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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Prosser, William L. 7 25 336 7,979 387
2 Brandeis, Louis D. U.S. Supreme Court 1 2 642 5,248 951
3 Warren, Samuel D. 1 1 642 5,236 945
4 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 15 20 546 1,933 929
5 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 318 3,508 548
6 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 12 19 493 1,784 840
7 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 202 3,520 551
8 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 514 212 1,054
9 Henderson, James A. Jr. 6 29 156 3,056 308
10 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 197 2,653 420
11 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 185 2,838 284
12 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 6 570 198 579
13 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 15 257 2,049 512
14 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 4 31 58 3,185 330
15 Schwartz, Gary T. 7 18 153 2,224 636
16 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 330 656 853
17 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 21 255 1,518 418
18 Wade, John W. 3 21 39 2,905 209
19 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 8 18 141 1,495 714
20 Chayes, Abram Harvard University 1 2 130 2,080 258
21 Green, Leon 5 27 62 2,432 227
22 Kim, Sang Ah 1 1 23 1 2,534
23 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 129 1,616 545
24 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 6 25 146 1,733 344
25 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 2 368 140 545
26 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 6 7 233 948 408
27 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 14 239 758 495
28 Eisenberg, Theodore 6 15 140 1,637 203
29 Bohlen, Francis H. 4 22 51 2,147 141
30 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 17 223 555 520
31 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 4 9 141 1,385 193
32 Kalven, Harry Jr. 4 8 84 1,790 50
33 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 8 12 191 819 296
34 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 111 1,193 297
35 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 132 765 509
36 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 14 110 1,003 411
37 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 7 11 156 616 511
38 Priest, George L. 3 12 66 1,500 167
39 Nissenbaum, Helen 3 2 80 232 1,214
40 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 229 538 175
41 Keeton, Page 2 18 13 1,767 164
42 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 10 182 497 326
43 Leflar, Robert A. 2 16 30 1,602 117
44 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 6 15 94 1,006 291
45 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 259 83 217
46 Green, Michael D. Washington University 6 16 105 911 236
47 Borchard, Edwin M. 3 9 30 1,543 58
48 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 173 609 98
49 Morris, Clarence 3 15 22 1,443 109
50 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 6 3 168 45 603
51 Polinsky, Alan Mitchell 4 8 111 800 221
52 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 79 42 1,050
53 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 73 1,135 71
54 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 8 70 1,068 116
55 Robertson, David W. 5 17 79 981 137
56 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 7 9 189 282 200
57 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 5 10 128 619 212
58 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 5 199 159 233
59 Franklin, Marc A. 3 16 35 1,275 72
60 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 5 16 101 686 244
61 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 39 1,076 211
62 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 85 805 189
63 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 65 652 414
64 Malone, Wex S. 3 14 36 1,198 72
65 Scherer, Matthew U. 2 2 106 84 706
66 Seavey, Warren A. 4 13 27 1,188 112
67 Stapleton, Jane 5 13 69 620 391
68 Keeton, Robert E. 3 13 28 1,196 78
69 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 6 187 158 181
70 Bloustein, Edward J. 2 4 44 858 292
71 Schauer, Frederick 5 10 94 652 207
72 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 86 736 170
73 Perry, Ronen University of Haifa 5 8 113 216 468
74 McGovern, Francis E. 6 13 78 862 50
75 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 141 132 361
76 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 60 837 142
77 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 6 7 166 230 140
78 Noel, Dix W. 2 15 7 1,252 23
79 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 108 336 293
80 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 69 663 192
81 Smith, Jeremiah 3 16 33 1,023 34
82 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 7 13 106 427 180
83 King, Joseph H. Jr. 4 12 53 803 118
84 Sugarman, Stephen 5 9 70 591 218
85 Anderson, David A. 5 10 66 679 149
86 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 6 10 117 328 200
87 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 172 58 153
88 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 172 58 153
89 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 8 7 114 246 252
90 Fleming, John G. 2 14 16 855 197
91 Hensler, Deborah R. 4 13 51 740 117
92 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 54 821 31
93 Dewey, John 2 3 56 598 213
94 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 66 497 244
95 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 56 730 88
96 Mullenix, Linda S. 5 13 72 641 80
97 Coleman, Jules L. 4 10 44 518 329
98 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 107 365 134
99 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 92 555 43
100 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 79 456 194