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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 11 11 388 357 924
2 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 7 14 266 1,106 770
3 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 9 14 287 850 406
4 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 1 2 79 1,848 67
5 Logue, Kyle University of Michigan 8 11 209 590 345
6 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 1 1 92 1,239 126
7 Kessler, Friedrich Yale University 1 3 90 1,114 48
8 Prince, Anya University of Iowa 4 4 151 30 360
9 Dan-Cohen, Meir University of California, Berkeley 1 3 97 521 82
10 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 11 107 373 163
11 Hall, Mark A. Wake Forest University 4 13 44 736 101
12 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 4 6 58 529 233
13 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 13 37 744 63
14 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 11 61 458 200
15 Sage, William M. Texas A&M University 4 10 67 504 115
16 Kinney, Eleanor D. Indiana University Indianapolis 3 14 60 514 84
17 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 11 53 484 134
18 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 4 4 72 350 169
19 Huberfeld, Nicole Boston University 5 7 89 210 210
20 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 4 4 72 229 264
21 Romano, Roberta Yale University 3 3 63 423 73
22 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 3 9 87 252 90
23 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 3 5 89 101 176
24 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 1 1 48 281 177
25 Rappaport, John University of Chicago 3 2 105 38 133
26 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 3 4 91 99 113
27 McCoy, Patricia A. Boston College 3 2 71 250 64
28 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 3 4 29 462 32
29 Wiley, Lindsay University of California, Los Angeles 5 3 98 35 104
30 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 3 4 49 126 247
31 Boardman, Michelle E. George Mason University 5 5 60 178 96
32 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 8 10 215 301
33 Syverud, Kent D. Syracuse University 3 5 36 342 35
34 Fox, Dov University of San Diego 2 1 77 29 122
35 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 5 60 170 64
36 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 4 6 49 128 153
37 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 1 3 22 300 117
38 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 2 3 32 148 213
39 Vazquez, Carlos M. Georgetown University 2 2 36 331 16
40 Engel, Kathleen C. Suffolk University 2 2 36 291 36
41 Jerry, Robert H. II University of Missouri 3 9 37 226 82
42 Maher, Brendan S. Texas A&M University 4 6 57 102 102
43 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 3 4 61 104 79
44 Spade, Dean Seattle University 2 2 50 163 76
45 Rice, Willy E. St. Mary's University 4 7 40 166 116
46 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 1 1 15 381 25
47 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 1 2 7 417 9
48 Kritzer, Herbert M. University of Minnesota 2 3 62 92 55
49 Swedloff, Rick Rutgers University 4 4 56 73 97
50 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 2 1 53 28 151
51 Wardle, Lynn D. Brigham Young University 1 3 8 204 184
52 Fahey, Bridget A. University of Chicago 3 1 47 3 187
53 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 4 1 65 11 90
54 Jacobi, John V. Seton Hall University 2 9 18 237 92
55 Watson, Sidney D. Saint Louis University 4 6 29 191 77
56 Hoffman, Allison K. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 46 88 93
57 Pryor, Ellen University of North Texas at Dallas 3 11 15 287 48
58 Krause, Joan H. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 7 30 189 63
59 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 58 68 44
60 Farhang, Sean University of California, Berkeley 1 1 58 68 44
61 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 33 168 62
62 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 33 168 62
63 Hazen, Thomas Lee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2 4 19 187 108
64 Hoffman, Sharona Case Western Reserve University 4 7 26 184 72
65 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 4 4 49 54 79
66 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 3 6 23 199 64
67 Nevitt, Mark P. Emory University 2 1 20 3 267
68 Linder, Marc University of Iowa 2 2 35 111 90
69 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 3 1 54 6 98
70 Rothstein, Mark University of Louisville 3 8 24 193 59
71 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 2 5 22 155 100
72 Mariner, Wendy Boston University 3 10 26 185 46
73 Mehlman, Maxwell J. Case Western Reserve University 2 7 21 191 63
74 Korobkin, Russell B. University of California, Los Angeles 3 5 19 223 30
75 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 2 2 47 26 87
76 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 1 1 64 11 21
77 Weeks, Elizabeth University of Georgia 2 6 31 136 55
78 Talesh, Shauhin A. University of California, Irvine 5 3 45 18 96
79 Feinman, Jay Rutgers University 4 4 33 52 119
80 Fischer, James M. Southwestern Law School 2 7 20 189 45
81 Blake, Valarie University of Tennessee, Knoxville 4 3 40 29 101
82 Blumstein, James F. Vanderbilt University 2 4 10 245 34
83 Hermer, Laura Mitchell Hamline School of Law 2 5 21 71 147
84 Tovino, Stacey A. University of Oklahoma 3 4 42 43 71
85 Wiener, Jonathan B. Duke University 1 1 5 299 6
86 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 3 3 12 217 41
87 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 2 5 13 230 24
88 Helveston, Max Nolan DePaul University 3 2 33 21 123
89 Kaplan, Richard L. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 6 18 135 81
90 Orentlicher, David University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2 6 14 183 49
91 Peterson, Mark A. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 22 182 13
92 Lemann, Alexander B. Marquette University 4 3 41 15 76
93 Smith, Fred Otis Jr. Emory University 1 1 55 8 20
94 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 2 6 15 185 38
95 Gillette, Clayton P. New York University 1 1 7 259 8
96 Brooks, John R. Fordham University 4 4 45 29 41
97 Buck, Isaac Daniel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 4 3 31 23 106
98 Brown, Dorothy A. Georgetown University 1 1 31 39 93
99 Richards, Edward P. III Louisiana State University 2 5 16 151 53
100 Garrison, Marsha Brooklyn Law School 1 1 17 176 23