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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Noah, Lars University of Florida 8 20 252 1,051 305
2 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 5 7 176 813 140
3 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 8 10 188 448 233
4 Price, W. Nicholson II University of Michigan 8 5 209 133 371
5 Mikos, Robert A. Vanderbilt University 9 7 175 311 279
6 Feldman, Robin Cooper University of California, San Francisco 8 5 163 89 394
7 Merges, Robert P. University of California, Berkeley 2 3 71 939 42
8 Lietzan, Erika University of Missouri 8 7 166 179 249
9 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 7 4 152 56 269
10 Kamin, Sam University of Denver 6 7 132 267 169
11 Eisenberg, Rebecca S. University of Michigan 6 7 112 384 155
12 Kapczynski, Amy Nicole Yale University 6 4 131 198 226
13 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 3 5 58 499 295
14 Hemphill, Scott New York University 5 5 97 397 134
15 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 7 3 100 44 415
16 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 7 4 120 152 213
17 Ohm, Paul Georgetown University 1 1 144 74 160
18 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 2 2 13 43 768
19 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 4 11 81 341 135
20 Price, Zachary S. University of California, San Francisco 3 2 113 167 104
21 Heinzerling, Lisa Georgetown University 3 5 72 264 175
22 Zettler, Patricia J. Ohio State University 6 5 106 92 164
23 Fromer, Jeanne New York University 3 3 116 50 128
24 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 5 7 68 271 147
25 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 4 6 54 173 298
26 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 3 5 87 179 116
27 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 2 2 51 322 145
28 Sinha, Michael S. Saint Louis University 5 3 56 29 355
29 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 2 1 99 67 122
30 Ouellette, Lisa Larrimore Stanford University 4 2 102 62 105
31 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 2 2 89 58 159
32 Jacobs, Sharon Bogas University of California, Berkeley 2 1 103 13 112
33 Pinard, Michael University of Maryland 1 1 73 134 94
34 Rodriguez, Cristina Maria Yale University 1 1 77 5 189
35 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 3 6 37 219 167
36 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 4 7 44 281 71
37 Hodge, James G. Jr. Arizona State University 4 4 58 148 121
38 Bradt, Andrew David University of California, Berkeley 3 3 59 43 211
39 Ho, Cynthia M. Loyola University Chicago 6 8 56 148 111
40 Helfer, Laurence R. Duke University 1 2 33 241 133
41 Vitiello, Michael University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 3 5 52 81 178
42 Oliva, Jennifer D. Indiana University Bloomington 5 2 76 5 125
43 Shepherd, Joanna Emory University 4 5 35 137 191
44 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 3 6 43 209 88
45 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 2 2 53 220 26
46 Rai, Arti K. Duke University 4 3 55 45 166
47 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 4 7 30 182 156
48 Marks, Mason Florida State University 4 1 62 6 163
49 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 2 2 30 323 20
50 Bonnie, Richard University of Virginia 2 5 35 172 130
51 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 2 1 81 3 67
52 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 3 5 20 207 166
53 Orfield, Myron W. University of Minnesota 2 3 31 293 32
54 Rutschman, Ana Santos Villanova University 4 3 60 17 133
55 Beebe, Barton New York University 1 1 75 31 54
56 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 3 4 43 152 88
57 Heled, Yaniv Georgia State University 5 4 64 68 60
58 Paradise, Jordan Loyola University Chicago 4 7 45 101 116
59 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 3 2 53 5 159
60 Gostin, Lawrence Georgetown University 3 4 36 162 96
61 Kreit, Alex Northern Kentucky University 4 9 42 142 80
62 Seymore, Sean B. Vanderbilt University 4 3 46 79 117
63 Adler, Jonathan H. William & Mary Law School 4 5 41 129 86
64 Litman, Leah M. University of Michigan 1 1 76 20 24
65 Terry, Nicolas Indiana University Indianapolis 3 5 31 75 180
66 Edlin, Aaron S. University of California, Berkeley 3 3 52 129 33
67 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 8 34 181 65
68 Miller, Eric J. Loyola Marymount University 2 2 45 127 67
69 Hemel, Daniel New York University 2 1 59 23 88
70 Kendrick, Leslie University of Virginia 2 1 55 11 112
71 Abbott, Frederick M. Florida State University 3 6 23 217 69
72 Holman, Christopher M. University of Missouri-Kansas City 3 5 34 120 95
73 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 2 2 39 128 66
74 Berman, Micah Ohio State University 4 4 51 46 76
75 Strandburg, Katherine Jo New York University 1 2 26 195 63
76 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 2 3 31 176 49
77 Fletcher, William A. University of California, Berkeley 1 1 25 251 10
78 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 2 3 22 259 9
79 Mendelson, Nina A. University of Michigan 1 1 38 126 55
80 Williams, Patricia J. Northeastern University 1 1 9 184 135
81 Cortez, Nathan Grant Southern Methodist University 3 4 40 71 86
82 Czarnezki, Jason J. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 5 22 78 158
83 Scharff, Erin Adele Arizona State University 1 1 58 30 37
84 Stoa, Ryan Louisiana State University 4 2 44 11 111
85 Yu, Peter K. Texas A&M University 4 3 39 111 40
86 Broad Leib, Emily M. Harvard University 3 3 37 42 111
87 Clopton, Zachary D. Northwestern University 2 2 26 10 192
88 Allensworth, Rebecca Haw Vanderbilt University 2 2 44 82 42
89 Crane, Daniel A. University of Michigan 4 5 36 70 84
90 Ramirez, Steven A. Loyola University Chicago 1 1 21 10 213
91 Gathii, James Thuo Loyola University Chicago 2 6 16 183 76
92 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 19 205 38
93 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 2 4 19 221 22
94 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 1 1 28 61 124
95 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 3 3 21 203 24
96 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 6 16 199 49
97 Austin, Regina University of Pennsylvania 1 2 13 215 51
98 Brewster, Rachel Duke University 2 2 30 32 133
99 Pollans, Margot J. Pace University 3 2 44 28 68
100 El-Sabawi, Taleed Wayne State University 5 2 39 6 108