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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Noah, Lars University of Florida 8 20 252 1,051 282
2 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 5 7 170 813 146
3 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 8 10 179 448 235
4 Price, W. Nicholson II University of Michigan 8 5 203 133 379
5 Mikos, Robert A. Vanderbilt University 8 8 171 323 284
6 Feldman, Robin Cooper University of California, San Francisco 8 5 156 89 406
7 Merges, Robert P. University of California, Berkeley 2 3 69 939 41
8 Lietzan, Erika University of Missouri 8 7 162 179 253
9 Kamin, Sam University of Denver 6 7 132 267 175
10 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 7 4 148 56 271
11 Hemphill, Scott New York University 6 6 106 429 139
12 Kapczynski, Amy Nicole Yale University 6 4 130 198 226
13 Eisenberg, Rebecca S. University of Michigan 6 7 107 384 157
14 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 3 5 57 499 292
15 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 7 3 100 44 420
16 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 7 4 118 152 221
17 Ohm, Paul Georgetown University 1 1 140 74 162
18 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 2 2 13 43 776
19 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 4 11 81 341 138
20 Price, Zachary S. University of California, San Francisco 3 2 108 167 108
21 Heinzerling, Lisa Georgetown University 3 5 71 264 172
22 Zettler, Patricia J. Ohio State University 5 5 103 92 169
23 Fromer, Jeanne New York University 3 3 114 50 137
24 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 5 7 67 271 147
25 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 4 6 54 173 296
26 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 3 5 87 179 120
27 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 2 1 96 67 125
28 Sinha, Michael S. Saint Louis University 4 3 54 29 351
29 Ouellette, Lisa Larrimore Stanford University 4 2 100 62 102
30 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 2 2 88 58 162
31 Jacobs, Sharon Bogas University of California, Berkeley 2 1 100 13 114
32 Rodriguez, Cristina Maria Yale University 1 1 77 5 192
33 Pinard, Michael University of Maryland 1 1 72 134 94
34 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 3 6 37 219 167
35 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 4 7 44 281 69
36 Hodge, James G. Jr. Arizona State University 4 4 58 148 121
37 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 1 1 33 259 142
38 Ho, Cynthia M. Loyola University Chicago 6 8 56 148 105
39 Helfer, Laurence R. Duke University 1 2 33 241 128
40 Bradt, Andrew David University of California, Berkeley 3 3 52 43 209
41 Vitiello, Michael University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 3 5 51 81 179
42 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 3 6 43 209 92
43 Shepherd, Joanna Emory University 4 5 34 137 192
44 Oliva, Jennifer D. Indiana University Bloomington 5 2 70 5 127
45 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 4 7 29 182 160
46 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 2 2 50 220 23
47 Rai, Arti K. Duke University 4 3 51 45 168
48 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 2 2 30 323 20
49 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 3 5 20 207 165
50 Bonnie, Richard University of Virginia 2 5 33 172 135
51 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 2 1 79 3 63
52 Orfield, Myron W. University of Minnesota 2 3 31 293 30
53 Marks, Mason Florida State University 4 1 57 6 159
54 Beebe, Barton New York University 1 1 73 31 56
55 Rutschman, Ana Santos Villanova University 4 3 58 17 135
56 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 3 4 43 152 85
57 Paradise, Jordan Loyola University Chicago 4 7 45 101 112
58 Heled, Yaniv Georgia State University 5 4 60 68 64
59 Kreit, Alex Northern Kentucky University 4 9 42 142 81
60 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 8 33 181 81
61 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 3 2 50 5 158
62 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 3 3 17 273 72
63 Terry, Nicolas Indiana University Indianapolis 3 5 30 75 184
64 Edlin, Aaron S. University of California, Berkeley 3 3 51 129 36
65 Seymore, Sean B. Vanderbilt University 4 3 44 79 112
66 Gostin, Lawrence Georgetown University 3 4 36 140 95
67 Hemel, Daniel New York University 2 1 58 23 91
68 Miller, Eric J. Loyola Marymount University 2 2 42 127 69
69 Adler, Jonathan H. William & Mary Law School 4 5 41 129 68
70 Litman, Leah M. University of Michigan 1 1 71 20 21
71 Abbott, Frederick M. Florida State University 3 6 23 217 67
72 Kendrick, Leslie University of Virginia 2 1 52 11 115
73 Broad Leib, Emily M. Harvard University 3 4 40 53 124
74 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 2 2 38 128 68
75 Strandburg, Katherine Jo New York University 1 2 26 195 65
76 Berman, Micah Ohio State University 4 4 50 46 75
77 Holman, Christopher M. University of Missouri-Kansas City 3 5 31 120 96
78 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 2 3 30 176 50
79 Fletcher, William A. University of California, Berkeley 1 1 23 251 11
80 Scharff, Erin Adele Arizona State University 1 1 58 30 40
81 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 2 3 21 259 8
82 Mendelson, Nina A. University of Michigan 1 1 36 126 54
83 Cortez, Nathan Grant Southern Methodist University 3 4 38 68 89
84 Stoa, Ryan Louisiana State University 4 2 43 11 113
85 Yu, Peter K. Texas A&M University 4 3 39 111 42
86 Czarnezki, Jason J. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 5 22 78 150
87 Ramirez, Steven A. Loyola University Chicago 1 1 21 10 218
88 Allensworth, Rebecca Haw Vanderbilt University 2 2 43 82 43
89 Clopton, Zachary D. Northwestern University 2 2 25 10 188
90 Crane, Daniel A. University of Michigan 4 5 35 72 80
91 Gathii, James Thuo Loyola University Chicago 2 6 16 183 73
92 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 2 4 19 221 23
93 Pollans, Margot J. Pace University 3 2 44 28 75
94 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 6 16 199 49
95 Austin, Regina University of Pennsylvania 1 2 13 215 52
96 Brewster, Rachel Duke University 2 2 29 32 137
97 Jefferson Exum, Jelani St. John's University 3 3 35 34 103
98 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 3 3 20 203 24
99 Dreyfuss, Rochelle C. New York University 2 4 23 147 57
100 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 17 205 34