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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Noah, Lars University of Florida 8 20 228 1,051 306
2 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 5 7 155 813 163
3 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 8 10 174 448 275
4 Price, W. Nicholson II University of Michigan 8 5 180 133 372
5 Mikos, Robert A. Vanderbilt University 8 8 157 323 257
6 Feldman, Robin Cooper University of California, San Francisco 7 5 141 89 458
7 Merges, Robert P. University of California, Berkeley 2 3 64 939 52
8 Lietzan, Erika University of Missouri 8 7 146 179 239
9 Hemphill, Christopher New York University 6 6 103 429 132
10 Kamin, Sam University of Denver 6 7 122 267 174
11 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 3 5 52 499 315
12 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 6 3 97 43 481
13 Kapczynski, Amy Nicole Yale University 6 4 111 198 248
14 Eisenberg, Rebecca S. University of Michigan 6 7 97 384 150
15 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 7 4 110 152 275
16 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 7 4 126 56 259
17 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 2 2 13 43 814
18 Ohm, Paul Georgetown University 1 1 130 74 166
19 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 4 11 74 341 166
20 Price, Zachary S. University of California, San Francisco 3 2 99 167 114
21 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 5 7 68 271 176
22 Heinzerling, Lisa Georgetown University 3 5 65 264 190
23 Fromer, Jeanne New York University 3 3 104 50 177
24 Zettler, Patricia J. Ohio State University 5 5 94 90 165
25 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 3 5 83 179 114
26 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 2 2 47 321 127
27 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 2 1 82 67 141
28 Ouellette, Lisa Larrimore Stanford University 4 2 89 62 103
29 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 2 2 79 58 143
30 Sinha, Michael S. Saint Louis University 3 3 46 29 322
31 Jacobs, Sharon Bogas University of California, Berkeley 2 1 85 13 124
32 Rodriguez, Cristina Maria Yale University 1 1 70 5 189
33 Pinard, Michael University of Maryland 1 1 65 134 94
34 Hodge, James G. Jr. Arizona State University 4 4 55 148 120
35 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 3 6 32 219 165
36 Shepherd, Joanna Emory University 4 5 33 137 231
37 Vitiello, Michael University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 3 5 46 81 203
38 Ho, Cynthia M. Loyola University Chicago 5 8 53 148 98
39 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 4 7 37 281 64
40 Bradt, Andrew David University of California, Berkeley 3 3 52 41 196
41 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 3 6 39 209 101
42 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 4 7 28 181 173
43 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 2 2 46 220 43
44 Oliva, Jennifer D. Indiana University Bloomington 4 2 65 5 127
45 Rai, Arti K. Duke University 3 3 42 45 208
46 Marks, Mason Florida State University 3 1 52 6 187
47 Rutschman, Ana Santos Villanova University 4 3 58 17 142
48 Helfer, Laurence R. Duke University 1 2 26 241 109
49 Orfield, Myron W. University of Minnesota 2 3 27 293 49
50 Bonnie, Richard University of Virginia 2 5 29 172 144
51 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 2 1 72 3 69
52 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 3 5 18 207 166
53 Salop, Steven C. Georgetown University 2 2 27 283 50
54 Terry, Nicolas Indiana University Indianapolis 3 5 27 75 234
55 Beebe, Barton New York University 1 1 66 31 69
56 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 3 4 42 152 81
57 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 2 2 25 323 18
58 Kreit, Alex Northern Kentucky University 4 9 37 142 111
59 Paradise, Jordan Loyola University Chicago 4 7 43 100 115
60 Heled, Yaniv Georgia State University 5 4 58 68 58
61 Gostin, Lawrence Georgetown University 3 4 35 162 87
62 Edlin, Aaron S. University of California, Berkeley 3 3 50 129 30
63 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 8 30 181 82
64 Seymore, Sean B. Vanderbilt University 4 3 38 79 134
65 Adler, Jonathan H. William & Mary Law School 4 5 40 129 77
66 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 3 2 42 5 177
67 Miller, Eric J. Loyola Marymount University 2 2 39 127 79
68 Litman, Leah M. University of Michigan 1 1 67 20 26
69 Kendrick, Leslie University of Virginia 2 1 46 11 131
70 Abbott, Frederick M. Florida State University 3 6 19 217 78
71 Berman, Micah Ohio State University 4 4 47 46 79
72 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 6 16 199 106
73 Scharff, Erin Adele Arizona State University 1 1 57 30 45
74 Hemel, Daniel New York University 2 1 49 23 90
75 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 2 2 35 127 67
76 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 2 3 28 176 55
77 Holman, Christopher M. University of Missouri-Kansas City 3 5 30 120 90
78 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 3 5 35 115 63
79 Yu, Peter K. Texas A&M University 4 3 38 111 50
80 Fletcher, William A. University of California, Berkeley 1 1 21 251 16
81 Mendelson, Nina A. University of Michigan 1 1 36 126 49
82 Bennett, Mark Drake University 2 2 18 43 213
83 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 2 3 19 259 9
84 Allensworth, Rebecca Haw Vanderbilt University 2 2 42 82 48
85 Strandburg, Katherine Jo New York University 1 2 20 195 62
86 Ramirez, Steven A. Loyola University Chicago 1 1 16 10 243
87 Cortez, Nathan Grant Southern Methodist University 3 4 35 68 85
88 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 2 3 14 204 73
89 Crane, Daniel A. University of Michigan 4 5 33 70 88
90 Clopton, Zachary D. Northwestern University 2 2 25 10 179
91 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 2 4 18 221 23
92 Jefferson Exum, Jelani St. John's University 3 3 32 34 117
93 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 1 2 21 208 19
94 Broad Leib, Emily M. Harvard University 3 3 27 42 132
95 Erbsen, Allan University of Minnesota 1 1 33 97 53
96 Gathii, James Thuo Loyola University Chicago 2 6 16 183 61
97 Brewster, Rachel Duke University 2 2 27 32 141
98 Stoa, Ryan Louisiana State University 4 2 37 11 102
99 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 16 205 38
100 Austin, Regina University of Pennsylvania 1 2 11 215 55