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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 37 1,971 5,739 3,405
2 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 15 31 683 6,033 1,615
3 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 13 24 713 6,169 1,218
4 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 26 946 3,471 2,031
5 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 18 28 1,075 2,617 2,009
6 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 13 27 640 5,190 1,296
7 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 11 20 746 3,911 1,729
8 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 12 21 484 5,711 1,198
9 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 12 20 722 3,091 2,021
10 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 19 19 992 1,302 1,675
11 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 13 24 690 2,995 922
12 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 12 29 502 3,058 1,690
13 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 12 17 600 3,134 747
14 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 12 6 736 225 2,845
15 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 21 588 2,655 1,180
16 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 11 24 421 3,118 836
17 Roe, Mark Harvard University 13 23 480 2,587 727
18 Thompson, Robert B. Georgetown University 11 25 455 2,214 1,106
19 Rock, Edward B. New York University 14 20 615 1,776 742
20 Bratton, William Wilson University of Pennsylvania 12 23 438 2,266 937
21 Kahan, Marcel New York University 15 21 610 1,513 831
22 Khan, Lina Columbia University School of Law 6 4 798 123 1,250
23 Romano, Roberta Yale University 12 19 388 2,862 522
24 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 8 257 2,736 1,166
25 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 9 13 499 1,638 706
26 Gordon, Jeffrey N. Columbia University School of Law 9 15 519 1,568 627
27 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 9 13 403 2,443 316
28 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 9 21 271 2,552 791
29 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 12 12 528 756 1,152
30 Salop, Steven C. Georgetown University 13 15 446 1,502 743
31 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 11 16 346 2,039 558
32 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 10 20 401 1,255 722
33 Baker, Jonathan B. American University 12 18 432 861 928
34 Thomas, Randall S. Vanderbilt University 12 21 409 1,174 709
35 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 10 23 280 2,172 296
36 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 10 10 377 1,641 321
37 Tallarita, Roberto Harvard University 8 1 435 1 1,521
38 Crane, Daniel A. University of Michigan 13 13 420 668 882
39 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 10 20 305 1,544 571
40 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 9 19 248 2,021 378
41 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 8 8 401 1,374 257
42 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 7 9 231 1,726 686
43 Lund, Dorothy Shapiro Columbia University School of Law 8 3 476 41 916
44 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 11 13 413 578 660
45 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 9 17 199 1,563 618
46 Elhauge, Einer Richard Harvard University 8 10 401 793 397
47 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 12 14 356 684 692
48 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 8 17 235 1,571 414
49 Sokol, D. Daniel University of Southern California 10 14 318 432 1,077
50 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 11 11 340 620 741
51 Nili, Yaron G. Duke University 12 6 367 75 1,105
52 Solomon, Steven M. University of California, Berkeley 11 5 442 172 658
53 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 11 13 281 638 946
54 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 8 16 235 945 832
55 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 5 13 215 1,539 333
56 Fox, Eleanor M. New York University 6 20 174 1,565 402
57 Johnson, Lyman P.Q. University of St. Thomas 9 22 221 1,325 381
58 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 7 9 287 1,070 238
59 Bodie, Matthew T. University of Minnesota 11 10 288 286 954
60 Skeel, David Arthur Jr. University of Pennsylvania 9 16 210 975 653
61 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 2 2 271 1,165 162
62 Stucke, Maurice Eitel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 13 276 498 722
63 Choi, Stephen New York University 11 15 258 837 460
64 DeMott, Deborah A. Duke University 8 16 172 1,125 560
65 Goshen, Zohar Columbia University School of Law 8 7 345 214 578
66 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 9 11 224 1,031 370
67 Wachter, Michael L. University of Pennsylvania 10 15 273 851 295
68 Klausner, Michael Stanford University 7 8 225 956 426
69 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 9 8 377 230 368
70 Triantis, George Gregory Stanford University 8 16 244 851 403
71 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 7 16 184 1,253 294
72 Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. University of Michigan 8 10 270 621 444
73 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 7 13 213 1,104 250
74 Pargendler, Mariana Harvard University 10 6 210 122 1,190
75 Hamermesh, Lawrence A. Widener University Delaware Law School 8 14 245 767 363
76 Hirst, Scott Paul Boston University 8 4 405 89 248
77 Fried, Jesse Harvard University 7 15 186 1,042 370
78 Rasmussen, Robert Kenneth University of Southern California 8 10 221 977 266
79 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 292 579 320
80 Smith, D. Gordon Brigham Young University Law School 5 12 195 844 505
81 McDonnell, Brett H. University of Minnesota 10 16 242 663 430
82 Hemphill, Christopher New York University 7 8 307 396 321
83 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 6 7 179 1,079 248
84 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 8 8 284 398 385
85 Bernstein, Lisa University of Chicago 5 5 163 1,191 172
86 Coates, John IV Harvard University 8 13 182 977 271
87 Rossi, Jim Vanderbilt University 7 10 247 669 249
88 Sitkoff, Robert H. Harvard University 6 6 259 422 425
89 McGarity, Thomas O. University of Texas at Austin 5 9 160 1,195 157
90 Wagner, Wendy E. University of Texas at Austin 8 10 257 587 261
91 Hill, Claire A. University of Minnesota 8 12 211 551 455
92 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 4 6 163 600 627
93 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 4 5 205 777 235
94 Waller, Spencer Weber Loyola University Chicago 8 16 175 795 342
95 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 8 13 157 826 350
96 Hwang, Cathy University of Virginia 10 3 249 35 642
97 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 8 7 238 375 363
98 O'Connell, Anne Joseph Stanford University 7 7 256 477 181
99 Talley, Eric L. Columbia University School of Law 7 13 209 430 437
100 Cherry, Miriam A. St. John's University 6 6 126 203 1,024