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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Prosser, William L. 7 25 347 7,979 392
2 Brandeis, Louis D. U.S. Supreme Court 1 2 649 5,248 1,005
3 Warren, Samuel D. 1 1 649 5,236 999
4 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 15 20 555 1,935 919
5 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 323 3,510 549
6 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 12 19 501 1,784 839
7 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 208 3,487 552
8 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 529 212 1,027
9 Henderson, James A. Jr. 7 29 161 3,057 308
10 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 202 2,654 433
11 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 187 2,836 279
12 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 6 579 198 581
13 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 4 31 59 3,185 311
14 Schwartz, Gary T. 7 18 158 2,225 614
15 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 337 656 879
16 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 21 258 1,518 435
17 Wade, John W. 3 21 39 2,905 217
18 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 14 208 1,677 403
19 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 8 18 143 1,495 746
20 Chayes, Abram 1 2 133 2,081 273
21 Green, Leon 5 27 63 2,432 233
22 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 133 1,616 551
23 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 6 25 148 1,735 344
24 Kim, Sang Ah 1 1 23 1 2,473
25 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 2 370 140 561
26 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 6 7 238 950 405
27 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 14 247 758 510
28 Eisenberg, Theodore 7 15 141 1,637 196
29 Bohlen, Francis H. 4 22 53 2,147 139
30 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 17 231 556 522
31 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 12 209 827 337
32 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 4 9 142 1,390 178
33 Kalven, Harry Jr. 4 8 84 1,790 45
34 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 113 1,193 306
35 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 7 11 158 616 545
36 Nissenbaum, Helen 3 2 82 232 1,269
37 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 133 765 526
38 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 14 111 1,003 411
39 Priest, George L. 3 12 70 1,500 169
40 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 233 539 177
41 Keeton, Page 2 18 14 1,767 167
42 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 10 184 498 338
43 Leflar, Robert A. 2 16 33 1,594 102
44 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 6 15 95 1,006 294
45 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 263 83 211
46 Borchard, Edwin M. 3 9 31 1,543 62
47 Green, Michael D. Washington University 6 16 105 913 244
48 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 6 3 174 45 634
49 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 176 616 115
50 Morris, Clarence 3 15 22 1,443 96
51 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 84 43 1,011
52 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 73 1,136 66
53 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 7 9 192 285 220
54 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 8 71 1,068 114
55 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 5 10 130 619 214
56 Robertson, David W. 5 17 79 981 132
57 Franklin, Marc A. 3 16 36 1,275 74
58 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 5 202 159 232
59 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 5 16 102 686 236
60 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 39 1,076 197
61 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 85 805 182
62 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 65 652 411
63 Malone, Wex S. 3 14 36 1,198 67
64 Seavey, Warren A. 4 13 27 1,188 108
65 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 6 194 158 182
66 Stapleton, Jane 5 13 69 620 387
67 Bloustein, Edward J. 2 4 46 858 292
68 Keeton, Robert E. 3 13 28 1,196 76
69 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 89 740 173
70 Schauer, Frederick 5 10 96 652 198
71 Perry, Ronen University of Haifa 5 8 114 216 492
72 Scherer, Matthew U. 2 2 107 85 640
73 McGovern, Francis E. 6 14 80 877 54
74 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 151 132 345
75 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 65 837 134
76 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 6 7 168 230 147
77 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 115 337 302
78 Noel, Dix W. 2 15 7 1,252 22
79 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 72 667 193
80 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 7 13 106 427 199
81 Smith, Jeremiah 3 16 33 1,023 38
82 Sugarman, Stephen 5 9 72 591 214
83 King, Joseph H. Jr. 4 12 53 803 121
84 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 6 10 118 328 201
85 Anderson, David A. 5 10 66 683 140
86 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 173 58 158
87 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 173 58 158
88 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 8 7 115 246 261
89 Mullenix, Linda S. 5 14 74 663 82
90 Hensler, Deborah R. 4 13 51 742 124
91 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 56 820 31
92 Fleming, John G. 2 14 16 855 188
93 Coleman, Jules L. 4 10 45 518 336
94 Dewey, John 2 3 57 598 207
95 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 66 498 244
96 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 57 730 83
97 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 109 369 129
98 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 83 456 182
99 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 93 555 41
100 Lytton, Timothy Daniel Georgia State University 6 10 99 262 258