Scholarly Index
International Law and Human Rights
Lifetime World Top1000 Scholar ranking for International Law and Human Rights.
| World rank | Scholar | Impact score | Total citations | Total publications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martti Koskenniemi | 99.83 | 7,234 | 140 |
| 2 | W. Michael Reisman | 99.79 | 4,680 | 234 |
| 3 | Quincy Wright | 99.70 | 4,961 | 547 |
| 4 | Hans Kelsen | 99.61 | 7,124 | 262 |
| 5 | Theodor Meron | 99.58 | 3,789 | 110 |
| 6 | A. Cassese | 99.58 | 12,021 | 602 |
| 7 | M. Cheríf Bassiouni | 99.58 | 3,077 | 427 |
| 8 | Michael N. Schmitt | 99.58 | 2,810 | 248 |
| 9 | Alex J. Bellamy | 99.54 | 4,453 | 193 |
| 10 | Philip Alston | 99.54 | 4,001 | 130 |
| 11 | Frédéric Megret | 99.53 | 2,198 | 187 |
| 12 | Richard Falk | 99.53 | 3,468 | 371 |
| 13 | William A. Schabas | 99.52 | 2,530 | 179 |
| 14 | Manley O. Hudson | 99.50 | 2,823 | 318 |
| 15 | David P. Forsythe | 99.48 | 2,467 | 163 |
| 16 | Eric A. Posner | 99.45 | 15,485 | 408 |
| 17 | Michael P. Scharf | 99.43 | 2,081 | 233 |
| 18 | Tom Ginsburg | 99.37 | 7,026 | 334 |
| 19 | Thomas M. Franck | 99.37 | 6,928 | 316 |
| 20 | Laurence R. Helfer | 99.35 | 4,568 | 134 |
| 21 | Anthony D’Amato | 99.35 | 1,982 | 247 |
| 22 | Jan Klabbers | 99.34 | 3,021 | 227 |
| 23 | Eyāl Benveniśtî | 99.33 | 2,310 | 125 |
| 24 | Louis Henkin | 99.33 | 2,807 | 213 |
| 25 | Josef L. Kunz | 99.30 | 3,315 | 348 |
| 26 | Karen J. Alter | 99.28 | 6,165 | 168 |
| 27 | Кай Амбос | 99.26 | 1,686 | 433 |
| 28 | Myres S. McDougal | 99.25 | 2,721 | 164 |
| 29 | Jack Donnelly | 99.24 | 4,844 | 94 |
| 30 | Rosalyn Higgins | 99.22 | 2,090 | 142 |
| 31 | Colin Warbrick | 99.22 | 2,056 | 214 |
| 32 | Carsten Stahn | 99.19 | 1,802 | 94 |
| 33 | Edwin Borchard | 99.18 | 3,034 | 425 |
| 34 | Philip C. Jessup | 99.14 | 1,768 | 317 |
| 35 | Cedric Ryngaert | 99.13 | 1,346 | 232 |
| 36 | Leo Groß | 99.12 | 12,855 | 428 |
| 37 | Adebowale Akande | 99.12 | 7,628 | 213 |
| 38 | W. Friedmann | 99.11 | 4,280 | 277 |
| 39 | H. Lauterpacht | 99.11 | 2,106 | 61 |
| 40 | Un. Secretary-General | 99.10 | 8,072 | 904 |
| 41 | André Nollkaemper | 99.06 | 1,646 | 228 |
| 42 | Tom Ruys | 99.06 | 3,035 | 232 |
| 43 | Anne Peters | 99.05 | 1,846 | 280 |
| 44 | Armin von Bogdandy | 99.05 | 3,752 | 385 |
| 45 | Christopher Greenwood | 99.02 | 3,161 | 217 |
| 46 | Yuval Shany | 99.01 | 1,447 | 147 |
| 47 | Dinah Shelton | 99.00 | 2,377 | 161 |
| 48 | Samantha Besson | 98.98 | 2,040 | 112 |
| 49 | Louis B. Sohn | 98.97 | 1,768 | 152 |
| 50 | David J. Scheffer | 98.95 | 1,704 | 194 |