Brian Leiter reports:
Based on the latest Sisk data, here are the twenty most-cited corporate law and securities regulation professors in the U.S. for the period 2013-2017 (inclusive) (remember that the data was collected in late May of 2018, and that the pre-2018 database did expand a bit since then). Numbers are rounded to the nearest five. Faculty for whom 75% or more of their citations (based on a sample) are in this area are listed; others with less than 75% of their citations in this field are listed in the category of "other highly cited scholars who work partly in this area."
Those in the know will find a certain amusement in the composition of the top three.
In related news:
Cite-specific honors: @UCLA_Law is 11th for scholarly citations in new Sisk study, up 2 from '15 ranking. Most-cited scholars come from many disciplines: @profkang @adamwinkler @ProfBainbridge @sandylocks @VolokhC @russellkorobkin H Motomora, J Salzman, K Raustiala, D Carbado. https://t.co/XqElbpM0yq
— Bill Kisliuk (@bkisliuk) August 15, 2018
We're ahead of excellent schools like Cornell, Michigan, Northwestern, Georgetown, Texas, USC (well, naturally), and my alma mater Virginia!
Now to swallow my pride and give credit where due. Longtime readers will recall that I strongly opposed creating the UC Irvne law school. I still think my arguments made sense at the time. But I must doff my cap to the good folks at Irvine. They are ranked 12th! For such a young law school to have done so well, is amazing and a credit to the faculty and the leadership. Kudos.
