Annemarie Mol University of Amsterdam
Michel Callon
Michel Callon Mines ParisTech
Annelies Wilder-Smith
Annelies Wilder-Smith University of Bern
Mike Savage
Mike Savage London School of Economics and Political Science
Wiebe E. Bijker
Wiebe E. Bijker Maastricht University
Arie Rip
Arie Rip University of Twente
Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour Sciences Po
Annalee Yassi
Annalee Yassi University of British Columbia
Trevor Pinch
Trevor Pinch Cornell University
Nicholas I. Paton
Nicholas I. Paton National University of Singapore

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