SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through August 1, 2022) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time			Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	212,141	1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	10,605
2	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	126,320	2	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	5,913
3	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	125,236	3	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,157
4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	124,782	4	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	2,874
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	122,019	5	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	2,844
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	114,965	6	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,762
7	David Kamin (NYU)	112,248	7	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,745
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	107,121	8	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,728
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	103,957	9	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	2,727
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	103,012	10	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,601
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	102,837	11	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	2,486
12	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	47,836	12	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,461
13	Michael Simkovic (USC)	46,426	13	David Kamin (NYU)	2,443
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	39,799	14	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,089
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	37,370	15	Kyle Rozema (Washington Univ.)	2,021
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	35,456	16	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	1,947
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	32,605	17	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,909
18	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	29,557	18	Edward McCaffery (USC)	1,817
19	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	28,657	19	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,746
20	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	28,604	20	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,730
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	28,365	21	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,569
22	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	26,826	22	Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo)	1,565
23	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,723	22	Michael Doran (Virginia)	1,530
24	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,658	24	Jeremy Bearer-Friend (G. Washington)	1,515
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	25,562	25	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,508

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Tax Prof Rankings By H-Index Since 2017 (Google Scholar)

Brian Leiter recently ranked the Top 75 law professors by citations as measured by Google Scholar H-Index All. Only two tax professors ranked in the Top 75:  Alan Auerbach (#8; UC-Berkeley) and James Hines (#24; Michigan). As Brian notes, many law professors do not have Google Scholar pages and citation counts vary by field. For more on the use of Google Scholar to measure law professor scholarly influence, see Gary Lucas (Texas A&M), Measuring Scholarly Impact: A Guide for Law School Administrators and Legal Scholars, 165 U. Pa. L. Rev. Online 165 (2017).

Yesterday I posted Google Scholar H-Index All rankings of the Top 105 tax professors with Google Scholar pages (data collected on August 5). Here are the Google Scholar H-Index Since 2017 rankings of the Top 101 tax professors with Google Scholar pages. If you are a full-time law school tax professor with a Google Scholar page and we missed including you, please contact me.

Rank	Name	School	Google Scholar H-index (Since 2017)
1	Alan Auerbach	UC-Berkeley	43
2	James Hines	Michigan	36
3	Reuven Avi-Yonah	Michigan	25
3	Dhammika Dharmapala	Chicago	25
5	Kimberly Clausing	UCLA	20
5	David Weisbach	Chicago	20
7	Jacob Goldin	Chicago	19
7	Edward McCaffery	USC	19
9	Dan Shaviro	NYU	18
9	Robert Sitkoff	Harvard	18
11	Brian Galle	Georgetown	17
11	Kristin Hickman	Minnesota	17
13	Daniel Hemel	NYU	16
13	Eric Zolt	UCLA	16
15	Leandra Lederman	Indiana (Maurer)	15
15	Kyle Logue	Michigan	15
17	Yariv Brauner	Florida	14
17	Chris Sanchirico	Penn	14
19	Bridget Crawford	Pace	13
19	Nancy Knauer	Temple	13
19	Diane Ring	Boston College	13
22	David Gamage	Indiana (Maurer)	12
22	Zachary Liscow	Yale	12
22	Ruth Mason	Virginia	12
22	Michael Simkovic	USC	12
26	Hugh Ault	Boston College	11
26	Clifton Fleming	BYU	11
26	Rebecca Kysar	Fordham	11
26	Sarah Lawsky	Northwestern	11
26	Ajay Mehrotra	Northwestern	11
26	Shu-Yi Oei	Boston College	11
26	Darien Shanske	UC-Davis	11
33	Steven Bank	UCLA	10
33	Joshua Blank	UC-Irvine	10
33	Victor Fleischer	UC-Irvine	10
33	Anthony Infanti	Pittsburgh	10
33	Omri Marian	UC-Irvine	10
33	Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer	Notre Dame	10
33	Nancy McLaughlin	Utah	10
33	Susan Morse	Texas	10
33	James Repetti	Boston College	10
33	Kyle Rozema	Washington Univ.	10
33	Stephen Shay	Boston College	10
44	Ellen Aprill	Loyola-L.A.	9
44	Leslie Book	Villanova	9
44	John Brooks	Fordham	9
44	John Coverdale	Seton Hall	9
44	Kathleen Delaney Thomas	North Carolina	9
44	Andrew Hayashi	Virginia	9
44	Linda Jellum	Idaho	9
44	Leigh Osofsky	North Carolina	9
44	Jay Soled	Rutgers	9
44	Linda Sugin	Fordham	9
44	David Walker	Boston Univ.	9
55	Samuel Brunson	Loyola-Chicago	8
55	Paul Caron	Pepperdine	8
55	Heather Field	UC-Hastings	8
55	Francine Lipman	UNLV	8
55	Henry Ordower	St. Louis	8
55	Gregg Polsky	Georgia	8

