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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 11 12 352 415 853
2 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 7 15 232 1,155 726
3 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 9 14 227 919 377
4 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 1 2 65 1,865 60
5 Logue, Kyle University of Michigan 8 12 170 635 303
6 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 1 1 76 1,257 120
7 Kessler, Friedrich Yale University 1 3 81 1,124 44
8 Prince, Anya University of Iowa 4 4 137 46 336
9 Dan-Cohen, Meir University of California, Berkeley 1 3 86 538 76
10 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 11 94 388 149
11 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 4 6 45 548 227
12 Hall, Mark A. Wake Forest University 4 13 35 747 96
13 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 13 33 749 65
14 Sage, William M. Texas A&M University 4 11 58 516 108
15 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 11 51 469 177
16 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 11 45 493 131
17 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 4 4 59 364 154
18 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 4 4 58 244 252
19 Huberfeld, Nicole Boston University 5 7 67 233 201
20 Romano, Roberta Yale University 3 3 54 434 68
21 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 3 9 63 277 75
22 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 3 5 72 123 151
23 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 1 1 41 288 167
24 Kinney, Eleanor D. Indiana University Indianapolis 2 15 10 564 74
25 Rappaport, John University of Chicago 3 2 86 60 120
26 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 3 4 44 132 244
27 Wiley, Lindsay University of California, Los Angeles 5 4 79 55 124
28 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 3 4 28 465 33
29 McCoy, Patricia A. Boston College 3 3 55 269 61
30 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 3 4 69 119 91
31 Boardman, Michelle E. George Mason University 5 5 53 187 92
32 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 4 7 43 139 143
33 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 8 8 217 256
34 Syverud, Kent D. Syracuse University 2 5 29 350 32
35 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 5 50 182 58
36 Fox, Dov University of San Diego 2 1 60 47 112
37 Rice, Willy E. St. Mary's University 4 7 37 169 110
38 Vazquez, Carlos M. Georgetown University 2 2 27 341 16
39 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 2 3 28 154 172
40 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 1 3 13 310 110
41 Engel, Kathleen C. Suffolk University 2 2 29 299 35
42 Spade, Dean Seattle University 2 2 43 172 68
43 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 3 4 48 119 84
44 Maher, Brendan S. Texas A&M University 3 7 45 116 98
45 Fahey, Bridget A. University of Chicago 2 1 49 4 177
46 Jerry, Robert H. II University of Missouri 3 9 28 235 76
47 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 1 1 12 384 26
48 Kritzer, Herbert M. University of Minnesota 2 3 53 102 49
49 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 1 2 7 418 6
50 Swedloff, Rick Rutgers University 4 4 43 87 87
51 Blumstein, James F. Vanderbilt University 2 5 12 322 39
52 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 4 2 51 26 86
53 Wardle, Lynn D. Brigham Young University Law School 1 3 7 206 158
54 Pryor, Ellen University of North Texas at Dallas 3 11 14 289 42
55 Nevitt, Mark P. Emory University 3 1 20 5 257
56 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 3 2 50 12 94
57 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 50 77 38
58 Farhang, Sean University of California, Berkeley 1 1 50 77 38
59 Hoffman, Allison K. University of Pennsylvania 3 4 36 100 85
60 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 2 1 38 43 126
61 Krause, Joan H. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 7 25 194 54
62 Jacobi, John V. Seton Hall University 2 9 10 246 84
63 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 28 173 59
64 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 28 173 59
65 Linder, Marc University of Iowa 2 2 32 114 87
66 Hazen, Thomas Lee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2 4 16 190 100
67 Watson, Sidney D. Saint Louis University 3 7 20 200 68
68 Weeks, Elizabeth University of Georgia 2 7 27 163 59
69 Hoffman, Sharona Case Western Reserve University 2 7 18 192 71
70 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 2 6 16 208 61
71 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 1 1 56 19 21
72 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 4 4 38 65 66
73 Rothstein, Mark University of Louisville 3 8 21 195 38
74 Mariner, Wendy Boston University 3 10 21 192 37
75 Korobkin, Russell B. University of California, Los Angeles 2 5 15 228 31
76 Fischer, James M. Southwestern Law School 2 7 18 192 44
77 Talesh, Shauhin A. University of California, Irvine 4 4 38 25 84
78 Tovino, Stacey A. University of Oklahoma 3 4 38 49 64
79 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 2 5 15 161 82
80 Feinman, Jay Rutgers University 3 4 25 63 113
81 Mehlman, Maxwell J. Case Western Reserve University 2 6 17 179 51
82 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 2 3 35 38 81
83 Blake, Valarie University of Tennessee, Knoxville 3 4 34 37 85
84 Wiener, Jonathan B. Duke University 1 1 5 299 9
85 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 3 3 12 219 38
86 Lemann, Alexander B. Marquette University 4 3 37 22 77
87 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 2 5 11 232 23
88 Hermer, Laura Mitchell Hamline School of Law 2 5 17 76 119
89 Pappas, Michael University of Colorado Boulder 3 1 23 8 142
90 Kaplan, Richard L. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2 6 15 137 70
91 Gillette, Clayton P. New York University 1 1 7 259 7
92 Brown, Dorothy A. Georgetown University 1 1 28 42 84
93 Orentlicher, David University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2 6 10 187 46
94 Garrison, Marsha Brooklyn Law School 1 1 17 177 20
95 Peterson, Mark A. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 17 187 11
96 Buck, Isaac Daniel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 3 3 25 29 102
97 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 2 6 11 189 35
98 Brooks, John R. Fordham University 3 4 35 41 39
99 Smith, Fred Otis Jr. Emory University 1 1 44 19 13
100 Richards, Edward P. III Louisiana State University 2 5 13 154 48