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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 7 14 237 1,129 686
2 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 10 11 332 383 810
3 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 8 11 191 782 412
4 Michelman, Frank I. arvard University 1 2 65 1,868 58
5 Logue, Kyle University of Michigan 8 12 167 629 315
6 Featherston, C. Moxley 1 1 195 824 7
7 Fama, Eugene F. 2 2 78 750 661
8 Jensen, Michael C. 2 2 78 750 661
9 O'Connell, Jeffrey 2 22 15 1,670 91
10 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 1 1 80 1,257 131
11 Kessler, Friedrich Yale University 1 3 87 1,124 42
12 Keeton, Robert E. 2 13 34 1,170 35
13 Prince, Anya University of Iowa 4 4 140 46 345
14 Macneil, Ian R. 3 3 47 468 382
15 Dan-Cohen, Meir University of California, Berkeley 1 3 87 538 74
16 Priest, George L. 2 7 38 774 102
17 Patterson, Edwin W. 2 11 33 775 113
18 Hall, Mark A. Wake Forest University 4 13 38 748 98
19 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 2 10 20 847 71
20 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 13 33 749 74
21 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 3 4 41 527 232
22 Sage, William M. Texas A&M University 5 11 63 507 117
23 Schwartz, Gary T. 3 7 58 485 126
24 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 51 434 173
25 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 10 72 300 180
26 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 4 4 62 364 149
27 Huberfeld, Nicole Boston University 5 7 71 233 209
28 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 10 46 447 127
29 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 4 4 59 242 240
30 Richmond, Douglas R. 3 12 36 421 179
31 Romano, Roberta Yale University 3 3 55 433 63
32 Jost, Timothy Stoltzfus 4 11 44 419 121
33 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 5 13 53 362 110
34 French, Christopher C. 5 6 70 84 267
35 Nimmer, Melville B. 1 1 46 463 54
36 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 3 9 69 277 75
37 Havighurst, Clark C. 2 12 10 603 71
38 Trautman, Lawrence J. 4 3 80 49 199
39 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 1 1 44 288 160
40 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 3 5 74 122 144
41 Kinney, Eleanor D. Indiana University Indianapolis 2 15 11 557 64
42 Rappaport, John University of Chicago 3 2 87 60 121
43 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 3 4 46 132 250
44 Wiley, Lindsay University of California, Los Angeles 5 4 83 55 112
45 Kimball, Spencer L. 1 12 8 527 71
46 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 3 4 28 465 25
47 Boardman, Michelle E. George Mason University 5 5 57 184 103
48 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 3 4 70 119 88
49 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 5 57 180 65
50 Andrews, William D. 1 1 30 390 15
51 Sugarman, Stephen 2 6 19 377 67
52 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 4 7 43 133 137
53 Syverud, Kent D. Syracuse University 2 4 27 339 31
54 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 8 8 217 233
55 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 3 4 51 119 102
56 Ormerod, Peter C. 2 2 54 35 160
57 Engel, Kathleen C. Suffolk University 2 2 32 299 34
58 Vazquez, Carlos M. Georgetown University 2 2 27 341 13
59 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 2 3 29 154 167
60 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 1 3 15 309 101
61 Bohlen, Francis H. 1 5 10 431 14
62 Fox, Dov University of San Diego 2 1 61 47 96
63 McCoy, Patricia A. Boston College 2 2 35 256 39
64 Fahey, Bridget A. University of Chicago 2 1 55 4 161
65 Rice, Willy E. St. Mary's University 4 7 38 169 95
66 Kesselheim, Aaron S. 3 4 50 59 133
67 Burger, Warren E. U.S. Supreme Court 1 1 8 436 12
68 Kay, Herma Hill 2 4 15 326 71
69 Spade, Dean Seattle University 2 2 43 172 65
70 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 1 1 13 384 27
71 Schauer, Frederick 2 2 34 171 102
72 Maher, Brendan S. Texas A&M University 3 7 45 110 92
73 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 1 2 8 418 9
74 Green, Leon 2 11 13 363 26
75 Swisher, Peter Nash 3 8 24 254 64
76 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 4 2 55 26 109
77 Nevitt, Mark P. Emory University 3 1 25 5 280
78 Kritzer, Herbert M. University of Minnesota 2 3 53 102 50
79 Avraham, Ronen Tel-Aviv University 3 4 44 115 73
80 Friedman, Lawrence M. 2 2 14 323 28
81 Fuse Brown, Erin Chiyoko 5 4 53 44 70
82 Stapleton, Jane 2 3 23 176 107
83 Wardle, Lynn D. Brigham Young University Law School 2 3 9 206 150
84 Pryor, Ellen University of North Texas at Dallas 3 11 15 287 41
85 Blumstein, James F. Vanderbilt University 2 5 12 322 28
86 Weiler, Paul C. 2 5 18 274 40
87 Jacobi, John V. Seton Hall University 2 9 12 246 84
88 Diver, Colin S. 1 2 14 306 19
89 Reese, Willis L. M. 1 2 9 342 12
90 Beale, Joseph H. 1 3 7 329 33
91 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 50 77 39
92 Farhang, Sean University of California, Berkeley 1 1 50 77 39
93 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 3 6 35 137 56
94 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 29 173 58
95 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 29 173 58
96 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 3 2 52 12 81
97 Hoffman, Allison K. University of Pennsylvania 3 4 37 100 75
98 Krause, Joan H. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 7 25 193 52
99 Cheatham, Elliott E. 1 1 9 336 11
100 Watson, Sidney D. Saint Louis University 3 7 20 200 67