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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 12 11 388 383 800
2 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 8 14 272 1,126 652
3 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 9 11 213 777 402
4 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 1 2 70 1,868 50
5 Logue, Kyle University of Michigan 8 12 193 629 303
6 Fama, Eugene F. 2 2 85 750 684
7 Jensen, Michael C. 2 2 85 750 684
8 O'Connell, Jeffrey 2 22 17 1,754 75
9 Featherston, C. Moxley 1 1 210 824 10
10 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 1 1 90 1,257 133
11 Kessler, Friedrich 1 3 94 1,124 70
12 Keeton, Robert E. 3 13 37 1,170 32
13 Prince, Anya University of Iowa 5 4 158 46 354
14 Macneil, Ian R. 3 3 55 468 423
15 Priest, George L. 2 7 44 774 100
16 Dan-Cohen, Meir University of California, Berkeley 1 3 93 538 61
17 Hall, Mark A. Wake Forest University 4 13 40 747 106
18 Patterson, Edwin W. 2 11 35 763 106
19 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 13 38 749 72
20 Sage, William M. Texas A&M University 5 11 68 507 123
21 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 2 9 20 795 63
22 Schwartz, Gary T. 3 7 62 483 135
23 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 3 4 43 527 170
24 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 10 83 298 166
25 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 54 434 174
26 Huberfeld, Nicole Boston University 5 7 83 233 220
27 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 4 4 68 364 145
28 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 10 48 448 127
29 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 4 4 65 245 228
30 Nimmer, Melville B. 1 1 56 463 57
31 Richmond, Douglas R. 3 12 41 422 153
32 Romano, Roberta Yale University 3 3 59 434 54
33 Jost, Timothy Stoltzfus 4 11 45 418 111
34 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 5 13 55 362 111
35 Havighurst, Clark C. 2 12 12 603 83
36 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 3 9 73 277 75
37 Trautman, Lawrence J. 4 3 89 49 196
38 Heinzerling, Lisa Georgetown University 3 3 63 244 135
39 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 1 1 49 284 156
40 French, Christopher C. 5 6 76 84 204
41 Kinney, Eleanor D. 2 15 11 555 53
42 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 3 4 33 465 26
43 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 3 5 79 122 119
44 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 3 4 86 119 89
45 Kimball, Spencer L. 1 12 8 527 68
46 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 4 4 50 132 228
47 Wiley, Lindsay University of California, Los Angeles 5 4 88 55 121
48 Boardman, Michelle E. George Mason University 5 5 67 187 96
49 Rappaport, John University of Chicago 3 2 90 60 98
50 Andrews, William D. 1 1 36 390 19
51 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 4 5 66 182 59
52 Ackerman, Frank 1 1 50 202 119
53 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 3 4 62 119 127
54 Bishop, Joseph W. Jr. 1 3 7 529 5
55 Sugarman, Stephen 2 6 19 377 67
56 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 8 9 217 238
57 Syverud, Kent D. University of Michigan 3 4 31 339 29
58 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 4 7 49 133 126
59 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 1 3 19 311 109
60 Nevitt, Mark P. Emory University 3 1 37 5 294
61 Ormerod, Peter C. 2 2 59 35 160
62 Kay, Herma Hill 2 4 19 326 76
63 Burger, Warren E. U.S. Supreme Court 1 1 11 435 16
64 Fox, Dov University of San Diego 2 1 73 47 75
65 Vazquez, Carlos M. Georgetown University 2 2 29 341 11
66 Engel, Kathleen C. Suffolk University 2 2 33 299 29
67 Kesselheim, Aaron S. 3 4 57 59 131
68 Bohlen, Francis H. 1 5 10 430 12
69 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 4 2 62 26 130
70 Fahey, Bridget A. University of Chicago 2 1 66 4 134
71 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 2 3 33 154 149
72 Carrington, Paul D. 1 2 9 418 12
73 Rice, Willy E. 4 7 39 169 91
74 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 1 1 13 384 22
75 McCoy, Patricia A. Boston College 2 2 35 256 33
76 Green, Leon 2 11 14 363 28
77 Spade, Dean Seattle University 2 2 45 172 58
78 Kritzer, Herbert M. University of Minnesota 2 3 59 102 54
79 Maher, Brendan S. Texas A&M University 3 7 48 110 89
80 Avraham, Ronen Tel-Aviv University 4 4 47 115 86
81 Schauer, Frederick 2 2 39 171 74
82 Friedman, Lawrence M. Stanford University 2 2 16 322 30
83 Fuse Brown, Erin Chiyoko 5 4 57 44 79
84 Blumstein, James F. Vanderbilt University 2 5 13 322 33
85 Pryor, Ellen University of North Texas at Dallas 3 11 17 287 42
86 Weiler, Paul C. 2 5 20 274 38
87 Krause, Joan H. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 7 29 194 63
88 Swisher, Peter Nash 3 7 25 206 69
89 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 56 77 45
90 Farhang, Sean University of California, Berkeley 1 1 56 77 45
91 Stapleton, Jane 2 3 23 176 104
92 Reese, Willis L. M. 1 2 10 342 12
93 Beale, Joseph H. 1 3 8 329 29
94 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 4 6 39 137 54
95 Jacobi, John V. Seton Hall University 2 9 12 246 79
96 Linder, Marc University of Iowa 2 2 36 114 89
97 Cheatham, Elliott E. 1 1 10 336 11
98 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 33 173 49
99 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 33 173 49
100 Watson, Sidney D. Saint Louis University 3 7 23 200 65