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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 38 1,751 6,072 3,143
2 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 14 33 590 6,308 1,425
3 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 29 834 3,674 1,903
4 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 17 29 1,001 2,812 1,792
5 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 13 27 575 5,333 1,248
6 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 11 20 633 4,085 2,022
7 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 12 21 417 5,830 1,050
8 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 12 20 631 3,247 2,272
9 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 17 20 943 1,434 1,370
10 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 21 614 2,687 1,280
11 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 13 8 806 298 2,383
12 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 11 29 460 3,151 1,416
13 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 13 24 578 3,166 790
14 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 12 18 562 3,270 634
15 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 10 22 341 3,143 706
16 Roe, Mark Harvard University 12 23 427 2,686 665
17 Khan, Lina Columbia University School of Law 6 5 766 244 1,242
18 Bratton, William Wilson University of Pennsylvania 11 24 365 2,753 766
19 Thompson, Robert B. Georgetown University 10 25 387 2,327 975
20 Rock, Edward B. New York University 14 20 542 1,868 659
21 Romano, Roberta Yale University 11 20 354 3,064 452
22 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 8 229 2,795 1,082
23 Kahan, Marcel New York University 15 22 519 1,598 761
24 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 7 13 457 1,730 657
25 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 9 13 362 2,521 284
26 Gordon, Jeffrey N. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 454 1,680 518
27 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 9 21 218 2,628 686
28 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 12 14 495 848 940
29 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 10 17 304 2,114 506
30 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 9 24 272 2,342 269
31 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 9 11 387 1,696 279
32 Tallarita, Roberto Harvard University 8 1 465 3 1,357
33 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 9 20 333 1,369 615
34 Baker, Jonathan B. American University 12 19 376 972 737
35 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 9 21 280 1,664 559
36 Crane, Daniel A. University of Michigan 14 15 414 739 711
37 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 8 20 215 2,095 382
38 Thomas, Randall S. Vanderbilt University 10 22 330 1,282 533
39 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 8 8 352 1,451 261
40 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 6 9 207 1,772 628
41 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 11 14 317 743 918
42 Lund, Dorothy Shapiro Columbia University School of Law 8 3 486 82 709
43 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 10 13 362 661 659
44 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 8 17 186 1,615 513
45 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 12 14 365 721 467
46 Nili, Yaron G. Duke University 12 6 360 119 1,014
47 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 8 17 213 1,617 338
48 Elhauge, Einer Richard Harvard University 8 11 345 878 297
49 Solomon, Steven M. University of California, Berkeley 12 7 419 247 503
50 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 12 11 302 700 587
51 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 8 16 205 999 725
52 Sokol, D. Daniel University of Southern California 9 15 273 516 824
53 Fox, Eleanor M. New York University 6 20 149 1,602 419
54 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 2 2 277 1,198 158
55 Johnson, Lyman P.Q. University of St. Thomas 7 22 184 1,382 368
56 Skeel, David Arthur Jr. University of Pennsylvania 8 16 209 1,009 579
57 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 7 9 249 1,132 224
58 Goshen, Zohar Columbia University School of Law 8 8 323 280 615
59 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 8 11 207 1,077 378
60 Bodie, Matthew T. University of Minnesota 9 10 260 341 748
61 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 296 608 342
62 DeMott, Deborah A. Duke University 7 17 158 1,163 457
63 Triantis, George Gregory Stanford University 7 16 229 888 366
64 Stucke, Maurice Eitel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 13 247 546 578
65 Klausner, Michael Stanford University 7 8 196 1,005 407
66 Choi, Stephen New York University 10 15 211 861 403
67 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 9 8 349 283 280
68 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 6 14 188 1,185 202
69 Fried, Jesse Harvard University 8 15 175 1,078 330
70 Wachter, Michael L. University of Pennsylvania 9 15 222 924 245
71 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 7 15 157 1,249 240
72 Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. University of Michigan 7 10 231 683 395
73 Pargendler, Mariana Harvard University 10 7 215 143 949
74 Rasmussen, Robert Kenneth University of Southern California 8 10 204 1,016 217
75 Hamermesh, Lawrence A. Widener University Delaware Law School 7 14 225 798 307
76 Hemphill, Scott New York University 7 8 296 444 293
77 Bernstein, Lisa University of Chicago 5 5 151 1,222 258
78 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 9 272 537 297
79 Hirst, Scott Paul Boston University 7 5 357 142 236
80 McDonnell, Brett H. University of Minnesota 9 17 215 708 355
81 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 7 7 173 1,104 199
82 McGarity, Thomas O. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 148 1,239 147
83 Rossi, Jim Vanderbilt University 7 11 230 716 221
84 Hwang, Cathy University of Virginia 10 4 273 57 607
85 Sitkoff, Robert H. Harvard University 5 7 237 461 399
86 Coates, John IV Harvard University 7 13 147 994 281
87 Hill, Claire A. University of Minnesota 7 12 196 594 406
88 Wagner, Wendy E. University of Texas at Austin 8 10 244 561 211
89 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 3 5 189 820 243
90 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 4 6 157 630 511
91 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 4 2 198 711 223
92 Waller, Spencer Weber Loyola University Chicago 7 15 154 816 288
93 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 8 8 211 424 335
94 O'Connell, Anne Joseph Stanford University 7 7 223 533 165
95 Talley, Eric L. Columbia University School of Law 7 13 193 468 353
96 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 7 13 128 874 289
97 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 3 3 221 258 403
98 Ayres, Ian Yale University 5 15 116 960 256
99 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 3 3 267 191 246
100 Van Loo, Rory Boston University 7 3 244 43 478