Samantha Besson

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 780 citations indexed

About

Samantha Besson is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Samantha Besson has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 780 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 24 papers in Law and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Samantha Besson's work include International Law and Human Rights (34 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (11 papers) and Judicial and Constitutional Studies (10 papers). Samantha Besson is often cited by papers focused on International Law and Human Rights (34 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (11 papers) and Judicial and Constitutional Studies (10 papers). Samantha Besson collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and United Kingdom. Samantha Besson's co-authors include John Tasioulas, José Luis Martí, Jean d’Aspremont, David Archard, Philip Alston, John Tobin, Bronagh Byrne, Damon Barrett, Lukas H. Meyer and Simon Caney and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, European Journal of International Law and The American Journal of Comparative Law.

In The Last Decade

Samantha Besson

55 papers receiving 635 citations

Hit Papers

The Philosophy of international law 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Philosophy of international law
    2011 234 citations Samantha Besson, John Tasioulas Choice Reviews Online profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Samantha Besson Switzerland 16 571 289 195 91 60 64 780
A. W. Brian Simpson United States 18 299 0.5× 253 0.9× 382 2.0× 42 0.5× 34 0.6× 73 931
Andrew Rehfeld United States 7 451 0.8× 213 0.7× 71 0.4× 18 0.2× 86 1.4× 16 606
Liam Murphy United States 9 394 0.7× 175 0.6× 104 0.5× 204 2.2× 17 0.3× 22 714
Upendra Baxi United Kingdom 15 301 0.5× 333 1.2× 198 1.0× 36 0.4× 47 0.8× 57 663
Arash Abizadeh Canada 14 842 1.5× 651 2.3× 84 0.4× 204 2.2× 15 0.3× 40 1.1k
M. Cheríf Bassiouni United States 21 1.0k 1.8× 640 2.2× 217 1.1× 65 0.7× 72 1.2× 191 1.4k
Wojciech Sadurski Australia 16 761 1.3× 351 1.2× 447 2.3× 33 0.4× 58 1.0× 104 1.0k
Stephen C. Ropp United States 3 487 0.9× 478 1.7× 84 0.4× 12 0.1× 94 1.6× 4 786
Michel Rosenfeld United States 13 479 0.8× 312 1.1× 405 2.1× 30 0.3× 43 0.7× 78 778
Kenneth Winston United States 8 183 0.3× 145 0.5× 259 1.3× 30 0.3× 70 1.2× 27 549

Countries citing papers authored by Samantha Besson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Samantha Besson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samantha Besson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Besson, Samantha, et al.. (2024). The International Law of Regional Organizations – Mapping the Issues. International Organizations Law Review. 21(1). 1–18.
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Besson, Samantha. (2024). The Institutional Guarantee of the Human Right to Science. Human Rights Law Review. 25(1).
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Besson, Samantha. (2023). Anticipation under the human right to science: concepts, stakes and specificities. The International Journal of Human Rights. 28(3). 293–312. 1 indexed citations
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Besson, Samantha, et al.. (2023). Consenting to International Law. Cambridge University Press eBooks.
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Besson, Samantha. (2023). Anticipation under the Human Right to Science: Concepts, Stakes and Specificities. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Besson, Samantha. (2023). The ‘Human Right to Science’ qua right to participate in science. The International Journal of Human Rights. 28(4). 497–528. 6 indexed citations
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Besson, Samantha. (2020). Sovereign States and their International Institutional Order. 2(2). 111–138. 3 indexed citations
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Tobin, John, Philip Alston, David Archard, et al.. (2019). The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: a commentary. Oxford University Press eBooks. 30 indexed citations
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Besson, Samantha. (2018). Community Interests in International Law. Oxford University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Besson, Samantha. (2016). State Consent and Disagreement in International Law-Making.Dissolving the Paradox. Leiden Journal of International Law. 29(2). 289–316. 17 indexed citations
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Besson, Samantha & Andreas R. Ziegler. (2013). The Judge in International and European Law. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1 indexed citations
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Besson, Samantha. (2012). The Truth about Legal Pluralism. European Constitutional Law Review. 8(2). 1 indexed citations
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Besson, Samantha. (2012). The Extraterritoriality of the European Convention on Human Rights: Why Human Rights Depend on Jurisdiction and What Jurisdiction Amounts to. Leiden Journal of International Law. 25(4). 857–884. 44 indexed citations
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Besson, Samantha, et al.. (2011). Principles in European Law. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.
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Besson, Samantha. (2011). How to Theorise Law in a Transnational Context. Transnational Legal Theory. 2(4). 573–579. 1 indexed citations
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Besson, Samantha & John Tasioulas. (2011). The Philosophy of international law. Choice Reviews Online. 48(5). 48–2947. 234 indexed citations breakdown →
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Besson, Samantha. (2011). Human rights and democracy in a global context: decoupling and recoupling. Ethics & Global Politics. 4(1). 19–50. 23 indexed citations
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Besson, Samantha. (2009). European Legal Pluralism after Kadi. European Constitutional Law Review. 5(2). 237–264. 12 indexed citations
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Lacroix, Justine, Samantha Besson, Francis Cheneval, & Nicolas Levrat. (2008). Europe des valeurs ou Europe des droits. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 27–39. 1 indexed citations
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Besson, Samantha. (2004). Sovereignty in Conflict. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(8). 15.

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