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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 16 34 774 5,968 1,623
2 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 16 27 1,232 3,326 1,798
3 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 12 25 609 6,683 1,464
4 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 14 23 801 4,042 1,089
5 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 17 28 962 1,939 1,588
6 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 11 28 598 2,410 2,565
7 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 9 13 465 4,347 1,068
8 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 13 34 578 3,468 904
9 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 11 33 434 3,252 1,645
10 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 14 29 597 3,120 964
11 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 9 15 428 3,296 994
12 Gordon, Jeffrey N. Columbia University School of Law 10 16 597 2,384 756
13 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 12 20 483 2,904 707
14 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 11 28 396 3,006 903
15 Kahan, Marcel New York University 13 23 569 1,984 772
16 Stout, Lynn A. 11 20 489 2,571 559
17 Choi, Stephen New York University 12 24 488 2,139 817
18 Jackson, Thomas H. University of Rochester 8 19 296 3,173 451
19 Levitin, Adam J. Georgetown University 14 18 536 902 1,222
20 Skeel, David Arthur Jr. University of Pennsylvania 11 23 434 1,710 892
21 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 8 14 336 2,022 1,039
22 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 11 22 319 2,702 439
23 Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. University of Michigan 13 15 462 924 1,410
24 Schauer, Frederick 13 15 443 1,771 652
25 Warren, Elizabeth Harvard University 8 30 308 2,537 540
26 Arner, Douglas Wayne University of Hong Kong 9 8 262 166 2,903
27 Romano, Roberta Yale University 11 17 340 2,132 464
28 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 11 17 502 1,108 575
29 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 11 18 407 1,480 645
30 Roe, Mark Harvard University 12 18 318 1,757 721
31 Rock, Edward B. New York University 12 14 450 1,293 472
32 Westbrook, Jay Lawrence 9 26 246 2,028 715
33 Surrey, Stanley S. 8 28 181 2,760 274
34 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 6 8 396 1,497 404
35 Bratton, William Wilson University of Pennsylvania 11 20 331 1,501 675
36 Buckley, Ross P. 9 8 231 205 2,402
37 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 10 9 315 1,585 651
38 Rasmussen, Robert Kenneth University of Southern California 9 22 328 1,640 528
39 Trautman, Lawrence J. 14 9 456 186 1,281
40 Thompson, Robert B. Georgetown University 11 20 356 1,499 413
41 Omarova, Saule University of Pennsylvania 13 13 450 485 821
42 Thomas, Randall S. Vanderbilt University 10 22 314 1,306 623
43 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 11 18 318 1,273 611
44 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 6 20 207 1,935 510
45 Ayres, Ian Yale University 8 18 303 1,489 375
46 Kagan, Elena U.S. Supreme Court 1 1 423 1,034 251
47 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 9 14 232 1,133 1,005
48 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 8 24 216 1,677 435
49 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 7 15 190 1,779 449
50 Weisbach, David A. University of Chicago 9 15 279 1,043 694
51 Briffault, Richard Columbia University School of Law 7 22 191 1,501 640
52 Eskridge, William Yale University 5 8 199 1,971 146
53 Zaring, David 13 15 327 647 748
54 Fox, Merritt B. Columbia University School of Law 10 18 289 1,035 532
55 Fried, Jesse Harvard University 7 16 233 1,178 617
56 Radin, Margaret Jane University of Toronto 3 4 231 1,326 467
57 Bittker, Boris I. Yale University 4 21 99 2,192 230
58 Hemel, Daniel New York University 10 7 400 220 608
59 Solomon, Steven M. University of California, Berkeley 10 4 408 133 629
60 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 14 162 1,733 254
61 Graetz, Michael Columbia University School of Law 8 16 205 1,460 242
62 Ribstein, Larry E. 8 22 130 1,638 418
63 Hamdani, Assaf Tel-Aviv University 9 5 338 299 686
64 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 2 3 271 1,168 177
65 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 10 9 317 415 582
66 Kobi Kastiel 8 4 336 54 828
67 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 7 3 358 95 660
68 Shaviro, Daniel N. New York University 8 19 198 1,161 372
69 Cox, James D. Duke University 7 21 153 1,438 275
70 Sale, Hillary A. Georgetown University 10 13 242 816 432
71 Monaghan, Henry P. 2 4 230 1,197 126
72 Carlson, David Gray Yeshiva University 6 21 138 1,223 519
73 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 4 215 1,191 184
74 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 10 11 270 355 694
75 Lubben, Stephen J. Seton Hall University 8 15 226 571 672
76 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 5 4 222 698 573
77 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 9 9 283 602 355
78 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 6 15 255 789 305
79 Yadav , Yesha Vanderbilt University 8 7 239 149 973
80 Seligman, Joel Washington University 7 19 121 1,338 391
81 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 3 328 199 500
82 Countryman, Vern 4 20 70 1,855 140
83 Waldman, Ari Ezra University of California, Irvine 3 1 66 9 1,936
84 Harper Ho, Virginia City University of Hong Kong 8 4 267 80 885
85 Partnoy, Frank University of California, Berkeley 8 12 163 766 718
86 Levmore, Saul University of Chicago 6 16 130 1,277 386
87 Pritchard, A. C. 9 16 215 935 298
88 Hirst, Scott Paul Boston University 7 3 385 69 315
89 Allen, Hilary J. American University 9 5 247 79 960
90 Bernstein, Lisa University of Chicago 6 5 183 1,192 202
91 Jacoby, Melissa B. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 15 261 635 352
92 Pasquale, Frank A. Cornell University 5 5 305 241 524
93 Pound, Roscoe 5 15 66 1,628 312
94 Kalven, Harry Jr. 4 5 110 1,580 152
95 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 4 6 180 1,164 202
96 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 9 13 190 742 547
97 Mann, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 7 19 168 1,086 307
98 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 8 14 138 1,316 227
99 Keay, Andrew 4 5 69 108 1,706
100 Janger, Edward J. Brooklyn Law School 9 11 264 485 392