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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 7 15 242 1,155 707
2 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 10 11 338 402 830
3 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 9 14 238 917 405
4 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 1 2 65 1,868 57
5 Logue, Kyle University of Michigan 8 12 173 635 305
6 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 1 1 78 1,257 126
7 Kessler, Friedrich Yale University 1 3 83 1,124 44
8 Prince, Anya University of Iowa 4 4 139 46 355
9 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 11 94 388 167
10 Dan-Cohen, Meir University of California, Berkeley 1 3 86 538 75
11 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 4 6 47 548 251
12 Hall, Mark A. Wake Forest University 4 13 35 747 93
13 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 13 33 749 78
14 Sage, William M. Texas A&M University 4 11 59 516 117
15 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 11 51 469 175
16 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 11 47 492 125
17 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 4 4 60 364 153
18 Huberfeld, Nicole Boston University 5 7 68 233 216
19 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 4 4 59 242 255
20 Romano, Roberta Yale University 3 3 54 434 67
21 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 3 9 64 277 75
22 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 3 5 74 123 153
23 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 1 1 43 288 172
24 Kinney, Eleanor D. Indiana University Indianapolis 2 15 10 564 71
25 Rappaport, John University of Chicago 3 2 87 60 123
26 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 3 4 44 132 257
27 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 3 4 28 465 28
28 Wiley, Lindsay University of California, Los Angeles 5 4 80 55 120
29 Boardman, Michelle E. George Mason University 5 5 56 187 99
30 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 3 4 70 119 84
31 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 8 8 217 284
32 Syverud, Kent D. Syracuse University 2 5 29 350 31
33 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 4 7 43 139 144
34 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 5 51 182 64
35 Engel, Kathleen C. Suffolk University 2 2 31 299 39
36 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 2 3 28 154 182
37 Vazquez, Carlos M. Georgetown University 2 2 27 341 16
38 Fox, Dov University of San Diego 2 1 60 47 108
39 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 3 4 49 119 96
40 Rice, Willy E. St. Mary's University 4 7 37 169 111
41 Fahey, Bridget A. University of Chicago 2 1 53 4 178
42 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 1 3 13 311 112
43 Spade, Dean Seattle University 2 2 43 172 70
44 McCoy, Patricia A. Boston College 2 2 33 256 44
45 Maher, Brendan S. Texas A&M University 3 7 47 116 93
46 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 1 1 13 384 31
47 Jerry, Robert H. II University of Missouri 3 9 28 235 72
48 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 1 2 7 422 7
49 Kritzer, Herbert M. University of Minnesota 2 3 53 102 47
50 Swedloff, Rick Rutgers University 4 4 46 87 89
51 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 4 2 51 26 109
52 Nevitt, Mark P. Emory University 3 1 20 5 290
53 Blumstein, James F. Vanderbilt University 2 5 12 322 36
54 Wardle, Lynn D. Brigham Young University Law School 1 3 7 206 169
55 Pryor, Ellen University of North Texas at Dallas 3 11 15 288 43
56 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 3 2 51 12 89
57 Hoffman, Allison K. University of Pennsylvania 3 4 36 100 87
58 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 28 173 66
59 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 28 173 66
60 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 50 77 36
61 Farhang, Sean University of California, Berkeley 1 1 50 77 36
62 Jacobi, John V. Seton Hall University 2 9 10 246 89
63 Krause, Joan H. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 7 25 194 55
64 Watson, Sidney D. Saint Louis University 3 7 20 200 74
65 Hazen, Thomas Lee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2 4 16 190 99
66 Linder, Marc University of Iowa 2 2 32 114 83
67 Weeks, Elizabeth University of Georgia 2 7 27 163 60
68 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 2 1 38 43 111
69 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 2 6 16 208 66
70 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 4 4 39 65 71
71 Rothstein, Mark University of Louisville 3 8 22 195 41
72 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 1 1 56 19 22
73 Mariner, Wendy Boston University 3 10 21 192 43
74 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 2 5 16 163 99
75 Hoffman, Sharona Case Western Reserve University 2 7 18 192 58
76 Tovino, Stacey A. University of Oklahoma 3 4 39 50 70
77 Talesh, Shauhin A. University of California, Irvine 5 4 40 25 81
78 Fischer, James M. Southwestern Law School 2 7 18 191 47
79 Korobkin, Russell B. University of California, Los Angeles 2 5 15 228 30
80 Mehlman, Maxwell J. Case Western Reserve University 2 7 17 195 45
81 Wiener, Jonathan B. Duke University 1 1 6 299 10
82 Feinman, Jay Rutgers University 3 4 26 63 113
83 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 3 3 12 219 44
84 Blake, Valarie University of Tennessee, Knoxville 3 4 35 38 84
85 Lemann, Alexander B. Marquette University 4 3 39 22 76
86 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 2 5 12 231 25
87 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 2 3 35 38 78
88 Pappas, Michael University of Colorado Boulder 3 1 23 8 163
89 Buck, Isaac Daniel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 3 3 26 29 114
90 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 2 6 11 189 47
91 Gillette, Clayton P. New York University 1 1 7 259 5
92 Garrison, Marsha Brooklyn Law School 1 1 18 177 21
93 Kaplan, Richard L. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2 6 15 138 67
94 Peterson, Mark A. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 17 187 13
95 Van Loo, Rory Boston University 1 1 42 36 14
96 Brooks, John R. Fordham University 3 4 35 41 41
97 Gifford, Donald G. University of Maryland 1 4 19 162 18
98 Brown, Dorothy A. Georgetown University 1 1 28 42 80
99 Orentlicher, David University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2 6 10 187 40
100 Smith, Fred Otis Jr. Emory University 1 1 44 19 15