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Tax Prof Rankings By H-Index All (Google Scholar)

Update:  Tax Prof Rankings By H-Index Since 2017 (Google Scholar)

Brian Leiter recently ranked the Top 75 law professors by citations as measured by Google Scholar H-Index All. Only two tax professors ranked in the Top 75:  Alan Auerbach (#8; UC-Berkeley) and James Hines (#24; Michigan). As Brian notes, many law professors do not have Google Scholar pages and citation counts vary by field. For more on the use of Google Scholar to measure law professor scholarly influence, see Gary Lucas (Texas A&M), Measuring Scholarly Impact: A Guide for Law School Administrators and Legal Scholars, 165 U. Pa. L. Rev. Online 165 (2017).

Here are the Google Scholar H-Index All rankings of the Top 105 U.S. tax professors with Google Scholar pages (data collected on August 5). If you are a full-time law school tax professor with a Google Scholar page and we missed including you, please contact me. 

Rank	Name	School	Google Scholar H-index (All)
1	Alan Auerbach	UC-Berkeley	91
2	James Hines	Michigan	63
3	David Weisbach	Chicago	35
4	Reuven Avi-Yonah	Michigan	34
4	Dan Shaviro	NYU	34
6	Dhammika Dharmapala	Chicago	31
7	Edward McCaffery	USC	30
8	Kimberly Clausing	UCLA	26
8	Brian Galle	Georgetown	26
8	Kyle Logue	Michigan	26
8	Chris Sanchirico	Penn	26
8	Eric Zolt	UCLA	26
13	Robert Sitkoff	Harvard	24
14	Nancy Knauer	Temple	23
15	Kristin Hickman	Minnesota	22
15	Steven Bank	UCLA	22
17	Leandra Lederman	Indiana (Maurer)	21
18	Jacob Goldin	Chicago	20
19	Daniel Hemel	NYU	19
19	Richard Kaplan	Illinois	19
19	Diane Ring	Boston College	19
22	Ellen Aprill	Loyola-L.A.	17
22	Yariv Brauner	Florida	17
22	Ruth Mason	Virginia	17
22	Nancy McLaughlin	Utah	17
22	Jay Soled	Rutgers	17
27	Hugh Ault	Boston College	16
27	Paul Caron	Pepperdine	16
27	John Coverdale	Seton Hall	16
27	Bridget Crawford	Pace	16
27	Victor Fleischer	UC-Irvine	16
27	Clifton Fleming	BYU	16
33	Anthony Infanti	Pittsburgh	15
33	Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer	Notre Dame	15
33	Ajay Mehrotra	Northwestern	15
33	Gregg Polsky	Georgia	15
33	Richard Pomp	Connecticut	15
33	Linda Sugin	Fordham	15
39	David Gamage	Indiana (Maurer)	14
39	Shu-Yi Oei	Boston College	14
39	James Repetti	Boston College	14
39	Darien Shanske	UC-Davis	14
39	Stephen Shay	Boston College	14
39	David Walker	Boston Univ.	14
45	Bradley Borden	Brooklyn	13
45	Sarah Lawsky	Northwestern	13
45	Michael Simkovic	USC	13
48	Samuel Brunson	Loyola-Chicago	12
48	Terrence Chorvat	George Mason	12
48	Linda Jellum	Idaho	12
48	Rebecca Kysar	Fordham	12
48	Francine Lipman	UNLV	12
48	Zachary Liscow	Yale	12
48	Omri Marian	UC-Irvine	12
48	Theodore Seto	Loyola-L.A.	12
48	Peter Wiedenbeck	Washington Univ.	12
57	Joshua Blank	UC-Irvine	11
57	Neil Buchanan	Florida	11
57	Stephanie Hoffer	Ohio State	11
57	John Miller	Idaho	11
57	Susan Morse	Texas	11
57	Henry Ordower	St. Louis	11

