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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 14 19 636 1,808 871
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 350 3,449 621
3 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 13 18 545 1,700 887
4 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 227 3,480 630
5 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 221 2,614 448
6 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 205 2,796 293
7 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 529 170 1,226
8 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 3 595 77 606
9 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 8 20 294 1,469 428
10 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 14 231 1,635 411
11 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 349 620 809
12 Chayes, Abram Harvard University 1 2 153 2,054 233
13 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 147 1,586 568
14 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 1 430 67 536
15 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 7 6 248 918 408
16 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 13 259 684 498
17 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 5 9 166 1,355 239
18 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 8 16 252 512 601
19 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 11 227 778 292
20 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 131 1,165 286
21 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 14 123 983 428
22 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 262 494 219
23 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 143 742 539
24 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 8 11 174 590 418
25 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 6 15 111 983 325
26 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 9 191 469 375
27 Green, Michael D. Washington University 6 16 113 898 242
28 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 5 10 169 631 232
29 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 209 574 94
30 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 277 55 223
31 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 87 1,117 84
32 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 4 8 82 1,052 125
33 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 79 39 1,073
34 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 49 1,064 234
35 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 104 782 225
36 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 2 186 15 551
37 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 71 626 508
38 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 4 16 115 666 257
39 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 8 9 195 271 235
40 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 112 710 163
41 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 4 217 118 181
42 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 4 204 141 214
43 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 65 828 185
44 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 89 643 192
45 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 112 323 374
46 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 7 6 178 206 149
47 Hyman, David Georgetown University 5 10 82 479 300
48 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 145 114 323
49 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 98 434 244
50 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 69 715 101
51 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 113 529 54
52 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 192 35 149
53 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 192 35 149
54 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 59 810 39
55 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 3 9 29 468 499
56 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 120 345 145
57 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 7 7 123 229 238
58 Erichson, Howard M. Fordham University 6 8 111 439 93
59 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 4 7 73 433 277
60 Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett University of Florida 6 7 79 454 212
61 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 4 6 121 387 80
62 Lytton, Timothy Daniel Georgia State University 6 10 105 253 274
63 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 4 6 45 724 110
64 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 8 71 488 207
65 Hylton, Keith N. Boston University 4 13 89 396 206
66 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 4 9 55 634 136
67 Grady, Mark F. University of California, Los Angeles 5 12 60 620 113
68 Cooter, Robert D. University of California, Berkeley 5 9 54 629 116
69 Gifford, Donald G. University of Maryland 6 10 95 371 148
70 Bernstein, Anita Brooklyn Law School 5 12 77 393 206
71 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 3 6 50 587 154
72 Romano, Roberta Yale University 1 1 77 496 106
73 Noah, Lars University of Florida 6 11 93 383 122
74 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 5 9 54 595 105
75 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 7 39 662 107
76 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 6 13 69 414 188
77 Wells, Michael L. University of Georgia 5 11 74 466 105
78 Lens, Jill Wieber University of Iowa 5 2 89 16 455
79 Goldman, Eric Santa Clara University 4 4 144 48 165
80 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 6 60 333 287
81 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 4 12 36 613 128
82 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 6 5 111 116 242
83 Levmore, Saul University of Chicago 5 8 71 492 65
84 Gilles, Stephen G. Quinnipiac University 4 7 85 321 158
85 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 6 30 648 102
86 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 5 8 107 235 121
87 Galligan, Thomas C. Louisiana State University 4 13 74 358 142
88 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 5 6 112 128 182
89 Smolla, Rodney A. Vermont Law School 4 10 46 518 114
90 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 10 76 334 148
91 Johnson, Vincent R. St. Mary's University 4 10 56 266 304
92 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 2 4 36 602 71
93 Arbel, Yonathan University of Alabama 4 1 85 8 391
94 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 70 447 36
95 Vladeck, David C. Georgetown University 2 3 107 119 166
96 Crootof, Rebecca University of Richmond 3 2 106 25 255
97 Ardia, David S. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 3 81 133 254
98 Hershkoff, Helen New York University 3 1 87 212 132
99 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 4 7 46 397 143
100 Lazarus, Richard Harvard University 2 2 42 460 104