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Top Law Researchers

Richard A. Posner ranks first, followed by Hari Sutra Disemadi and Cass Robert Sunstein, out of 476,327 ranked researchers.

Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.

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  1. 1 Richard A. Posner United States · #91,704 worldwide overall 49.2 of 127 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2 Hari Sutra Disemadi Indonesia · #111,490 worldwide overall 36.1 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3 Cass Robert Sunstein United States · #74,735 worldwide overall 36.2 of 99 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4 James L. Gibson United States · #18,081 worldwide overall 26.2 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5 Lee Epstein United States · #38,194 worldwide overall 27.1 of 47 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6 Tom Ginsburg United States · #119,545 worldwide overall 29.3 of 71 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7 Tom R. Tyler United States · #3,546 worldwide overall 25.2 of 37 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8 Valerie P. Hans United States · #197,978 worldwide overall 28.9 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9 Austin D. Sarat United States · #96,680 worldwide overall 27.4 of 68 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10 Donald R. Songer United States · #74,498 worldwide overall 25.2 of 37 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11 Nuno M. Garoupa United States · #316,424 worldwide overall 27.6 of 65 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12 Shari Seidman Diamond United States · #253,008 worldwide overall 26.0 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13 Robert Alexy Germany · #173,036 worldwide overall 25.7 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14 Gary Edmond Australia · #239,699 worldwide overall 20.7 of 38 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15 Theodore A. Eisenberg United States · #751,307 worldwide overall 20.8 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  16. 16 Joseph Raz United Kingdom · #54,679 worldwide overall 20.0 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  17. 17 Marc S. Galanter United States · #627,373 worldwide overall 20.7 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  18. 18 Jeremy Waldron United States · #16,998 worldwide overall 19.2 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  19. 19 Eric A. Posner United States · #184,458 worldwide overall 18.5 of 33 papers here in the top 10%
  20. 20 Laurensius Arliman S Indonesia · #76,937 worldwide overall 17.3 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  21. 21 Brian H. Bornstein United States · #317,687 worldwide overall 19.4 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  22. 22 Jack M. Balkin United States · #152,902 worldwide overall 17.4 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  23. 22 Sholahuddin Al-Fatih Indonesia · #527,152 worldwide overall 23.1 of 57 papers here in the top 10%
  24. 24 Michael J. K. Nelson United States · #228,212 worldwide overall 17.0 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  25. 25 Hardianto Djanggih Indonesia · #155,176 worldwide overall 16.5 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
  26. 25 Roger B. M. Cotterrell United Kingdom · #178,653 worldwide overall 17.2 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  27. 27 Gregory A. Caldeira United States · #22,030 worldwide overall 15.3 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  28. 28 Ryan J. Owens United States · #114,207 worldwide overall 15.3 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
  29. 29 JOHN M. FINNIS United Kingdom · #17,510 worldwide overall 15.2 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  30. 30 Ryan C. Black United States · #226,557 worldwide overall 15.4 of 28 papers here in the top 10%
  31. 31 Rosalind Dixon Australia · #211,318 worldwide overall 16.4 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  32. 32 Hans‐W. Micklitz Italy · #548,922 worldwide overall 18.4 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  33. 33 Günther Teubner Germany · #165,521 worldwide overall 16.1 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  34. 34 Larry Alexander United States · #315,090 worldwide overall 16.7 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  35. 35 Richard Allen EPSTEIN United States · #1,903,409 worldwide overall 26.1 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
  36. 36 John H. Langbein United States · #187,919 worldwide overall 16.3 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  37. 37 Neil J. Vidmar United States · #236,926 worldwide overall 16.8 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  38. 38 Le Cheng China · #62,567 worldwide overall 14.1 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  39. 39 Harold J. Berman United States · #250,125 worldwide overall 15.3 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  40. 40 Vanessa E. Munro United Kingdom · #318,937 worldwide overall 14.3 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  41. 41 Mark Tushnet United States · #1,172,044 worldwide overall 23.5 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
  42. 42 Michael J. Saks United States · #471,097 worldwide overall 14.9 of 33 papers here in the top 10%
  43. 43 Lawrence M. Friedman United States · #440,509 worldwide overall 17.6 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  44. 44 H. L. A. Hart United Kingdom · #53,480 worldwide overall 13.8 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  45. 45 Steven Penrod United States · #174,940 worldwide overall 15.8 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  46. 46 Terence C. Halliday United States · #165,378 worldwide overall 14.1 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  47. 47 Xin He China · #104,872 worldwide overall 12.0 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  48. 48 James F. Spriggs United States · #97,353 worldwide overall 12.0 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  49. 49 Stefan Voigt Germany · #54,277 worldwide overall 12.6 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  50. 50 Sida Liu Canada · #151,110 worldwide overall 12.6 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  51. 51 Hugh Collins United Kingdom · #407,324 worldwide overall 14.3 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  52. 52 David Nelken Israel · #1,895,237 worldwide overall 12.7 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
