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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 16 27 1,095 3,533 1,766
2 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 15 34 637 6,152 1,427
3 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 12 25 520 6,823 1,234
4 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 13 24 658 4,228 936
5 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 15 30 859 2,113 1,267
6 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 11 28 505 2,538 2,226
7 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 9 13 391 4,459 946
8 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 11 34 404 3,862 1,206
9 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 14 29 528 3,239 868
10 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 11 35 495 3,593 715
11 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 9 15 356 3,397 1,110
12 Gordon, Jeffrey N. Columbia University School of Law 9 16 502 2,510 573
13 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 10 29 364 3,070 694
14 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 11 22 396 3,011 563
15 Kahan, Marcel New York University 13 23 495 2,106 687
16 Stout, Lynn A. 9 20 403 2,687 473
17 Choi, Stephen New York University 11 24 409 2,249 704
18 Jackson, Thomas H. University of Rochester 8 19 264 3,229 446
19 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 8 14 299 2,092 1,189
20 Skeel, David Arthur Jr. University of Pennsylvania 12 23 427 1,792 773
21 Levitin, Adam J. Georgetown University 13 19 448 1,033 1,083
22 Warren, Elizabeth Harvard University 8 30 288 2,610 483
23 Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. University of Michigan 12 16 421 1,006 1,220
24 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 9 24 269 2,761 362
25 Schauer, Frederick 12 15 383 1,724 559
26 Arner, Douglas Wayne University of Hong Kong 9 9 203 235 2,646
27 Romano, Roberta Yale University 10 17 299 2,192 357
28 Roe, Mark Harvard University 11 19 300 1,873 584
29 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 11 19 338 1,573 594
30 Westbrook, Jay Lawrence 8 26 219 2,081 677
31 Surrey, Stanley S. 8 28 175 2,782 256
32 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 10 9 294 1,638 650
33 Rock, Edward B. New York University 11 14 390 1,384 371
34 Mather, Lynn 1 1 3 26 3,481
35 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 6 8 344 1,577 364
36 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 7 25 214 2,247 390
37 Rasmussen, Robert Kenneth University of Southern California 9 22 293 1,700 430
38 Buckley, Ross P. 9 9 187 260 2,205
39 Trautman, Lawrence J. 14 10 415 237 1,019
40 Bratton, William Wilson University of Pennsylvania 11 20 262 1,587 570
41 Thompson, Robert B. Georgetown University 10 20 294 1,580 349
42 Omarova, Saule University of Pennsylvania 12 15 377 580 740
43 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 11 18 269 1,347 557
44 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 6 20 181 1,974 436
45 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 17 311 1,074 541
46 Kagan, Elena U.S. Supreme Court 1 1 358 1,125 250
47 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 7 15 213 1,176 890
48 Ayres, Ian Yale University 8 18 245 1,563 364
49 Thomas, Randall S. Vanderbilt University 8 23 229 1,404 479
50 Weisbach, David A. University of Chicago 9 15 256 1,083 592
51 Radin, Margaret Jane University of Toronto 3 4 220 1,367 518
52 Eskridge, William Yale University 4 8 174 2,015 149
53 Keay, Andrew 5 5 71 115 2,323
54 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 7 15 148 1,830 412
55 Zaring, David 11 15 290 707 676
56 Fox, Merritt B. Columbia University School of Law 9 18 257 1,084 461
57 Briffault, Richard Columbia University School of Law 6 22 156 1,549 545
58 Bittker, Boris I. Yale University 5 21 97 2,209 220
59 Fried, Jesse Harvard University 8 16 211 1,221 485
60 Hemel, Daniel New York University 12 8 350 296 500
61 Graetz, Michael Columbia University School of Law 8 16 191 1,490 227
62 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 2 3 254 1,202 173
63 Kastiel, Kobi Tel-Aviv University 8 4 311 106 845
64 Hamdani, Assaf Tel-Aviv University 8 6 312 361 614
65 Solomon, Steven M. University of California, Berkeley 9 8 360 208 508
66 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 7 4 363 137 547
67 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 14 134 1,768 216
68 Waldman, Ari Ezra University of California, Irvine 3 1 67 13 1,969
69 Shaviro, Daniel N. New York University 8 19 184 1,189 335
70 Tallarita, Roberto Harvard University 3 1 315 1 715
71 Ribstein, Larry E. 7 22 102 1,660 291
72 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 4 198 1,225 201
73 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 4 316 235 475
74 Monaghan, Henry P. 2 4 218 1,226 85
75 Jacoby, Melissa B. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 16 254 686 349
76 Carlson, David Gray Yeshiva University 6 22 124 1,250 464
77 Harper Ho, Virginia City University of Hong Kong 8 4 267 95 756
78 Sale, Hillary A. Georgetown University 9 14 218 856 309
79 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 5 5 206 732 475
80 Cox, James D. Duke University 6 21 112 1,486 258
81 Bernstein, Lisa University of Chicago 6 5 159 1,226 260
82 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 9 10 261 490 387
83 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 6 15 229 829 247
84 Casey, Anthony J. University of Chicago 11 8 283 251 477
85 Yadav , Yesha Vanderbilt University 8 7 223 197 817
86 Levmore, Saul University of Chicago 6 16 119 1,299 355
87 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 8 10 240 661 315
88 Allen, Hilary J. American University 9 6 233 120 820
89 Hirst, Scott Paul Boston University 7 5 344 135 256
90 Countryman, Vern 4 20 59 1,875 125
91 Lubben, Stephen J. Seton Hall University 8 16 204 617 504
92 Partnoy, Frank University of California, Berkeley 9 13 145 796 627
93 Seligman, Joel Washington University 6 19 114 1,358 282
94 Pasquale, Frank A. Cornell University 5 6 262 306 471
95 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 4 7 163 1,200 160
96 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 9 12 252 378 435
97 Pritchard, A. C. 8 16 182 983 235
98 Gamage, David University of Missouri 11 9 254 310 467
99 Janger, Edward J. Brooklyn Law School 9 12 237 541 345
100 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 9 13 170 781 465