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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 15 20 555 1,935 919
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 323 3,510 549
3 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 12 19 501 1,784 839
4 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 208 3,487 552
5 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 529 212 1,027
6 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 202 2,654 433
7 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 187 2,836 279
8 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 6 579 198 581
9 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 337 656 879
10 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 21 258 1,518 435
11 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 14 208 1,677 403
12 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 133 1,616 551
13 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 2 370 140 561
14 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 6 7 238 950 405
15 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 14 247 758 510
16 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 17 231 556 522
17 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 12 209 827 337
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 4 9 142 1,390 178
19 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 113 1,193 306
20 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 7 11 158 616 545
21 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 133 765 526
22 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 14 111 1,003 411
23 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 233 539 177
24 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 10 184 498 338
25 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 6 15 95 1,006 294
26 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 263 83 211
27 Green, Michael D. Washington University 6 16 105 913 244
28 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 6 3 174 45 634
29 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 176 616 115
30 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 84 43 1,011
31 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 73 1,136 66
32 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 7 9 192 285 220
33 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 8 71 1,068 114
34 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 5 10 130 619 214
35 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 5 202 159 232
36 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 5 16 102 686 236
37 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 39 1,076 197
38 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 85 805 182
39 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 65 652 411
40 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 6 194 158 182
41 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 89 740 173
42 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 151 132 345
43 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 65 837 134
44 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 6 7 168 230 147
45 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 115 337 302
46 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 72 667 193
47 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 7 13 106 427 199
48 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 173 58 158
49 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 173 58 158
50 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 8 7 115 246 261
51 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 56 820 31
52 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 66 498 244
53 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 57 730 83
54 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 109 369 129
55 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 83 456 182
56 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 93 555 41
57 Lytton, Timothy Daniel Georgia State University 6 10 99 262 258
58 Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett University of Florida 6 7 73 469 194
59 Hylton, Keith N. Boston University 4 13 84 407 191
60 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 4 6 103 413 87
61 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 4 6 42 734 104
62 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 4 7 57 452 273
63 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 4 9 53 639 119
64 Bernstein, Anita Brooklyn Law School 5 12 75 403 206
65 Grady, Mark F. University of California, Los Angeles 5 12 48 635 130
66 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 5 6 112 124 265
67 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 8 63 510 167
68 Erichson, Howard M. Fordham University 6 8 87 460 86
69 Cooter, Robert D. University of California, Berkeley 5 9 50 637 113
70 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 5 9 51 602 117
71 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 2 6 37 601 172
72 Gifford, Donald G. University of Maryland 4 10 78 394 132
73 Wells, Michael L. University of Georgia 5 11 68 478 104
74 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 7 34 669 102
75 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 6 57 345 272
76 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 3 12 31 621 144
77 Romano, Roberta Yale University 1 1 65 516 75
78 Goldman, Eric Santa Clara University 4 5 131 66 129
79 Gilles, Stephen G. Quinnipiac University 4 7 79 336 143
80 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 5 1 132 14 161
81 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 2 8 13 349 451
82 Galligan, Thomas C. Louisiana State University 4 13 59 378 192
83 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 5 6 108 137 163
84 Lens, Jill Wieber University of Iowa 6 3 88 22 355
85 Levmore, Saul University of Chicago 5 8 62 504 55
86 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 5 8 93 251 108
87 Bradt, Andrew David University of California, Berkeley 6 5 127 97 74
88 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 3 6 25 654 90
89 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 4 10 70 350 127
90 Crootof, Rebecca University of Richmond 3 3 92 48 279
91 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 4 8 44 483 127
92 Noah, Lars University of Florida 6 11 70 364 93
93 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 2 4 30 610 66
94 Smolla, Rodney A. Vermont Law School 4 10 35 529 102
95 Arbel, Yonathan University of Alabama 4 2 92 18 272
96 Tilley, Cristina Carmody University of Iowa 5 3 92 48 243
97 Lahav, Alexandra Cornell University 6 3 103 91 148
98 Hershkoff, Helen New York University 3 2 85 222 124
99 Vladeck, David C. Georgetown University 2 3 92 142 148
100 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 59 461 27