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Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Law?

159 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Law are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.2% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 37 countries in the subfield. 51 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Harvard Law School has the most (14), followed by Columbia Law School (10) and Yale University (9). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
159
0.2% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
51
32.1% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 37 countries in Law
Highest-ranked
#233
Sunstein, Cass R.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Harvard Law School146#1Sunstein, Cass R. #233
2Columbia Law School106#2Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams #4,216
3Yale University93#3Kahan, Dan M. #6,097
4University of California, Los Angeles93#4Carbado, Devon W. #53,961
5The University of Chicago Law School72#6Posner, Eric A. #26,063
6Georgetown Law62#8Cohen, Julie E. #62,466
7University of Virginia School of Law53#10Citron, Danielle Keats #32,891
8Duke University43#14Siegel, Reva B. #41,927
9University of Michigan Law School41#15Price, W. Nicholson #45,340
10University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School40#19Pollman, Elizabeth #135,919
11NYU Law40#20Issacharoff, Samuel #138,971
12New York University32#21Waldron, Jeremy J. #16,014
13Harvard University31#25Zittrain, Jonathan L. #87,204
14Cornell Law School32#26Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. #92,858
15Berkeley Law31#27Gelbach, Jonah B. #93,618
16Stanford Law School31#28Achiume, Emily Tendayi #97,778
17Vanderbilt Law School30#30Ruhl, J. B. #117,467

