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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 7 14 255 1,129 677
2 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 11 11 362 383 796
3 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 8 11 202 785 404
4 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 1 2 68 1,868 54
5 Logue, Kyle University of Michigan 8 12 179 629 302
6 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 1 1 83 1,257 146
7 Prince, Anya University of Iowa 4 4 147 46 358
8 Dan-Cohen, Meir University of California, Berkeley 1 3 89 538 71
9 Hall, Mark A. Wake Forest University 4 13 39 747 108
10 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 13 35 749 84
11 Sage, William M. Texas A&M University 5 11 64 507 110
12 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 3 4 43 527 185
13 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 10 79 305 171
14 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 52 434 177
15 Huberfeld, Nicole Boston University 5 7 77 233 219
16 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 4 4 66 364 146
17 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 10 47 448 137
18 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 4 4 61 245 218
19 Romano, Roberta Yale University 3 3 56 434 55
20 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 3 9 71 277 76
21 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 1 1 48 288 165
22 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 3 5 78 123 133
23 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 3 4 32 465 26
24 Rappaport, John University of Chicago 3 2 89 60 109
25 Wiley, Lindsay University of California, Los Angeles 5 4 88 55 108
26 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 4 4 48 132 223
27 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 3 4 77 119 90
28 Boardman, Michelle E. George Mason University 5 5 62 187 96
29 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 4 5 63 182 58
30 Syverud, Kent D. University of Michigan 3 4 31 339 29
31 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 4 7 46 133 130
32 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 3 4 57 119 88
33 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 8 8 217 222
34 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 1 3 16 311 103
35 Nevitt, Mark P. Emory University 3 1 32 5 296
36 Engel, Kathleen C. Suffolk University 2 2 33 299 29
37 Vazquez, Carlos M. Georgetown University 2 2 27 341 12
38 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 2 3 32 154 149
39 Fahey, Bridget A. University of Chicago 2 1 61 4 139
40 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 4 2 60 26 118
41 McCoy, Patricia A. Boston College 2 2 35 256 33
42 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 1 1 13 384 25
43 Fox, Dov University of San Diego 2 1 63 47 85
44 Spade, Dean Seattle University 2 2 43 172 60
45 Kritzer, Herbert M. University of Minnesota 2 3 58 102 50
46 Maher, Brendan S. Texas A&M University 3 7 46 110 92
47 Pryor, Ellen University of North Texas at Dallas 3 11 17 287 39
48 Blumstein, James F. Vanderbilt University 2 5 13 322 29
49 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 55 77 44
50 Farhang, Sean University of California, Berkeley 1 1 55 77 44
51 Krause, Joan H. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 7 28 194 63
52 Jacobi, John V. Seton Hall University 2 9 12 246 78
53 Linder, Marc University of Iowa 2 2 34 114 88
54 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 31 173 49
55 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 31 173 49
56 Hazen, Thomas Lee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2 4 17 190 97
57 Watson, Sidney D. Saint Louis University 3 7 21 200 65
58 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 3 2 53 12 79
59 Hoffman, Allison K. University of Pennsylvania 3 4 37 100 73
60 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 2 1 41 43 106
61 Rothstein, Mark University of Louisville 3 8 23 195 45
62 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 4 4 42 65 67
63 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 2 6 20 208 46
64 Swedloff, Rick Rutgers University 2 3 36 68 84
65 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 1 1 58 19 22
66 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 2 5 20 163 71
67 Mehlman, Maxwell J. Case Western Reserve University 2 7 18 195 51
68 Blake, Valarie University of Tennessee, Knoxville 3 4 37 38 96
69 Weeks, Elizabeth University of Georgia 2 6 24 145 61
70 Korobkin, Russell B. University of California, Los Angeles 2 5 15 228 29
71 Wiener, Jonathan B. Duke University 1 1 6 299 10
72 Jerry, Robert H. II University of Missouri 2 7 21 152 64
73 Talesh, Shauhin A. University of California, Irvine 5 4 43 25 63
74 Buck, Isaac Daniel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 3 3 30 29 124
75 Pappas, Michael University of Colorado Boulder 3 1 28 8 152
76 Hoffman, Sharona Case Western Reserve University 2 7 16 187 48
77 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 2 3 37 38 82
78 Tovino, Stacey A. University of Oklahoma 3 4 40 50 54
79 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 3 3 12 219 36
80 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 2 5 13 232 18
81 Lemann, Alexander B. Marquette University 4 3 40 22 70
82 Mariner, Wendy Boston University 3 9 17 168 43
83 Gillette, Clayton P. New York University 1 1 7 259 7
84 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 2 2 26 42 104
85 Garrison, Marsha Brooklyn Law School 1 1 18 177 23
86 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 2 6 11 189 42
87 Orentlicher, David University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2 6 12 187 39
88 Ulrich, Michael Boston University 1 2 5 5 237
89 Fischer, James M. Southwestern Law School 2 6 16 161 42
90 Brown, Dorothy A. Georgetown University 1 1 32 42 70
91 Peterson, Mark A. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 17 187 9
92 Richards, Edward P. III Louisiana State University 2 5 15 154 44
93 Smith, Fred Otis Jr. Stanford University 1 1 48 19 10
94 Gifford, Donald G. University of Maryland 1 4 19 163 17
95 Van Loo, Rory Boston University 1 1 44 36 9
96 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 1 1 6 50 177
97 Rosenblatt, Rand Rutgers University 1 6 1 237 32
98 Kaplan, Richard L. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2 6 15 134 54
99 Brooks, John R. Fordham University 3 4 35 41 41
100 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 2 3 19 120 48