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World 35,351 Scientists H-Index Law / Law and Legal Studies Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Administrative law
behavioral economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
110
0.591
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
legal psycholog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
91
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Criminological Theory
Correctional Policy
Organization of Knowledge
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
73
0.549
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Criminology
Statistics
Public Polic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
66
0.574
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Sexual Exploitation and Restorative Justice
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
57
0.504
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
regulation
health and safety
law and economics
tort liability
risk and uncertainty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
42
0.378
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
writing
self-regulation
practice-based professional development
learning
social justic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
67
0.620
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Intellectual Property
Antitrust
Internet Law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
58
0.547
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
dangerous
violence
law
risk
prediction
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
44
0.440
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
56
0.566
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Criminology
policing
evidence based crime policy
criminal justice
crime prevention
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
65
0.663
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
52
0.536
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
criminology
restorative justice
peace
regulatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
50
0.515
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
International Law
Comparative Law
Cyber Law
Law and Society
Medical Law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
89
0.947
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Criminology
criminal justice
crime
policin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
61
0.693
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
drug abuse
violence
crime and antisocial behavior
epidemiology
school dropout
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
58
0.659
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
self-control
biosocial criminology
homicide
psychopathy
temperament
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
54
0.621
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
law
humanities
arts and sciences
law and society
critical race theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
40
0.465
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Criminology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
40
0.471
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
activity-travel behaviour
environmental justice
health
subjective well-being
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
64
0.762
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
46
0.548
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Regulation
Therapeutics
And La
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
58
0.707
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
39
0.476
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Gangs
Violence
Criminal Justice
Criminolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
48
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Social policy
data science
behavioral science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
48
0.600
Cass Sunstein
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
110
0.591
Tom Tyler
Yale University
New Haven, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
91
0.615
Francis T Cullen
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
73
0.549
Criminological Theory
Correctional Policy
Organization of Knowledge
Daniel Nagin
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
66
0.574
Mary P Koss
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
57
0.504
Sexual Exploitation and Restorative Justice
W Kip Viscusi
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
42
0.378
regulation
health and safety
law and economics
tort liability
risk and uncertainty
Karen R Harris
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
67
0.620
writing
self-regulation
practice-based professional development
learning
social justic
Mark Lemley
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
58
0.547
Intellectual Property
Antitrust
Internet Law
John Monahan
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
44
0.440
Cathy Spatz Widom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
56
0.566
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David Weisburd
George Mason University
Fairfax, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
65
0.663
Criminology
policing
evidence based crime policy
criminal justice
crime prevention
Eric Posner
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
52
0.536
John Braithwaite
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
50
0.515
criminology
restorative justice
peace
regulatio
Nehaluddin Ahmad
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
89
0.947
International Law
Comparative Law
Cyber Law
Law and Society
Medical Law
Anthony A Braga
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
61
0.693
Criminology
criminal justice
crime
policin
Michael G Vaughn
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
58
0.659
drug abuse
violence
crime and antisocial behavior
epidemiology
school dropout
Matt Delisi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
54
0.621
self-control
biosocial criminology
homicide
psychopathy
temperament
Richard Delgado
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
40
0.465
law
humanities
arts and sciences
law and society
critical race theory
Terence Thornberry
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
40
0.471
Jing Ma
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
64
0.762
activity-travel behaviour
environmental justice
health
subjective well-being
Raymond Paternoster
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
46
0.548
Aaron Kesselheim
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
58
0.707
Charles Sabel
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
39
0.476
Scott Decker
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
48
0.600
Gangs
Violence
Criminal Justice
Criminolog
Jens Ludwig
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
48
0.600
Social policy
data science
behavioral science