OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Asia Pacific Law Review is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Marriage unbound: state law, power, and inequality in contemporary China	21
The limits of liberal justice: on authoritarianism and instrumental theories of law	18
Avoid opening up the Pandora’s box: treaty parallelism, termination and survival in the reform of the China–EU investment regime	17
Constitutional transition and the travail of judges: the courts of South Korea	11
Asian regionalism and the shaping of state-owned enterprises rules in trade agreements	10
Varieties of authoritarian legality	10
RCEP rules on cross-border data flows: Asian characteristics and implications for developing countries	10
The Financial Action Task Force entrapped within hypocrisy and rhetoric: using India as a case study	9
ITLOS’ jurisdictional decision in the climate change advisory opinion: observations and implications	6
Effective or symbolic? A retrospective look at the performance of the China International Commercial Court	5
Investor-state dispute settlement and tax matters: limitations on state’s sovereign right to tax	5
Issues and challenges with applying investment agreements to tax matters in the context of India’s experience	5
Drunk driving criminalization and frontline enforcement realities in China	5
Mission impossible? An empirical study on bail likelihood and court considerations in Hong Kong under the National Security Law	4
Social enterprise in Asia: a new legal form	4
Evolving issues of the interplay between investor protection and sovereign taxation: the case of Tianqi Lithium and its implications	4
Constitutional foundings in Northeast Asia	4
Tax, trade, and investment conundrum in Asia-Pacific regionalism	4
China’s legal efforts to facilitate cross-border data transfers: a comprehensive reality check	4
International organizations and corporate governance: the case of the AIIB	4
Between sovereignty and complexity: the settlement of tax disputes by the world trade organization	4
Central bank digital currencies as a potential response to some particularly Pacific problems	3
From Marx to Market: a legal and empirical analysis of the maritime labour convention in China	3
Market access for investment and services under the EU–China comprehensive agreement on investment: an appraisal	3
Public international law, international taxation and tax dispute resolution	3

Fabricating insurance subject matter and defrauding insurance money: a civil wrong or a criminal offence?	3
What is so special about CAI?	3
Sword of damocles? Assessing the compulsory sharing of essential data under the Chinese competition law	3
Who are my parents? Determining parenthood of surrogate children under Chinese law	3
International trade and investment dispute settlement in the Asia-Pacific region: inspiring the new Asian regionalism	3
The relevance of purpose in constitutional equal protection challenges to executive action	3