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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 11 12 352 415 853
2 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 7 15 232 1,155 726
3 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 9 14 227 919 377
4 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 1 2 65 1,865 60
5 Logue, Kyle University of Michigan 8 12 170 635 303
6 Featherston, C. Moxley 1 1 193 824 5
7 O'Connell, Jeffrey 2 22 15 1,676 90
8 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 1 1 76 1,257 120
9 Kessler, Friedrich Yale University 1 3 81 1,124 44
10 Keeton, Robert E. 2 13 34 1,169 38
11 Prince, Anya University of Iowa 4 4 137 46 336
12 Macneil, Ian R. 3 3 47 468 348
13 Dan-Cohen, Meir University of California, Berkeley 1 3 86 538 76
14 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 11 94 388 149
15 Patterson, Edwin W. 2 11 32 774 124
16 Priest, George L. 2 7 37 774 99
17 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 4 6 45 548 227
18 Hall, Mark A. Wake Forest University 4 13 35 747 96
19 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 2 10 20 846 78
20 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 13 33 749 65
21 French, Christopher C. 5 6 91 86 315
22 Sage, William M. Texas A&M University 4 11 58 516 108
23 Schwartz, Gary T. 3 7 58 485 137
24 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 11 51 469 177
25 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 11 45 493 131
26 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 4 4 59 364 154
27 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 4 4 58 244 252
28 Huberfeld, Nicole Boston University 5 7 67 233 201
29 Jost, Timothy Stoltzfus 4 11 42 425 134
30 Romano, Roberta Yale University 3 3 54 434 68
31 Richmond, Douglas R. 3 12 31 425 172
32 Havighurst, Clark C. 2 13 17 625 71
33 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 5 13 50 362 120
34 Trautman, Lawrence J. 4 3 80 49 233
35 Nimmer, Melville B. 1 1 41 462 48
36 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 3 9 63 277 75
37 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 3 5 72 123 151
38 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 1 1 41 288 167
39 Kinney, Eleanor D. Indiana University Indianapolis 2 15 10 564 74
40 Rappaport, John University of Chicago 3 2 86 60 120
41 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 3 4 44 132 244
42 Wiley, Lindsay University of California, Los Angeles 5 4 79 55 124
43 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 3 4 28 465 33
44 McCoy, Patricia A. Boston College 3 3 55 269 61
45 Kimball, Spencer L. 1 12 8 527 72
46 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 3 4 69 119 91
47 Boardman, Michelle E. George Mason University 5 5 53 187 92
48 Ormerod, Peter C. 2 2 54 35 201
49 Avraham, Ronen Tel-Aviv University 3 5 56 155 83
50 Bishop, Joseph W. Jr. 1 3 7 529 10
51 Sugarman, Stephen 2 6 19 377 75
52 Andrews, William D. 1 1 30 390 9
53 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 4 7 43 139 143
54 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 8 8 217 256
55 Syverud, Kent D. Syracuse University 2 5 29 350 32
56 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 5 50 182 58
57 Fox, Dov University of San Diego 2 1 60 47 112
58 Schulze, W. G. 1 4 1 43 416
59 Swisher, Peter Nash 3 9 26 282 70
60 Rice, Willy E. St. Mary's University 4 7 37 169 110
61 Vazquez, Carlos M. Georgetown University 2 2 27 341 16
62 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 2 3 28 154 172
63 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 1 3 13 310 110
64 Engel, Kathleen C. Suffolk University 2 2 29 299 35
65 Spade, Dean Seattle University 2 2 43 172 68
66 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 3 4 48 119 84
67 Maher, Brendan S. Texas A&M University 3 7 45 116 98
68 Fahey, Bridget A. University of Chicago 2 1 49 4 177
69 Bohlen, Francis H. 1 5 9 431 12
70 Kesselheim, Aaron S. 3 4 49 59 123
71 Jerry, Robert H. II University of Missouri 3 9 28 235 76
72 Kay, Herma Hill 2 4 14 326 69
73 Burger, Warren E. U.S. Supreme Court 1 1 7 435 12
74 Schauer, Frederick 2 2 33 171 105
75 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 1 1 12 384 26
76 Kritzer, Herbert M. University of Minnesota 2 3 53 102 49
77 Green, Leon 2 11 13 363 23
78 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 1 2 7 418 6
79 Swedloff, Rick Rutgers University 4 4 43 87 87
80 Weiler, Paul C. 2 5 17 274 59
81 Blumstein, James F. Vanderbilt University 2 5 12 322 39
82 Stapleton, Jane 2 3 23 176 106
83 Fama, Eugene F. 1 1 15 201 127
84 Jensen, Michael C. 1 1 15 201 127
85 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 4 2 51 26 86
86 Wardle, Lynn D. Brigham Young University Law School 1 3 7 206 158
87 Pryor, Ellen University of North Texas at Dallas 3 11 14 289 42
88 Friedman, Lawrence M. 2 2 12 323 26
89 Nevitt, Mark P. Emory University 3 1 20 5 257
90 Fuse Brown, Erin Chiyoko 5 4 50 44 64
91 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 3 2 50 12 94
92 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 50 77 38
93 Farhang, Sean University of California, Berkeley 1 1 50 77 38
94 Hoffman, Allison K. University of Pennsylvania 3 4 36 100 85
95 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 2 1 38 43 126
96 Krause, Joan H. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 7 25 194 54
97 Knutsen, Erik S. 4 4 41 56 89
98 Jacobi, John V. Seton Hall University 2 9 10 246 84
99 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 28 173 59
100 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 28 173 59