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through June 1, 2022) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time			Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	209,682	1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	9,738
2	Daniel Hemel (NYU)	125,718	2	Daniel Hemel (NYU)	5,526
3	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	124,944	3	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,157
4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	124,498	4	Edward McCaffery (USC)	3,462
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	121,781	5	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	2,931
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	114,774	6	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,898
7	David Kamin (NYU)	112,036	7	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	2,869
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	107,028	8	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	2,804
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	103,776	9	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,754
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	102,888	10	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,639
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	102,674	11	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,637
12	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	47,503	12	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	2,599
13	Michael Simkovic (USC)	46,794	13	David Kamin (NYU)	2,571
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	39,579	14	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,524
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	37,015	15	Kyle Rozema (Washington University)	2,193
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	35,171	16	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,040
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	32,107	17	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	1,983
18	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	29,200	18	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,828
19	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	28,593	19	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,797
20	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	28,508	20	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,718
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	28,126	21	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,630
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,637	22	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	1,579
23	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	26,433	22	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	1,536
24	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,596	24	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,521
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	25,472	25	Gregg Polsky (Georgia)	1,466

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through May 1, 2022) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time			Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	208,581	1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	8,882
2	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	125,410	2	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	5,468
3	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	124,776	3	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,128
4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	124,345	4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	2,986
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	121,615	5	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	2,930
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	114,651	6	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	2,808
7	David Kamin (NYU)	111,916	7	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,733
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	106,965	8	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	2,727
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	103,722	9	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,667
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	102,810	10	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,655
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	102,491	11	Kyle Rozema (Washington University)	2,625
12	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	47,270	12	David Kamin (NYU)	2,623
13	Michael Simkovic (USC)	46,688	13	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,590
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	39,472	14	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,584
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	36,790	15	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,008
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	34,965	16	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,000
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	31,815	17	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,735
18	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	28,956	18	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,711
19	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	28,526	19	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,658
20	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	28,431	20	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,609
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	27,961	21	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	1,558
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,573	22	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	1,512
23	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	26,272	22	Gregg Polsky (Georgia)	1,435
24	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,559	24	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,313
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	25,408	25	Omri Marian (UC-Irvine)	1,246

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through April 1, 2022) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time			Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	207,322	1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	8,470
2	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	124,824	2	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	5,277
3	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	124,648	3	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,262
4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	124,146	4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	3,259
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloomington)	121,318	5	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	3,091
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	114,462	6	Dhammika Dharmapala (Chicago)	3,007
7	David Kamin (NYU)	111,748	7	Kyle Rozema (Washington University)	2,979
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	106,873	8	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	2,887
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	103,686	9	David Kamin (NYU)	2,848
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	102,755	10	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloomington)	2,789
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	102,379	11	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,745
12	Dhammika Dharmapala (Chicago)	46,998	12	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,665
13	Michael Simkovic (USC)	46,583	13	Richard Ainsworth (Boston University)	2,575
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	39,354	14	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,519
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	36,632	15	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,121
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston University)	34,668	16	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indianapolis)	2,088
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	31,470	17	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,823
18	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	28,658	18	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,793
19	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	28,449	19	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,695
20	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	28,270	20	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,674
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	27,800	21	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	1,627
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,500	22	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,568
23	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	26,067	22	Gregg Polsky (Georgia)	1,521
24	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,477	24	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	1,495
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	25,321	25	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,362

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through March 1, 2022) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time			Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	204,981	1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	9,187
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	124,236	2	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	5,332
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	123,559	3	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,860
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	123,436	4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,639
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	120,525	5	David Kamin (NYU)	4,187
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	113,425	6	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	4,065
7	David Kamin (NYU)	111,268	7	Kyle Rozema (Washington University)	3,628
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	106,718	8	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	3,546
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	103,522	9	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	3,274
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	102,620	10	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,924
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	102,084	11	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,921
12	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	46,362	12	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,919
13	Michael Simkovic (USC)	46,211	13	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,734
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	39,035	14	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,579
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	36,219	15	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,428
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	33,803	16	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,391
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	30,209	17	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	2,155
18	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	28,306	18	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,988
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	28,047	19	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,964
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	27,784	20	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,916
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	27,361	21	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	1,911
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,299	22	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,871
23	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	25,431	22	Gregg Polsky (Georgia)	1,663
24	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,324	24	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	1,553
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	25,058	25	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,543

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through February 1, 2022) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time			Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	204,981	1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	9,187
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	124,236	2	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	5,332
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	123,559	3	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,860
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	123,436	4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,639
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	120,525	5	David Kamin (NYU)	4,187
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	113,425	6	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	4,065
7	David Kamin (NYU)	111,268	7	Kyle Rozema (Washington University)	3,628
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	106,718	8	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	3,546
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	103,522	9	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	3,274
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	102,620	10	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,924
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	102,084	11	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,921
12	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	46,362	12	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,919
13	Michael Simkovic (USC)	46,211	13	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,734
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	39,035	14	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,579
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	36,219	15	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,428
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	33,803	16	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,391
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	30,209	17	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	2,155
18	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	28,306	18	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,988
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	28,047	19	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,964
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	27,784	20	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,916
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	27,361	21	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	1,911
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,299	22	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,871
23	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	25,431	22	Gregg Polsky (Georgia)	1,663
24	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,324	24	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	1,553
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	25,058	25	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,543

