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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 15 20 578 1,935 934
2 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 13 19 521 1,784 828
3 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 216 3,346 554
4 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 18 263 2,972 561
5 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 548 212 1,060
6 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 212 2,654 432
7 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 190 2,838 282
8 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 6 592 198 574
9 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 351 656 907
10 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 21 265 1,518 432
11 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 14 216 1,677 415
12 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 137 1,616 545
13 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 6 7 252 950 440
14 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 2 376 140 575
15 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 14 254 758 513
16 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 17 242 556 522
17 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 5 9 143 1,390 174
18 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 12 206 819 311
19 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 115 1,193 327
20 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 7 11 162 616 580
21 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 137 765 539
22 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 14 120 1,003 409
23 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 237 539 172
24 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 10 195 498 339
25 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 6 15 103 1,006 304
26 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 6 3 187 45 657
27 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 277 83 195
28 Green, Michael D. Washington University 6 16 106 913 257
29 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 186 616 121
30 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 98 43 1,012
31 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 75 1,136 68
32 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 8 76 1,068 122
33 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 5 10 133 619 234
34 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 7 9 198 285 217
35 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 5 210 159 224
36 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 5 16 108 686 217
37 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 42 1,076 188
38 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 91 805 181
39 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 69 652 367
40 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 93 740 174
41 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 6 199 158 176
42 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 157 132 370
43 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 6 7 180 230 145
44 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 124 337 300
45 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 66 837 128
46 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 76 667 194
47 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 8 13 114 427 196
48 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 8 7 121 246 261
49 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 176 58 152
50 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 176 58 152
51 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 56 820 31
52 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 69 498 242
53 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 59 730 77
54 Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett University of Florida 6 7 75 469 212
55 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 96 555 38
56 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 110 369 131
57 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 86 456 172
58 Hylton, Keith N. Boston University 4 13 88 407 187
59 Lytton, Timothy Daniel Georgia State University 6 10 102 262 242
60 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 4 6 44 734 99
61 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 4 7 58 452 273
62 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 4 6 105 413 83
63 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 5 8 67 508 175
64 Grady, Mark F. University of California, Los Angeles 5 12 51 635 131
65 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 4 9 55 639 111
66 Bernstein, Anita Brooklyn Law School 5 12 79 403 196
67 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 6 6 117 124 254
68 Erichson, Howard M. Fordham University 6 8 87 460 97
69 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 2 6 39 601 184
70 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 5 9 52 602 115
71 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 4 12 37 621 147
72 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 7 37 669 98
73 Wells, Michael L. University of Georgia 5 11 70 478 100
74 Gifford, Donald G. University of Maryland 4 10 80 394 126
75 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 6 58 345 269
76 Romano, Roberta Yale University 1 1 67 516 80
77 Lens, Jill Wieber University of Iowa 6 3 97 22 344
78 Gilles, Stephen G. Quinnipiac University 5 7 82 336 133
79 Goldman, Eric Santa Clara University 4 5 135 66 123
80 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 5 1 137 14 160
81 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 5 6 114 137 156
82 Galligan, Thomas C. Louisiana State University 4 13 64 377 176
83 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 2 8 13 349 445
84 Noah, Lars University of Florida 7 11 82 364 91
85 Levmore, Saul University of Chicago 5 8 63 504 54
86 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 5 8 97 252 108
87 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 3 6 26 654 90
88 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 4 10 75 350 122
89 Lahav, Alexandra Cornell University 7 3 108 91 161
90 Crootof, Rebecca University of Richmond 3 3 92 48 273
91 Arbel, Yonathan University of Alabama 4 2 98 18 268
92 Polinsky, Alan Mitchell Stanford University 4 7 55 428 105
93 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 2 4 30 610 64
94 Vladeck, David C. Georgetown University 2 3 98 142 152
95 Hershkoff, Helen New York University 3 2 89 222 118
96 Smolla, Rodney A. Vermont Law School 4 10 35 529 93
97 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 61 461 29
98 Selbst, Andrew D. University of California, Los Angeles 2 1 86 1 317
99 Bradt, Andrew David University of California, Berkeley 5 5 118 97 72
100 Marchant, Gary Arizona State University 3 7 50 169 327