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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 22 38 1,643 6,088 3,136
2 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 13 33 526 6,309 1,517
3 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 13 24 549 6,304 1,077
4 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 16 29 762 3,674 1,898
5 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 16 29 894 2,812 1,847
6 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 11 27 514 5,327 1,178
7 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 11 20 580 4,083 1,641
8 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 12 21 373 5,828 1,071
9 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 11 20 569 3,247 1,896
10 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 17 21 848 1,454 1,555
11 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 14 8 732 298 2,674
12 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 11 29 416 3,151 1,547
13 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 21 534 2,685 1,257
14 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 13 24 526 3,166 822
15 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 12 18 503 3,268 701
16 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 10 24 326 3,217 776
17 Roe, Mark Harvard University 12 23 394 2,686 667
18 Bratton, William Wilson University of Pennsylvania 11 24 340 2,752 854
19 Thompson, Robert B. Georgetown University 10 25 367 2,328 1,038
20 Romano, Roberta Yale University 11 20 346 3,074 489
21 Khan, Lina Columbia University School of Law 6 5 693 244 1,134
22 Rock, Edward B. New York University 14 19 492 1,801 656
23 Kahan, Marcel New York University 14 22 482 1,620 743
24 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 8 204 2,795 1,121
25 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 7 13 414 1,730 646
26 Gordon, Jeffrey N. Columbia University School of Law 9 15 426 1,685 612
27 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 9 13 333 2,520 298
28 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 11 14 453 848 1,092
29 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 8 21 196 2,629 739
30 Salop, Steven C. Georgetown University 11 16 364 1,596 697
31 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 9 17 271 2,114 524
32 Tallarita, Roberto Harvard University 8 1 438 3 1,411
33 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 9 24 248 2,340 289
34 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 9 11 334 1,695 299
35 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 9 20 312 1,364 685
36 Baker, Jonathan B. American University 11 19 338 969 844
37 Thomas, Randall S. Vanderbilt University 10 22 308 1,280 670
38 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 9 21 262 1,672 568
39 Crane, Daniel A. University of Michigan 12 15 358 739 810
40 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 8 20 200 2,116 361
41 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 8 8 327 1,451 245
42 Lund, Dorothy Shapiro Columbia University School of Law 8 3 436 82 827
43 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 6 9 187 1,772 612
44 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 10 14 286 741 922
45 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 10 13 331 725 606
46 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 12 14 326 719 633
47 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 8 17 169 1,664 561
48 Nili, Yaron G. Duke University 12 6 330 119 1,020
49 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 8 17 196 1,617 382
50 Elhauge, Einer Richard Harvard University 8 11 319 878 371
51 Solomon, Steven M. University of California, Berkeley 11 7 371 247 619
52 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 11 11 266 700 690
53 Sokol, D. Daniel University of Southern California 9 15 239 516 985
54 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 5 14 181 1,601 319
55 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 7 16 185 1,014 780
56 Skeel, David Arthur Jr. University of Pennsylvania 8 16 182 1,009 678
57 Fox, Eleanor M. New York University 6 20 138 1,602 363
58 Johnson, Lyman P.Q. University of St. Thomas 7 22 167 1,382 360
59 Bodie, Matthew T. University of Minnesota 9 10 235 341 903
60 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 2 2 238 1,198 147
61 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 7 9 228 1,131 216
62 Stucke, Maurice Eitel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 13 218 562 675
63 Goshen, Zohar Columbia University School of Law 8 8 287 280 549
64 Choi, Stephen New York University 9 16 205 892 429
65 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 8 11 185 1,074 354
66 DeMott, Deborah A. Duke University 7 17 137 1,162 512
67 Pargendler, Mariana Harvard University 10 7 190 143 1,104
68 Klausner, Michael Stanford University 7 8 178 1,005 402
69 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 266 607 288
70 Triantis, George Gregory Stanford University 7 16 203 888 348
71 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 6 14 174 1,186 238
72 Wachter, Michael L. University of Pennsylvania 9 15 207 924 266
73 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 8 8 304 283 320
74 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 9 249 537 369
75 Hirst, Scott Paul Boston University 8 6 338 158 232
76 Rasmussen, Robert Kenneth University of Southern California 8 10 187 1,016 247
77 Hemphill, Christopher New York University 7 8 273 444 299
78 Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. University of Michigan 7 10 211 688 399
79 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 7 15 146 1,249 243
80 Hamermesh, Lawrence A. Widener University Delaware Law School 7 14 202 798 333
81 McDonnell, Brett H. University of Minnesota 9 17 200 708 407
82 Fried, Jesse Harvard University 7 15 151 1,078 341
83 Smith, D. Gordon Brigham Young University Law School 5 12 147 897 477
84 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 6 7 157 1,104 237
85 Sitkoff, Robert H. Harvard University 4 7 222 461 410
86 Bernstein, Lisa University of Chicago 5 5 135 1,222 171
87 McGarity, Thomas O. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 136 1,239 145
88 Rossi, Jim Vanderbilt University 6 10 201 715 227
89 Coates, John IV Harvard University 7 14 142 1,017 248
90 Hill, Claire A. University of Minnesota 7 12 172 594 431
91 Wagner, Wendy E. University of Texas at Austin 8 10 218 561 219
92 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 4 6 134 630 585
93 Hwang, Cathy University of Virginia 10 4 231 57 564
94 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 3 5 170 818 218
95 Waller, Spencer Weber Loyola University Chicago 7 16 140 832 322
96 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 8 8 196 421 352
97 Talley, Eric L. Columbia University School of Law 7 13 176 468 412
98 Barzuza, Michal University of Virginia 6 6 245 129 348
99 O'Connell, Anne Joseph Stanford University 7 7 204 533 167
100 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 3 2 169 708 202