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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Law 45 80 72 8 7 312 7911

Michael Levi publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michael Levi between 1966 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michael Levi published across 60 years, from 1966 to 2025, averaging 6.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 2013. 19 of the 402 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1966 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 33. Peak 33 publications in 2013. 1966: 1 publication 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 2 publications 1979: 2 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 4 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 3 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 4 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 11 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 17 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 22 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 33 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 25 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 15 publications
1966 2025

402 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michael Levi: publications per year, 1966 to 2025
Year Publications
1966 1
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 2
1979 2
1980 0
1981 0
1982 1
1983 4
1984 1
1985 1
1986 3
1987 3
1988 0
1989 3
1990 1
1991 4
1992 4
1993 6
1994 2
1995 11
1996 4
1997 3
1998 7
1999 9
2000 4
2001 5
2002 11
2003 3
2004 13
2005 17
2006 5
2007 15
2008 22
2009 17
2010 15
2011 15
2012 13
2013 33
2014 10
2015 25
2016 11
2017 19
2018 6
2019 12
2020 6
2021 17
2022 8
2023 9
2024 4
2025 15
Total 402
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Michael Levi 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 Michael Levi sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 46 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 37–41 to 262+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 262+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 262+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 37–41 publications: 3 scientists 42–46 publications: 1 scientist 47–51 publications: 0 scientists 52–56 publications: 3 scientists 57–61 publications: 2 scientists 62–66 publications: 1 scientist 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
37–41 publications 262+

This scientist: 312 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Law scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 466 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
37–41 3
42–46 1
47–51 0
52–56 3
57–61 2
62–66 1
67–71 6
72–76 6
77–81 10
82–86 7
87–91 10
92–96 18
97–101 15
102–106 14
107–111 12
112–116 12
117–121 14
122–126 10
127–131 9
132–136 14
137–141 12
142–146 14
147–151 8
152–156 14
157–161 5
162–166 9
167–171 15
172–176 6
177–181 9
182–186 8
187–191 16
192–196 7
197–201 6
202–206 7
207–211 11
212–216 0
217–221 5
222–226 6
227–231 10
232–236 8
237–241 5
242–246 4
247–251 2
252–256 7
257–261 5
262+ 100 312
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Michael Levi 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 Michael Levi sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 23 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 42+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 92. Most scientists, 92, have 42+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 45 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

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Number of Law scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 466 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 16
21 23
22 11
23 20
24 17
25 23
26 19
27 19
28 22
29 14
30 25
31 25
32 20
33 24
34 23
35 12
36 11
37 15
38 14
39 4
40 8
41 9
42+ 92 45
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Law in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Law in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Michael Levi is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within social sciences and computer science, focusing extensively on criminology and organized crime.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Computer Science

Within these, their notable subfields of study are:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Information Systems
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Strategy and Management
  • Economics and Econometrics

The core topics in Levi's work include:

  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
  • Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
  • Corruption and Economic Development
  • Regulation and Compliance Studies
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection

Michael Levi has authored papers published in several venues, with frequent publications in:

  • CrimRxiv
  • Trends in Organized Crime
  • Crime and Justice
  • Journal of Financial Crime
  • European Journal of Criminology

Recent papers by Levi include:

  • "Understanding the Laundering of Organized Crime Money," 2020, published in Crime and Justice
  • "Making sense of professional enablers' involvement in laundering organized crime proceeds and of their regulation," 2020, published in Trends in Organized Crime

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Levi are:

  • Nicholas Lord
  • Karin van Wingerde
  • Alan Doig
  • Jonathan Lusthaus
  • E.R. Kleemans

The research topics covered show a strong engagement with issues surrounding the mechanisms, networks, and regulatory aspects of economic crime and cybercrime. Levi's published work contributes significantly to understanding the laundering of organized crime money as well as the roles of professional enablers in these processes.

Best Publications

  • Measuring the Cost of Cybercrime

    Ross Anderson;Chris Barton;Rainer Böhme;Richard Clayton

  • Regulating Fraud (Routledge Revivals) : White-Collar Crime and the Criminal Process

    Michael Levi

  • The Phantom Capitalists: The Organization and Control of Long-Firm Fraud

    Michael Levi

  • Reducing and Preventing Organised Crime: An Evidence-Based Critique

    Michael Levi;Mike Maguire

  • Money Laundering and Its Regulation

    Michael Levi

  • Money Laundering

    Unknown

  • Organized fraud and organizing frauds: Unpacking research on networks and organization

    Michael Levi

  • The Fraud Triangle revisited

    Alexander Schuchter;Michael Levi

  • Measuring the Impact of Fraud in the UK A Conceptual and Empirical Journey

    Michael Levi;John Burrows

  • Researching the organization of serious crimes

    Adam Michael Edwards;Michael Levi

  • Terrorist Finance, Money Laundering and the Rise and Rise of Mutual Evaluation: A New Paradigm for Crime Control?

    Michael Levi;William Gilmore

  • The media construction of financial white-collar crimes

    Michael Levi

  • Literature Review on Upper Level Drug Trafficking

    M. Levi;N. Dorn;L. A. King

  • Beyond the fraud triangle: Swiss and Austrian elite fraudsters

    Alexander Schuchter;Michael Levi

  • Any port in a storm: fieldwork difficulties in dangerous and crisis-ridden settings:

    Konstantin Belousov;Thomas Edward Horlick-Jones;Michael John Bloor;Yakov Gilinskiy

  • Climate consequences of natural gas as a bridge fuel

    Unknown

  • Suite Revenge? The Shaping of Folk Devils and Moral Panics about White-Collar Crimes

    Michael Levi

  • Regulating fraud: White-collar crime and the criminal process

    Michael Levi

  • Combating the Financing of Terrorism A History and Assessment of the Control of ‘Threat Finance’

    Michael Levi

  • The nature, extent and economic impact of fraud in the UK

    Michael Levi;John Burrows;Matthew Fleming;Matthew Hopkins

  • Fast spinning into oblivion? Recent developments in money-laundering policies and offshore finance centres

    Mark P Hampton;Michael Levi

  • Financial havens, banking secrecy and money laundering

    Jack A. Blum;Michael Levi;R. Thomas Naylor;Phil Williams

  • Measuring the changing cost of cybercrime

    Ross Anderson;Chris Barton;Rainer Bölme;Richard Clayton

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth Gilhooly
Kenneth Gilhooly Brunel University London
Peter Reuter
Peter Reuter University of Maryland, College Park
Terence C. Halliday
Terence C. Halliday American Bar Foundation
Tyler Moore
Tyler Moore University of Tulsa
Ross Anderson
Ross Anderson University of Cambridge
David Nelken
David Nelken King's College London
Rainer Böhme
Rainer Böhme University of Innsbruck
Stefan Savage
Stefan Savage University of California, San Diego
Monica T. Whitty
Monica T. Whitty Monash University
Mark Howells
Mark Howells Loughborough University

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