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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 Fama, Eugene F. 2 2 83 750 658
7 Jensen, Michael C. 2 2 83 750 658
8 Featherston, C. Moxley 1 1 202 824 7
9 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 1 1 83 1,257 146
10 O'Connell, Jeffrey 2 22 15 1,670 76
11 Kessler, Friedrich 1 3 90 1,125 63
12 Keeton, Robert E. 2 13 35 1,170 27
13 Prince, Anya University of Iowa 4 4 147 46 358
14 Macneil, Ian R. 3 3 50 468 407
15 Priest, George L. 2 7 41 774 95
16 Dan-Cohen, Meir University of California, Berkeley 1 3 89 538 71
17 Hall, Mark A. Wake Forest University 4 13 39 747 108
18 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 13 35 749 84
19 Sage, William M. Texas A&M University 5 11 64 507 110
20 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 2 9 20 795 62
21 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 3 4 43 527 185
22 Schwartz, Gary T. 3 7 61 485 111
23 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 10 79 305 171
24 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 52 434 177
25 Huberfeld, Nicole Boston University 5 7 77 233 219
26 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 4 4 66 364 146
27 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 10 47 448 137
28 Havighurst, Clark C. 2 13 19 625 80
29 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 4 4 61 245 218
30 Richmond, Douglas R. 3 12 38 422 164
31 Nimmer, Melville B. 1 1 54 463 52
32 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 5 13 55 362 118
33 Romano, Roberta Yale University 3 3 56 434 55
34 Jost, Timothy Stoltzfus 4 11 45 419 110
35 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 3 9 71 277 76
36 French, Christopher C. 5 6 72 84 240
37 Patterson, Edwin W. 1 10 18 595 45
38 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 1 1 48 288 165
39 Trautman, Lawrence J. 4 3 82 49 210
40 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 3 5 78 123 133
41 Kinney, Eleanor D. 2 15 11 555 57
42 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 3 4 32 465 26
43 Rappaport, John University of Chicago 3 2 89 60 109
44 Wiley, Lindsay University of California, Los Angeles 5 4 88 55 108
45 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 4 4 48 132 223
46 Kimball, Spencer L. 1 12 8 527 57
47 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 3 4 77 119 90
48 Boardman, Michelle E. George Mason University 5 5 62 187 96
49 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 4 5 63 182 58
50 Andrews, William D. 1 1 33 390 14
51 Bishop, Joseph W. Jr. 1 3 7 529 8
52 Sugarman, Stephen 2 6 19 377 64
53 Syverud, Kent D. University of Michigan 3 4 31 339 29
54 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 4 7 46 133 130
55 Ormerod, Peter C. 2 2 55 35 175
56 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 3 4 57 119 88
57 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 8 8 217 222
58 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 1 3 16 311 103
59 Nevitt, Mark P. Emory University 3 1 32 5 296
60 Engel, Kathleen C. Suffolk University 2 2 33 299 29
61 Burger, Warren E. U.S. Supreme Court 1 1 10 435 16
62 Kesselheim, Aaron S. 3 4 54 59 135
63 Vazquez, Carlos M. Georgetown University 2 2 27 341 12
64 Bohlen, Francis H. 1 5 10 431 11
65 Kay, Herma Hill 2 4 16 326 73
66 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 2 3 32 154 149
67 Fahey, Bridget A. University of Chicago 2 1 61 4 139
68 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 4 2 60 26 118
69 Rice, Willy E. 4 7 38 169 93
70 McCoy, Patricia A. Boston College 2 2 35 256 33
71 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 1 1 13 384 25
72 Fox, Dov University of San Diego 2 1 63 47 85
73 Carrington, Paul D. 1 2 8 418 12
74 Spade, Dean Seattle University 2 2 43 172 60
75 Green, Leon 2 11 14 363 24
76 Kritzer, Herbert M. University of Minnesota 2 3 58 102 50
77 Maher, Brendan S. Texas A&M University 3 7 46 110 92
78 Avraham, Ronen Tel-Aviv University 4 4 46 115 77
79 Schauer, Frederick 2 2 36 171 76
80 Friedman, Lawrence M. Stanford University 2 2 16 323 31
81 Pryor, Ellen University of North Texas at Dallas 3 11 17 287 39
82 Fuse Brown, Erin Chiyoko 5 4 56 44 69
83 Blumstein, James F. Vanderbilt University 2 5 13 322 29
84 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 55 77 44
85 Farhang, Sean University of California, Berkeley 1 1 55 77 44
86 Krause, Joan H. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 7 28 194 63
87 Weiler, Paul C. 2 5 19 274 35
88 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 4 6 38 137 60
89 Stapleton, Jane 2 3 23 176 99
90 Beale, Joseph H. 1 3 8 329 31
91 Reese, Willis L. M. 1 2 10 342 10
92 Jacobi, John V. Seton Hall University 2 9 12 246 78
93 Swisher, Peter Nash 3 7 24 207 53
94 Wardle, Lynn D. Brigham Young University Law School 2 3 9 206 128
95 Cheatham, Elliott E. 1 1 10 336 9
96 Diver, Colin S. 1 2 14 306 14
97 Linder, Marc University of Iowa 2 2 34 114 88
98 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 31 173 49
99 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 31 173 49
100 Hazen, Thomas Lee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2 4 17 190 97