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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 8 14 273 1,108 782
2 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 11 11 367 357 904
3 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 9 14 290 850 406
4 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 1 2 80 1,848 64
5 Fama, Eugene F. 2 2 102 724 836
6 Jensen, Michael C. 2 2 102 724 836
7 Logue, Kyle University of Michigan 8 11 212 590 330
8 O'Connell, Jeffrey 2 22 19 1,772 101
9 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 1 1 93 1,239 128
10 Kessler, Friedrich Yale University 1 3 90 1,114 44
11 Keeton, Robert E. 3 13 42 1,159 42
12 Prince, Anya University of Iowa 4 4 152 30 366
13 Macneil, Ian R. 3 3 59 456 363
14 Dan-Cohen, Meir University of California, Berkeley 1 3 98 522 80
15 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 11 108 373 163
16 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 4 6 60 529 243
17 Hall, Mark A. Wake Forest University 4 13 46 736 105
18 Priest, George L. 3 6 42 763 100
19 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 3 9 28 786 84
20 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 13 37 744 68
21 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 11 62 458 192
22 Sage, William M. Texas A&M University 4 10 67 504 118
23 French, Christopher C. 5 6 106 70 346
24 Schwartz, Gary T. 3 7 63 477 145
25 Kinney, Eleanor D. Indiana University Indianapolis 3 14 60 517 80
26 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 7 13 81 347 134
27 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 11 53 484 138
28 Huberfeld, Nicole Boston University 5 7 89 210 226
29 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 4 4 72 350 159
30 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 4 4 72 229 265
31 Jost, Timothy Stoltzfus 4 11 48 417 156
32 Havighurst, Clark C. 2 13 24 618 79
33 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 2 2 58 462 71
34 Romano, Roberta Yale University 3 3 63 423 72
35 Richmond, Douglas R. 3 12 37 418 185
36 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 3 9 87 252 85
37 Trautman, Lawrence J. 4 3 92 35 247
38 Nimmer, Melville B. 1 1 51 452 49
39 Patterson, Edwin W. 2 10 20 592 57
40 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 3 5 92 101 168
41 Rappaport, John University of Chicago 3 2 106 38 131
42 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 1 1 48 281 177
43 Kimball, Spencer L. 2 12 13 522 81
44 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 3 4 30 462 36
45 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 3 4 50 126 255
46 Wiley, Lindsay University of California, Los Angeles 5 3 98 35 108
47 Avraham, Ronen Tel-Aviv University 3 5 74 136 98
48 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 2 3 83 89 91
49 Bishop, Joseph W. Jr. 1 3 12 524 11
50 Boardman, Michelle E. George Mason University 5 5 61 178 100
51 Sugarman, Stephen 2 6 24 372 79
52 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 8 10 215 292
53 Ormerod, Peter C. 2 2 65 22 215
54 Andrews, William D. 1 1 35 384 10
55 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 4 6 54 128 156
56 Syverud, Kent D. Syracuse University 3 5 36 343 35
57 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 5 61 170 66
58 Fox, Dov University of San Diego 2 1 78 29 121
59 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 1 3 22 300 118
60 Vazquez, Carlos M. Georgetown University 2 2 37 331 15
61 Maher, Brendan S. Texas A&M University 4 6 59 102 110
62 Engel, Kathleen C. Suffolk University 2 2 37 291 38
63 Swisher, Peter Nash 3 9 31 276 74
64 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 3 4 61 105 90
65 Jerry, Robert H. II University of Missouri 3 9 37 226 85
66 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 2 3 32 148 183
67 Schulze, W. G. 1 4 3 41 420
68 Spade, Dean Seattle University 2 2 51 164 75
69 Schauer, Frederick 2 2 44 159 112
70 Burger, Warren E. U.S. Supreme Court 1 1 9 433 16
71 Bohlen, Francis H. 1 5 10 430 12
72 Rice, Willy E. St. Mary's University 4 7 40 166 112
73 Kay, Herma Hill 3 4 18 320 71
74 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 1 1 15 381 28
75 Kesselheim, Aaron S. 3 4 58 49 134
76 McCoy, Patricia A. Boston College 2 2 37 250 43
77 Green, Leon 2 11 16 360 26
78 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 1 2 8 417 7
79 Swedloff, Rick Rutgers University 4 4 57 73 93
80 Kritzer, Herbert M. University of Minnesota 2 3 62 92 54
81 Friedman, Lawrence M. 2 2 22 313 27
82 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 2 1 53 28 142
83 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 4 1 65 11 98
84 Fahey, Bridget A. University of Chicago 3 1 48 3 186
85 Weiler, Paul C. 2 5 19 272 61
86 Wardle, Lynn D. Brigham Young University Law School 1 3 8 204 179
87 Jacobi, John V. Seton Hall University 2 9 19 237 90
88 Stapleton, Jane 2 3 27 172 110
89 Pryor, Ellen University of North Texas at Dallas 3 11 15 287 50
90 Hoffman, Allison K. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 46 87 90
91 Beale, Joseph H. 2 3 11 325 27
92 Nevitt, Mark P. Emory University 3 1 22 3 275
93 Krause, Joan H. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 7 30 189 55
94 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 58 68 43
95 Farhang, Sean University of California, Berkeley 1 1 58 68 43
96 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 3 6 41 130 56
97 Fuse Brown, Erin Chiyoko 5 4 57 37 67
98 Hoffman, Sharona Case Western Reserve University 4 7 26 184 73
99 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 3 6 24 202 67
100 Reese, Willis L. M. 1 2 9 342 9