  53. 53 David Kosař Czechia · #337,404 worldwide overall 12.5 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  54. 54 David Dyzenhaus Canada · #211,330 worldwide overall 13.8 of 37 papers here in the top 10%
  55. 55 Sanford H. Kadish United States · #252,485 worldwide overall 12.1 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  56. 56 Wolfgang G. Friedmann United States · #257,304 worldwide overall 13.6 of 37 papers here in the top 10%
  57. 57 Frederick F. Schauer United States · #858,003 worldwide overall 18.8 of 80 papers here in the top 10%
  58. 58 Mohamad Hidayat Muhtar Indonesia · #490,002 worldwide overall 14.9 of 32 papers here in the top 10%
  59. 59 Craig Haney United States · #114,010 worldwide overall 11.8 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  60. 60 Etienne Louis Nel New Zealand · #159,274 worldwide overall 11.8 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  61. 61 Cassia Spohn United States · #29,780 worldwide overall 11.3 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  62. 62 Martin Loughlin United Kingdom · #195,292 worldwide overall 12.3 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  63. 63 Joseph William Singer United States · #610,753 worldwide overall 12.0 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  64. 64 Laurens Walker United States · #94,852 worldwide overall 11.2 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  65. 65 Melinda Gann Hall United States · #92,435 worldwide overall 12.3 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  66. 66 Édgar Bodenheimer United States · #268,759 worldwide overall 12.4 of 29 papers here in the top 10%
  67. 67 Norbert L. Kerr United States · #157,889 worldwide overall 12.7 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  68. 68 Andrew D. Martin United States · #204,990 worldwide overall 11.5 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  69. 68 Hans Kelsen United States · #413,968 worldwide overall 14.9 of 54 papers here in the top 10%
  70. 70 Henry E. Smith United States · #502,687 worldwide overall 11.7 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  71. 71 Edith Greene United States · #335,195 worldwide overall 11.6 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  72. 72 Kenneth Culp Davis United States · #316,804 worldwide overall 12.0 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  73. 73 Ridwan Arifin Indonesia · #1,919,617 worldwide overall 21.4 of 73 papers here in the top 10%
  74. 74 David E. Landau United States · #187,862 worldwide overall 11.0 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  75. 74 Francesco Parisi United States · #1,654,940 worldwide overall 11.5 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  76. 76 David M. Trubek United States · #256,401 worldwide overall 11.6 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  77. 77 Paul M. Collins Ireland · #695,165 worldwide overall 10.9 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  78. 78 Christina L. Boyd United States · #310,293 worldwide overall 10.5 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  79. 79 Adam S Chilton United States · #68,054 worldwide overall 10.9 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  80. 80 Jonathan Crush Canada · #412,650 worldwide overall 11.6 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  81. 81 Ran Hirschl Canada · #224,975 worldwide overall 11.6 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  82. 81 Glendon A. Schubert Jr. United States · #299,672 worldwide overall 11.6 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  83. 83 Jonathan Kastellec United States · #57,977 worldwide overall 10.1 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  84. 84 John T Monahan United States · #88,528 worldwide overall 10.5 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  85. 85 Nigel J. Balmer United Kingdom · #370,601 worldwide overall 10.8 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  86. 86 Joel B. Grossman United States · #318,179 worldwide overall 11.5 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  87. 87 Timothy R. Johnson United States · #454,321 worldwide overall 10.8 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  88. 87 Richard Abel United States · #1,155,151 worldwide overall 12.9 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  89. 89 Stefanie A. Lindquist United States · #300,577 worldwide overall 10.5 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  90. 90 Lisa Waddington Netherlands · #358,710 worldwide overall 11.4 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  91. 91 Louis Jacobus Kotze South Africa · #230,449 worldwide overall 13.0 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
  92. 92 Maya G. Sen United States · #79,192 worldwide overall 10.3 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  93. 93 Susan S. Silbey United States · #164,112 worldwide overall 11.3 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  94. 94 Sandra Fredman United Kingdom · #166,426 worldwide overall 10.9 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  95. 95 Steven Shavell United States · #14,204 worldwide overall 10.5 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  96. 96 Dewa Gede Sudika Mangku Indonesia · #1,540,195 worldwide overall 18.8 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  97. 97 Mariana Valverde Canada · #295,139 worldwide overall 10.7 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  98. 98 Herbert M. Kritzer United States · #1,384,810 worldwide overall 15.4 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  99. 99 Anne Wagner France · #479,731 worldwide overall 10.4 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  100. 100 Joyeeta Gupta United States · #31,016 worldwide overall 10.1 of 16 papers here in the top 10%

ranked researchers with an article, review or conference paper in Law. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review, but it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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