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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 11 11 379 357 958
2 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 7 14 260 1,106 798
3 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 9 14 286 850 412
4 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 1 2 78 1,848 72
5 Logue, Kyle University of Michigan 8 11 206 590 355
6 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 1 1 88 1,237 133
7 Kessler, Friedrich Yale University 1 3 88 1,115 52
8 Prince, Anya University of Iowa 4 4 150 30 378
9 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 11 107 373 167
10 Dan-Cohen, Meir University of California, Berkeley 1 3 95 521 79
11 Hall, Mark A. Wake Forest University 4 13 44 736 105
12 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 4 6 58 529 237
13 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 13 37 744 70
14 Sage, William M. Texas A&M University 4 10 67 504 126
15 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 11 61 458 196
16 Kinney, Eleanor D. Indiana University Indianapolis 3 14 60 514 94
17 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 11 53 484 139
18 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 4 4 71 350 162
19 Huberfeld, Nicole Boston University 5 7 89 210 202
20 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 4 4 72 229 268
21 Romano, Roberta Yale University 3 3 62 423 75
22 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 3 9 86 252 100
23 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 3 5 89 101 184
24 Rappaport, John University of Chicago 3 2 104 38 139
25 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 1 1 47 281 180
26 McCoy, Patricia A. Boston College 3 2 70 249 83
27 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 3 4 89 99 122
28 Wiley, Lindsay University of California, Los Angeles 5 3 97 35 110
29 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 3 4 28 462 33
30 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 3 4 49 126 251
31 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 2 3 20 493 15
32 Boardman, Michelle E. George Mason University 5 5 60 178 98
33 Syverud, Kent D. Syracuse University 3 5 36 342 37
34 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 8 9 215 289
35 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 4 6 49 128 171
36 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 2 3 32 148 232
37 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 1 3 22 300 130
38 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 5 58 170 62
39 Vazquez, Carlos M. Georgetown University 2 2 36 331 13
40 Engel, Kathleen C. Suffolk University 2 2 35 290 52
41 Fox, Dov University of San Diego 2 1 71 29 126
42 Jerry, Robert H. II University of Missouri 3 9 37 226 88
43 Maher, Brendan S. Texas A&M University 4 6 57 102 106
44 Rice, Willy E. St. Mary's University 4 7 40 166 125
45 Spade, Dean Seattle University 2 2 49 163 82
46 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 1 1 15 381 30
47 Swedloff, Rick Rutgers University 4 4 55 73 106
48 Kritzer, Herbert M. University of Minnesota 2 3 62 92 53
49 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 2 1 52 28 159
50 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 3 4 60 104 37
51 Fahey, Bridget A. University of Chicago 3 1 46 3 201
52 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 3 1 63 11 106
53 Wardle, Lynn D. Brigham Young University 1 3 8 204 186
54 Watson, Sidney D. Saint Louis University 4 6 29 191 81
55 Hoffman, Allison K. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 45 88 102
56 Krause, Joan H. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 7 30 189 77
57 Jacobi, John V. Seton Hall University 2 9 18 237 77
58 Pryor, Ellen University of North Texas at Dallas 2 11 14 287 43
59 Hoffman, Sharona Case Western Reserve University 4 7 26 184 80
60 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 58 68 41
61 Farhang, Sean University of California, Berkeley 1 1 58 68 41
62 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 33 168 64
63 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 33 168 64
64 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 4 4 49 54 88
65 Hazen, Thomas Lee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2 4 17 187 111
66 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 3 1 54 6 102
67 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 3 6 23 199 63
68 Rothstein, Mark University of Louisville 3 8 24 193 56
69 Nevitt, Mark P. Emory University 2 1 19 3 270
70 Linder, Marc University of Iowa 2 2 35 111 84
71 Mariner, Wendy Boston University 3 10 26 185 50
72 Mehlman, Maxwell J. Case Western Reserve University 2 7 21 191 68
73 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 2 5 21 155 102
74 Talesh, Shauhin A. University of California, Irvine 5 3 45 18 106
75 Feinman, Jay Rutgers University 4 4 34 54 125
76 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 2 2 47 26 91
77 Korobkin, Russell B. University of California, Los Angeles 3 5 19 223 32
78 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 1 1 63 11 23
79 Weeks, Elizabeth University of Georgia 2 6 31 136 55
80 Blake, Valarie University of Tennessee, Knoxville 4 3 40 29 113
81 Fischer, James M. Southwestern Law School 2 7 20 189 49
82 Helveston, Max Nolan DePaul University 3 2 33 21 146
83 Hermer, Laura Mitchell Hamline School of Law 2 5 21 71 153
84 Blumstein, James F. Vanderbilt University 2 4 10 245 37
85 Tovino, Stacey A. University of Oklahoma 3 4 41 43 73
86 Wiener, Jonathan B. Duke University 1 1 5 299 6
87 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 3 3 12 217 47
88 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 2 5 13 230 25
89 Orentlicher, David University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2 6 14 183 53
90 Kaplan, Richard L. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 6 17 135 83
91 Peterson, Mark A. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 22 182 16
92 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 2 6 15 185 39
93 Gillette, Clayton P. New York University 1 1 7 259 10
94 Brooks, John R. Fordham University 3 4 44 29 44
95 Lemann, Alexander B. Marquette University 4 3 40 15 74
96 Smith, Fred Otis Jr. Emory University 1 1 52 8 23
97 Brown, Dorothy A. Georgetown University 1 1 31 39 94
98 Pappas, Michael University of Colorado Boulder 2 1 22 8 166
99 Whitford, William University of Wisconsin-Madison 2 4 12 182 43
100 Richards, Edward P. III Louisiana State University 2 5 16 151 51