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D-Index
30
Citations
9512
World Ranking
260
National Ranking
189

Lauren B. Edelman 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 Lauren B. Edelman sits on this spectrum.

37–41 publications: 3 scientists 42–46 publications: 1 scientists 47–51 publications: 0 scientists 52–56 publications: 3 scientists 57–61 publications: 2 scientists 62–66 publications: 1 scientists 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 publications 262+

This scientist: 120 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lauren B. Edelman 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 Lauren B. Edelman 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: 30 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% 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

  • 2018 - Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, American Sociological Association
  • 2000 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Lauren B. Edelman was affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the social sciences, with notable contributions in law, political science and international relations, public administration, gender studies, and sociology and political science.

Edelman published extensively on topics related to law in society and culture, judicial and constitutional studies, international labor and employment law, discrimination and equality law, labor movements and unions, sexual assault and victimization studies, as well as workplace violence and bullying.

Frequent publication venues for Edelman included the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Law & Society Review, and Frontiers in Endocrinology. Among recent papers, notable works included:

  • Sex-Based Harassment and Symbolic Compliance, 2020, Annual Review of Law and Social Science
  • The power of the accused: rights mobilization and gender inequality in school workplaces, 2024, Law & Society Review
  • The power of the accused: rights mobilization and gender inequality in school workplaces - ADDENDUM, 2024, Law & Society Review

Some coauthors frequently collaborating with Edelman were Calvin Morrill, A. Wright, Karolyn Tyson, Richard Arum, and Rachel Kahn Best.

The scholar received awards such as the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award from the American Sociological Association in 2018 and was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Legal Ambiguity and Symbolic Structures: Organizational Mediation of Civil Rights Law

    Lauren B. Edelman

  • The endogeneity of legal regulation: Grievance procedures as rational myth

    Lauren B. Edelman;Christopher Uggen;Howard S. Erlanger

  • Legal Environments and Organizational Governance: The Expansion of Due Process in the American Workplace

    Lauren B. Edelman

  • The Legal Environments of Organizations

    Lauren B. Edelman;Mark C. Suchman

  • Diversity Rhetoric and the Managerialization of Law

    Lauren B. Edelman;Sally Riggs Fuller;Iona Mara‐Drita

  • Legal Rational Myths: The New Institutionalism and the Law and Society Tradition

    Mark C. Suchman;Lauren B. Edelman

  • Professional Construction of Law: The Inflated Threat of Wrongful Discharge

    Lauren B. Edelman;Steven E. Abraham;Howard S. Erlanger

  • Working Law

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  • When the 'Haves' Hold Court: Speculations on the Organizational Internalization of Law

    Lauren B. Edelman;Mark C. Suchman

  • When Organizations Rule: Judicial Deference to Institutionalized Employment Structures

    Lauren B. Edelman;Linda H. Krieger;Scott R. Eliason;Catherine R. Albiston

  • Multiple Disadvantages: An Empirical Test of Intersectionality Theory in EEO Litigation

    Rachel Kahn Best;Lauren B. Edelman;Linda Hamilton Krieger;Linda Hamilton Krieger;Scott R. Eliason

  • The Expansion of Due Process in Organizations

    Frank R Dobbin;Lauren Edelman;John W Meyer;W Richard Scott

  • On Law, Organizations, and Social Movements

    Lauren B. Edelman;Gwendolyn Leachman;Doug McAdam

  • Symbols and Substance in Organizational Response to Civil Rights Law

    Lauren Edelman

  • Working Law: Courts, Corporations, and Symbolic Civil Rights

    Lauren B. Edelman

  • Legal Readings: Employee Interpretation and Mobilization of Law

    Sally Riggs Fuller;Lauren B. Edelman;Sharon F. Matusik

  • A Sociological Approach to Law and the Economy

    Lauren B. Edelman;Robin Stryker

  • Legal mobilization in schools: the paradox of rights and race among youth.

    Calvin Morrill;Karolyn Tyson;Lauren B. Edelman;Richard Arum

  • Rivers of Law and Contested Terrain: A Law and Society Approach to Economic Rationality

    Lauren B. Edelman

  • Legal Environments and Organizational Governance: The Expansion of Due Process in the Workplace

    Lauren B. Edelman

  • The Dispute Tree and the Legal Forest

    Catherine Ruth Albiston;Lauren B. Edelman;Joy Milligan

  • Law at Work: The Endogenous Construction of Civil Rights

    Lauren B. Edelman

  • Professional Construction of the Legal Environment: The Inflated Threat of Wrongful Discharge

    Lauren Edelman;Steven E Abraham;Howard S Erlanger

  • The Endogeneity of Legal Regulation: Grievance Procedures as Rational Myth

    Lauren B. Edelman;Christopher Uggen;Howard S. Erlanger

  • Internal Dispute Resolution: The Transformation of Civil Rights in the Workplace

    Howard S. Erlanger;Lauren B. Edelman;John Lande

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Uggen
Christopher Uggen University of Minnesota
John W. Meyer
John W. Meyer Stanford University
Frank Dobbin
Frank Dobbin Harvard University
Doug McAdam
Doug McAdam Stanford University
W. Richard Scott
W. Richard Scott Stanford University

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