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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Prosser, William L. 7 24 361 7,904 409
2 Brandeis, Louis D. U.S. Supreme Court 1 2 672 5,247 1,051
3 Warren, Samuel D. 1 1 672 5,235 1,045
4 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 15 20 578 1,935 934
5 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 13 19 521 1,784 828
6 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 216 3,346 554
7 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 18 263 2,972 561
8 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 548 212 1,060
9 Henderson, James A. Jr. 7 29 165 3,059 328
10 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 212 2,654 432
11 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 190 2,838 282
12 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 6 592 198 574
13 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 4 31 59 3,186 324
14 Schwartz, Gary T. 7 17 158 2,169 591
15 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 351 656 907
16 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 21 265 1,518 432
17 Wade, John W. 3 21 42 2,905 233
18 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 14 216 1,677 415
19 Chayes, Abram 1 2 137 2,082 282
20 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 8 18 151 1,495 717
21 Green, Leon 5 27 66 2,432 230
22 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 137 1,616 545
23 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 6 25 154 1,735 342
24 Kim, Sang Ah 1 1 24 1 2,487
25 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 6 7 252 950 440
26 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 2 376 140 575
27 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 14 254 758 513
28 Eisenberg, Theodore 7 15 143 1,639 201
29 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 17 242 556 522
30 Bohlen, Francis H. 4 21 50 2,021 134
31 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 5 9 143 1,390 174
32 Kalven, Harry Jr. 4 8 88 1,790 48
33 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 12 206 819 311
34 Nissenbaum, Helen 4 2 85 232 1,340
35 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 115 1,193 327
36 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 7 11 162 616 580
37 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 137 765 539
38 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 14 120 1,003 409
39 Priest, George L. 3 12 71 1,500 174
40 Keeton, Page 2 18 14 1,767 176
41 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 237 539 172
42 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 10 195 498 339
43 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 6 15 103 1,006 304
44 Leflar, Robert A. 2 16 33 1,594 105
45 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 6 3 187 45 657
46 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 277 83 195
47 Green, Michael D. Washington University 6 16 106 913 257
48 Borchard, Edwin M. 3 9 31 1,543 55
49 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 186 616 121
50 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 98 43 1,012
51 Morris, Clarence 3 14 22 1,424 96
52 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 75 1,136 68
53 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 8 76 1,068 122
54 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 5 10 133 619 234
55 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 7 9 198 285 217
56 Franklin, Marc A. 3 16 37 1,275 77
57 Robertson, David W. 5 17 79 981 128
58 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 5 210 159 224
59 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 5 16 108 686 217
60 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 42 1,076 188
61 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 91 805 181
62 Malone, Wex S. 3 14 37 1,198 65
63 Seavey, Warren A. 4 13 27 1,188 116
64 Stapleton, Jane 5 13 70 620 398
65 Bloustein, Edward J. 2 4 46 858 304
66 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 69 652 367
67 Keeton, Robert E. 3 13 28 1,196 77
68 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 93 740 174
69 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 6 199 158 176
70 Schauer, Frederick 5 10 99 652 198
71 McGovern, Francis E. 6 14 86 877 56
72 Perry, Ronen University of Haifa 5 8 117 216 499
73 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 157 132 370
74 Scherer, Matthew U. 2 2 116 85 609
75 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 6 7 180 230 145
76 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 124 337 300
77 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 66 837 128
78 Noel, Dix W. 2 15 7 1,252 27
79 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 76 667 194
80 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 8 13 114 427 196
81 Smith, Jeremiah 3 16 34 1,023 40
82 King, Joseph H. Jr. 4 12 55 803 126
83 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 6 10 124 328 204
84 Sugarman, Stephen 5 9 72 591 200
85 Anderson, David A. 5 10 68 679 137
86 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 8 7 121 246 261
87 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 176 58 152
88 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 176 58 152
89 Fleming, John G. 3 14 17 855 194
90 Hensler, Deborah R. Stanford University 4 13 53 742 116
91 Mullenix, Linda S. University of Texas at Austin 5 14 74 663 79
92 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 56 820 31
93 Dewey, John 2 3 59 598 215
94 Coleman, Jules L. 5 10 50 518 318
95 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 69 498 242
96 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 59 730 77
97 Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett University of Florida 6 7 75 469 212
98 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 96 555 38
99 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 110 369 131
100 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 86 456 172