Ralf Michaels

2.2k total citations
77 papers, 555 citations indexed

About

Ralf Michaels is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Law and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Michaels has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 555 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 40 papers in Law and 26 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Ralf Michaels's work include Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction (41 papers), European and International Contract Law (26 papers) and International Law and Aviation (14 papers). Ralf Michaels is often cited by papers focused on Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction (41 papers), European and International Contract Law (26 papers) and International Law and Aviation (14 papers). Ralf Michaels collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Canada. Ralf Michaels's co-authors include Nils Jansen, Annelise Riles, Karen Knop, Joost Pauwelyn, Jürgen Basedow, Giesela Rühl, Anatol Dutta, Christian Heinze, Betsy Baker and Horatia Muir Watt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Stanford Law Review and Annual Review of Law and Social Science.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Michaels

54 papers receiving 449 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralf Michaels Germany 11 236 224 115 107 107 77 555
Urs Schweizer Germany 10 33 0.1× 86 0.4× 32 0.3× 61 0.6× 10 0.1× 51 486
Mohammad Abdullah Bangladesh 11 18 0.1× 32 0.1× 150 1.3× 33 0.3× 10 0.1× 40 388
Cedric Ryngaert Netherlands 11 351 1.5× 79 0.4× 166 1.4× 98 0.9× 3 0.0× 110 541
Ian Down United States 11 211 0.9× 10 0.0× 71 0.6× 141 1.3× 4 0.0× 14 460
Yoshitsugu Kanemoto Japan 15 75 0.3× 9 0.0× 57 0.5× 40 0.4× 13 0.1× 37 804
Javier Bilbao Ubillos Spain 10 53 0.2× 2 0.0× 51 0.4× 60 0.6× 31 0.3× 48 335
Alan A. Altshuler 8 75 0.3× 7 0.0× 82 0.7× 41 0.4× 2 0.0× 14 374
Karen Trapenberg Frick United States 12 95 0.4× 2 0.0× 95 0.8× 37 0.3× 8 0.1× 35 606
Zbigniew Taylor Poland 12 47 0.2× 10 0.0× 60 0.5× 70 0.7× 53 409
Sergio Montero Colombia 10 123 0.5× 8 0.0× 76 0.7× 32 0.3× 1 0.0× 20 423

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Michaels

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Michaels, Ralf, et al.. (2024). Anti-Enforcement Injunctions. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Michaels, Ralf. (2023). Climate’s Empire in Comparative Law. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28(1). 1–19. 1 indexed citations
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Legrand, Pierre, et al.. (2021). Derecho comparado crítico.
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Michaels, Ralf. (2014). Non-State Law in the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Contracts. eYLS (Yale Law School). 2 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf. (2012). Legal Medievalism in Lex Mercatoria Scholarship. SSRN Electronic Journal. 90(5). 259–268. 4 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf. (2012). Code vs. Code: Nationalist and Internationalist Images of the Code Civil in the French Resistance to a European Codification. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1 indexed citations
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Knop, Karen, Ralf Michaels, & Annelise Riles. (2011). From Multiculturalism to Technique: Feminism, Culture and the Conflict of Laws Style. Stanford Law Review. 64(3). 589–656. 10 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf. (2011). Global Problems in Domestic Courts. eYLS (Yale Law School). 167–177. 3 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf. (2010). The Mirage of Non-State Governance. Utah law review. 2010(1). 11 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf & Joost Pauwelyn. (2010). Conflict of Norms or Conflict of Laws? Different Techniques in the Fragmentation of Public International Law. SSRN Electronic Journal. 22(3). 349–376. 7 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf. (2009). Comparative Law by Numbers? Legal Origins Thesis, Doing Business Reports, and the Silence of Traditional Comparative Law. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf, Karen Knop, & Annelise Riles. (2009). International Law in Domestic Courts: A Conflict of Laws Approach. eYLS (Yale Law School). 3 indexed citations
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Knop, Karen, Ralf Michaels, & Annelise Riles. (2008). Transdisciplinary Conflict of Laws Foreword: Cavers's Double Legacy. Law and Contemporary Problems. 71(3). 1–5. 4 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf. (2008). The New European Choice-Of-Law Revolution. eYLS (Yale Law School). 82. 1607–1644. 2 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf. (2008). Economics of Law as Choice of Law. Law and Contemporary Problems. 71(3). 73–106. 2 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf. (2008). The True Lex Mercatoria: Law Beyond the State. Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies. 8 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf & Nils Jansen. (2007). Private Law and the State: Comparative Perceptions and Historical Observations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf. (2005). The Re-State-Ment of Non-State Law: The State, Choice of Law, and the Challenge From Global Legal Pluralism. SSRN Electronic Journal. 51. 1209–1259. 21 indexed citations
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Michaels, Ralf & Nils Jansen. (2003). Die Auslegung und Forrtbildung auslÄndischen Rechts. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics. 116(1). 3–56.
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Michaels, Ralf. (2001). Standortwettbewerb als Rechtsfigur - Die Entscheidung des OVG Hamburg zum Airbus A 380 im Lichte der Globalisierungsdebatte. KJ / Kritische Justiz. 34(4). 458–465. 2 indexed citations

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