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through January 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time			Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	204,966	1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	8,299
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	124,235	2	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	5,211
3	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	123,709	3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,417
4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	123,559	4	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,240
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	120,522	5	David Kamin (NYU)	3,999
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	113,421	6	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	3,821
7	David Kamin (NYU)	111,267	7	Kyle Rozema (Washington Univ.)	3,432
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	106,716	8	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	3,279
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	103,522	9	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	3,014
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	102,617	10	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,693
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	102,084	11	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,661
12	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	46,356	12	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,525
13	Michael Simkovic (USC)	46,210	13	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,469
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	39,029	14	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,427
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	36,210	15	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,305
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	33,970	16	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,241
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	30,200	17	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,970
18	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	28,306	18	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,849
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	28,046	19	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,831
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	27,782	20	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,804
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	27,355	21	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,735
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,295	22	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	1,730
23	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	25,423	22	Gregg Polsky (Georgia)	1,586
24	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,321	24	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	1,456
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	25,056	25	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	1,381

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The 50 Most Downloaded U.S. Tax Law Professors Of 2021

1. Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan):  8,299 downloads
2. Daniel Hemel (Chicago):  5,211 downloads
3. Lily Batchelder (NYU):  4,417 downloads
4. Bridget Crawford (Pace):  4.240 downloads
5. David Kamin (NYU):  3,999 downloads
6. Kimberley Clausing (UCLA):  3,821 downloads
7. Kyle Rozema (Washington University):  3,432 downloads
8. Dhammika Dharmapala (Chicago): 3,279 downloads
9. Ruth Mason (Virginia):  3,014 downloads
10. Richard Ainsworth (Boston University):  2,693 downloads
11. David Gamage (Indiana):  2,661 downloads
12. Zachary Liscow (Yale):  2,515 downloads
13. Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indianapolis):  2,469 downloads
14. Robert Sitkoff (Harvard):  2,427 downloads
15. Darien Shanske (UC-Davis):  2,305 downloads
16. Dan Shaviro (NYU):  2,241 downloads
17. Louis Kaplow (Harvard):  1,970 downloads
18. Francine Lipman (UNLV):  1,849 downloads
19. Brad Borden (Brooklyn):  1,831 downloads
20. Ari Glogower (Ohio State):  1,804 downloads
21. Yariv Brauner (Florida):  1,735 downloads
22. Hugh Ault (Boston College):  1,730 downloads
23. Gregg Polsky (Georgia):  1,586 downloads
24. Victor Fleischer (UC-Irvine):  1,488 downloads
25. Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College):  1,381 downloads
26. Michael Simkovic (USC):  1,357 downloads
27. Leandra Lederman (Indiana-Bloomington):  1,352 downloads
28. Omri Marian (UC-Irvine):  1,321 downloads
29. Paul Caron (Pepperdine):  1,270 downloads
30. Diane Ring (Boston College):  1,321 downloads
31. Rebecca Kysar (Fordham):  1,192 downloads
32. Cliff Fleming (BYU):  1,187 downloads
33. Brian Galle (Georgetown):  1,136 downloads
34. Joshua Blank (UC-Irvine):  1,124 downloads
35. Steven Dean (Brooklyn):  1,123 downloads

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through December 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time			Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	204,481	1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	8,377
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	124,083	2	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	5,200
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	123,421	3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,557
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	123,404	4	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,325
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	120,387	5	David Kamin (NYU)	4,159
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	113,305	6	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	3,911
7	David Kamin (NYU)	111,137	7	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	3,346
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	106,654	8	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	3,031
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	103,487	9	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,689
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	102,576	10	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,651
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	101,989	11	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,538
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	46,137	12	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,358
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	46,127	13	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,309
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	38,952	14	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,282
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	36,045	15	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,219
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	33,798	16	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	2,139
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	29,913	17	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	2,013
18	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	28,250	18	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	1,786
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	27,951	19	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,786
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	27,579	20	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,782
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	27,184	21	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,573
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,238	22	Greg Polsky (Georgia)	1,532
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,301	22	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	1,430
24	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	25,174	24	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	1,403
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	24,998	25	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,396

