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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 8 14 273 1,108 782
2 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 11 11 367 357 904
3 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 9 14 290 850 406
4 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 1 2 80 1,848 64
5 Logue, Kyle University of Michigan 8 11 212 590 330
6 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 1 1 93 1,239 128
7 Kessler, Friedrich Yale University 1 3 90 1,114 44
8 Prince, Anya University of Iowa 4 4 152 30 366
9 Dan-Cohen, Meir University of California, Berkeley 1 3 98 522 80
10 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 11 108 373 163
11 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 4 6 60 529 243
12 Hall, Mark A. Wake Forest University 4 13 46 736 105
13 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 13 37 744 68
14 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 11 62 458 192
15 Sage, William M. Texas A&M University 4 10 67 504 118
16 Kinney, Eleanor D. Indiana University Indianapolis 3 14 60 517 80
17 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 11 53 484 138
18 Huberfeld, Nicole Boston University 5 7 89 210 226
19 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 4 4 72 350 159
20 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 4 4 72 229 265
21 Romano, Roberta Yale University 3 3 63 423 72
22 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 3 9 87 252 85
23 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 3 5 92 101 168
24 Rappaport, John University of Chicago 3 2 106 38 131
25 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 1 1 48 281 177
26 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 3 4 30 462 36
27 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 3 4 50 126 255
28 Wiley, Lindsay University of California, Los Angeles 5 3 98 35 108
29 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 2 3 83 89 91
30 Boardman, Michelle E. George Mason University 5 5 61 178 100
31 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 8 10 215 292
32 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 4 6 54 128 156
33 Syverud, Kent D. Syracuse University 3 5 36 343 35
34 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 5 61 170 66
35 Fox, Dov University of San Diego 2 1 78 29 121
36 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 1 3 22 300 118
37 Vazquez, Carlos M. Georgetown University 2 2 37 331 15
38 Maher, Brendan S. Texas A&M University 4 6 59 102 110
39 Engel, Kathleen C. Suffolk University 2 2 37 291 38
40 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 3 4 61 105 90
41 Jerry, Robert H. II University of Missouri 3 9 37 226 85
42 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 2 3 32 148 183
43 Spade, Dean Seattle University 2 2 51 164 75
44 Rice, Willy E. St. Mary's University 4 7 40 166 112
45 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 1 1 15 381 28
46 McCoy, Patricia A. Boston College 2 2 37 250 43
47 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 1 2 8 417 7
48 Swedloff, Rick Rutgers University 4 4 57 73 93
49 Kritzer, Herbert M. University of Minnesota 2 3 62 92 54
50 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 2 1 53 28 142
51 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 4 1 65 11 98
52 Fahey, Bridget A. University of Chicago 3 1 48 3 186
53 Wardle, Lynn D. Brigham Young University Law School 1 3 8 204 179
54 Jacobi, John V. Seton Hall University 2 9 19 237 90
55 Pryor, Ellen University of North Texas at Dallas 3 11 15 287 50
56 Hoffman, Allison K. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 46 87 90
57 Nevitt, Mark P. Emory University 3 1 22 3 275
58 Krause, Joan H. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 7 30 189 55
59 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 58 68 43
60 Farhang, Sean University of California, Berkeley 1 1 58 68 43
61 Hoffman, Sharona Case Western Reserve University 4 7 26 184 73
62 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 3 6 24 202 67
63 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 33 168 61
64 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 33 168 61
65 Watson, Sidney D. Saint Louis University 4 6 23 191 78
66 Hazen, Thomas Lee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2 4 19 187 104
67 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 3 1 55 6 98
68 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 4 4 49 54 76
69 Mariner, Wendy Boston University 4 10 28 185 47
70 Linder, Marc University of Iowa 2 2 35 111 87
71 Feinman, Jay Rutgers University 4 4 37 54 123
72 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 2 5 23 153 92
73 Tovino, Stacey A. University of Oklahoma 3 4 46 43 82
74 Mehlman, Maxwell J. Case Western Reserve University 2 7 21 191 59
75 Korobkin, Russell B. University of California, Los Angeles 3 5 20 223 32
76 Weeks, Elizabeth University of Georgia 2 6 31 136 62
77 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 2 2 47 26 91
78 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 1 1 64 11 22
79 Talesh, Shauhin A. University of California, Irvine 5 3 45 18 92
80 Fischer, James M. Southwestern Law School 2 7 20 189 48
81 Blake, Valarie University of Tennessee, Knoxville 4 3 42 29 88
82 Wiener, Jonathan B. Duke University 1 1 5 299 9
83 Blumstein, James F. Vanderbilt University 2 4 10 245 33
84 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 3 3 13 218 42
85 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 2 5 13 230 27
86 Lemann, Alexander B. Marquette University 5 3 44 15 78
87 Rothstein, Mark University of Louisville 2 8 17 190 36
88 Kaplan, Richard L. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 6 19 134 79
89 Hermer, Laura Mitchell Hamline School of Law 2 5 21 71 130
90 Helveston, Max Nolan DePaul University 3 2 33 21 116
91 Brooks, John R. Fordham University 4 4 46 29 43
92 Orentlicher, David University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2 6 14 183 47
93 Peterson, Mark A. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 22 182 13
94 Smith, Fred Otis Jr. Emory University 1 1 55 8 21
95 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 2 6 15 185 37
96 Gillette, Clayton P. New York University 1 1 7 259 7
97 Buck, Isaac Daniel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 4 3 31 23 107
98 Pappas, Michael University of Colorado Boulder 3 1 23 8 158
99 Garrison, Marsha Brooklyn Law School 1 1 18 176 23
100 Brown, Dorothy A. Georgetown University 1 1 31 39 91