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D-Index
48
Citations
13873
World Ranking
60
National Ranking
4

William A. Schabas 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 William A. Schabas sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 262+

This scientist: 449 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William A. Schabas 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 William A. Schabas 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: 48 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Law in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Law in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2011 - Gold Medal, Royal Irish Academy Social Sciences
  • 2007 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

William A. Schabas is affiliated with Middlesex University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans social sciences, with a significant focus on political science and international relations, sociology and political science, law, history, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • International Law and Human Rights
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • European and International Law Studies
  • Torture, Ethics, and Law
  • International Law and Aviation
  • Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
  • Human Rights and Development

Recent papers authored by William A. Schabas include:

  • Genocide and Ukraine, 2022, Journal of International Criminal Justice
  • Codifying the human right to science, 2023, The International Journal of Human Rights
  • La Charte canadienne des droits et libertés et le droit international: les enseignements de la Cour suprême du Canada dans les affaires Keegstra, Andrews et Taylor, 2023, Revue québécoise de droit international
  • LE TRIBUNAL SPÉCIAL POUR LE LIBAN FAIT-IL PARTIE DE LA CATÉGORIE DE " CERTAINES JURIDICTIONS PÉNALES INTERNATIONALES "?, 2020, Revue québécoise de droit international
  • In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey by Payam Akhavan, 2021, Human Rights Quarterly

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniel Turp
  • Joseph Powderly

The scientist has contributed to multiple publication venues, most prominently:

  • Revue québécoise de droit international (9 publications)
  • Journal of International Criminal Justice
  • The International Journal of Human Rights
  • Human Rights Quarterly
  • Diplomatic History

Their book publications comprise titles issued by Cambridge University Press and Edward Elgar Publishing Limited eBooks. Notable books include:

  • An Introduction to the International Criminal Court, 2020
  • Genocide in International Law, 2025
  • The International Court of Justice, 2020

William A. Schabas has received recognition in the form of awards such as the Gold Medal from the Royal Irish Academy in 2011 for social sciences and was made a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2007.

Best Publications

  • An Introduction to the International Criminal Court

    William A. Schabas

  • Genocide in International Law: The Crimes of Crimes

    William A. Schabas

  • The International Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Rome Statute

    William A. Schabas

  • The UN International Criminal Tribunals: The Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone

    William A. Schabas

  • The European Convention on Human Rights: A Commentary

    William A. Schabas

  • The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law

    William A. Schabas

  • Genocide trials and gacaca courts

    William A. Schabas

  • Prosecutorial Discretion v. Judicial Activism at the International Criminal Court

    William A. Schabas

  • Sentencing by International Tribunals: A Human Rights Approach

    William A. Schabas

  • Unimaginable Atrocities: Justice, Politics, and Rights at the War Crimes Tribunals

    William A. Schabas

  • State policy as an element of international crimes

    William A. Schabas

  • United States Hostility to the International Criminal Court: It’s All About the Security Council

    William A. Schabas

  • Invalid Reservations to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Is the United States Still a Party?

    William A. Schabas

  • Should active recruitment of health workers from sub-Saharan Africa be viewed as a crime?

    Edward J Mills;William A Schabas;Jimmy Volmink;Roderick Walker

  • The Relationship Between Truth Commissions and International Courts: The Case of Sierra Leone

    William A. Schabas

  • Justice, democracy, and impunity in post-genocide Rwanda: Searching for solutions to impossible problems

    William A. Schabas

  • Genocide in International Law

    William A. Schabas

  • Hate Speech in Rwanda: The Road to Genocide

    William A. Schabas

  • Reservations to the convention on the rights of the child

    William A. Schabas

  • The European Convention on Human Rights

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  • The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law: Table of cases

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  • An introduction to the International Criminal Court, sixth edition

    William A. Schabas

  • International criminal law

    William A. Schabas

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Scharf
Michael P. Scharf Case Western Reserve University
Carsten Stahn
Carsten Stahn Leiden University
Ramesh Thakur
Ramesh Thakur Australian National University
Kai Ambos
Kai Ambos University of Göttingen
Pedro Cahn
Pedro Cahn University of Buenos Aires
Julio S. G. Montaner
Julio S. G. Montaner University of British Columbia
Nathan Ford
Nathan Ford World Health Organization
Edward J. Mills
Edward J. Mills McMaster University

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