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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 15 20 546 1,933 929
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 318 3,508 548
3 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 12 19 493 1,784 840
4 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 202 3,520 551
5 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 514 212 1,054
6 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 197 2,653 420
7 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 185 2,838 284
8 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 6 570 198 579
9 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 15 257 2,049 512
10 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 330 656 853
11 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 21 255 1,518 418
12 Chayes, Abram Harvard University 1 2 130 2,080 258
13 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 129 1,616 545
14 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 2 368 140 545
15 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 6 7 233 948 408
16 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 14 239 758 495
17 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 17 223 555 520
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 4 9 141 1,385 193
19 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 8 12 191 819 296
20 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 111 1,193 297
21 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 132 765 509
22 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 14 110 1,003 411
23 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 7 11 156 616 511
24 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 229 538 175
25 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 10 182 497 326
26 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 6 15 94 1,006 291
27 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 259 83 217
28 Green, Michael D. Washington University 6 16 105 911 236
29 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 173 609 98
30 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 6 3 168 45 603
31 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 79 42 1,050
32 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 73 1,135 71
33 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 8 70 1,068 116
34 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 7 9 189 282 200
35 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 5 10 128 619 212
36 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 5 199 159 233
37 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 5 16 101 686 244
38 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 39 1,076 211
39 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 85 805 189
40 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 65 652 414
41 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 6 187 158 181
42 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 86 736 170
43 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 141 132 361
44 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 60 837 142
45 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 6 7 166 230 140
46 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 108 336 293
47 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 69 663 192
48 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 7 13 106 427 180
49 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 172 58 153
50 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 172 58 153
51 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 8 7 114 246 252
52 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 54 821 31
53 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 66 497 244
54 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 56 730 88
55 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 107 365 134
56 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 92 555 43
57 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 79 456 194
58 Lytton, Timothy Daniel Georgia State University 6 10 97 262 261
59 Hylton, Keith N. Boston University 4 13 84 407 194
60 Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett University of Florida 6 7 70 469 198
61 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 4 6 42 734 108
62 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 4 7 57 452 276
63 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 4 6 102 411 84
64 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 4 9 52 639 117
65 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 8 62 509 175
66 Erichson, Howard M. Fordham University 6 8 86 454 92
67 Grady, Mark F. University of California, Los Angeles 5 12 48 635 123
68 Cooter, Robert D. University of California, Berkeley 5 9 50 637 111
69 Bernstein, Anita Brooklyn Law School 5 12 72 402 205
70 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 5 6 108 124 253
71 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 4 9 49 602 108
72 Gifford, Donald G. University of Maryland 4 10 78 395 138
73 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 2 6 36 601 170
74 Wells, Michael L. University of Georgia 5 11 67 478 106
75 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 7 34 668 103
76 Goldman, Eric Santa Clara University 4 5 130 66 136
77 Romano, Roberta Yale University 1 1 63 516 80
78 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 3 12 31 621 140
79 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 6 55 345 261
80 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 5 6 108 137 160
81 Gilles, Stephen G. Quinnipiac University 4 7 78 336 135
82 Galligan, Thomas C. Louisiana State University 4 13 59 378 186
83 Levmore, Saul University of Chicago 5 8 61 504 59
84 Lens, Jill Wieber University of Iowa 6 3 85 22 361
85 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 5 8 93 251 104
86 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 10 69 349 138
87 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 2 8 13 349 423
88 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 5 1 127 14 130
89 Crootof, Rebecca University of Richmond 3 3 90 48 282
90 Noah, Lars University of Florida 6 11 70 364 94
91 Smolla, Rodney A. Vermont Law School 4 10 35 529 105
92 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 2 4 30 610 62
93 Hershkoff, Helen New York University 3 2 84 222 128
94 Bradt, Andrew David University of California, Berkeley 5 5 116 94 73
95 Tilley, Cristina Carmody University of Iowa 5 3 89 48 238
96 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 59 461 27
97 Arbel, Yonathan University of Alabama 4 2 84 18 286
98 Vladeck, David C. Georgetown University 2 3 90 142 144
99 Lahav, Alexandra Cornell University 6 3 99 91 132
100 Perry, Stephen R. University of Pennsylvania 2 8 40 360 188