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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 14 20 531 1,935 923
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 308 3,508 589
3 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 12 19 480 1,784 845
4 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 195 3,487 590
5 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 508 212 1,124
6 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 193 2,654 427
7 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 179 2,837 290
8 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 6 566 198 585
9 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 325 656 821
10 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 21 248 1,518 419
11 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 7 14 194 1,677 406
12 Chayes, Abram Harvard University 1 2 129 2,081 255
13 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 5 22 125 1,616 546
14 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 2 364 140 535
15 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 6 7 227 950 402
16 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 14 235 758 475
17 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 17 218 556 552
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 4 9 137 1,386 211
19 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 12 203 827 330
20 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 5 16 127 765 558
21 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 104 1,192 300
22 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 14 108 1,003 423
23 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 224 538 184
24 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 7 11 153 616 458
25 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 5 16 94 1,035 330
26 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 10 175 498 347
27 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 255 83 213
28 Green, Michael D. Washington University 5 16 102 913 236
29 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 6 10 149 647 223
30 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 76 43 1,127
31 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 170 612 89
32 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 71 1,135 77
33 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 3 161 45 580
34 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 8 68 1,068 124
35 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 7 9 187 282 199
36 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 5 198 159 231
37 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 5 16 99 686 265
38 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 39 1,076 227
39 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 64 651 475
40 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 83 805 202
41 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 6 187 158 179
42 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 85 737 175
43 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 58 837 152
44 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 6 7 161 230 147
45 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 135 132 359
46 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 68 664 205
47 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 104 337 282
48 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 171 58 147
49 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 171 58 147
50 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 65 498 273
51 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 7 7 109 246 255
52 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 56 730 97
53 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 52 821 32
54 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 78 456 223
55 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 92 555 46
56 Lytton, Timothy Daniel Georgia State University 6 10 96 262 269
57 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 4 9 51 668 125
58 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 101 367 130
59 Hylton, Keith N. Boston University 4 13 81 407 199
60 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 4 6 40 734 114
61 Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett University of Florida 5 7 67 468 206
62 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 8 61 510 191
63 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 4 6 99 410 78
64 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 4 7 56 452 263
65 Erichson, Howard M. Fordham University 6 8 86 457 91
66 Cooter, Robert D. University of California, Berkeley 5 9 49 637 109
67 Grady, Mark F. University of California, Los Angeles 5 12 48 635 113
68 Bernstein, Anita Brooklyn Law School 4 12 68 403 206
69 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 5 6 105 124 242
70 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 4 9 49 602 103
71 Gifford, Donald G. University of Maryland 4 10 77 393 139
72 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 2 6 36 601 166
73 Wells, Michael L. University of Georgia 5 11 67 478 105
74 Goldman, Eric Santa Clara University 4 5 128 66 151
75 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 7 33 669 104
76 Romano, Roberta Yale University 1 1 62 516 93
77 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 5 13 58 427 178
78 Lens, Jill Wieber University of Iowa 6 3 84 22 403
79 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 6 53 345 274
80 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 3 12 30 621 122
81 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 5 6 105 137 163
82 Gilles, Stephen G. Quinnipiac University 4 7 73 336 148
83 Galligan, Thomas C. Louisiana State University 4 13 59 378 176
84 Levmore, Saul University of Chicago 5 8 59 504 59
85 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 6 24 655 97
86 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 4 8 90 251 108
87 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 4 8 43 483 140
88 Noah, Lars University of Florida 6 11 70 364 96
89 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 2 8 13 349 415
90 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 5 1 124 14 130
91 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 10 62 350 151
92 Smolla, Rodney A. Vermont Law School 4 10 35 529 118
93 Crootof, Rebecca University of Richmond 3 3 87 48 275
94 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 2 4 30 609 68
95 Johnson, Vincent R. St. Mary's University 3 10 43 275 281
96 Arbel, Yonathan University of Alabama 4 2 82 18 304
97 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 58 461 33
98 Hershkoff, Helen New York University 3 2 80 222 125
99 Bone, Robert G. University of Texas at Austin 5 6 61 279 157
100 Tilley, Cristina Carmody University of Iowa 5 3 86 48 235