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through November 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time			Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	203,642	1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	8,180
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	123,837	2	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	4,706
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	123,137	3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,658
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	122,232	4	David Kamin (NYU)	4,211
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	120,170	5	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,184
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	113,104	6	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	3,944
7	David Kamin (NYU)	110,865	7	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	3,346
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	106,579	8	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	3,129
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	103,426	9	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,682
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	102,517	10	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,632
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	101,869	11	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,524
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	46,038	12	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,390
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	45,841	13	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,288
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	38,834	14	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,264
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	35,870	15	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,179
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	33,587	16	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	2,152
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	29,420	17	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	2,005
18	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	28,191	18	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	1,848
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	27,859	19	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,772
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	27,335	20	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,759
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	27,066	21	Gregg Polsky (Georgia)	1,522
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,180	22	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,481
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,257	22	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	1,457
24	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	24,954	24	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,416
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	24,841	25	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	1,398

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through October 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time			Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	203,021	1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	8,169
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	123,632	2	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,631
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	122,814	3	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	4,249
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	121,537	4	David Kamin (NYU)	4,208
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	119,865	5	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,106
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	112,892	6	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	3,968
7	David Kamin (NYU)	110,570	7	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	3,483
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	106,449	8	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	3,301
9	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	103,339	9	Richard Ainsworth (Boston U.)	2,700
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	102,432	10	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,506
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	101,619	11	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,474
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	45,935	12	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,377
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	45,534	13	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,278
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	38,734	14	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,229
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	35,749	15	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,144
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston U.)	33,420	16	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	2,141
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	29,103	17	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	2,013
18	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	28,021	18	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	1,923
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	27,793	19	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,780
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	27,160	20	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,614
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	26,944	21	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,482
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,139	22	Diane Ring (Boston College)	1,467
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,211	22	Gregg Polsky (Georgia)	1,460
24	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	24,769	24	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	1,455
25	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	24,675	25	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,411

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through September 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time			Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	202,404	1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	8,058
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	123,491	2	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,518
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	122,414	3	David Kamin (NYU)	4,067
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	120,909	4	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,062
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	119,638	5	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	3,988
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	112,712	6	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,845
7	David Kamin (NYU)	110,183	7	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	3,497
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	106,351	8	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	3,289
9	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	103,237	9	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,668
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	102,343	10	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,437
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	101,453	11	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,411
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	45,852	12	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,383
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	45,282	13	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,325
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	38,633	14	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,185
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	35,624	15	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,158
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	33,224	16	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	2,057
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	28,849	17	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	2,017
18	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,942	18	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,015
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	27,728	19	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,715
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	27,014	20	Diane Ring (Boston College)	1,560
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	26,749	21	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,527
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,099	22	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	1,402
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,170	22	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	1,402
24	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	24,718	24	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,385
25	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	24,601	25	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,289

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The 10 Most-Cited Tax Faculty

Following up on last week's post, The Most-Cited Tax Faculty At The 68 Most-Cited Law Schools:  Brian Leiter (Chicago) has updated his ranking of the Ten Most-Cited Tax Faculty to now cover the 2016-2020 period (see prior most-cited tax faculty rankings: 2000-2007, 2005-2010, 2009-2013, 2010-2014, 2013-2017):

Rank	Name	School	Citations	Age
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah	Michigan	420	64
2	Michael Graetz	Columbia	380	77
3	David Weisbach	Chicago	310	58
4	Daniel Shaviro	NYU	300	64
5	Victor Fleischer	UC-Irvine	270	50
	Lawrence Zelenak	Duke	270	63
7	Alan Auerbach	UC-Berkeley	210	70
	Joseph Bankman	Stanford	210	66
9	David Gamage	Indiana	200	43
10	Leandra Lederman	Indiana	190	55

Leiter also lists five highly-cited scholars who work partly in tax:

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through August 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	201,749	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	7,952
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	123,166	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,431
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	122,065	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	4,046
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	120,167	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,012
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	119,309	David Kamin (NYU)	3,911
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	112,380	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	3,455
7	David Kamin (NYU)	109,814	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	3,346
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	106,078	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,262
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	102,977	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,622
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	102,058	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,539
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	101,102	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,436
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	45,782	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,310
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	45,011	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,256
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	38,541	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,079
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	35,490	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,024
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	33,016	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,001
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	28,524	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,988
18	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,865	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,724
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	27,673	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,682
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	26,857	Diane Ring (Boston College)	1,665
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	26,644	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,550
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,066	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	1,507
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,136	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	1,409
24	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	24,639	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,395
25	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	24,568	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,379

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The Most-Cited Tax Faculty At The 68 Most-Cited Law Schools

Following up on this morning's post, The 68 Most-Cited Law Faculties:  here are the 23 Tax Profs among the 10-most cited faculty at the Top 68 law schools:

