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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Noah, Lars University of Florida 8 20 223 1,037 321
2 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 5 7 152 811 155
3 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 8 10 171 448 259
4 Price, W. Nicholson II University of Michigan 8 5 179 133 341
5 Mikos, Robert A. Vanderbilt University 8 9 157 344 251
6 Feldman, Robin Cooper University of California, San Francisco 7 5 139 89 462
7 Merges, Robert P. University of California, Berkeley 2 3 63 939 64
8 Lietzan, Erika University of Missouri 8 7 145 179 215
9 Kamin, Sam University of Denver 6 7 121 267 171
10 Hemphill, Christopher New York University 6 6 102 429 113
11 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 3 5 50 499 306
12 Kapczynski, Amy Nicole Yale University 6 4 109 198 243
13 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 7 4 132 61 235
14 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 7 4 108 152 278
15 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 6 3 93 43 447
16 Eisenberg, Rebecca S. University of Michigan 6 7 97 384 128
17 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 2 2 12 43 795
18 Ohm, Paul Georgetown University 1 1 128 74 150
19 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 4 11 74 340 165
20 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 5 7 68 271 182
21 Fromer, Jeanne New York University 3 3 104 50 186
22 Price, Zachary S. University of California, San Francisco 3 2 99 167 107
23 Heinzerling, Lisa Georgetown University 3 5 65 264 192
24 Zettler, Patricia J. Ohio State University 5 5 92 91 167
25 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 3 5 82 179 106
26 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 2 2 47 321 124
27 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 2 1 80 67 130
28 Ouellette, Lisa Larrimore Stanford University 4 2 88 62 87
29 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 2 2 78 58 138
30 Sinha, Michael S. Saint Louis University 3 3 46 29 293
31 Jacobs, Sharon Bogas University of California, Berkeley 2 1 83 13 112
32 Pinard, Michael University of Maryland 1 1 64 134 95
33 Shepherd, Joanna Emory University 4 5 32 137 250
34 Rodriguez, Cristina Maria Yale University 1 1 69 5 176
35 Vitiello, Michael University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 3 5 46 81 210
36 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 3 6 31 219 163
37 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 4 6 51 173 88
38 Ho, Cynthia M. Loyola University Chicago 5 8 51 148 103
39 Hodge, James G. Jr. Arizona State University 4 4 50 148 107
40 Bradt, Andrew David University of California, Berkeley 3 3 52 43 188
41 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 4 7 37 281 52
42 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 2 2 46 220 59
43 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 3 6 38 209 98
44 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 4 7 27 181 172
45 Rai, Arti K. Duke University 3 3 42 45 214
46 Terry, Nicolas Indiana University Indianapolis 3 5 27 75 259
47 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 3 4 41 152 107
48 Helfer, Laurence R. Duke University 1 2 26 241 107
49 Marks, Mason Florida State University 3 1 49 6 185
50 Bonnie, Richard University of Virginia 2 5 29 172 142
51 Oliva, Jennifer D. Indiana University Bloomington 4 2 64 5 105
52 Beebe, Barton New York University 1 1 66 31 75
53 Rutschman, Ana Santos Villanova University 4 3 56 17 132
54 Orfield, Myron W. University of Minnesota 2 3 27 293 44
55 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 3 5 18 207 159
56 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 2 2 26 323 17
57 Salop, Steven C. Georgetown University 2 2 27 281 48
58 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 2 1 70 3 61
59 Kreit, Alex Northern Kentucky University 4 9 36 142 98
60 Paradise, Jordan Loyola University Chicago 4 7 41 101 104
61 Gostin, Lawrence Georgetown University 3 4 35 161 82
62 Adler, Jonathan H. William & Mary Law School 4 5 39 129 78
63 Edlin, Aaron S. University of California, Berkeley 3 3 50 129 22
64 Seymore, Sean B. Vanderbilt University 4 3 38 79 123
65 Miller, Eric J. Loyola Marymount University 2 2 39 127 79
66 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 6 15 199 131
67 Bennett, Mark Drake University 2 2 18 43 250
68 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 3 8 29 181 69
69 Litman, Leah M. University of Michigan 1 1 65 20 26
70 Berman, Micah Ohio State University 4 4 47 46 87
71 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 3 2 38 5 169
72 Abbott, Frederick M. Florida State University 3 6 19 217 81
73 Kendrick, Leslie University of Virginia 2 1 44 11 125
74 Heled, Yaniv Georgia State University 4 4 47 68 56
75 Scharff, Erin Adele Arizona State University 1 1 56 30 45
76 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 2 3 28 176 60
77 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 2 2 35 128 62
78 Holman, Christopher M. University of Missouri-Kansas City 3 5 30 120 88
79 Hemel, Daniel New York University 2 1 48 23 81
80 Fletcher, William A. University of California, Berkeley 1 1 21 251 16
81 Yu, Peter K. Texas A&M University 4 3 36 111 51
82 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 2 3 19 259 10
83 Allensworth, Rebecca Haw Vanderbilt University 2 2 42 82 41
84 Ramirez, Steven A. Loyola University Chicago 1 1 15 10 243
85 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 2 3 14 204 70
86 Cortez, Nathan Grant Southern Methodist University 3 4 34 68 83
87 Brewster, Rachel Duke University 2 2 27 32 151
88 Mendelson, Nina A. University of Michigan 1 1 36 126 21
89 Strandburg, Katherine Jo New York University 1 2 19 195 48
90 Masur, Jonathan S. University of Chicago 2 2 26 13 166
91 Clopton, Zachary D. Northwestern University 2 2 25 10 172
92 Broad Leib, Emily M. Harvard University 3 3 27 42 132
93 Jefferson Exum, Jelani St. John's University 3 3 32 34 111
94 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 2 4 18 221 22
95 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 10 102 164
96 Cohen, I. Glenn Harvard University 3 2 29 19 136
97 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 1 2 21 208 16
98 Stoa, Ryan Louisiana State University 4 2 37 11 99
99 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 16 205 41
100 Pollans, Margot J. Pace University 3 2 37 28 84