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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 14 19 629 1,808 850
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 348 3,449 613
3 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 12 18 534 1,700 875
4 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 222 3,484 633
5 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 221 2,614 449
6 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 200 2,793 284
7 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 528 170 1,220
8 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 4 624 122 658
9 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 20 288 1,465 431
10 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 14 230 1,635 416
11 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 349 620 813
12 Chayes, Abram Harvard University 1 2 152 2,053 257
13 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 146 1,585 564
14 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 1 430 67 527
15 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 13 264 716 514
16 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 7 6 247 918 393
17 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 5 9 164 1,355 251
18 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 8 16 250 512 604
19 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 11 242 782 335
20 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 131 1,165 293
21 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 262 494 229
22 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 14 123 983 411
23 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 143 740 523
24 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 8 11 172 589 411
25 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 6 15 104 983 337
26 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 9 189 469 371
27 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 6 10 174 631 238
28 Green, Michael D. Washington University 5 16 111 898 244
29 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 209 574 88
30 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 277 55 219
31 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 86 1,117 83
32 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 4 8 82 1,052 117
33 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 48 1,063 234
34 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 4 16 115 666 281
35 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 69 638 522
36 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 102 782 223
37 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 2 185 15 541
38 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 8 9 192 271 248
39 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 79 39 994
40 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 110 709 163
41 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 4 217 118 172
42 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 4 204 141 203
43 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 63 828 186
44 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 88 642 192
45 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 110 322 380
46 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 7 6 177 205 149
47 Hyman, David Georgetown University 5 10 82 479 303
48 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 144 114 328
49 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 96 434 248
50 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 68 715 101
51 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 113 528 59
52 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 59 810 42
53 Nielson, Aaron Brigham Young University 4 3 192 35 142
54 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 192 35 142
55 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 5 8 78 488 220
56 Erichson, Howard M. Fordham University 6 8 111 439 99
57 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 119 341 150
58 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 4 7 72 433 283
59 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 7 7 122 229 224
60 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 4 6 121 384 81
61 Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett University of Florida 6 7 79 454 210
62 Lytton, Timothy Daniel Georgia State University 6 10 105 253 276
63 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 4 6 44 724 110
64 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 4 9 54 634 142
65 Grady, Mark F. University of California, Los Angeles 5 12 59 620 115
66 Hylton, Keith N. Boston University 4 13 87 396 196
67 Cooter, Robert D. University of California, Berkeley 5 9 52 628 120
68 Bernstein, Anita Brooklyn Law School 5 12 77 393 212
69 Gifford, Donald G. University of Maryland 6 10 95 370 142
70 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 3 6 50 587 152
71 Romano, Roberta Yale University 1 1 77 495 107
72 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 7 39 661 115
73 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 6 13 69 414 201
74 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 5 9 54 595 98
75 Wells, Michael L. University of Georgia 5 11 74 466 116
76 Goldman, Eric Santa Clara University 4 4 143 48 177
77 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 2 8 18 343 484
78 Lens, Jill Wieber University of Iowa 5 2 87 16 460
79 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 4 12 36 613 124
80 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 6 60 333 277
81 Levmore, Saul University of Chicago 5 8 71 492 61
82 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 6 5 109 116 236
83 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 6 30 647 107
84 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 5 8 106 235 132
85 Gilles, Stephen G. Quinnipiac University 4 7 84 321 150
86 Smolla, Rodney A. Vermont Law School 4 10 46 518 139
87 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 4 8 50 474 158
88 Galligan, Thomas C. Louisiana State University 4 13 74 358 138
89 Johnson, Vincent R. St. Mary's University 4 10 56 266 305
90 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 10 75 334 150
91 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 5 6 110 128 174
92 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 2 4 35 602 71
93 Noah, Lars University of Florida 6 11 73 355 111
94 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 70 447 35
95 Arbel, Yonathan University of Alabama 4 1 83 8 384
96 Vladeck, David C. Georgetown University 2 3 105 119 172
97 Langvardt, Kyle University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1 1 76 10 415
98 Ardia, David S. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 3 80 133 273
99 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 5 1 124 8 176
100 Crootof, Rebecca University of Richmond 3 2 104 25 245