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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Prosser, William L. 6 25 331 7,979 413
2 Brandeis, Louis D. U.S. Supreme Court 1 2 632 5,248 800
3 Warren, Samuel D. 1 1 632 5,236 794
4 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 14 20 531 1,935 923
5 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 308 3,508 589
6 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 12 19 480 1,784 845
7 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 195 3,487 590
8 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 508 212 1,124
9 Henderson, James A. Jr. 6 29 151 3,059 329
10 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 193 2,654 427
11 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 179 2,837 290
12 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 6 566 198 585
13 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 4 31 55 3,185 378
14 Schwartz, Gary T. 7 18 153 2,225 680
15 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 325 656 821
16 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 21 248 1,518 419
17 Wade, John W. 3 21 38 2,904 219
18 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 7 14 194 1,677 406
19 Green, Leon 5 28 62 2,468 250
20 Chayes, Abram Harvard University 1 2 129 2,081 255
21 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 8 18 139 1,495 715
22 Kim, Sang Ah 1 1 23 1 2,607
23 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 5 25 140 1,749 348
24 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 5 22 125 1,616 546
25 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 2 364 140 535
26 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 6 7 227 950 402
27 Eisenberg, Theodore 6 15 139 1,637 192
28 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 14 235 758 475
29 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 17 218 556 552
30 Bohlen, Francis H. 4 21 44 2,021 141
31 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 4 9 137 1,386 211
32 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 12 203 827 330
33 Kalven, Harry Jr. 4 8 83 1,790 51
34 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 5 16 127 765 558
35 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 104 1,192 300
36 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 14 108 1,003 423
37 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 224 538 184
38 Priest, George L. 3 12 64 1,500 158
39 Keeton, Page 2 18 13 1,767 162
40 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 7 11 153 616 458
41 Nissenbaum, Helen 3 2 77 232 1,180
42 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 5 16 94 1,035 330
43 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 10 175 498 347
44 Leflar, Robert A. 2 16 30 1,594 107
45 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 255 83 213
46 Borchard, Edwin M. 3 9 30 1,543 58
47 Green, Michael D. Washington University 5 16 102 913 236
48 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 6 10 149 647 223
49 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 76 43 1,127
50 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 170 612 89
51 Morris, Clarence 3 15 22 1,443 109
52 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 71 1,135 77
53 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 3 161 45 580
54 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 8 68 1,068 124
55 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 7 9 187 282 199
56 Robertson, David W. 5 17 78 981 137
57 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 5 198 159 231
58 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 5 16 99 686 265
59 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 39 1,076 227
60 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 64 651 475
61 Franklin, Marc A. 3 16 31 1,275 71
62 Scherer, Matthew U. 2 2 102 85 770
63 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 83 805 202
64 Malone, Wex S. 3 14 36 1,198 79
65 Seavey, Warren A. 4 13 27 1,188 116
66 Stapleton, Jane 5 13 67 620 405
67 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 6 187 158 179
68 Schauer, Frederick 5 10 92 652 226
69 Keeton, Robert E. 3 13 26 1,195 78
70 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 85 737 175
71 McGovern, Francis E. 6 14 78 877 57
72 Bloustein, Edward J. 2 4 43 858 239
73 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 58 837 152
74 Perry, Ronen University of Haifa 5 8 112 216 420
75 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 6 7 161 230 147
76 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 135 132 359
77 Noel, Dix W. 2 15 7 1,252 21
78 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 68 664 205
79 Smith, Jeremiah 3 16 33 1,023 33
80 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 104 337 282
81 Anderson, David A. 5 10 66 682 159
82 Sugarman, Stephen 4 9 69 591 225
83 King, Joseph H. Jr. 4 12 53 803 109
84 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 6 10 115 328 199
85 Hensler, Deborah R. 4 14 53 776 120
86 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 171 58 147
87 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 171 58 147
88 Mullenix, Linda S. 5 14 75 672 76
89 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 65 498 273
90 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 7 7 109 246 255
91 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 56 730 97
92 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 52 821 32
93 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 78 456 223
94 Fleming, John G. 2 14 15 855 192
95 Dewey, John 2 3 55 598 217
96 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 92 555 46
97 O'Connell, Jeffrey 2 18 14 967 67
98 Lytton, Timothy Daniel Georgia State University 6 10 96 262 269
99 Coleman, Jules L. 4 10 41 518 315
100 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 4 9 51 668 125