The top 100 in Law in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Sunstein, Cass R.
    Harvard Law School
  2. 2
    Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams
    Columbia Law School
  3. 3
    Kahan, Dan M.
    Yale University
  4. 4
    Solove, Daniel J.
    George Washington University Law School
  5. 5
    Bebchuk, Lucian A.
    Harvard Law School
  6. 6
    Ginsburg, Tom B.
    The University of Chicago
  7. 7
    Waldron, Jeremy J.
    New York University
  8. 8
    Benkler, Yochai
    Harvard Law School
  9. 9
    Scheppele, Kim Lane
    Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
  10. 10
    Lemley, Mark A.
    Stanford University
  11. 11
    Pistor, Katharina
    Columbia Law School
  12. 12
    Alter, Karen J.
    Northwestern University
  13. 13
    Posner, Eric A.
    The University of Chicago Law School
  14. 14
    Tamanaha, Brian Z.
    Washington University in St. Louis
  15. 15
    Anghie, Antony T.
    The University of Utah
  16. 16
    Citron, Danielle Keats
    University of Virginia School of Law
  17. 17
    Bradford, Anu
    Columbia Law School
  18. 18
    Siegel, Reva B.
    Duke University
  19. 19
    Price, W. Nicholson
    University of Michigan Law School
  20. 20
    Tushnet, Mark V.
    Harvard Law School
  21. 21
    Carbado, Devon W.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  22. 22
    Shiffrin, Seana Valentine
    University of California, Los Angeles
  23. 23
    Helfer, Laurence R.
    Duke University
  24. 24
    Bodansky, Daniel M.
    Arizona State University
  25. 25
    Coglianese, Cary
    University of Pennsylvania
  26. 26
    Huq, Aziz Z.
    The University of Chicago Law School
  27. 27
    Cohen, Julie E.
    Georgetown Law
  28. 28
    de Búrca, Gráinne
    New York University
  29. 29
    Calo, Ryan
    University of Washington
  30. 30
    Garrett, Brandon L.
    Duke University
  31. 31
    Coffee, John C.
    Columbia Law School
  32. 32
    Balkin, Jack M.
    Law School
  33. 33
  34. 34
    Moyn, Samuel
    Yale University
  35. 35
    Solum, Lawrence B.
    University of Virginia School of Law
  36. 36
    Harris, Cheryl I.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  37. 37
    Fallon, Richard H.
    Harvard Law School
  38. 38
    Sabel, Charles F.
    Columbia Law School
  39. 39
    Hathaway, Oona A.
    Yale University
  40. 40
    Schauer, Frederick
    University of Virginia School of Law
  41. 41
    Smith, Henry E.
    Harvard Law School
  42. 42
    Pozen, David E.
    Columbia Law School
  43. 43
    Kaminski, Margot E.
    The Ohio State University
  44. 44
    Zittrain, Jonathan L.
    Harvard University
  45. 45
    Shaffer, Gregory C.
    Georgetown Law
  46. 46
    Esty, Daniel C.
    Yale School of the Environment
  47. 47
    Rachlinski, Jeffrey J.
    Cornell Law School
  48. 48
    Gelbach, Jonah B.
    Berkeley Law
  49. 49
    Hathaway, James C.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  50. 50
    Pasquale, Frank Anthony
    Cornell Law School
  51. 51
    Achiume, Emily Tendayi
    Stanford Law School
  52. 52
    Craig, Robin Kundis
    University of Kansas School of Law
  53. 53
    Riles, Annelise
    Northwestern University
  54. 54
    Waldman, Ari Ezra
    University of California, Irvine
  55. 55
    Post, Robert C.
    Yale University
  56. 56
    Raustiala, Kal
    University of California, Los Angeles
  57. 57
    Baude, William
    The University of Chicago Law School
  58. 58
    Ruhl, J. B.
    Vanderbilt Law School
  59. 59
    Khan, Lina M.
    Columbia Law School
  60. 60
    Shelton, Dinah L.
    Santa Clara University
  61. 61
    Bell, Monica C.
    Texas A&M University School of Law
  62. 62
    Persily, Nathaniel A.
    Stanford Law School
  63. 63
    Adler, Matthew D.
    Duke University
  64. 64
    Bridges, Khiara M.
    University of California, Berkeley
  65. 65
    Whitman, James Q.
    University of Virginia
  66. 66
    Ben-Shahar, Omri
    The University of Chicago Law School
  67. 67
    Merrill, Thomas W.
    Columbia Law School
  68. 68
    Ferris, Elizabeth G.
    Georgetown University
  69. 69
    Gardbaum, Stephen
    University of California, Los Angeles
  70. 70
    Selbst, Andrew D.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  71. 71
    Vermeule, Adrian
    Harvard Law School
  72. 72
    Landau, David E.
    Florida State University
  73. 73
    Starr, Sonja B.
    The University of Chicago Law School
  74. 74
    Pollman, Elizabeth
    University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
  75. 75
    Vandenbergh, Michael P.
    Vanderbilt Law School
  76. 76
    Tobia, Kevin Patrick
    The University of Chicago
  77. 77
    Schwartz, Paul M.
    Berkeley Law
  78. 78
  79. 79
    Bainbridge, Stephen M.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  80. 80
    Kennedy, David M.
    Stanford University
  81. 81
  82. 82
    Posner, Richard A.
    The University of Chicago Law School
  83. 83
    Marmor, Andrei
    The University of Chicago Law School
  84. 84
    González, Carmen G.
    Loyola University Chicago
  85. 85
    Bandes, Susan A.
    DePaul University
  86. 86
    Law, David S.
    University of Virginia School of Law
  87. 87
    Langer, Máximo
    University of California, Los Angeles
  88. 88
    Koehler, Jonathan J.
    Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  89. 89
    Hellman, Deborah S.
    University of Virginia School of Law
  90. 90
    Hansmann, Henry B.
    Yale University
  91. 91
    Fidler, David P.
    Council on Foreign Relations
  92. 92
    Frischmann, Brett M.
    Villanova University
  93. 93
    Fisch, Jill E.
    University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
  94. 94
    Salop, Steven Ca
    Georgetown University
  95. 95
    Cherif Bassiouni, M.
    DePaul University
  96. 96
  97. 97
    Howse, Robert L.
    New York University
  98. 98
    Stein, Michael Ashley
    Harvard Law School
  99. 99
    Viljoen, Salomé
    University of Michigan Law School
  100. 100

159 listed scientists in Law in the United States

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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