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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 23 38 1,743 6,088 3,156
2 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 14 33 571 6,316 1,406
3 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 17 29 820 3,675 1,905
4 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 17 29 989 2,814 1,824
5 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 12 27 566 5,333 1,232
6 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 11 20 625 4,085 1,994
7 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 12 21 407 5,830 1,042
8 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 12 20 626 3,247 2,241
9 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 17 21 928 1,456 1,398
10 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 21 613 2,760 1,300
11 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 13 8 781 300 2,392
12 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 11 29 450 3,151 1,419
13 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 13 24 563 3,166 783
14 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 12 18 556 3,270 640
15 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 10 24 348 3,217 714
16 Roe, Mark Harvard University 12 23 419 2,686 671
17 Khan, Lina Columbia University School of Law 6 5 750 247 1,228
18 Bratton, William Wilson University of Pennsylvania 11 24 361 2,753 778
19 Romano, Roberta Yale University 11 20 363 3,074 443
20 Thompson, Robert B. Georgetown University 10 25 381 2,328 979
21 Rock, Edward B. New York University 14 20 532 1,869 651
22 Kahan, Marcel New York University 15 22 520 1,619 743
23 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 8 220 2,795 1,076
24 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 7 13 448 1,730 651
25 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 9 13 356 2,521 290
26 Gordon, Jeffrey N. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 444 1,680 528
27 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 9 21 216 2,628 695
28 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 12 14 488 848 952
29 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 10 17 298 2,114 488
30 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 9 24 265 2,342 275
31 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 9 11 374 1,696 289
32 Tallarita, Roberto Harvard University 8 1 460 3 1,377
33 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 9 20 331 1,369 629
34 Baker, Jonathan B. American University 12 19 372 972 759
35 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 9 21 270 1,664 558
36 Crane, Daniel A. University of Michigan 14 15 407 741 723
37 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 8 20 212 2,117 377
38 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 8 8 349 1,451 270
39 Thomas, Randall S. Vanderbilt University 10 22 320 1,283 533
40 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 6 9 204 1,772 602
41 Lund, Dorothy Shapiro Columbia University School of Law 8 3 478 82 731
42 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 10 13 347 661 661
43 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 10 13 284 689 906
44 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 12 14 360 721 469
45 Nili, Yaron G. Duke University 12 6 352 120 1,027
46 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 8 17 211 1,617 347
47 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 8 17 182 1,601 494
48 Elhauge, Einer Richard Harvard University 8 11 344 878 306
49 Solomon, Steven M. University of California, Berkeley 12 7 406 248 530
50 Sokol, D. Daniel University of Southern California 9 15 269 516 843
51 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 12 11 290 701 568
52 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 7 16 201 999 718
53 Fox, Eleanor M. New York University 6 20 148 1,603 420
54 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 2 2 264 1,198 163
55 Johnson, Lyman P.Q. University of St. Thomas 7 22 181 1,382 374
56 Skeel, David Arthur Jr. University of Pennsylvania 8 16 208 1,009 572
57 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 7 9 247 1,132 222
58 Goshen, Zohar Columbia University School of Law 8 8 311 280 629
59 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 8 11 206 1,077 383
60 Bodie, Matthew T. University of Minnesota 9 10 257 342 771
61 Choi, Stephen New York University 10 16 226 893 393
62 DeMott, Deborah A. Duke University 7 17 154 1,163 474
63 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 287 608 345
64 Triantis, George Gregory Stanford University 7 16 227 888 366
65 Stucke, Maurice Eitel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 13 242 565 576
66 Klausner, Michael Stanford University 7 8 189 1,005 402
67 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 9 8 339 283 290
68 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 6 14 186 1,185 205
69 Wachter, Michael L. University of Pennsylvania 9 15 218 924 259
70 Pargendler, Mariana Harvard University 10 7 212 144 970
71 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 7 16 153 1,279 239
72 Fried, Jesse Harvard University 8 15 173 1,078 320
73 Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. University of Michigan 7 10 230 688 394
74 Hirst, Scott Paul Boston University 8 6 362 158 235
75 Rasmussen, Robert Kenneth University of Southern California 8 10 203 1,016 213
76 Hemphill, Scott New York University 7 8 292 445 295
77 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 9 269 537 298
78 Hamermesh, Lawrence A. Widener University Delaware Law School 7 14 218 799 299
79 Bernstein, Lisa University of Chicago 5 5 150 1,222 249
80 McDonnell, Brett H. University of Minnesota 9 17 213 709 376
81 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 7 7 170 1,105 198
82 Rossi, Jim Vanderbilt University 7 11 226 716 223
83 McGarity, Thomas O. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 145 1,239 141
84 Sitkoff, Robert H. Harvard University 5 7 235 461 398
85 Hwang, Cathy University of Virginia 10 4 270 57 578
86 Coates, John IV Harvard University 7 14 152 1,017 277
87 Wagner, Wendy E. University of Texas at Austin 8 10 242 561 211
88 Hill, Claire A. University of Minnesota 7 12 191 595 415
89 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 3 5 184 820 232
90 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 4 6 154 630 517
91 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 4 2 192 711 215
92 Waller, Spencer Weber Loyola University Chicago 7 16 151 833 284
93 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 8 8 209 424 333
94 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 6 13 120 874 321
95 O'Connell, Anne Joseph Stanford University 7 7 216 533 167
96 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 3 3 220 258 393
97 Talley, Eric L. Columbia University School of Law 7 13 189 468 341
98 Van Loo, Rory Boston University 7 3 240 44 470
99 Barzuza, Michal University of Virginia 6 6 259 129 296
100 Diamantis, Mihailis E. University of Iowa 8 4 173 68 751