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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 37 1,939 5,736 3,424
2 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 15 32 681 6,138 1,722
3 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 13 24 703 6,166 1,286
4 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 26 927 3,471 2,123
5 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 18 28 1,052 2,617 2,133
6 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 13 27 629 5,190 1,295
7 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 11 20 734 3,909 1,742
8 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 12 20 471 5,684 1,270
9 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 12 20 714 3,089 2,051
10 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 19 19 976 1,302 1,738
11 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 11 29 487 3,057 1,899
12 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 13 24 681 2,995 942
13 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 12 17 595 3,133 784
14 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 21 565 2,655 1,234
15 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 12 6 719 225 2,718
16 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 11 24 417 3,118 919
17 Bratton, William Wilson University of Pennsylvania 12 23 437 2,644 977
18 Roe, Mark Harvard University 13 23 469 2,587 759
19 Thompson, Robert B. Georgetown University 11 25 448 2,224 1,200
20 Rock, Edward B. New York University 14 20 606 1,774 776
21 Kahan, Marcel New York University 15 21 598 1,511 885
22 Khan, Lina Columbia University School of Law 6 4 783 123 1,246
23 Romano, Roberta Yale University 12 19 380 2,862 548
24 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 8 254 2,733 1,196
25 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 9 13 493 1,638 700
26 Gordon, Jeffrey N. Columbia University School of Law 9 15 507 1,568 666
27 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 9 21 263 2,551 846
28 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 9 13 395 2,443 290
29 Salop, Steven C. Georgetown University 12 15 440 1,504 805
30 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 10 16 338 2,037 565
31 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 11 12 507 756 965
32 Baker, Jonathan B. American University 12 18 429 861 1,040
33 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 10 20 390 1,255 774
34 Thomas, Randall S. Vanderbilt University 12 21 402 1,174 722
35 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 10 23 272 2,172 318
36 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 10 10 369 1,641 350
37 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 10 20 254 2,070 433
38 Tallarita, Roberto Harvard University 8 1 431 1 1,507
39 Crane, Daniel A. University of Michigan 13 13 409 668 942
40 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 10 20 303 1,544 600
41 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 8 8 396 1,374 269
42 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 7 9 229 1,726 679
43 Lund, Dorothy Shapiro Columbia University School of Law 8 3 466 41 965
44 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 11 13 403 578 626
45 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 12 14 348 684 780
46 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 9 17 195 1,563 657
47 Sokol, D. Daniel University of Southern California 10 14 309 432 1,182
48 Elhauge, Einer Richard Harvard University 8 10 393 793 405
49 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 11 13 290 638 1,052
50 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 8 17 229 1,571 423
51 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 11 11 334 620 784
52 Solomon, Steven M. University of California, Berkeley 11 5 435 172 684
53 Nili, Yaron G. Duke University 12 6 360 75 1,133
54 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 8 16 232 944 914
55 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 5 14 217 1,556 385
56 Johnson, Lyman P.Q. University of St. Thomas 9 22 220 1,325 408
57 Fox, Eleanor M. New York University 6 20 169 1,569 418
58 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 7 9 283 1,070 274
59 Bodie, Matthew T. University of Minnesota 11 10 286 286 950
60 Skeel, David Arthur Jr. University of Pennsylvania 9 16 206 975 656
61 Stucke, Maurice Eitel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 13 274 498 782
62 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 2 2 265 1,165 171
63 Choi, Stephen New York University 11 15 254 837 469
64 DeMott, Deborah A. Duke University 8 16 166 1,125 606
65 Klausner, Michael Stanford University 7 8 222 956 476
66 Wachter, Michael L. University of Pennsylvania 10 15 273 851 316
67 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 9 8 373 235 378
68 Triantis, George Gregory Stanford University 8 16 243 845 408
69 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 8 11 215 1,029 361
70 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 7 16 181 1,252 299
71 Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. University of Michigan 8 10 261 626 485
72 Goshen, Zohar Columbia University School of Law 8 7 329 214 541
73 Pargendler, Mariana Harvard University 10 6 208 122 1,211
74 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 7 13 208 1,104 249
75 Smith, D. Gordon Brigham Young University 5 12 193 844 534
76 Rasmussen, Robert Kenneth University of Southern California 8 10 216 977 284
77 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 287 579 332
78 Fried, Jesse Harvard University 7 15 182 1,040 376
79 McDonnell, Brett H. University of Minnesota 10 16 235 663 472
80 Hirst, Scott Paul Boston University 8 4 396 89 239
81 Hamermesh, Lawrence A. Widener University Delaware Law School 8 14 236 756 357
82 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 8 8 280 398 412
83 Hemphill, Christopher New York University 7 8 296 396 317
84 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 6 7 175 1,079 246
85 Bernstein, Lisa University of Chicago 5 5 161 1,191 178
86 McGarity, Thomas O. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 159 1,213 158
87 Rossi, Jim Vanderbilt University 7 10 244 667 258
88 Sitkoff, Robert H. Harvard University 6 6 258 420 428
89 Wagner, Wendy E. University of Texas at Austin 8 10 249 587 285
90 Coates, John IV Harvard University 8 13 178 977 246
91 Hill, Claire A. University of Minnesota 8 12 208 551 502
92 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 4 6 161 600 690
93 Cherry, Miriam A. St. John's University 6 6 126 203 1,178
94 Waller, Spencer Weber Loyola University Chicago 8 16 175 795 350
95 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 4 5 202 777 229
96 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 8 13 156 826 352
97 O'Connell, Anne Joseph Stanford University 7 7 251 477 188
98 Hwang, Cathy University of Virginia 10 3 240 35 668
99 Talley, Eric L. Columbia University School of Law 7 13 206 430 423
100 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 8 7 234 375 337