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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 15 20 580 1,935 934
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 333 3,509 555
3 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 13 19 528 1,784 836
4 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 233 3,488 511
5 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 572 212 1,078
6 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 215 2,654 440
7 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 194 2,838 280
8 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 6 603 198 568
9 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 365 656 916
10 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 21 271 1,518 435
11 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 14 224 1,677 416
12 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 140 1,616 556
13 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 6 7 257 950 450
14 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 2 382 140 577
15 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 14 255 758 527
16 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 17 248 556 526
17 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 10 12 223 827 365
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 5 9 144 1,390 171
19 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 118 1,193 340
20 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 7 11 164 616 579
21 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 140 765 552
22 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 14 120 1,003 406
23 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 244 539 178
24 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 10 198 498 330
25 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 7 15 104 1,006 295
26 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 289 83 192
27 Green, Michael D. Washington University 6 16 108 913 276
28 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 6 3 192 45 662
29 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 191 616 119
30 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 104 43 1,005
31 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 8 9 222 291 215
32 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 77 1,136 71
33 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 8 78 1,068 127
34 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 5 10 135 612 249
35 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 8 5 216 159 221
36 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 44 1,076 195
37 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 5 16 109 686 211
38 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 92 805 186
39 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 71 652 415
40 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 93 740 172
41 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 161 132 372
42 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 6 197 158 173
43 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 133 337 308
44 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 6 7 184 230 158
45 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 66 837 122
46 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 77 667 195
47 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 8 13 116 427 197
48 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 179 58 148
49 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 179 58 148
50 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 56 820 36
51 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 60 730 75
52 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 115 369 131
53 Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett University of Florida 6 7 76 469 218
54 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 98 555 34
55 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 7 6 110 234 259
56 Hylton, Keith N. Boston University 4 13 89 407 183
57 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 86 456 157
58 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 4 6 110 413 81
59 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 4 6 44 734 97
60 Lytton, Timothy Daniel Georgia State University 6 10 102 262 244
61 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 5 9 57 639 114
62 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 4 7 58 452 270
63 Bernstein, Anita Brooklyn Law School 5 12 80 403 207
64 Erichson, Howard M. Fordham University 6 8 91 460 98
65 Grady, Mark F. University of California, Los Angeles 5 12 51 635 120
66 Galligan, Thomas C. Louisiana State University 5 13 80 378 214
67 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 6 6 119 124 257
68 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 2 6 40 601 182
69 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 5 9 51 597 112
70 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 4 12 38 621 145
71 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 7 37 669 96
72 Gifford, Donald G. University of Maryland 4 10 81 394 126
73 Wells, Michael L. University of Georgia 5 11 70 478 100
74 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 5 6 60 345 267
75 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 5 8 61 444 171
76 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 5 1 145 14 157
77 Romano, Roberta Yale University 1 1 67 516 76
78 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 5 6 116 137 160
79 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 9 50 390 240
80 Goldman, Eric Santa Clara University 4 5 136 66 128
81 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 2 8 13 349 446
82 Gilles, Stephen G. Quinnipiac University 5 7 82 336 132
83 Lens, Jill Wieber University of Iowa 6 3 97 22 342
84 Noah, Lars University of Florida 7 11 83 364 91
85 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 5 8 102 251 106
86 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 5 8 53 483 126
87 Levmore, Saul University of Chicago 5 8 64 504 54
88 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 4 10 77 350 124
89 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 3 6 26 654 90
90 Lahav, Alexandra Cornell University 7 3 117 91 162
91 Arbel, Yonathan University of Alabama 4 2 105 18 274
92 Polinsky, Alan Mitchell Stanford University 4 7 58 428 105
93 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 2 4 32 610 63
94 Vladeck, David C. Georgetown University 2 3 102 142 152
95 Crootof, Rebecca University of Richmond 3 3 92 48 272
96 Smolla, Rodney A. Vermont Law School 4 10 36 529 96
97 Hershkoff, Helen New York University 3 2 90 222 118
98 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 63 461 29
99 Selbst, Andrew D. University of California, Los Angeles 2 1 89 1 315
100 Perry, Stephen R. University of Pennsylvania 2 8 44 360 192