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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Prosser, William L. 6 25 404 7,883 439
2 Brandeis, Louis D. U.S. Supreme Court 1 2 738 5,103 604
3 Warren, Samuel D. 1 1 738 5,091 604
4 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 14 19 629 1,808 850
5 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 348 3,449 613
6 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 12 18 534 1,700 875
7 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 222 3,484 633
8 Henderson, James A. Jr. 7 29 183 3,015 327
9 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 221 2,614 449
10 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 200 2,793 284
11 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 528 170 1,220
12 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 4 31 78 3,156 399
13 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 4 624 122 658
14 Schwartz, Gary T. 7 17 165 2,143 820
15 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 20 288 1,465 431
16 Wade, John W. 3 21 44 2,896 215
17 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 14 230 1,635 416
18 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 349 620 813
19 Green, Leon 5 28 81 2,449 256
20 Chayes, Abram Harvard University 1 2 152 2,053 257
21 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 7 18 159 1,465 621
22 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 146 1,585 564
23 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 7 23 168 1,702 341
24 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 1 430 67 527
25 Eisenberg, Theodore 8 15 168 1,600 217
26 Bohlen, Francis H. 4 22 50 2,136 181
27 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 13 264 716 514
28 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 7 6 247 918 393
29 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 5 9 164 1,355 251
30 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 8 16 250 512 604
31 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 11 242 782 335
32 Kalven, Harry Jr. 4 8 95 1,773 60
33 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 131 1,165 293
34 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 262 494 229
35 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 14 123 983 411
36 Keeton, Page 3 18 17 1,761 161
37 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 143 740 523
38 Priest, George L. 3 12 58 1,490 167
39 Leflar, Robert A. 3 16 37 1,595 119
40 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 8 11 172 589 411
41 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 6 15 104 983 337
42 Nissenbaum, Helen 3 2 86 218 1,134
43 Borchard, Edwin M. 3 9 49 1,519 48
44 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 9 189 469 371
45 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 6 10 174 631 238
46 Green, Michael D. Washington University 5 16 111 898 244
47 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 209 574 88
48 Scherer, Matthew U. 2 2 125 58 973
49 Morris, Clarence 3 15 26 1,433 109
50 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 277 55 219
51 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 86 1,117 83
52 Robertson, David W. 6 16 100 951 135
53 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 4 8 82 1,052 117
54 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 48 1,063 234
55 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 4 16 115 666 281
56 Franklin, Marc A. 3 16 36 1,270 77
57 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 69 638 522
58 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 102 782 223
59 Schauer, Frederick 6 9 126 613 253
60 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 2 185 15 541
61 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 8 9 192 271 248
62 Malone, Wex S. 4 14 43 1,184 84
63 Seavey, Warren A. 4 13 38 1,177 107
64 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 79 39 994
65 Keeton, Robert E. 3 13 35 1,185 83
66 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 110 709 163
67 Stapleton, Jane 5 13 78 607 391
68 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 4 217 118 172
69 McGovern, Francis E. 6 14 88 866 64
70 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 4 204 141 203
71 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 63 828 186
72 Noel, Dix W. 2 15 8 1,250 22
73 Bloustein, Edward J. 2 4 48 847 204
74 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 88 642 192
75 Hensler, Deborah R. 5 14 79 750 117
76 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 110 322 380
77 Smith, Jeremiah 4 16 39 1,017 38
78 Anderson, David A. 6 10 84 663 160
79 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 7 10 140 298 239
80 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 7 6 177 205 149
81 Perry, Ronen University of Haifa 6 7 120 199 427
82 Sugarman, Stephen 5 9 80 577 239
83 King, Joseph H. Jr. 4 12 62 794 108
84 Hyman, David Georgetown University 5 10 82 479 303
85 Mullenix, Linda S. 5 15 85 682 88
86 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 144 114 328
87 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 96 434 248
88 Dewey, John 2 3 68 582 235
89 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 68 715 101
90 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 113 528 59
91 Fleming, John G. 3 14 20 848 192
92 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 59 810 42
93 Nielson, Aaron Brigham Young University 4 3 192 35 142
94 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 192 35 142
95 Coleman, Jules L. 5 10 52 506 343
96 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 5 8 78 488 220
97 Erichson, Howard M. Fordham University 6 8 111 439 99
98 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 119 341 150
99 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 4 7 72 433 283
100 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 7 7 122 229 224