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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Prosser, William L. 7 25 370 7,949 398
2 Brandeis, Louis D. U.S. Supreme Court 1 2 693 5,247 1,108
3 Warren, Samuel D. 1 1 693 5,235 1,102
4 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 15 20 587 1,935 932
5 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 339 3,509 573
6 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 13 19 536 1,784 834
7 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 238 3,488 481
8 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 583 211 1,032
9 Henderson, James A. Jr. 7 29 172 3,056 331
10 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 216 2,653 425
11 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 198 2,838 285
12 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 9 15 289 2,049 562
13 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 6 617 198 570
14 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 4 31 61 3,187 317
15 Schwartz, Gary T. 7 18 167 2,223 617
16 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 365 653 872
17 Wade, John W. 4 21 46 2,905 224
18 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 21 273 1,518 420
19 Chayes, Abram 1 2 147 2,082 299
20 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 8 18 155 1,495 727
21 Green, Leon 5 27 66 2,432 217
22 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 142 1,614 517
23 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 6 25 155 1,735 309
24 Kim, Sang Ah 1 1 26 1 2,442
25 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 6 7 260 946 443
26 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 2 387 140 561
27 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 14 259 755 509
28 Eisenberg, Theodore 7 15 148 1,637 203
29 Bohlen, Francis H. 4 22 54 2,144 134
30 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 17 249 555 523
31 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 5 9 146 1,390 172
32 Kalven, Harry Jr. 4 8 89 1,789 48
33 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 12 210 819 346
34 Nissenbaum, Helen 4 2 94 232 1,355
35 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 122 1,193 351
36 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 7 11 165 616 590
37 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 142 765 552
38 Priest, George L. 3 12 78 1,500 186
39 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 8 9 229 452 405
40 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 14 121 999 403
41 Keeton, Page 2 18 14 1,769 157
42 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 246 538 167
43 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 10 202 498 334
44 Leflar, Robert A. 2 16 33 1,602 103
45 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 7 15 105 1,006 293
46 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 293 83 194
47 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 6 3 195 45 650
48 Borchard, Edwin M. 3 9 31 1,543 61
49 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 195 616 113
50 Green, Michael D. Washington University 6 16 109 913 233
51 Morris, Clarence 3 15 22 1,443 94
52 Polinsky, Alan Mitchell Stanford University 4 8 121 800 211
53 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 108 43 944
54 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 4 8 79 1,068 133
55 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 78 1,136 75
56 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 5 10 138 612 253
57 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 8 9 207 285 201
58 Robertson, David W. 6 17 89 981 115
59 Franklin, Marc A. 3 16 38 1,269 72
60 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 8 5 221 159 216
61 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 44 1,077 186
62 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 94 804 175
63 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 5 16 110 686 193
64 Stapleton, Jane 5 13 74 620 416
65 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 73 652 391
66 Malone, Wex S. 3 14 37 1,201 66
67 Seavey, Warren A. 4 13 27 1,175 122
68 Bloustein, Edward J. 2 4 47 858 312
69 Keeton, Robert E. 3 13 29 1,196 75
70 Schauer, Frederick 5 10 107 651 197
71 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 95 740 173
72 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 6 204 158 174
73 McGovern, Francis E. 6 13 91 862 55
74 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 139 337 310
75 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 7 7 186 230 158
76 Perry, Ronen University of Haifa 5 8 119 216 468
77 Scherer, Matthew U. 2 2 123 85 571
78 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 66 837 127
79 Noel, Dix W. 2 15 7 1,248 23
80 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 80 667 191
81 Symeonides, Symeon C. Willamette University College of Law 8 13 116 427 197
82 King, Joseph H. Jr. 4 12 56 803 126
83 Smith, Jeremiah 3 16 30 1,009 40
84 Anderson, David A. 5 10 73 683 122
85 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 6 10 128 328 187
86 Sugarman, Stephen 5 9 72 591 195
87 O'Connell, Jeffrey 2 18 16 1,023 62
88 Fleming, John G. 3 14 16 855 199
89 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 59 820 36
90 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 4 3 183 58 149
91 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 183 58 149
92 Hensler, Deborah R. Stanford University 4 13 54 742 117
93 Cardi, William Jonathan Wake Forest University 8 7 122 246 247
94 Dewey, John 2 3 62 598 214
95 Coleman, Jules L. 5 10 52 519 320
96 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 61 730 72
97 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 69 498 231
98 Mullenix, Linda S. University of Texas at Austin 5 13 74 647 72
99 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 115 366 134
100 Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett University of Florida 6 7 76 469 219