Back to Rankings

HeinOnline Logo

HEINONLINE'S SCHOLARLY IMPACT RANKINGS


ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Authors by Subject

How is this ranking calculated?
Last Updated: August 2026

Cited 0-5 Years Cited 5+ Years Past 12 Months
Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 8 25 345 2,542 770
2 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 17 249 1,542 1,855
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 11 11 326 1,098 1,234
4 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 8 21 233 1,475 683
5 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 23 138 2,013 580
6 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 5 16 109 1,736 742
7 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 6 8 187 1,154 543
8 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 7 9 223 994 400
9 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 10 15 235 959 354
10 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 5 5 156 913 727
11 Drizin, Steven A. Northwestern University 5 9 125 709 990
12 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 7 12 193 1,193 229
13 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 7 107 448 1,277
14 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 8 6 208 990 296
15 Friedman, Richard D. University of Michigan 5 20 121 1,258 407
16 Faigman, David L. University of California, San Francisco 7 18 152 1,180 320
17 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 4 6 155 1,279 130
18 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 5 12 108 1,148 458
19 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 4 4 141 1,060 174
20 Starr, Sonja B. University of Chicago 5 6 217 286 506
21 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 9 10 251 234 351
22 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 6 12 97 963 366
23 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 3 3 175 680 182
24 Koehler, Jonathan J. Northwestern University 6 15 61 733 651
25 Heller, Michael Adam Columbia University School of Law 3 4 139 847 145
26 Pardo, Michael S. Georgetown University 7 11 151 489 391
27 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 1 2 154 675 165
28 Krieger, Linda Hamilton University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 121 819 142
29 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 6 10 108 457 515
30 Mnookin, Jennifer University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 12 80 535 574
31 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 6 10 119 725 208
32 Romano, Roberta Yale University 4 5 100 932 116
33 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 8 7 195 275 237
34 Cheng, Edward K. Vanderbilt University 6 10 148 328 395
35 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 2 128 522 266
36 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 132 342 397
37 Capra, Daniel J. Fordham University 7 7 141 274 366
38 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 2 4 46 1,117 47
39 Jacobi, Tonja Emory University 8 9 158 251 289
40 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 4 4 109 475 313
41 Ayres, Ian Yale University 6 8 85 755 143
42 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 5 5 150 176 352
43 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 3 3 180 133 253
44 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 6 13 80 636 244
45 Park, Roger C. University of California, San Francisco 5 15 64 785 169
46 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 5 5 93 606 197
47 Mosteller, Robert P. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 15 43 846 207
48 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 4 7 80 624 227
49 Hans, Valerie P. Cornell University 6 10 93 483 287
50 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 4 6 101 580 130
51 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 4 9 79 668 142
52 Heaton, Paul University of Pennsylvania 3 2 151 109 294
53 Coates, John IV Harvard University 5 9 70 642 155
54 Bernstein, David E. George Mason University 6 12 93 472 194
55 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 2 101 501 131
56 Burke, Alafair Hofstra University 4 8 102 426 172
57 Nesson, Charles R. Harvard University 3 7 49 796 79
58 Loftus, Elizabeth F. University of California, Irvine 3 12 26 321 603
59 Monahan, John University of Virginia 4 9 80 556 140
60 Simon-Kerr, Julia Ann University of Connecticut 7 4 117 43 413
61 Diamond, Shari Seidman Northwestern University 5 9 66 377 351
62 Marcus, Richard L. University of California, San Francisco 4 10 58 749 54
63 Epstein, Deborah Georgetown University 3 3 109 90 404
64 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 6 10 67 624 111
65 Damaska, Mirjan R. Yale University 4 8 41 657 187
66 Langbein, John H. Yale University 3 4 68 559 138
67 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 6 9 103 315 184
68 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 4 13 37 656 184
69 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 132 104 222
70 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 2 1 80 250 329
71 Goodman, Lisa A. Texas A&M University 2 2 99 87 382
72 Braman, Donald George Washington University 4 4 78 440 155
73 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 2 3 47 560 192
74 Sag, Matthew Emory University 3 2 80 63 474
75 Mahoney, Martha Ruth University of Miami 2 1 46 698 42
76 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 5 5 98 248 196
77 Henderson, Stephen E. University of Oklahoma 5 9 80 369 165
78 Harcourt, Bernard Columbia University School of Law 2 4 47 330 352
79 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 4 6 59 582 59
80 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 3 1 140 76 113
81 Orenstein, Aviva A. Indiana University Bloomington 5 8 61 479 111
82 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 5 5 107 109 228
83 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 4 7 60 357 224
84 Murphy, Erin E. New York University 5 6 85 232 206
85 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 3 9 32 333 345
86 Maclin, Tracey University of Florida 5 5 76 301 166
87 Trubek, David University of Wisconsin-Madison 2 2 20 299 433
88 Mnookin, Robert Harvard University 3 4 35 661 34
89 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 2 2 68 484 39
90 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 4 7 64 396 130
91 Nance, Dale A. Case Western Reserve University 4 12 53 416 160
92 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 4 73 123 321
93 Roberts, Anna Brooklyn Law School 6 4 119 73 147
94 Richter, Liesa L. University of Oklahoma 6 6 108 87 182
95 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 3 3 32 101 529
96 Friedman, Barry New York University 4 4 71 204 233
97 Doherty, Fiona Mary Yale University 2 2 100 68 214
98 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 3 8 44 537 49
99 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 4 5 71 151 268
100 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 3 6 25 619 62