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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Noah, Lars University of Florida 9 19 256 1,006 361
2 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 9 9 229 388 272
3 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 6 7 170 785 174
4 Price, W. Nicholson II University of Michigan 8 4 211 96 369
5 Mikos, Robert A. Vanderbilt University 9 8 187 287 240
6 Merges, Robert P. University of California, Berkeley 3 3 93 909 70
7 Feldman, Robin Cooper University of California, San Francisco 7 4 163 64 506
8 Lietzan, Erika University of Missouri 8 6 163 160 224
9 Kamin, Sam University of Denver 6 7 158 228 184
10 Hemphill, Christopher New York University 6 6 136 395 110
11 Eisenberg, Rebecca S. University of Michigan 7 7 133 347 134
12 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 3 5 63 484 313
13 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 7 4 123 133 311
14 Kapczynski, Amy Nicole Yale University 6 4 121 181 254
15 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 7 3 148 30 245
16 Ohm, Paul Georgetown University 1 1 160 41 142
17 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 6 3 85 41 492
18 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 4 11 90 323 180
19 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 2 2 13 42 812
20 Heinzerling, Lisa Georgetown University 3 5 79 250 221
21 Zettler, Patricia J. Ohio State University 6 5 115 67 182
22 Fromer, Jeanne New York University 3 2 118 35 192
23 Price, Zachary S. University of California, San Francisco 3 2 111 149 113
24 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 3 5 107 152 113
25 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 5 7 71 263 158
26 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 2 2 55 313 120
27 Ouellette, Lisa Larrimore Stanford University 4 2 109 41 103
28 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 2 2 96 41 135
29 Sinha, Michael S. Saint Louis University 4 2 57 18 313
30 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 2 1 78 67 160
31 Shepherd, Joanna Emory University 4 4 43 124 269
32 Pinard, Michael University of Maryland 1 1 79 118 104
33 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 3 6 39 210 187
34 Hodge, James G. Jr. Arizona State University 4 4 64 135 133
35 Vitiello, Michael University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 3 4 57 70 226
36 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 4 7 51 266 60
37 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 2 2 60 205 68
38 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 3 3 47 146 180
39 Jacobs, Sharon Bogas University of California, Berkeley 2 1 81 12 141
40 Terry, Nicolas Indiana University Indianapolis 4 4 41 61 280
41 Bradt, Andrew David University of California, Berkeley 3 2 66 29 193
42 Bennett, Mark Drake University 2 2 28 33 364
43 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 3 6 50 196 98
44 Ho, Cynthia M. Loyola University Chicago 6 8 57 142 105
45 Rodriguez, Cristina Maria Yale University 1 1 68 5 191
46 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 4 7 31 177 187
47 Rai, Arti K. Duke University 3 3 45 40 241
48 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 2 2 36 314 18
49 Helfer, Laurence R. Duke University 1 2 30 236 122
50 Kreit, Alex Northern Kentucky University 4 8 50 128 117
51 Marks, Mason Florida State University 3 1 52 3 226
52 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 3 5 25 199 163
53 Salop, Steven C. Georgetown University 2 2 34 273 51
54 Orfield, Myron W. University of Minnesota 2 3 31 289 47
55 Rutschman, Ana Santos Villanova University 4 1 68 5 139
56 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 4 6 52 162 60
57 Gostin, Lawrence Georgetown University 3 4 47 149 92
58 Bonnie, Richard University of Virginia 2 5 34 167 134
59 Beebe, Barton New York University 1 1 74 22 76
60 Paradise, Jordan Loyola University Chicago 4 7 51 90 112
61 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 3 6 18 196 162
62 Edlin, Aaron S. University of California, Berkeley 3 3 63 115 23
63 Adler, Jonathan H. William & Mary Law School 4 5 49 118 79
64 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 3 3 19 268 81
65 Miller, Eric J. Loyola Marymount University 2 2 47 119 90
66 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 3 8 38 171 73
67 Hemel, Daniel New York University 2 1 65 6 99
68 Holman, Christopher M. University of Missouri-Kansas City 4 5 42 108 106
69 Seymore, Sean B. Vanderbilt University 4 3 45 72 127
70 Abbott, Frederick M. Florida State University 3 6 24 211 87
71 Scharff, Erin Adele Arizona State University 1 1 71 15 50
72 Heled, Yaniv Georgia State University 4 3 58 57 67
73 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 2 2 45 118 67
74 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 2 3 36 168 59
75 Mendelson, Nina A. University of Michigan 1 1 44 117 68
76 Brewster, Rachel Duke University 2 2 40 18 177
77 Berman, Micah Ohio State University 4 4 53 38 88
78 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 2 3 23 195 82
79 Fletcher, William A. University of California, Berkeley 1 1 27 245 15
80 Beletsky, Leo Northeastern University 4 3 50 37 92
81 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 3 1 40 2 173
82 Litman, Leah M. University of Michigan 1 1 68 15 27
83 Broad Leib, Emily M. Harvard University 3 4 33 50 157
84 Yu, Peter K. Texas A&M University 4 2 42 105 59
85 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 2 3 21 257 13
86 Allensworth, Rebecca Haw Vanderbilt University 2 2 51 72 46
87 Ramirez, Steven A. Loyola University Chicago 1 1 14 10 277
88 Jefferson Exum, Jelani St. John's University 3 2 44 22 118
89 Strandburg, Katherine Jo New York University 1 2 26 187 45
90 Cohen, I. Glenn Harvard University 3 2 36 12 162
91 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 14 98 183
92 Cortez, Nathan Grant Southern Methodist University 3 4 36 63 104
93 Clopton, Zachary D. Northwestern University 2 1 32 3 179
94 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 1 2 27 201 13
95 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 20 201 44
96 Outterson, Michael Kevin Boston University 2 6 19 144 101
97 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 2 4 19 220 28
98 Masur, Jonathan S. University of Chicago 2 2 26 11 195
99 Crain, Marion G. Washington University 2 3 21 165 69
100 Kendrick, Leslie University of Virginia 2 1 42 11 116