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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 23 38 1,708 6,088 3,041
2 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 14 33 558 6,315 1,394
3 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 13 24 596 6,308 1,091
4 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 17 29 804 3,675 1,877
5 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 17 29 951 2,813 1,806
6 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 12 27 550 5,335 1,206
7 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 11 20 614 4,085 1,979
8 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 12 21 402 5,830 995
9 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 12 20 614 3,247 2,216
10 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 17 21 907 1,456 1,380
11 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 14 8 791 300 2,538
12 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 21 586 2,760 1,332
13 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 11 29 438 3,151 1,390
14 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 13 24 551 3,166 783
15 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 12 18 531 3,268 666
16 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 10 24 341 3,217 745
17 Roe, Mark Harvard University 12 23 406 2,686 678
18 Khan, Lina Columbia University School of Law 6 5 731 247 1,190
19 Bratton, William Wilson University of Pennsylvania 11 24 354 2,752 826
20 Romano, Roberta Yale University 11 20 358 3,074 459
21 Rock, Edward B. New York University 14 20 525 1,869 672
22 Thompson, Robert B. Georgetown University 10 25 377 2,327 988
23 Kahan, Marcel New York University 14 22 510 1,619 751
24 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 8 213 2,795 1,076
25 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 7 13 439 1,730 657
26 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 9 13 345 2,521 284
27 Gordon, Jeffrey N. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 432 1,675 517
28 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 9 21 210 2,628 716
29 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 12 14 476 848 964
30 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 9 17 280 2,114 491
31 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 9 24 256 2,340 284
32 Tallarita, Roberto Harvard University 8 1 451 3 1,345
33 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 9 11 353 1,696 303
34 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 9 20 325 1,370 640
35 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 9 21 272 1,670 539
36 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 9 8 361 1,451 269
37 Crane, Daniel A. University of Michigan 13 15 389 739 747
38 Baker, Jonathan B. American University 12 19 349 966 744
39 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 8 20 207 2,114 384
40 Thomas, Randall S. Vanderbilt University 10 22 314 1,283 550
41 Lund, Dorothy Shapiro Columbia University School of Law 8 3 466 82 769
42 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 11 14 307 743 945
43 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 6 9 194 1,772 584
44 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 12 14 346 719 501
45 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 10 12 328 637 661
46 Nili, Yaron G. Duke University 12 6 337 120 1,058
47 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 8 17 208 1,617 349
48 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 8 17 177 1,601 501
49 Elhauge, Einer Richard Harvard University 8 11 336 878 318
50 Solomon, Steven M. University of California, Berkeley 12 7 395 248 548
51 Sokol, D. Daniel University of Southern California 9 15 257 516 857
52 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 5 13 189 1,581 251
53 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 12 11 282 701 558
54 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 7 16 192 1,015 711
55 Fox, Eleanor M. New York University 6 20 140 1,603 418
56 Skeel, David Arthur Jr. University of Pennsylvania 8 16 201 1,009 578
57 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 2 2 253 1,198 162
58 Johnson, Lyman P.Q. University of St. Thomas 7 22 175 1,382 364
59 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 7 9 238 1,132 217
60 Goshen, Zohar Columbia University School of Law 8 8 307 280 616
61 Bodie, Matthew T. University of Minnesota 9 10 250 342 823
62 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 8 11 200 1,077 384
63 Choi, Stephen New York University 10 16 221 893 412
64 Stucke, Maurice Eitel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 13 231 565 605
65 Triantis, George Gregory Stanford University 7 16 222 888 356
66 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 279 607 333
67 DeMott, Deborah A. Duke University 7 17 145 1,163 488
68 Klausner, Michael Stanford University 7 8 189 1,005 405
69 Wachter, Michael L. University of Pennsylvania 9 15 215 924 268
70 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 6 14 180 1,185 214
71 Hirst, Scott Paul Boston University 8 6 358 158 223
72 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 8 8 314 283 325
73 Pargendler, Mariana Harvard University 10 7 206 144 979
74 Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. University of Michigan 7 10 223 688 396
75 Rasmussen, Robert Kenneth University of Southern California 8 10 200 1,016 213
76 Hemphill, Christopher New York University 7 8 286 445 288
77 Fried, Jesse Harvard University 7 15 163 1,078 325
78 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 9 258 537 327
79 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 7 15 150 1,249 232
80 McDonnell, Brett H. University of Minnesota 9 17 210 709 405
81 Hamermesh, Lawrence A. Widener University Delaware Law School 7 14 211 799 305
82 Bernstein, Lisa University of Chicago 5 5 143 1,222 241
83 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 7 7 167 1,105 215
84 Smith, D. Gordon Brigham Young University Law School 5 12 159 897 427
85 Rossi, Jim Vanderbilt University 7 10 222 715 211
86 Sitkoff, Robert H. Harvard University 5 7 231 461 389
87 McGarity, Thomas O. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 141 1,239 140
88 Coates, John IV Harvard University 7 14 145 1,017 256
89 Wagner, Wendy E. University of Texas at Austin 8 10 233 561 216
90 Hill, Claire A. University of Minnesota 7 12 183 595 431
91 Hwang, Cathy Georgetown University 10 4 248 57 562
92 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 3 5 178 820 228
93 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 4 6 147 630 514
94 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 4 2 181 711 228
95 Waller, Spencer Weber Loyola University Chicago 7 16 143 833 294
96 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 8 8 205 424 345
97 O'Connell, Anne Joseph Stanford University 7 7 213 533 169
98 Barzuza, Michal University of Virginia 6 6 256 129 293
99 Talley, Eric L. Columbia University School of Law 7 13 181 468 340
100 Diamantis, Mihailis E. University of Iowa 8 4 168 68 755