2.  Chicago:  Daniel Hemel
3.  Harvard:  Louis Kaplow
13.  Michigan:  Reuven Avi-Yonah 
14.  UC-Irvine:  Vic Fleischer
18.  Minnesota:  Kristin Hickman
22.  UC-Davis:  Darien Shanske
29.  USC:  Ed McCaffery, Mike Simkovic
33.  Cardozo:  Ed Zelinsky
43.  Alabama:  Susan Pace Hamill; Georgia:  Gregg Polsky
49.  BYU:  Cliff Fleming
52.  Indiana:  David Gamage, Leandra Lederman; Iowa:  Andy Grewal
59.  Boston College:  Ray Madoff, Shu-Yi Oei, Jim Repetti, Diane Ring; Pittsburgh:  Tony Infanti
63.  Loyola-L.A.:  Ellen Aprill; Pepperdine:  Paul Caron; Santa Clara:  Pat Cain

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Leiter: Citation Counts Vary By Field—Tax Is 19th Among 21 Subject Areas

Brian Leiter (Chicago), Citation Counts Vary By Field:

Since Professor Sisk and colleagues at the University of St. Thomas are putting the finishing touches on their study of scholarly impact for the period 2016-2020, I thought I'd call attention to an important fact about interpreting citation data:  namely, that citation rates vary quite a bit by field.  One can see all the subject-specific citation lists for the last Sisk study (2013-2017) here.  Of the ten most-cited faculty in the U.S. in the last Sisk study, only one did not work at least in part in a public law area.  Indeed, constitutional and public law are the most high-citation fields, although corporate, law & economics, criminal law & procedure, and intellectual property also get cited a lot.  By contrast, tax, evidence, and legal ethics, among others, are low-citation fields.  300 cites in a five-year period will get you into the top five in tax, but not anywhere close to the top 20 in constitutional law (maybe the top 50?).

Here's the fields ranked from highest to lowest citations based on the sum of the cites for the scholar ranked #5 and #10 on the lists in the various specialties (those totals follow in parentheses):

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through July 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	201,304	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	8,123
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	123,051	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,630
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	121,908	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	4,349
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	119,989	David Kamin (NYU)	4,100
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	119,236	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,952
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	112,287	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	3,692
7	David Kamin (NYU)	109,695	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	3,676
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	106,037	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,404
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	102,941	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,732
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	102,016	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,615
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	101,016	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,385
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	45,708	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,362
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	44,859	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,328
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	38,486	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,218
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	35,381	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,108
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	32,831	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,060
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	28,231	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,979
18	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,821	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,780
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	27,623	Diane Ring (Boston College)	1,759
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	26,742	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,714
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	26,551	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	1,594
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	26,033	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,528
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,114	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,463
24	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	24,601	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	1,426
25	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	24,556	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,374

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through June 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	200,347	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	7,883
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	122,885	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	5,596
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	121,621	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,957
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	119,761	David Kamin (NYU)	4,343
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	119,020	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	4,270
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	112,121	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,189
7	David Kamin (NYU)	109,488	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	4,051
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	105,979	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,431
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	102,888	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,795
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	101,954	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,652
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	100,854	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,382
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	45,615	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,377
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	44,597	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,289
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	38,370	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,094
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	35,264	Zachary Liscow (Yale)	2,080
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	32,677	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,074
17	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	27,982	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,968
18	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,775	Diane Ring (Boston College)	1,950
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,983	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,887
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	26,603	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	1,790
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	26,432	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,700
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,988	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,507
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,076	Francine Lipman (UNLV)	1,430
24	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	24,535	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,373
25	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,384	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,212

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through May 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	199,679	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	8,379
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	122,738	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	5,693
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	121,315	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,840
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	119,457	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	4,443
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	118,842	David Kamin (NYU)	4,318
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	111,960	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	4,145
7	David Kamin (NYU)	109,280	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	4,128
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	105,904	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,750
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	102,794	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,981
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	101,890	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,683
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	100,779	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,580
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	45,369	Diane Ring (Boston College)	2,325
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	44,330	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,271
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	38,280	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,266
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	35,054	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	2,177
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	32,377	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,172
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,695	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,073
18	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	27,681	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,997
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,918	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,911
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	26,364	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,710
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	26,295	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,543
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,905	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,246
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	25,037	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,223
24	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	24,481	Leandra Lederman (Indiana-Bloom.)	1,199
25	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,357	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	1,197

