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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Law 34 182 162 137 122 339 5685

Pamela Samuelson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Pamela Samuelson between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Pamela Samuelson published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 8.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2009. 15 of the 380 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2009. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 12 publications 1991: 12 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 10 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 10 publications 1999: 14 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 22 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 9 publications
1982 2025

380 publications in total across all disciplines

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Pamela Samuelson: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 0
1984 2
1985 2
1986 5
1987 2
1988 3
1989 6
1990 12
1991 12
1992 6
1993 6
1994 8
1995 9
1996 10
1997 8
1998 10
1999 14
2000 9
2001 8
2002 5
2003 11
2004 7
2005 9
2006 13
2007 9
2008 9
2009 22
2010 16
2011 15
2012 10
2013 18
2014 13
2015 11
2016 13
2017 9
2018 6
2019 8
2020 6
2021 9
2022 5
2023 8
2024 6
2025 9
Total 380
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Pamela Samuelson 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 Pamela Samuelson 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: 339 publications — 90th percentile

90% 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+ 100 339
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Pamela Samuelson 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 Pamela Samuelson 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, 34 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: 34 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% 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 34
35 12
36 11
37 15
38 14
39 4
40 8
41 9
42+ 92
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Overview

Pamela Samuelson is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Marketing, Law, Political Science and International Relations, and Information Systems.

Their work concentrates on topics related to Law, AI, and Intellectual Property, encompassing Copyright and Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Law, Digital Rights Management and Security, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Artificial Intelligence in Law, and Intellectual Property and Patents.

Recent publications by Pamela Samuelson include:

  • Generative AI meets copyright, 2023, Science
  • Legal Challenges to Generative AI, Part I, 2023, Communications of the ACM
  • AI authorship?, 2020, Communications of the ACM
  • Epidemiology and genomics of a slow outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA) in a neonatal intensive care unit: Successful chronic decolonization of MRSA-positive healthcare personnel, 2022, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Text and data mining of in-copyright works, 2021, Communications of the ACM

Publications have appeared most frequently in the following venues:

  • Communications of the ACM
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Science
  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Michigan Technology Law Review

Frequent coauthors of Pamela Samuelson include:

  • Mark A. Lemley
  • A. Feder Cooper
  • Katherine Lee
  • James Grimmelmann
  • Christopher A. Choquette-Choo

Best Publications

  • High Technology Entrepreneurs and the Patent System: Results of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey

    Stuart J.H. Graham;Robert P. Merges;Pam Samuelson;Ted Sichelman

  • The Law and Economics of Reverse Engineering

    Pamela Samuelson;Suzanne Scotchmer

  • Privacy as Intellectual Property

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Software and Internet Law

    Mark A. Lemley;Peter S. Menell;Robert P. Merges;Pamela Samuelson

  • The Copyright Principles Project: Directions for Reform

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Generative AI meets copyright

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  • A Manifesto concerning the Legal Protection of Computer Programs

    Pamela Samuelson;Randall Davis;Mitchell D. Kapor;J. H. Reichman

  • DRM {and, or, vs.} the law

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Intellectual Property and the Digital Economy: Why the Anti-Circumvention Regulations Need to Be Revised

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Self-plagiarism or fair use

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Intellectual Property Rights in Data

    Jerome H. Reichman;Pamela Samuelson

  • Intellectual property rights for digital library and hypertext publishing systems: an analysis of Xanadu

    Pamela Samuelson;Robert J. Glushko

  • The Copyright Grab

    Pamela Samuelson

  • The U.S. Digital Agenda at WIPO

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Mapping the Digital Public Domain: Threats and Opportunities

    Pamela Samuelson

  • IBM's pragmatic embrace of open source

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Copyright and digital libraries

    Pamela Samuelson

  • CONTU revisited: the case against copyright protection for computer programs in machine-readable form.

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Benson Revisited: The Case Against Patent Protection For Algorithms and Other Computer Program-Related Inventions

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Comparing the Views of Lawyers and User Interface Designers on the Software Copyright Look and Feel Lawsuits

    Pamela Samuelson;Robert J. Glushko

  • Unsolicited communications as trespass

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Allocating Ownership Rights in Computer-Generated Works

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Digital Media and the Changing Face of Intellectual Property Law

    Pamela Samuelson

  • A new view of intellectual property and software

    Randall Davis;Pamela Samuelson;Mitchell Kapor;Jerome Reichman

  • Digital Rights Management {and, or, vs.} the Law

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Anticircumvention rules: threat to science.

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review

    Pamela Samuelson

  • Why the Anti-Circumvention Regulations Need to be Revised

    Pamela Samuelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert P. Merges
Robert P. Merges University of California, Berkeley
Jerome H. Reichman
Jerome H. Reichman Duke University
Mark A. Lemley
Mark A. Lemley Stanford University
Gregory Shaffer
Gregory Shaffer Georgetown University
Laurence R. Helfer
Laurence R. Helfer Duke University
Peter Drahos
Peter Drahos Australian National University
Suzanne Scotchmer
Suzanne Scotchmer University of California, Berkeley
Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier Harvard University
Anna Lysyanskaya
Anna Lysyanskaya Brown University

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