Top 100 Scientists

Top 100 Scientists in United States 2025

Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (873,690 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Henry Hansmann
law and economics
corporate law
nonprofits
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
56
90
33,096
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Stephen Bainbridge
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
55
104
14,710
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Randall S Thomas
Corporate governance
corporate law
securities law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
51
100
10,410
Gideon Parchomovsky
Intellectual Property Law
Property Law
Information Law
Contract Law
Corporate Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
42
63
6,314
Jesse Fried
Corporate Law
Executive Compensation
Venture Capital
Bankruptcy
Corporate Governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
57
17,021
Curtis J Milhaupt
Corporate law and governance
Chinese state capitalism
Asian legal systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
52
5,693
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sean Griffith
Corporate Law
Securities Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Compliance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
38
3,336
Matthew Bodie
labor and employment law
corporate law
privacy law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
39
1,979
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Martin Gelter
corporate governance
corporate law
comparative law
law and economics
private law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
42
2,524

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simone M Sepe
Law and Economics
Corporate Law
Banking Law
Law and Philosophy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
30
1,585
Elizabeth Pollman
Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Corporations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
29
2,700
Robert J Jackson Jr
Empirical Study of Corporate Law and Governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
27
1,827
Robert Bartlett
Securities
Law and Finance
Corporate Law
Venture Capital
Contracts
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
32
2,224
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Perino
Securities Regulation
Corporate Law
Legal History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
26
1,730
Robert B Ahdieh
Regulatory Design
Administrative Law
Comparative Law
Corporate Law
Securities Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
22
1,569
Afra Afsharipour
Corporate governance
mergers and acquisitions
comparative corporate law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
19
960
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Manning Gilbert Warren
Corporate Law
Securities Law
EU Law
Fiduciary Duty Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
24
990
John Morley
Corporate Law
Investment Funds
Trust Law
Legal History
Theory of the Firm
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
17
1,037
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robert Anderson
Maritime Law
Admiralty Law
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Empirical Legal Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
18
701
Andrew A Schwartz
Corporate law
Contracts
Securities law
Crowdfunding
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
20
985
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Scott Hirst
Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
2,221
Dorothy S Lund
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
M&A
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
1,446
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Jessica Erickson
Corporate law
Shareholder litigation
Civil procedure
Class actions
Litigation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
731
John Ohnesorge
administrative law
Asian law
comparative law
corporate law
legal history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
14
575
Stavros Gadinis
financial regulation
securities regulation
corporate law
international finance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
1,254
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Kelli Alces
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
bankruptcy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
12
508
Joseph W Yockey
corporate law
corporate governance
social enterprise
compliance
higher education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
445
Ramsi Woodcock
Antitrust
Law and Economics
Intellectual Property
Corporate Law
Legal Theory
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
440
Bruce Haslem
Corporate law and its impact on firm governance and financing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
6
458
Rolando D Garcia-Rojas
Intellectual Property
Health and Corporate Law
Pharmaceutical R&D
Hospital Administration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
4
257
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Henry Hansmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
56
90
33,096
law and economics
corporate law
nonprofits
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Stephen Bainbridge
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
55
104
14,710
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Randall S Thomas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
100
10,410
Corporate governance
corporate law
securities law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gideon Parchomovsky
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
63
6,314
Intellectual Property Law
Property Law
Information Law
Contract Law
Corporate Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jesse Fried
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
57
17,021
Corporate Law
Executive Compensation
Venture Capital
Bankruptcy
Corporate Governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Curtis J Milhaupt
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
52
5,693
Corporate law and governance
Chinese state capitalism
Asian legal systems
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jerry Markham
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
54
2,846
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sean Griffith
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
38
3,336
Corporate Law
Securities Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Compliance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matthew Bodie
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
39
1,979
labor and employment law
corporate law
privacy law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Martin Gelter
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
42
2,524
corporate governance
corporate law
comparative law
law and economics
private law

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Donald Clarke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
43
3,902
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Saule Omarova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
31
2,680
financial regulation
banking law
corporate law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simone M Sepe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
30
1,585
Law and Economics
Corporate Law
Banking Law
Law and Philosophy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Elizabeth Pollman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
29
2,700
Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Corporations
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Robert J Jackson Jr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
27
1,827
Empirical Study of Corporate Law and Governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Robert Bartlett
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
32
2,224
Securities
Law and Finance
Corporate Law
Venture Capital
Contracts
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jens Dammann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
29
1,396
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Perino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
26
1,730
Securities Regulation
Corporate Law
Legal History
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Robert B Ahdieh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
22
1,569
Regulatory Design
Administrative Law
Comparative Law
Corporate Law
Securities Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Harwell Wells
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
19
1,322
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Afra Afsharipour
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
19
960
Corporate governance
mergers and acquisitions
comparative corporate law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Manning Gilbert Warren
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
24
990
Corporate Law
Securities Law
EU Law
Fiduciary Duty Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
John Morley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
17
1,037
Corporate Law
Investment Funds
Trust Law
Legal History
Theory of the Firm
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robert Anderson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
701
Maritime Law
Admiralty Law
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Empirical Legal Studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew A Schwartz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
20
985
Corporate law
Contracts
Securities law
Crowdfunding
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Scott Hirst
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
2,221
Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Dorothy S Lund
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
1,446
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
M&A
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Jessica Erickson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
731
Corporate law
Shareholder litigation
Civil procedure
Class actions
Litigation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
John Ohnesorge
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
575
administrative law
Asian law
comparative law
corporate law
legal history
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Stavros Gadinis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
1,254
financial regulation
securities regulation
corporate law
international finance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Kelli Alces
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
508
corporate law
corporate governance
securities regulation
bankruptcy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Brian JM Quinn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
571
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Joseph W Yockey
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
445
corporate law
corporate governance
social enterprise
compliance
higher education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Judd F Sneirson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
831
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Ramsi Woodcock
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
440
Antitrust
Law and Economics
Intellectual Property
Corporate Law
Legal Theory
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Bruce Haslem
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
458
Corporate law and its impact on firm governance and financing
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Rolando D Garcia-Rojas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
4
257
Intellectual Property
Health and Corporate Law
Pharmaceutical R&D
Hospital Administration
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Xavier Foccroulle Ménard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
31
Legal Theory
Natural Law
Corporate Law