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through April 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	198,927	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	8,456
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	122,515	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	5,555
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	120,890	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	4,902
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	119,049	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,693
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	118,552	David Kamin (NYU)	4,205
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	111,727	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,988
7	David Kamin (NYU)	108,921	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	3,734
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	105,813	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,686
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	102,713	Diane Ring (Boston College)	3,022
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	101,785	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,989
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	100,612	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	2,882
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	45,229	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,872
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	44,003	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,651
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	38,155	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,224
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	34,821	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,202
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	32,105	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,198
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,585	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,062
18	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	27,219	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,896
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,835	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,891
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	26,150	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,729
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	26,094	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,576
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,773	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,304
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,974	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	1,245
24	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	24,422	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,240
25	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,308	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,199

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through March 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	198,030	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	8,214
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	122,383	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	5,369
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	119,893	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	4,944
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	118,706	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	3,942
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	118,354	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,895
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	111,563	Diane Ring (Boston College)	3,574
7	David Kamin (NYU)	107,922	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,571
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	105,744	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	3,441
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	102,664	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	3,412
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	101,711	David Kamin (NYU)	3,407
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	100,526	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,994
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	45,080	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,943
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	43,658	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,601
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	38,032	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,208
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	34,660	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,155
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	31,828	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,144
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,521	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,001
18	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	26,783	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,841
19	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,782	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,831
20	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	25,931	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,699
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	25,909	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,557
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,698	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,350
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,917	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	1,273
24	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	24,353	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,232
25	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,290	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,194

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through February 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	197,322	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	7,965
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	122,147	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	5,252
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	119,581	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	4,876
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	118,393	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	3,851
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	118,044	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,790
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	111,288	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,545
7	David Kamin (NYU)	107,638	Diane Ring (Boston College)	3,497
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	105,642	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	3,355
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	102,580	David Kamin (NYU)	3,327
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	101,563	Kim Clausing (UCLA)	3,146
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	100,389	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,948
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	45,201	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,584
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	43,384	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	2,489
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	37,902	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,122
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	34,404	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,016
16	Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.)	31,519	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	2,016
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,429	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	1,880
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,667	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,796
19	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	26,387	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,679
20	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	25,736	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,673
21	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	25,672	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,530
22	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,619	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,349
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,762	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,261
24	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,265	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	1,260
25	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	24,250	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,164

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through January 1, 2021) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	195,466	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	7,827
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	121,968	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	5,074
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	119,107	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	4,706
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	118,031	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	3,611
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	117,836	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,545
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	111,088	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,466
7	David Kamin (NYU)	107,263	Diane Ring (Boston College)	3,440
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	105,527	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	3,301
9	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	102,498	David Kamin (NYU)	3,162
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	101,423	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,899
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	100,277	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,505
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	45,079	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,406
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	43,066	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,115
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	37,735	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,096
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	34,219	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	1,839
16	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	31,273	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	1,815
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,362	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,703
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,584	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,582
19	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	25,950	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,557
20	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,522	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,458
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	25,518	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,335
22	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	25,352	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,270
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,709	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	1,257
24	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,256	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,159
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	24,096	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	1,039

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The 10 Most Popular Tax Articles Of 2020

1. 2791 Downloads:  Hiba Hafiz, Shu-Yi Oei, Diane Ring & Natalya Shnitser (Boston College), Regulating In A Pandemic: Evaluating Economic And Financial Policy Responses To The Coronavirus Crisis (reviewed by Michelle Layser (Illinois))
2. 1,588 Downloads:  Lily Batchelder (NYU) & David Kamin (NYU), Taxing the Rich: Issues and Options
3. 1,339 Downloads:  Ruth Mason (Virginia), The Transformation of International Tax, 114 Am. J. Int'l L. 353 (2020) (reviewed by Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College); symposium responses by Wolfgang Alschner (Ottawa), Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan), Wei Cui (British Columbia), Lilian Faulhaber (Georgetown), and Alan Sykes (Stanford))
4. 822 Downloads:  John Richardson, Laura Snyder & Karen Alpert (Queensland), A Simple Regulatory Fix for Citizenship Taxation, 169 Tax Notes Fed. 275 (Oct. 12, 2020)
5. 709 Downloads:  Ruth Mason (Virginia) & Leopoldo Parada (Leeds), The Legality of Digital Taxes in Europe, 40 Va. Tax Rev. ___ (2020)
6. 681 Downloads:  Wei Cui (British Columbia), The Digital Services Tax: A Conceptual Defense, 73 Tax L. Reb. 69 (2019) (reviewed by Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Utah) and Kim Brooks (Dalhousie)) 
7. 673 Downloads:    Kimberly Clausing (UCLA), Emmanuel Saez (UC-Berkely) & Gabriel Zucman (UC-Berkeley), Ending Corporate Tax Avoidance and Tax Competition: A Plan to Collect the Tax Deficit of Multinationals
8. 669 Downloads:  Kimberly Clausing (UCLA), Profit Shifting Before and After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
9. 528 Downloads:  Jennifer Blouin (Penn) & Leslie Robinson (Dartmouth), Double Counting Accounting: How Much Profit of Multinational Enterprises Is Really in Tax Havens?
10. 521 Downloads:  Stephen Daly (King's College London) & Ruth Mason (Virginia), State Aid: The General Court Decision in Apple (reviewed by Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Utah))

