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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 16 24 772 4,003 1,617
2 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 12 22 475 2,370 1,156
3 Ayres, Ian Yale University 8 14 368 2,311 679
4 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 9 21 224 2,450 1,190
5 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 4 3 224 2,686 391
6 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 14 219 2,252 533
7 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 6 14 307 1,448 444
8 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 10 16 279 705 702
9 Hillman, Robert A. Cornell University 5 18 149 1,508 459
10 Korobkin, Russell B. University of California, Los Angeles 7 13 165 1,458 371
11 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 8 8 169 1,254 428
12 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 9 13 193 797 609
13 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 5 3 335 396 228
14 Marotta-Wurgler, Florencia New York University 7 8 301 380 340
15 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 1 1 217 1,162 97
16 Horton, David O. University of California, Davis 10 11 238 388 590
17 Kessler, Friedrich Yale University 4 8 100 1,689 101
18 Klausner, Michael Stanford University 5 5 158 1,189 227
19 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 201 763 362
20 Corbin, Arthur L. Yale University 3 20 47 1,567 404
21 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 7 9 198 797 282
22 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 4 5 271 291 320
23 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 6 13 92 1,269 350
24 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 5 13 96 1,212 363
25 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 8 12 196 520 406
26 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 2 1 247 12 596
27 Triantis, George Gregory Stanford University 8 14 178 648 295
28 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 4 4 246 196 255
29 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 7 11 136 950 160
30 DiMatteo, Larry A. University of Florida 5 13 90 554 718
31 Feinman, Jay Rutgers University 6 14 78 839 481
32 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 5 4 156 605 266
33 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 9 7 199 140 413
34 Drahozal, Christopher R. University of Kansas 7 14 125 672 317
35 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 3 5 118 887 113
36 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 6 14 113 745 204
37 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 130 582 238
38 Wilkinson-Ryan, Tess University of Pennsylvania 7 8 163 230 326
39 Coyle, John F. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 6 188 112 298
40 Bar-Gill, Oren Harvard University 6 10 117 425 359
41 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 7 4 175 163 263
42 Smith, D. Gordon Brigham Young University Law School 5 8 105 492 282
43 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 3 9 51 914 181
44 Bratton, William Wilson University of Pennsylvania 4 8 82 651 248
45 Sabel, Charles F. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 144 328 206
46 Choi, Stephen New York University 8 7 131 273 299
47 Macaulay, Stewart University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 14 70 803 151
48 Kahan, Marcel New York University 4 5 89 654 126
49 Rakoff, Todd D. Harvard University 3 7 95 586 147
50 Schlag, Pierre J. University of Colorado Boulder 1 2 108 527 114
51 Engstrom, David Freeman Stanford University 5 2 101 124 468
52 Burton, Steven J. University of Iowa 3 8 42 834 119
53 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 2 2 164 85 143
54 Calo, Ryan University of Washington 2 1 143 108 223
55 Arnow-Richman, Rachel S. University of Florida 8 9 127 268 150
56 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 3 5 78 649 78
57 Murray, John E. Jr. Duquesne University 3 18 27 874 136
58 Bodie, Matthew T. University of Minnesota 6 4 89 78 492
59 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 82 530 137
60 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 2 2 78 678 22
61 Ferrari, Franco New York University 2 9 16 286 641
62 Merges, Robert P. University of California, Berkeley 3 3 57 616 144
63 Gillette, Clayton P. New York University 4 11 62 591 125
64 Klass, Gregory M. Georgetown University 6 7 80 168 390
65 Langbein, John H. Yale University 3 4 62 464 225
66 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 5 7 111 98 269
67 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 4 7 75 513 90
68 Kim, Nancy S. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 8 102 167 243
69 Choi, Albert University of Michigan 6 6 120 157 155
70 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 2 2 93 424 69
71 Ellickson, Robert C. Yale University 3 4 51 643 91
72 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 4 3 128 39 216
73 Hamermesh, Lawrence A. Widener University Delaware Law School 4 7 96 264 177
74 DeMott, Deborah A. Duke University 3 8 51 550 145
75 Cooter, Robert D. University of California, Berkeley 4 5 35 551 215
76 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 3 6 92 159 254
77 Shiffrin, Seana University of California, Los Angeles 4 5 74 328 199
78 Dagan, Hanoch University of California, Berkeley 6 5 94 119 218
79 Hwang, Cathy University of Virginia 6 3 102 29 246
80 Knapp, Charles University of California, San Francisco 5 10 52 527 67
81 Stipanowich, Thomas J. Pepperdine University 3 5 43 361 258
82 Khan, Lina Columbia University School of Law 2 2 134 31 77
83 Davis, Kevin E. New York University 5 6 90 203 147
84 Katz, Avery Weiner Columbia University School of Law 4 9 42 379 228
85 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 3 4 49 428 150
86 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 9 52 451 102
87 Barnes, Wayne R. Texas A&M University 5 6 67 145 288
88 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 1 2 56 361 161
89 Cornell, Nicolas University of Michigan 2 3 105 81 143
90 Strahilevitz, Lior J. University of Chicago 4 5 98 161 98
91 Schmitz, Amy J. Ohio State University 5 8 67 250 177
92 Casey, Anthony J. University of Chicago 5 4 103 48 165
93 Bernstein, Lisa University of Chicago 4 5 61 390 84
94 Cherry, Miriam A. St. John's University 2 5 50 140 359
95 Jennejohn, Matthew Brigham Young University Law School 6 5 97 81 161
96 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 3 2 103 14 186
97 Markovits, Daniel Stefan Yale University 3 5 67 246 168
98 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 4 3 80 249 90
99 Sherwin, Emily L. Cornell University 3 7 47 372 149
100 Gordon, Jeffrey N. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 34 556 52