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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 24 40 1,474 6,457 2,756
2 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 17 17 1,363 2,469 4,750
3 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 17 13 1,571 746 3,630
4 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 14 27 581 2,960 1,609
5 Selbst, Andrew D. University of California, Los Angeles 6 4 796 272 2,117
6 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 13 7 687 122 2,597
7 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 616 417 2,168
8 Schwartz, Paul M. University of California, Berkeley 13 18 552 1,147 1,515
9 Khan, Lina Columbia University School of Law 4 4 790 126 1,341
10 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 12 8 708 489 1,362
11 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 12 17 474 1,698 660
12 Chander, Anupam Georgetown University 9 9 469 306 1,967
13 Calo, Ryan University of Washington 9 9 531 335 1,430
14 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 13 10 535 402 1,284
15 Ohm, Paul Georgetown University 7 10 548 631 861
16 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 8 12 303 1,360 945
17 Sag, Matthew Emory University 8 7 250 177 2,197
18 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 5 2 552 78 784
19 Cohen, Julie E. Georgetown University 7 9 292 980 1,051
20 Surden, Harry Adam University of Colorado Boulder 6 5 309 203 1,699
21 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 9 7 395 292 1,098
22 Eisenberg, Rebecca S. University of Michigan 9 18 218 2,009 260
23 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 4 4 488 615 262
24 Faigman, David L. University of California, San Francisco 6 14 297 977 726
25 Kornhauser, Lewis A. New York University 2 2 223 1,779 272
26 Mnookin, Robert Harvard University 2 3 224 1,758 283
27 Price, W. Nicholson II University of Michigan 10 6 383 168 1,025
28 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 2 1 274 2 1,657
29 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 9 10 329 737 612
30 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 5 3 96 26 2,388
31 Pasquale, Frank A. Cornell University 9 10 282 449 1,076
32 Schultz, Jason M. New York University 5 5 303 200 987
33 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 7 4 239 131 1,305
34 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 6 16 139 1,443 491
35 Shackelford, Scott J. Indiana University Bloomington 8 9 233 259 1,156
36 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 8 248 300 1,037
37 Wu, Timothy Columbia University School of Law 6 10 275 627 580
38 Kim, Pauline T. Washington University 9 5 309 143 868
39 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 3 2 59 14 2,197
40 Ginsburg, Jane C. Columbia University School of Law 6 11 187 716 836
41 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 3 1 327 108 710
42 Ajunwa, Ifeoma Emory University 7 3 255 49 1,069
43 Grimmelmann, James Cornell University 8 8 250 404 716
44 Menell, Peter S. University of California, Berkeley 9 13 203 1,028 330
45 Marchant, Gary Arizona State University 7 12 192 382 976
46 Yu, Peter K. Texas A&M University 8 8 188 292 1,068
47 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 8 6 260 169 783
48 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 3 2 321 391 271
49 Yoo, Christopher S. University of Pennsylvania 8 14 174 747 593
50 Crootof, Rebecca University of Richmond 7 5 261 65 796
51 Joh, Elizabeth E. University of California, Davis 8 5 202 177 952
52 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 7 5 307 60 545
53 Benkler, Yochai Harvard University 4 8 105 1,464 167
54 Bloch-Wehba, Hannah C. Texas A&M University 6 1 257 3 838
55 Marotta-Wurgler, Florencia New York University 8 6 310 277 309
56 Goldman, Eric Santa Clara University 8 8 223 382 616
57 Froomkin, A. Michael University of Miami 7 10 167 914 372
58 Waldman, Ari Ezra University of California, Irvine 9 3 279 22 683
59 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 4 14 75 1,356 382
60 Tokson, Matthew Justin University of Utah 9 3 260 145 635
61 Van Loo, Rory Boston University 8 3 313 48 446
62 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 4 6 198 459 607
63 Bambauer, Derek University of Florida 7 9 211 293 694
64 Rai, Arti K. Duke University 6 13 174 905 264
65 Beebe, Barton New York University 4 3 227 611 265
66 Lee, Peter Yun-Hyoung University of California, Davis 8 9 209 467 460
67 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 6 6 136 333 930
68 Katyal, Sonia K. University of California, Berkeley 5 7 253 131 547
69 Mnookin, Jennifer University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 5 199 324 605
70 Ayres, Ian Yale University 7 8 235 398 321
71 Kugler, Matthew B. Northwestern University 6 3 111 43 1,237
72 Godsil, Rachel Rutgers University 2 2 192 284 600
73 Merges, Robert P. University of California, Berkeley 6 12 129 1,009 195
74 Andrews, Lori B. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 11 59 525 991
75 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 5 5 208 543 229
76 Reyes, Carla L. Southern Methodist University 9 4 232 80 544
77 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 8 6 258 121 370
78 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 4 8 204 415 323
79 Hu, Margaret William & Mary Law School 6 5 133 109 948
80 Feldman, Robin Cooper University of California, San Francisco 8 8 163 286 621
81 Bennett, Mark Drake University 1 2 178 274 544
82 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 1 1 178 269 544
83 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 1 1 178 269 544
84 Cherry, Miriam A. St. John's University 6 6 143 149 817
85 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 8 9 193 374 338
86 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 254 7 410
87 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University 4 4 290 108 128
88 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 5 11 134 364 624
89 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 5 14 73 859 428
90 Solow-Niederman, Alicia George Washington University 5 1 193 1 641
91 Grimm, Paul W. Duke University 5 4 108 70 973
92 Perritt, Henry H. Jr. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 17 72 628 602
93 Gervais, Daniel J. Vanderbilt University 5 6 103 182 874
94 Stucke, Maurice Eitel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 4 145 55 746
95 Nunziato, Dawn C. George Washington University 6 8 119 171 752
96 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 4 8 114 898 76
97 Murphy, Erin E. New York University 8 8 148 418 367
98 Odinet, Christopher K. Texas A&M University 9 2 209 12 463
99 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 5 15 87 833 246
100 Lee, Edward Santa Clara University 6 5 99 194 788