2026 Ran Hirschl: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	25	362	329	14	14	94	6220

Ran Hirschl 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 Ran Hirschl sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 262+

This scientist: 94 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ran Hirschl 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 Ran Hirschl sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 25 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% 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

2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Ran Hirschl is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada, specializing primarily in social sciences with a strong focus on political science, law, and economics. Their work spans several subfields including political science and international relations, law, economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, and urban studies.

The main topics covered in Hirschl's research include judicial and constitutional studies, legal and constitutional studies, American constitutional law and politics, electoral systems and political participation, European and international law studies, comparative and international law studies, and populism and right-wing movements.

Among Hirschl's notable recent publications are:

A Fair Process Matters: The Relationship between Public Participation and Constitutional Legitimacy, 2024, Law & Social Inquiry
Comparative Constitutional Design: Northern Stagnation, Southern Innovation, 2024, Constitutional Forum / Forum constitutionnel
Constitutions and the Metropolis, 2020, Annual Review of Law and Social Science
How Constitutional Rights Matter: Thoughts on the New Gold Standard in Empirical Constitutional Studies, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Hirschl has frequently published in venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, Law & Social Inquiry, Constitutional Forum / Forum constitutionnel, Annual Review of Law and Social Science, and the International Journal of Constitutional Law.

Collaboration is a part of their research practice, with frequent coauthors including Alexander Hudson, Gary J. Jacobsohn, Howard Schweber, Monika Polzin, and Jaclyn L. Neo.

In addition to journal articles, Hirschl has authored a book titled Deciphering the Genome of Constitutionalism published by Cambridge University Press in 2024.

Ran Hirschl was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2014, linked to the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

Towards Juristocracy: The Origins and Consequences of the New Constitutionalism

Ran Hirschl

2230
Citations
The Judicialization of Mega-Politics and the Rise of Political Courts

Ran Hirschl

501
Citations
The Judicialization of Politics

Ran Hirschl

405
Citations
The Political Origins of Judicial Empowerment through Constitutionalization: Lessons from Four Constitutional Revolutions

Ran Hirschl

306
Citations
The Question of Case Selection in Comparative Constitutional Law

Ran Hirschl

302
Citations
Comparative Matters: The Renaissance of Comparative Constitutional Law

Ran Hirschl

250
Citations
The Political Origins of the New Constitutionalism

Ran Hirschl

236
Citations
Constitutional Theocracy

Unknown

173
Citations
Citizenship as inherited property

Ayelet Shachar;Ran Hirschl

168
Citations
Economic and Social Rights in National Constitutions

Courtney Jung;Ran Hirschl;Evan Rosevear

156
Citations
On Citizenship, States, and Markets

Ayelet Shachar;Ran Hirschl

130
Citations
Constitutional Courts vs. Religious Fundamentalism: Three Middle Eastern Tales

Ran Hirschl

116
Citations
Israel’s ‘Constitutional Revolution’: The Legal Interpretation of Entrenched Civil Liberties in an Emerging Neo-Liberal Economic Order

Ran Hirschl

98
Citations
Recruiting "Super Talent": The New World of Selective Migration Regimes

Ayelet Shachar;Ran Hirschl

91
Citations
From comparative constitutional law to comparative constitutional studies

Ran Hirschl

88
Citations
"Negative" Rights vs. "Positive" Entitlements: A Comparative Study of Judicical Interpretations of Rights in an Emerging Neo-Liberal Economic Order

Unknown

83
Citations
"Juristocracy" -- Political, not Juridical

Ran Hirschl

73
Citations
Resituating the Judicialization of Politics: Bush v. Gore as a Global Trend

Ran Hirschl

72
Citations
The New Constitutionalism and the Judicialization of Pure Politics Worldwide

Ran Hirschl

39
Citations
The "Constitutional Revolution" and the Emergence of a New Economic Order in Israel

Ran Hirschl

38
Citations
City, state: constitutionalism and the megacity

Ran Hirschl

36
Citations
The Nordic counternarrative: Democracy, human development, and judicial review

Ran Hirschl

27
Citations
The Realist Turn in Comparative Constitutional Politics

Ran Hirschl

12
Citations
The Nordic Counter-Narrative: Democracy, Human Development, and Judicial Review

Ran Hirschl

10
Citations
Opting Out of “Global Constitutionalism”

Ran Hirschl

10
Citations
Foreword: Spatial statism

Ran Hirschl;Ayelet Shachar

10
Citations
Preserving hegemony? Assessing the political origins of the EU Constitution

Ran Hirschl

10
Citations
In Search of an Identity: Voluntary Foreign Citations in Discordant Constitutional Settings

Ran Hirschl

9
Citations
Constitutional transformation, gender equality, and religious/national conflict in Israel: tentative progress through the obstacle course

Ran Hirschl;Ayelet Shachar;Ayelet Shachar

4
Citations
Constitutional Law Meets Comparative Politics: Socio-Economic Rights and Political Realities (Chapter 10)

Ran Hirschl;Evan Rosevear

1
Citations

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