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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Prosser, William L. 6 25 405 7,885 452
2 Brandeis, Louis D. U.S. Supreme Court 1 2 746 5,103 642
3 Warren, Samuel D. 1 1 746 5,091 641
4 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 14 19 636 1,808 871
5 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 350 3,449 621
6 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 13 18 545 1,700 887
7 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 227 3,480 630
8 Henderson, James A. Jr. 7 29 185 3,015 329
9 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 221 2,614 448
10 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 205 2,796 293
11 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 529 170 1,226
12 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 4 31 79 3,158 409
13 Schwartz, Gary T. 7 17 166 2,143 833
14 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 3 595 77 606
15 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 8 20 294 1,469 428
16 Wade, John W. 3 21 44 2,896 216
17 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 14 231 1,635 411
18 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 349 620 809
19 Green, Leon 5 27 81 2,414 251
20 Chayes, Abram Harvard University 1 2 153 2,054 233
21 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 8 18 164 1,466 639
22 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 7 23 171 1,702 356
23 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 147 1,586 568
24 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 1 430 67 536
25 Bohlen, Francis H. 4 22 51 2,138 181
26 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 7 6 248 918 408
27 Eisenberg, Theodore 7 14 162 1,513 205
28 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 13 259 684 498
29 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 5 9 166 1,355 239
30 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 8 16 252 512 601
31 Kalven, Harry Jr. 4 8 95 1,774 52
32 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 11 227 778 292
33 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 131 1,165 286
34 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 14 123 983 428
35 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 262 494 219
36 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 143 742 539
37 Keeton, Page 3 18 17 1,761 164
38 Priest, George L. 3 12 60 1,493 164
39 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 8 11 174 590 418
40 Leflar, Robert A. 3 16 37 1,595 106
41 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 6 15 111 983 325
42 Nissenbaum, Helen 3 2 86 218 1,153
43 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 9 191 469 375
44 Borchard, Edwin M. 3 9 49 1,519 48
45 Green, Michael D. Washington University 6 16 113 898 242
46 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 5 10 169 631 232
47 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 209 574 94
48 Morris, Clarence 3 15 26 1,438 107
49 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 277 55 223
50 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 87 1,117 84
51 Scherer, Matthew U. 2 2 126 58 902
52 Robertson, David W. 6 16 102 951 138
53 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 4 8 82 1,052 125
54 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 79 39 1,073
55 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 49 1,064 234
56 Franklin, Marc A. 3 16 36 1,270 82
57 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 104 782 225
58 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 2 186 15 551
59 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 71 626 508
60 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 4 16 115 666 257
61 Schauer, Frederick 6 9 126 613 249
62 Seavey, Warren A. 4 13 38 1,189 112
63 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 8 9 195 271 235
64 Malone, Wex S. 4 14 43 1,184 86
65 Keeton, Robert E. 3 13 35 1,186 89
66 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 112 710 163
67 Stapleton, Jane 5 13 79 607 401
68 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 4 217 118 181
69 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 4 204 141 214
70 McGovern, Francis E. 6 14 88 866 65
71 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 65 828 185
72 Noel, Dix W. 2 15 8 1,250 18
73 Bloustein, Edward J. 2 4 48 847 214
74 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 89 643 192
75 Sugarman, Stephen 5 10 84 600 250
76 Hensler, Deborah R. 5 14 79 750 129
77 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 112 323 374
78 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 7 10 142 298 239
79 Perry, Ronen University of Haifa 6 7 120 199 436
80 Anderson, David A. 6 10 85 659 158
81 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 7 6 178 206 149
82 Smith, Jeremiah 4 16 39 1,017 34
83 King, Joseph H. Jr. 4 12 62 794 113
84 Mullenix, Linda S. 5 15 85 682 105
85 Hyman, David Georgetown University 5 10 82 479 300
86 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 145 114 323
87 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 98 434 244
88 Dewey, John 2 3 70 582 230
89 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 69 715 101
90 Fleming, John G. 3 14 21 849 188
91 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 113 529 54
92 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 192 35 149
93 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 192 35 149
94 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 59 810 39
95 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 3 9 29 468 499
96 Coleman, Jules L. 5 10 52 506 348
97 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 120 345 145
98 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 7 7 123 229 238
99 Erichson, Howard M. Fordham University 6 8 111 439 93
100 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 4 7 73 433 277