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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 37 1,960 5,737 3,365
2 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 15 32 686 6,138 1,635
3 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 13 23 694 6,137 1,195
4 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 26 941 3,471 2,054
5 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 18 28 1,062 2,617 2,037
6 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 13 27 635 5,188 1,280
7 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 11 20 740 3,909 1,727
8 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 12 21 477 5,706 1,212
9 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 12 20 716 3,089 2,013
10 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 19 19 991 1,302 1,680
11 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 12 29 495 3,056 1,810
12 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 13 24 687 2,995 908
13 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 18 19 945 1,403 1,057
14 Stout, Lynn A. 12 20 725 2,533 948
15 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 12 17 599 3,133 747
16 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 12 6 727 225 2,826
17 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 21 580 2,655 1,181
18 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 11 24 421 3,118 876
19 Bratton, William Wilson University of Pennsylvania 12 23 438 2,646 935
20 Ribstein, Larry E. 9 34 275 3,358 1,009
21 Roe, Mark Harvard University 13 23 476 2,587 735
22 Thompson, Robert B. Georgetown University 11 25 453 2,224 1,178
23 Rock, Edward B. New York University 14 20 599 1,756 747
24 Khan, Lina Columbia University School of Law 6 4 794 123 1,232
25 Romano, Roberta Yale University 12 19 385 2,862 534
26 Kahan, Marcel New York University 15 21 592 1,493 835
27 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 8 256 2,733 1,157
28 Lande, Robert H. 12 22 470 1,755 748
29 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 9 13 496 1,638 692
30 Gordon, Jeffrey N. Columbia University School of Law 9 15 514 1,572 667
31 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 9 13 401 2,443 303
32 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 9 21 270 2,551 801
33 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 12 12 527 756 1,201
34 Salop, Steven C. Georgetown University 13 15 445 1,504 756
35 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 11 16 345 2,038 556
36 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 10 24 304 2,276 320
37 Baker, Jonathan B. American University 12 18 431 861 957
38 Handler, Milton 4 30 119 3,278 126
39 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 10 20 394 1,255 719
40 Fuller, L. L. 2 2 281 2,186 373
41 Thomas, Randall S. Vanderbilt University 12 21 408 1,174 709
42 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 10 10 374 1,641 329
43 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 10 20 311 1,597 580
44 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 10 20 258 2,051 397
45 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 9 8 419 1,374 271
46 Tallarita, Roberto Harvard University 8 1 433 1 1,496
47 Crane, Daniel A. University of Michigan 13 13 416 668 909
48 Schauer, Frederick 8 11 324 1,524 523
49 Kobi Kastiel 11 5 443 76 1,327
50 Hamdani, Assaf Tel-Aviv University 10 9 462 568 704
51 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 7 9 230 1,726 685
52 Turner, Donald F. 6 15 133 2,664 154
53 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 11 13 331 682 1,055
54 Lund, Dorothy Shapiro Columbia University School of Law 8 3 471 41 929
55 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 11 13 409 578 634
56 Armour, John 9 12 268 525 1,339
57 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 9 17 197 1,563 644
58 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 12 14 354 684 725
59 Elhauge, Einer Richard Harvard University 8 10 396 793 396
60 Sokol, D. Daniel University of Southern California 10 14 316 432 1,118
61 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 8 17 231 1,571 428
62 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 11 11 340 620 756
63 Solomon, Steven M. University of California, Berkeley 11 5 441 172 672
64 Brudney, Victor 7 17 107 2,246 271
65 Nili, Yaron G. Duke University 12 6 363 75 1,117
66 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 8 16 235 959 870
67 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 5 13 214 1,537 345
68 Bork, Robert H. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 6 10 182 1,816 168
69 Fox, Eleanor M. New York University 6 20 172 1,566 414
70 Johnson, Lyman P.Q. University of St. Thomas 9 22 221 1,325 401
71 Millon, David 10 18 208 1,112 659
72 Stewart, Richard B. 5 9 193 1,609 250
73 Trautman, Lawrence J. 13 8 346 175 807
74 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 7 9 285 1,070 238
75 Cary, William L. 2 13 119 2,055 91
76 Keay, Andrew 6 7 106 146 1,965
77 Bodie, Matthew T. University of Minnesota 11 10 288 286 929
78 Skeel, David Arthur Jr. University of Pennsylvania 9 16 209 975 634
79 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 2 2 269 1,165 170
80 Stucke, Maurice Eitel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 13 276 498 736
81 Harper Ho, Virginia City University of Hong Kong 8 6 299 143 957
82 Choi, Stephen New York University 11 15 257 837 453
83 DeMott, Deborah A. Duke University 8 16 167 1,124 578
84 Dodd, E. Merrick Jr. 3 8 215 1,146 321
85 Klausner, Michael Stanford University 7 8 224 956 446
86 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 2 4 242 1,216 116
87 Wachter, Michael L. University of Pennsylvania 10 15 273 851 285
88 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 9 11 222 1,029 361
89 Shapiro, Carl 10 13 287 556 492
90 Triantis, George Gregory Stanford University 8 16 244 845 376
91 Goshen, Zohar Columbia University School of Law 8 7 337 214 535
92 Pitofsky, Robert 5 19 138 1,627 124
93 Werden, Gregory J. 9 16 224 800 499
94 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 7 15 183 1,223 292
95 Pargendler, Mariana Harvard University 10 6 209 122 1,220
96 Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. University of Michigan 8 10 266 626 453
97 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 7 13 212 1,104 247
98 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 8 9 301 481 401
99 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 4 5 180 1,158 332
100 Wright, Joshua 9 14 256 527 552