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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Noah, Lars University of Florida 8 20 230 1,051 295
2 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 5 7 165 813 156
3 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 8 10 176 448 249
4 Price, W. Nicholson II University of Michigan 8 5 193 133 376
5 Mikos, Robert A. Vanderbilt University 8 9 167 344 283
6 Feldman, Robin Cooper University of California, San Francisco 8 5 149 89 424
7 Merges, Robert P. University of California, Berkeley 2 3 68 939 37
8 Lietzan, Erika University of Missouri 8 7 152 179 239
9 Hemphill, Christopher New York University 6 6 105 429 143
10 Kamin, Sam University of Denver 6 7 125 267 176
11 Kapczynski, Amy Nicole Yale University 6 4 121 198 243
12 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 7 4 140 56 269
13 Eisenberg, Rebecca S. University of Michigan 6 7 103 384 158
14 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 3 5 55 499 292
15 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 7 3 98 44 421
16 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 7 4 113 152 245
17 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 2 2 13 43 789
18 Ohm, Paul Georgetown University 1 1 131 74 171
19 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 4 11 76 341 152
20 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 6 7 73 271 179
21 Price, Zachary S. University of California, San Francisco 3 2 103 167 119
22 Heinzerling, Lisa Georgetown University 3 5 70 264 176
23 Zettler, Patricia J. Ohio State University 5 5 100 92 158
24 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 4 6 53 173 306
25 Fromer, Jeanne New York University 3 3 108 50 141
26 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 3 5 85 179 117
27 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 2 2 49 322 137
28 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 2 1 90 67 128
29 Ouellette, Lisa Larrimore Stanford University 4 2 94 62 105
30 Sinha, Michael S. Saint Louis University 4 3 49 29 349
31 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 2 2 82 58 159
32 Jacobs, Sharon Bogas University of California, Berkeley 2 1 93 13 117
33 Rodriguez, Cristina Maria Yale University 1 1 73 5 194
34 Pinard, Michael University of Maryland 1 1 70 134 93
35 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 3 6 34 219 169
36 Hodge, James G. Jr. Arizona State University 4 4 57 148 116
37 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 4 7 42 281 63
38 Bradt, Andrew David University of California, Berkeley 3 3 52 43 201
39 Ho, Cynthia M. Loyola University Chicago 5 8 54 148 92
40 Vitiello, Michael University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 3 5 49 81 178
41 Helfer, Laurence R. Duke University 1 2 31 241 126
42 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 3 6 42 209 93
43 Shepherd, Joanna Emory University 4 5 33 137 194
44 Oliva, Jennifer D. Indiana University Bloomington 4 2 67 5 124
45 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 4 7 28 182 156
46 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 2 2 47 220 28
47 Rai, Arti K. Duke University 3 3 46 45 183
48 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 3 5 19 207 165
49 Bonnie, Richard University of Virginia 2 5 32 172 131
50 Rutschman, Ana Santos Villanova University 4 3 57 17 135
51 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 2 2 26 323 21
52 Orfield, Myron W. University of Minnesota 2 3 29 293 29
53 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 2 1 74 3 62
54 Paradise, Jordan Loyola University Chicago 4 7 44 101 119
55 Marks, Mason Florida State University 4 1 55 6 150
56 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 3 4 42 152 85
57 Beebe, Barton New York University 1 1 68 31 57
58 Gostin, Lawrence Georgetown University 3 4 36 162 94
59 Heled, Yaniv Georgia State University 5 4 58 68 58
60 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 8 32 181 85
61 Kreit, Alex Northern Kentucky University 4 9 39 142 82
62 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 3 2 47 5 164
63 Edlin, Aaron S. University of California, Berkeley 3 3 51 129 34
64 Cohen, I. Glenn Harvard University 3 2 54 27 109
65 Terry, Nicolas Indiana University Indianapolis 3 5 28 75 187
66 Adler, Jonathan H. William & Mary Law School 4 5 41 129 70
67 Seymore, Sean B. Vanderbilt University 4 3 39 79 116
68 Litman, Leah M. University of Michigan 1 1 69 20 24
69 Hemel, Daniel New York University 2 1 54 23 93
70 Kendrick, Leslie University of Virginia 2 1 50 11 118
71 Miller, Eric J. Loyola Marymount University 2 2 39 127 66
72 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 2 2 36 128 74
73 Abbott, Frederick M. Florida State University 3 6 21 217 66
74 Scharff, Erin Adele Arizona State University 1 1 58 30 45
75 Holman, Christopher M. University of Missouri-Kansas City 3 5 30 120 97
76 Berman, Micah Ohio State University 4 4 48 46 70
77 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 2 3 29 176 52
78 Mendelson, Nina A. University of Michigan 1 1 36 126 54
79 Strandburg, Katherine Jo New York University 1 2 21 195 66
80 Stoa, Ryan Louisiana State University 4 2 43 11 115
81 Yu, Peter K. Texas A&M University 4 3 39 111 45
82 Fletcher, William A. University of California, Berkeley 1 1 21 251 14
83 Cortez, Nathan Grant Southern Methodist University 3 4 37 68 90
84 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 2 3 20 259 7
85 Allensworth, Rebecca Haw Vanderbilt University 2 2 43 82 44
86 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 2 3 16 204 62
87 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 2 4 19 221 25
88 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 6 16 199 58
89 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 1 2 22 208 22
90 Ramirez, Steven A. Loyola University Chicago 1 1 16 10 226
91 Broad Leib, Emily M. Harvard University 3 3 32 42 113
92 Clopton, Zachary D. Northwestern University 2 2 25 10 177
93 Gathii, James Thuo Loyola University Chicago 2 6 16 183 65
94 Brewster, Rachel Duke University 2 2 28 32 139
95 Austin, Regina University of Pennsylvania 1 2 13 215 53
96 Dreyfuss, Rochelle C. New York University 2 4 23 147 59
97 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 10 102 162
98 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 16 205 41
99 Pollans, Margot J. Pace University 3 2 40 28 76
100 Jefferson Exum, Jelani St. John's University 3 3 34 34 99