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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 37 1,960 5,737 3,365
2 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 15 32 686 6,138 1,635
3 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 13 23 694 6,137 1,195
4 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 26 941 3,471 2,054
5 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 18 28 1,062 2,617 2,037
6 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 13 27 635 5,188 1,280
7 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 11 20 740 3,909 1,727
8 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 12 21 477 5,706 1,212
9 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 12 20 716 3,089 2,013
10 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 19 19 991 1,302 1,680
11 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 12 29 495 3,056 1,810
12 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 13 24 687 2,995 908
13 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 12 17 599 3,133 747
14 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 12 6 727 225 2,826
15 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 21 580 2,655 1,181
16 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 11 24 421 3,118 876
17 Bratton, William Wilson University of Pennsylvania 12 23 438 2,646 935
18 Roe, Mark Harvard University 13 23 476 2,587 735
19 Thompson, Robert B. Georgetown University 11 25 453 2,224 1,178
20 Rock, Edward B. New York University 14 20 599 1,756 747
21 Khan, Lina Columbia University School of Law 6 4 794 123 1,232
22 Romano, Roberta Yale University 12 19 385 2,862 534
23 Kahan, Marcel New York University 15 21 592 1,493 835
24 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 8 256 2,733 1,157
25 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 9 13 496 1,638 692
26 Gordon, Jeffrey N. Columbia University School of Law 9 15 514 1,572 667
27 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 9 13 401 2,443 303
28 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 9 21 270 2,551 801
29 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 12 12 527 756 1,201
30 Salop, Steven C. Georgetown University 13 15 445 1,504 756
31 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 11 16 345 2,038 556
32 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 10 24 304 2,276 320
33 Baker, Jonathan B. American University 12 18 431 861 957
34 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 10 20 394 1,255 719
35 Thomas, Randall S. Vanderbilt University 12 21 408 1,174 709
36 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 10 10 374 1,641 329
37 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 10 20 311 1,597 580
38 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 10 20 258 2,051 397
39 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 9 8 419 1,374 271
40 Tallarita, Roberto Harvard University 8 1 433 1 1,496
41 Crane, Daniel A. University of Michigan 13 13 416 668 909
42 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 7 9 230 1,726 685
43 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 11 13 331 682 1,055
44 Lund, Dorothy Shapiro Columbia University School of Law 8 3 471 41 929
45 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 11 13 409 578 634
46 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 9 17 197 1,563 644
47 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 12 14 354 684 725
48 Elhauge, Einer Richard Harvard University 8 10 396 793 396
49 Sokol, D. Daniel University of Southern California 10 14 316 432 1,118
50 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 8 17 231 1,571 428
51 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 11 11 340 620 756
52 Solomon, Steven M. University of California, Berkeley 11 5 441 172 672
53 Nili, Yaron G. Duke University 12 6 363 75 1,117
54 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 8 16 235 959 870
55 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 5 13 214 1,537 345
56 Fox, Eleanor M. New York University 6 20 172 1,566 414
57 Johnson, Lyman P.Q. University of St. Thomas 9 22 221 1,325 401
58 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 7 9 285 1,070 238
59 Bodie, Matthew T. University of Minnesota 11 10 288 286 929
60 Skeel, David Arthur Jr. University of Pennsylvania 9 16 209 975 634
61 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 2 2 269 1,165 170
62 Stucke, Maurice Eitel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 13 276 498 736
63 Choi, Stephen New York University 11 15 257 837 453
64 DeMott, Deborah A. Duke University 8 16 167 1,124 578
65 Klausner, Michael Stanford University 7 8 224 956 446
66 Wachter, Michael L. University of Pennsylvania 10 15 273 851 285
67 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 9 11 222 1,029 361
68 Triantis, George Gregory Stanford University 8 16 244 845 376
69 Goshen, Zohar Columbia University School of Law 8 7 337 214 535
70 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 7 15 183 1,223 292
71 Pargendler, Mariana Harvard University 10 6 209 122 1,220
72 Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. University of Michigan 8 10 266 626 453
73 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 7 13 212 1,104 247
74 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 8 9 301 481 401
75 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 8 8 358 235 347
76 Rasmussen, Robert Kenneth University of Southern California 8 10 220 977 280
77 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 291 579 329
78 Smith, D. Gordon Brigham Young University 5 12 195 844 517
79 Hirst, Scott Paul Boston University 8 4 401 89 250
80 Fried, Jesse Harvard University 7 15 184 1,041 372
81 McDonnell, Brett H. University of Minnesota 10 16 242 663 440
82 Hamermesh, Lawrence A. Widener University Delaware Law School 8 14 240 756 350
83 Hemphill, Christopher New York University 7 8 302 396 311
84 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 6 7 177 1,079 245
85 McGarity, Thomas O. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 162 1,213 159
86 Bernstein, Lisa University of Chicago 5 5 163 1,191 175
87 Coates, John IV Harvard University 8 13 182 977 262
88 Rossi, Jim Vanderbilt University 7 10 245 667 253
89 Sitkoff, Robert H. Harvard University 6 6 258 420 428
90 Wagner, Wendy E. University of Texas at Austin 8 10 252 587 273
91 Hill, Claire A. University of Minnesota 8 12 210 551 472
92 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 4 6 162 600 644
93 Waller, Spencer Weber Loyola University Chicago 8 16 175 795 341
94 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 4 5 203 777 229
95 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 8 13 157 826 350
96 Hwang, Cathy University of Virginia 10 3 245 35 661
97 O'Connell, Anne Joseph Stanford University 7 7 256 477 177
98 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 8 7 237 375 349
99 Cherry, Miriam A. St. John's University 6 6 126 203 1,048
100 Talley, Eric L. Columbia University School of Law 7 13 207 430 425