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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 14 20 521 1,935 824
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 303 3,505 581
3 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 12 19 473 1,784 822
4 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 193 3,486 573
5 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 502 212 1,124
6 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 193 2,654 420
7 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 174 2,837 279
8 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 6 558 198 576
9 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 21 244 1,517 393
10 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 318 656 752
11 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 7 14 193 1,677 388
12 Chayes, Abram Harvard University 1 2 128 2,081 235
13 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 5 22 123 1,616 535
14 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 2 360 140 497
15 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 6 7 219 950 395
16 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 14 229 758 474
17 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 17 214 556 535
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 4 9 136 1,386 224
19 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 12 201 827 315
20 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 104 1,192 273
21 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 5 16 124 765 500
22 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 14 103 1,003 402
23 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 219 539 198
24 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 7 11 152 616 408
25 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 5 16 93 1,045 324
26 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 10 171 498 344
27 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 254 83 212
28 Green, Michael D. Washington University 5 16 101 912 226
29 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 5 10 142 647 225
30 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 167 616 86
31 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 75 43 1,054
32 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 69 1,136 79
33 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 7 9 185 285 190
34 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 8 66 1,068 123
35 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 3 159 45 518
36 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 5 16 99 685 243
37 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 38 1,076 216
38 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 61 651 447
39 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 5 191 159 203
40 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 83 805 200
41 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 6 182 158 163
42 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 85 738 156
43 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 58 837 175
44 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 6 7 157 230 134
45 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 100 337 337
46 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 68 665 182
47 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 130 132 303
48 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 170 58 134
49 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 170 58 134
50 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 64 498 272
51 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 78 456 224
52 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 55 729 95
53 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 51 821 32
54 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 7 7 108 246 226
55 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 90 554 45
56 Lytton, Timothy Daniel Georgia State University 6 10 96 262 253
57 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 4 9 50 668 127
58 Hylton, Keith N. Boston University 4 13 80 407 194
59 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 97 368 127
60 Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett University of Florida 5 7 64 469 205
61 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 8 59 510 195
62 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 4 6 37 733 105
63 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 4 7 55 452 249
64 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 4 6 96 413 72
65 Cooter, Robert D. University of California, Berkeley 4 9 48 637 108
66 Erichson, Howard M. Fordham University 6 8 82 459 84
67 Grady, Mark F. University of California, Los Angeles 4 12 45 635 109
68 Bernstein, Anita Brooklyn Law School 4 12 67 403 186
69 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 5 6 104 124 229
70 Lens, Jill Wieber University of Iowa 6 3 84 22 417
71 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 4 9 47 602 104
72 Gifford, Donald G. University of Maryland 4 10 74 393 132
73 Wells, Michael L. University of Georgia 5 11 66 478 97
74 Goldman, Eric Santa Clara University 4 5 127 66 144
75 Romano, Roberta Yale University 1 1 62 516 92
76 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 2 8 13 349 481
77 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 2 6 36 601 144
78 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 7 32 669 102
79 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 5 13 57 427 164
80 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 5 6 104 137 171
81 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 6 51 345 263
82 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 3 12 30 620 114
83 Gilles, Stephen G. Quinnipiac University 4 7 71 336 144
84 Levmore, Saul University of Chicago 5 8 59 504 54
85 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 4 8 90 251 108
86 Noah, Lars University of Florida 6 11 70 364 106
87 Arbel, Yonathan University of Alabama 4 2 77 18 366
88 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 6 24 654 87
89 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 5 1 122 14 130
90 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 4 8 41 483 136
91 Johnson, Vincent R. St. Mary's University 3 10 46 275 286
92 Galligan, Thomas C. Louisiana State University 4 13 58 376 133
93 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 10 60 350 140
94 Smolla, Rodney A. Vermont Law School 4 10 35 529 104
95 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 2 4 30 609 63
96 Crootof, Rebecca University of Richmond 3 3 85 48 243
97 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 57 461 28
98 Hershkoff, Helen New York University 3 2 77 222 120
99 Vladeck, David C. Georgetown University 2 3 85 142 148
100 Bone, Robert G. University of Texas at Austin 5 6 59 279 155