Max Du Plessis

551 total citations
48 papers, 146 citations indexed

About

Max Du Plessis is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Max Du Plessis has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 146 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Max Du Plessis's work include International Law and Human Rights (31 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (24 papers) and Human Rights and Development (20 papers). Max Du Plessis is often cited by papers focused on International Law and Human Rights (31 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (24 papers) and Human Rights and Development (20 papers). Max Du Plessis collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Max Du Plessis's co-authors include Charles Chernor Jalloh, Adebowale Akande, Jolyon Ford, Antoinette Louw, Guénaël Mettraux, Murray Wesson, David Johnson and John Dugard and has published in prestigious journals such as Human Rights Quarterly, Modern Law Review and International and Comparative Law Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Max Du Plessis

38 papers receiving 110 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Max Du Plessis South Africa 6 92 68 43 34 6 48 146
Gerhard Werle Germany 6 119 1.3× 75 1.1× 30 0.7× 50 1.5× 6 1.0× 25 157
Lutz Oette United Kingdom 5 71 0.8× 85 1.3× 11 0.3× 16 0.5× 6 1.0× 21 119
W.G. Werner Hungary 4 121 1.3× 66 1.0× 56 1.3× 21 0.6× 7 1.2× 13 141
Heike Krieger Germany 8 97 1.1× 59 0.9× 16 0.4× 23 0.7× 10 1.7× 30 130
Suzannah Linton China 7 122 1.3× 81 1.2× 22 0.5× 19 0.6× 13 2.2× 23 148
Luc Reydams United States 6 84 0.9× 72 1.1× 31 0.7× 23 0.7× 2 0.3× 16 127
Liesbeth Zegveld Netherlands 8 223 2.4× 107 1.6× 52 1.2× 14 0.4× 7 1.2× 15 241
Kirsten Ainley United Kingdom 6 84 0.9× 72 1.1× 22 0.5× 15 0.4× 2 0.3× 20 128
Guðmundur Alfreðsson United States 7 55 0.6× 63 0.9× 11 0.3× 28 0.8× 9 1.5× 20 117
Noah Feldman United States 7 85 0.9× 85 1.3× 9 0.2× 22 0.6× 2 0.3× 24 136

Countries citing papers authored by Max Du Plessis

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Max Du Plessis's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Max Du Plessis with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Max Du Plessis more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Max Du Plessis

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Max Du Plessis. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Max Du Plessis. The network helps show where Max Du Plessis may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Max Du Plessis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Max Du Plessis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Max Du Plessis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Max Du Plessis. Max Du Plessis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Plessis, Max Du, et al.. (2019). We are all international lawyers now: The Constitution’s international-law trifecta comes of age. South African Law Journal. 136(3). 433–462. 1 indexed citations
2.
Plessis, Max Du, et al.. (2016). Considering Corruption Through the AllPay Lens: On the Limits of Judicial Review, Strengthening Accountability, and the Long Arm of the Law. South African Law Journal. 133(4). 755–787. 1 indexed citations
3.
Plessis, Max Du. (2013). Universalising international criminal law - the ICC, Africa and the problem of political perceptions. Institute for Security Studies Papers. 2013(249). 12. 3 indexed citations
4.
Plessis, Max Du. (2012). Implications of the AU decision to give the African Court jurisdiction over international crimes. Institute for Security Studies Papers. 2012(235). 16. 10 indexed citations
5.
Plessis, Max Du, et al.. (2012). African Efforts to Close the Impunity Gap Lessons for Complementarity from National and Regional Actions. Institute for Security Studies Papers. 2012(241). 24. 4 indexed citations
6.
Plessis, Max Du, et al.. (2011). Balancing competing obligations the Rome Statute and AU decisions. Institute for Security Studies Papers. 2011(225). 31. 1 indexed citations
7.
Jalloh, Charles Chernor, Adebowale Akande, & Max Du Plessis. (2011). Assessing the African Union Concerns about Article 16 of the Rome State of the International Criminal Court. FIU Law Review. 1 indexed citations
8.
Akande, Adebowale, Max Du Plessis, & Charles Chernor Jalloh. (2010). Position Paper: An African Expert Study on the African Union Concerns about Article 16 of the Rome State of the ICC. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
9.
Plessis, Max Du. (2008). South Africa's International Criminal Court Act : countering genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Institute for Security Studies Papers. 2008(172). 16. 3 indexed citations
10.
Plessis, Max Du. (2008). The International Criminal Court and its work in Africa: Confronting the myths. Institute for Security Studies Papers. 2008(173). 24. 1 indexed citations
11.
Plessis, Max Du. (2008). A Chinese vessel in Durban with weapons destined for Zimbabwe : South African judicial decisions. 33(1). 267–278. 1 indexed citations
12.
Plessis, Max Du & Jolyon Ford. (2008). Justice and peace in a new Zimbabwe : transitional justice options. Institute for Security Studies Papers. 2008(164). 20. 2 indexed citations
13.
Plessis, Max Du. (2007). The Thatcher case and the supposed delicacies of foreign affairs: a plea for a principled (and realistic) approach to the duty of government to ensure that South Africans abroad are not exposed to the death penalty. 20(2). 143–157. 1 indexed citations
14.
Plessis, Max Du, et al.. (2006). Kafka’s African nightmare — bureaucracy and the law in pre- and post-apartheid South Africa. 31(1). 39–60. 1 indexed citations
16.
Plessis, Max Du, et al.. (2005). DARFUR GOES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (PERHAPS). African Security Review. 14(2). 23–34. 3 indexed citations
17.
Plessis, Max Du, et al.. (2004). Forensic entomology : relevant to legal dispute resolution?. 29(3). 100–121. 3 indexed citations
18.
Plessis, Max Du. (2003). Implications for Africa's despots, crackpots and hotspots : the creation of the ICC : feature. African Security Review. 12(4). 5–15. 1 indexed citations
19.
Plessis, Max Du. (2003). Bringing the International Criminal Court home - the implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Act 2002. 16(1). 1–16. 5 indexed citations
20.
Johnson, David, et al.. (2001). Jurisprudence: a South African perspective. Open Research Online (The Open University). 4 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Rankless by CCL
2026