Alan Watson

7.9k citations
193 papers · 4.0k · 1 hit paper · h-index 34

Impact in

    • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
    • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
    • Neutrino Physics Research
    • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Anthropology top 0.5%
    • Classical Antiquity Studies

Papers in

  • Law 63
    • European and International Contract Law 41
    • Legal principles and applications 30
    • Comparative and International Law Studies 15
    • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 57
    • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena 42
    • Neutrino Physics Research 17

Alan Watson

168 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Alan Watson's Hit Papers

Legal Transplants: An Approach to Comparative Law 1975 · 539 citations
5390+17+34Years since publication100200300400500

Peers

Alan Watson
Comparison fields: 5 of 160
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1.2k
  • Anthropology 719
  • Law 698
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 604
  • Archeology 378
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All Works

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Legal Transplants: An Approach to Comparative Law
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1975539
2 1991237
3 1983145
4
Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog?
2010130
5 1969109
6 1995102
7 200098
8
Rome of the XII Tables: Persons and Property
197581
9 197680
10 198575
11 197874
12 196973
13 200470
14 199566
15
Roman private law around 200 B.C
197162
16 198561
17
The law of obligations in the later Roman Republic
196561
18 198160
19
Slave law in the Americas
198960
20 198057

About Alan Watson

Alan Watson is a scholar working on Law, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Political Science and International Relations, Astronomy and Astrophysics and History, having authored 193 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (57 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (42 papers), European and International Contract Law (41 papers), Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction (35 papers), Legal principles and applications (30 papers), Neutrino Physics Research (17 papers), Comparative and International Law Studies (15 papers) and Classical Studies and Legal History (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.2k citations), Anthropology (719 citations), Law (698 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (604 citations) and Archeology (378 citations). Alan Watson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Robert J. Reid, J. Lloyd‐Evans, M. A. Lawrence, W. A. Harland, Gary L. Francione, Frank C. Bourne, Robert J. Reid, Robert A. Anderson, J. F. Gilliam and M. Ave. Their work appears in journals such as Astroparticle Physics, Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review, Medicine Science and the Law, The American Journal of Comparative Law and Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment.

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