NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyan-American legal scholar Prof. Makau Mutua has been ranked among the top 0.5% of scholars globally by ScholarGPS, earning recognition for his outstanding academic impact in the fields of General Law and Human Rights.
Mutua, a professor of law and former Dean at the University at Buffalo School of Law, expressed gratitude for the global accolade in a statement on social media.
“I am deeply honored and humbled to be named a 2024 Top Scholar by ScholarGPS,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Ranked in the top 0.5% globally — #282 in General Law and #43 in Human Rights.”
I am deeply honored and humbled to be named a 2024 Top Scholar by ScholarGPS. Ranked in the top 0.5% globally — #282 in General Law and #43 in Human Rights @ScholarGPS
ScholarGPS, a California-based scholarly analytics platform, compiles its annual rankings from a database of over 30 million scholar profiles and more than 120,000 institutional profiles worldwide.
It recognizes academics whose research output and influence place them at the pinnacle of global scholarship.
According to the citation, Prof. Mutua’s lifetime achievements earned him positions #295 in General Law and #46 in Human Rights overall, reflecting the lasting impact of his work across decades.
In the 2024 rankings specifically, he was listed as #282 in General Law and #43 in Human Rights.
The platform categorizes Top Scholars as those who rank within the top 0.5% of global academics in their discipline based on the quality, volume, and impact of their scholarly work.
Prof. Mutua is widely regarded as a leading voice on human rights, international law, and African political reform.
He has served in multiple advisory and diplomatic roles, including as a delegate to the drafting of the Kenyan Constitution and as Chair of the Kenya Human Rights Commission.
The ScholarGPS recognition adds to a long list of honors for the scholar, who remains an influential figure in both academic and policy-making circles.
