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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 23 38 1,686 6,089 3,125
2 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 14 32 538 6,195 1,449
3 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 13 24 576 6,307 1,089
4 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 17 29 784 3,682 1,906
5 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 17 29 939 2,813 1,830
6 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 11 27 537 5,333 1,180
7 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 11 20 599 4,076 1,934
8 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 12 21 385 5,830 1,000
9 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 11 20 596 3,244 2,198
10 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 17 21 882 1,454 1,449
11 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 21 576 2,758 1,335
12 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 13 8 734 300 2,549
13 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 11 29 427 3,151 1,464
14 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 13 24 542 3,166 819
15 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 12 18 522 3,269 694
16 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 10 24 335 3,217 786
17 Roe, Mark Harvard University 12 23 403 2,686 667
18 Bratton, William Wilson University of Pennsylvania 11 24 347 2,752 852
19 Khan, Lina Columbia University School of Law 6 5 717 247 1,193
20 Romano, Roberta Yale University 11 20 351 3,073 470
21 Thompson, Robert B. Georgetown University 10 25 367 2,305 1,018
22 Rock, Edward B. New York University 14 19 508 1,802 682
23 Kahan, Marcel New York University 14 22 497 1,620 764
24 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 8 212 2,794 1,086
25 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 7 13 430 1,730 669
26 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 9 13 343 2,520 293
27 Gordon, Jeffrey N. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 426 1,675 537
28 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 12 14 468 847 1,030
29 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 9 21 206 2,629 717
30 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 9 17 276 2,114 519
31 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 9 24 252 2,340 286
32 Tallarita, Roberto Harvard University 8 1 450 3 1,354
33 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 9 11 346 1,695 303
34 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 9 20 318 1,369 658
35 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 9 21 267 1,668 561
36 Crane, Daniel A. University of Michigan 13 15 382 739 757
37 Thomas, Randall S. Vanderbilt University 10 22 310 1,271 643
38 Baker, Jonathan B. American University 12 19 337 966 762
39 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 8 8 335 1,451 258
40 Lund, Dorothy Shapiro Columbia University School of Law 8 3 457 82 811
41 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 8 20 192 2,078 372
42 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 6 9 189 1,772 581
43 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 10 13 273 685 965
44 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 12 14 342 719 551
45 Nili, Yaron G. Duke University 12 6 335 120 1,066
46 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 10 12 325 637 626
47 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 8 17 206 1,617 360
48 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 8 17 172 1,600 525
49 Elhauge, Einer Richard Harvard University 8 11 331 878 341
50 Solomon, Steven M. University of California, Berkeley 11 7 387 246 591
51 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 11 11 275 697 636
52 Sokol, D. Daniel University of Southern California 9 15 255 515 895
53 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 5 13 185 1,581 277
54 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 7 16 187 1,013 726
55 Fox, Eleanor M. New York University 6 20 140 1,603 416
56 Skeel, David Arthur Jr. University of Pennsylvania 8 16 195 1,009 602
57 Johnson, Lyman P.Q. University of St. Thomas 7 22 173 1,382 371
58 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 2 2 249 1,197 150
59 Bodie, Matthew T. University of Minnesota 9 10 244 342 863
60 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 7 9 232 1,132 213
61 Goshen, Zohar Columbia University School of Law 8 8 304 280 599
62 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 8 11 194 1,071 384
63 Choi, Stephen New York University 9 16 214 892 430
64 Stucke, Maurice Eitel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 13 229 565 627
65 DeMott, Deborah A. Duke University 7 17 143 1,161 487
66 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 277 607 314
67 Klausner, Michael Stanford University 7 8 186 1,005 397
68 Triantis, George Gregory Stanford University 7 16 212 888 363
69 Wachter, Michael L. University of Pennsylvania 9 15 211 924 281
70 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 6 14 177 1,185 223
71 Pargendler, Mariana Harvard University 10 7 197 144 1,030
72 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 8 8 309 283 326
73 Hirst, Scott Paul Boston University 8 6 350 158 219
74 Rasmussen, Robert Kenneth University of Southern California 8 10 198 1,016 219
75 Hemphill, Christopher New York University 7 8 282 445 300
76 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 7 15 149 1,249 251
77 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 9 252 537 345
78 Hamermesh, Lawrence A. Widener University Delaware Law School 7 14 209 810 318
79 Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. University of Michigan 7 10 219 683 381
80 Fried, Jesse Harvard University 7 15 158 1,078 324
81 McDonnell, Brett H. University of Minnesota 9 17 204 709 408
82 Bernstein, Lisa University of Chicago 5 5 142 1,222 246
83 Smith, D. Gordon Brigham Young University Law School 5 12 152 897 451
84 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 6 7 160 1,105 222
85 Sitkoff, Robert H. Harvard University 5 7 228 461 405
86 McGarity, Thomas O. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 138 1,239 142
87 Rossi, Jim Vanderbilt University 7 10 212 715 212
88 Coates, John IV Harvard University 7 14 145 1,014 262
89 Hill, Claire A. University of Minnesota 7 12 179 595 438
90 Wagner, Wendy E. University of Texas at Austin 8 10 230 561 209
91 Hwang, Cathy University of Virginia 10 4 244 57 576
92 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 3 5 176 819 212
93 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 4 6 141 630 547
94 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 8 8 200 420 372
95 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 4 2 178 709 211
96 Barzuza, Michal University of Virginia 6 6 254 129 315
97 O'Connell, Anne Joseph Stanford University 7 7 209 532 174
98 Waller, Spencer Weber Loyola University Chicago 7 15 138 799 293
99 Talley, Eric L. Columbia University School of Law 7 13 179 468 369
100 Diamantis, Mihailis E. University of Iowa 8 4 165 68 763