2026 Kal Raustiala: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	25	358	325	247	221	79	7597

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Overview

Kal Raustiala is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within social sciences, with a particular focus on political science and international relations, strategy and management, development, sociology and political science, as well as literature and literary theory.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

International Development and Aid
European Union Policy and Governance
Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies
Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
International Arbitration and Investment Law
International Law and Human Rights

Raustiala has published papers in multiple venues, contributing to the following journals and publication outlets:

SSRN Electronic Journal
AJIL Unbound
Cambridge University Press eBooks
American Journal of International Law

Recent publications include:

"The Global Governance of the Internet," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
"The Rarity of Rewarding," 2021, AJIL Unbound
"Index," 2021, Cambridge University Press eBooks
"Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology. By Anu Bradford. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. 599. Index.," 2024, American Journal of International Law
"Normative Contestation in the International Order: Is China Remaking Global Governance?," 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal

Their frequent coauthors include:

Michael Barnett
Jon Pevehouse
Duncan B. Hollis
Andrew T. Guzmán
Leonard Seabrooke

Best Publications

The Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources

Kal Raustiala;David G. Victor

1816
Citations
States, NGOs, and International Environmental Institutions

Kal Raustiala

756
Citations
Form and Substance in International Agreements

Kal Raustiala

714
Citations
The Architecture of International Cooperation: Transgovernmental Networks and the Future of International Law

Kal Raustiala

377
Citations
The Rise of International Regime Complexity

Karen J. Alter;Karen J. Alter;Kal Raustiala

329
Citations
The implementation and effectiveness of international environmental commitments : theory and practice

David G. Victor;Kal Raustiala;Eugene B. Skolnikoff

321
Citations
The Implementation and Effectiveness of International Environmental Commitments

D.G. Victor;K. Raustiala;E.B. Skolnikoff

278
Citations
The Geography of Justice

Kal Raustiala

271
Citations
International Law, International Relations and Compliance

Kal Raustiala;Anne-Marie Slaughter

253
Citations
RETHINKING THE SOVEREIGNTY DEBATE IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW

Kal Raustiala

230
Citations
Does the Constitution Follow the Flag?: The Evolution of Territoriality in American Law

Kal Raustiala

209
Citations
The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design

Kal Raustiala;Christopher Jon Sprigman

199
Citations
The Global Struggle over Geographic Indications

Kal Raustiala;Stephen R. Munzer

191
Citations
The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation

Kal Raustiala;Christopher Sprigman

183
Citations
Domestic Institutions and International Regulatory Cooperation: Comparative Responses to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Kal Raustiala

174
Citations
The Piracy Paradox Revisited

Kal Raustiala;Christopher Sprigman

137
Citations
Sovereignty and Multilateralism

Kal Raustiala

129
Citations
Compliance & Effectiveness in International Regulatory Cooperation

Kal Raustiala

122
Citations
Biodiversity Since Rio: The Future of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Kal Raustiala;David G. Victor

70
Citations
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations: Institutional Proliferation and the International Legal Order

Kal Raustiala

36
Citations
Toward a Post-Kyoto Climate Change Architecture: A Political Analysis

Robert O. Keohane;Kal Raustiala

23
Citations
Nonstate Actors in the Global Climate Regime

Kal Raustiala;Natalie Bridgeman

22
Citations
The Uneasy Case for Intellectual Property Rights in Traditional Knowledge

Stephen R. Munzer;Kal Raustiala

21
Citations
Police Patrols & Fire Alarms in the NAAEC

Kal Raustiala

14
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Victor University of California, San Diego

Alex de Sherbinin Columbia University

Allen Buchanan University of Arizona

Eric A. Posner University of Chicago

Jack Landman Goldsmith Harvard University

Anne-Marie Slaughter Princeton University

External Links

Personal website of Kal Raustiala

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