2026 Ronald J. Allen: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	20	452	411	293	262	187	2456

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Law

452

411

293

262

187

2456

Ronald J. Allen 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 Ronald J. Allen sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 262+

This scientist: 187 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ronald J. Allen 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 Ronald J. Allen sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 20 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

Juridical proof and the best explanation

Michael S. Pardo;Ronald J. Allen

303
Citations
The myth of the law-fact distinction

Ronald J. Allen;Michael S. Pardo

267
Citations
Naturalized Epistemology and the Law of Evidence

Ronald Jay Allen;Brian R. Leiter

254
Citations
The Problematic Value of Mathematical Models of Evidence

Ronald J. Allen;Michael S. Pardo

223
Citations
Relative plausibility and its critics

Ronald J Allen;Michael S Pardo

128
Citations
A Positive Theory of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine

Ronald J. Allen;Mark F. Grady;Daniel D. Polsby;Michael S. Yashko

114
Citations
Reconceptualization of Civil Trials

Ronald J. Allen

100
Citations
The Nature of Juridical Proof

Ronald J. Allen

95
Citations
Factual Ambiguity and a Theory of Evidence

Ronald J. Allen

91
Citations
Evidence, Probability, and the Burden of Proof

Ronald J. Allen;Alex Stein

48
Citations
Rationality, Algorithms, and Juridical Proof: A Preliminary Inquiry

Ronald J. Allen

39
Citations
The Self-Incrimination Clause Explained and Its Future Predicted

Ronald J. Allen;M. Kristin Mace

33
Citations
Burdens of proof

Ronald J. Allen

26
Citations
Theorizing About Self-Incrimination

Ronald J. Allen

24
Citations
The nature of juridical proof: Probability as a tool in plausible reasoning

Ronald J. Allen

23
Citations
Explanationism All the Way Down

Ronald J. Allen

21
Citations
Artificial intelligence and the evidentiary process: The challenges of formalism and computation

Ronald J. Allen

17
Citations
Expertise and the Daubert Decision

Ronald J. Allen

17
Citations
Burdens of Proof, Uncertainty and Ambiguity in Modern Legal Discourse

Ronald J. Allen

17
Citations
Taming complexity: rationality, the law of evidence and the nature of the legal system

Ronald J. Allen

16
Citations
The Common Law Theory of Experts: Deference or Education?

Joseph S Miller;Ronald J. Allen

15
Citations
Presumptions in Civil Actions Reconsidered

Ronald J. Allen

13
Citations
The Error of Expected Loss Minimization

Ronald J. Allen

12
Citations
Structuring Jury Decisionmaking in Criminal Cases: A Unified Constitutional Analysis of Evidentiary Devices

Ronald J. Allen

11
Citations
Facts in Law and Facts of Law

Ronald J. Allen;Michael S. Pardo

9
Citations
The Restoration of In re Winship : A Comment on Burdens of Persuasion in Criminal Cases After Patterson v. New York

Ronald J. Allen

8
Citations
On the Significance of Batting Averages and Strikeout Totals: A Clarification of the "Naked Statistical Evidence" Debate, the Meaning of "Evidence," and the Requirement of Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Ronald J. Allen

8
Citations
The Devastating Impact of Prior Crimes Evidence – And Other Myths of the Criminal Justice Process

Ronald J. Allen;Larry Laudan

3
Citations
Criminal Procedure: Investigation and the Right to Counsel

Ronald J. Allen

2
Citations
Heuristics and the Law

Ronald J. Allen

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry Laudan The University of Texas at Austin

Brian Leiter University of Chicago

Samuel R. Gross University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Tracey L. Meares Yale University

Reid Hastie University of Chicago

Itiel E. Dror University College London

Thomas D. Albright Salk Institute for Biological Studies

John H. Jackson Georgetown University

External Links

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