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Law research in Austria

University of Vienna ranks first in Austria for Law research in 2022–2025 (#97 worldwide), followed by Universität Innsbruck and University of Graz.

Austria's world rank
#23
of 48 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
807
Top-10% rate
8.7%
Ranked institutions
5

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Law in Austria?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of ViennaVienna #9724.612.1%140
2Universität InnsbruckInnsbruck #3583.18.3%77
3University of GrazGraz #3772.26.7%96
4Vienna University of Economics and BusinessVienna #3921.66.7%62
5Austrian Foundry Research InstituteLeoben #41850.06.0%67

Institutions in Austria above the floor of 40 fractional works in Law, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Law researchers in Austria?

Volker Krey, Stefan Grundmann and Waldemar Hummer rank highest among researchers based in Austria.

  1. 1Volker Krey#3,102 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 8 works
  2. 2Stefan Grundmann#55,340 worldwide overall101 citations · 13 works
  3. 3Waldemar Hummer#94,013 worldwide overall82 citations · 15 works
  4. 4Hans-Holger Herrnfeld#114,354 worldwide overall100 citations · 13 works
  5. 5Walter Berka#172,886 worldwide overall14 citations · 20 works
  6. 6Stefan L. Frank#175,685 worldwide overall183 citations · 10 works
  7. 7Marcus Klamert#204,287 worldwide overall31 citations · 11 works
  8. 8Ludwig K. Adamovich#214,262 worldwide overall8 citations · 19 works
  9. 9Bernd-Christian Funk#226,160 worldwide overall9 citations · 26 works
  10. 10Christoph Grabenwarter#272,251 worldwide overall4 citations · 14 works
  11. 11Thomas Olechowski#272,890 worldwide overall7 citations · 14 works
  12. 12R. Klaushofer#290,739 worldwide overall0 citations · 11 works
  13. 13Florian Saurwein#291,694 worldwide overall44 citations · 10 works
  14. 14Gottfried Call#310,690 worldwide overall0 citations · 12 works
  15. 15Theo Mayer–Maly#316,570 worldwide overall5 citations · 27 works

How Austria compares with other countries in Law