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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Prosser, William L. 7 25 368 7,979 400
2 Brandeis, Louis D. U.S. Supreme Court 1 2 683 5,247 1,053
3 Warren, Samuel D. 1 1 683 5,235 1,047
4 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 15 20 580 1,935 934
5 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 333 3,509 555
6 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 13 19 528 1,784 836
7 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 233 3,488 511
8 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 572 212 1,078
9 Henderson, James A. Jr. 7 29 169 3,059 343
10 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 215 2,654 440
11 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 194 2,838 280
12 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 6 603 198 568
13 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 4 31 61 3,186 325
14 Schwartz, Gary T. 7 17 159 2,169 591
15 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 365 656 916
16 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 21 271 1,518 435
17 Wade, John W. 3 21 44 2,905 239
18 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 14 224 1,677 416
19 Chayes, Abram 1 2 143 2,082 285
20 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 8 18 153 1,495 717
21 Green, Leon 5 27 66 2,432 232
22 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 140 1,616 556
23 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 6 25 155 1,735 336
24 Kim, Sang Ah 1 1 26 1 2,504
25 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 6 7 257 950 450
26 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 2 382 140 577
27 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 14 255 758 527
28 Bohlen, Francis H. 4 22 53 2,147 133
29 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 17 248 556 526
30 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 10 12 223 827 365
31 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 5 9 144 1,390 171
32 Kalven, Harry Jr. 4 8 89 1,790 51
33 Nissenbaum, Helen 4 2 92 232 1,362
34 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 118 1,193 340
35 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 7 11 164 616 579
36 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 140 765 552
37 Priest, George L. 3 12 76 1,500 179
38 Eisenberg, Theodore 6 14 72 1,487 204
39 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 14 120 1,003 406
40 Keeton, Page 2 18 14 1,767 170
41 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 244 539 178
42 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 10 198 498 330
43 Leflar, Robert A. 2 16 33 1,602 109
44 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 7 15 104 1,006 295
45 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 289 83 192
46 Green, Michael D. Washington University 6 16 108 913 276
47 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 6 3 192 45 662
48 Borchard, Edwin M. 3 9 31 1,543 55
49 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 191 616 119
50 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 104 43 1,005
51 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 8 9 222 291 215
52 Morris, Clarence 3 15 22 1,443 95
53 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 77 1,136 71
54 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 8 78 1,068 127
55 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 5 10 135 612 249
56 Robertson, David W. 6 17 89 981 120
57 Franklin, Marc A. 3 16 38 1,275 74
58 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 8 5 216 159 221
59 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 44 1,076 195
60 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 5 16 109 686 211
61 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 92 805 186
62 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 71 652 415
63 Malone, Wex S. 3 14 37 1,201 71
64 Seavey, Warren A. 4 13 27 1,188 114
65 Bloustein, Edward J. 2 4 46 858 302
66 Keeton, Robert E. 3 13 29 1,195 72
67 McGovern, Francis E. 6 14 92 877 57
68 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 93 740 172
69 Schauer, Frederick 5 10 102 652 198
70 Stapleton, Jane 5 12 70 568 412
71 Perry, Ronen University of Haifa 5 8 118 216 502
72 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 161 132 372
73 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 6 197 158 173
74 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 133 337 308
75 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 6 7 184 230 158
76 Scherer, Matthew U. 2 2 120 85 592
77 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 66 837 122
78 Noel, Dix W. 2 15 7 1,253 25
79 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 77 667 195
80 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 8 13 116 427 197
81 Smith, Jeremiah 3 16 34 1,024 34
82 King, Joseph H. Jr. 4 12 56 803 126
83 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 6 10 126 328 200
84 Sugarman, Stephen 5 9 72 591 208
85 Anderson, David A. 5 10 70 679 131
86 Fleming, John G. 3 14 17 855 195
87 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 179 58 148
88 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 179 58 148
89 Dewey, John 2 3 60 598 222
90 Coleman, Jules L. 5 10 51 518 327
91 Hensler, Deborah R. Stanford University 4 13 53 742 116
92 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 56 820 36
93 Mullenix, Linda S. University of Texas at Austin 5 14 75 664 74
94 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 60 730 75
95 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 115 369 131
96 Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett University of Florida 6 7 76 469 218
97 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 98 555 34
98 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 7 6 110 234 259
99 O'Connell, Jeffrey 2 18 14 939 65
100 Hylton, Keith N. Boston University 4 13 89 407 183