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through December 1, 2020) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	194,887	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	7,703
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	121,838	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	4,901
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	118,829	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	4,561
4	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	117,744	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	3,825
5	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	117,709	David Kamin (NYU)	3,399
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	110,971	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,395
7	David Kamin (NYU)	106,965	Diane Ring (Boston College)	3,335
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	105,449	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,312
9	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	102,444	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	3,213
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	101,351	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,849
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	100,202	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,413
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	44,965	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,392
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	42,797	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,139
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	37,639	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,139
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	34,026	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	1,838
16	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	31,102	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	1,823
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,305	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,699
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,517	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,505
19	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	25,565	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,459
20	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,434	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,345
21	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	25,400	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	1,255
22	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	25,216	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,250
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,667	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,230
24	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,248	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,158
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	24,015	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	1,097

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through November 1, 2020) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	194,258	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	7,560
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	121,635	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	4,760
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	118,457	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	4,417
4	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	117,514	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	3,993
5	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	117,427	David Kamin (NYU)	3,615
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	110,793	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,367
7	David Kamin (NYU)	106,651	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,236
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	105,329	Diane Ring (Boston College)	3,231
9	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	102,339	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	3,125
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	101,244	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,830
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	100,096	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,364
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	44,842	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,225
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	42,482	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,168
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	37,528	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,139
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	33,860	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	1,846
16	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	30,898	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	1,811
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,243	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,788
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,458	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,530
19	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,373	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,444
20	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	25,296	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,357
21	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	25,233	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,296
22	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	25,068	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	1,277
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,621	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,236
24	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,234	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,163
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	23,941	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	1,144

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through October 1, 2020) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	193,644	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	7,672
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	121,471	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	4,492
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	118,169	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,194
4	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	117,337	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	4,050
5	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	117,219	David Kamin (NYU)	3,780
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	110,644	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,475
7	David Kamin (NYU)	106,364	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,252
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	105,240	Diane Ring (Boston College)	3,139
9	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	102,274	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	3,046
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	101,172	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,782
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	100,006	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,420
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	44,741	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,246
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	42,038	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,207
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	37,416	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,152
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	33,734	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,846
16	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	30,711	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	1,840
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,177	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	1,833
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,388	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,553
19	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,307	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,480
20	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	25,161	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,404
21	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	24,987	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,359
22	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	24,876	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	1,341
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,569	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	1,310
24	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,217	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,264
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	23,838	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,197

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through September 1, 2020) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	193,145	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	7,710
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	121,322	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	5,852
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	117,881	David Kamin (NYU)	5,449
4	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	117,213	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	4,390
5	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	117,026	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	4,029
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	110,510	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,826
7	David Kamin (NYU)	106,112	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,279
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	105,156	Diane Ring (Boston College)	3,029
9	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	102,222	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	2,934
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	101,100	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,753
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	99,925	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,431
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	44,685	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,380
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	41,770	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,308
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	37,327	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	2,205
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	33,605	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	1,877
16	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	30,545	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,833
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,098	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	1,785
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,324	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,565
19	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,261	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	1,545
20	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	25,016	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,500
21	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	24,785	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,438
22	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	24,684	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,407
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,496	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	1,343
24	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,206	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,315
25	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	23,805	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	1,223

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SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through August 1, 2020) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	192,590	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	7,602
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	121,164	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	5,720
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	117,631	David Kamin (NYU)	5,377
4	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	117,052	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	4,357
5	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	116,870	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,826
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	110,355	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	3,824
7	David Kamin (NYU)	105,900	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,210
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	105,059	Diane Ring (Boston College)	2,883
9	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	102,169	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	2,792
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	101,036	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,706
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	99,845	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,477
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	44,602	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,383
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	41,552	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,369
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	37,159	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,877
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	33,501	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	1,842
16	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	30,392	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	1,821
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	27,045	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	1,809
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,262	Manoj Viswanathan (Hastings)	1,659
19	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,237	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,570
20	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	24,911	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,476
21	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	24,544	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,443
22	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	24,511	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,443
23	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,439	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	1,372
24	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,198	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,370
25	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	23,781	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	1,344

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SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through July 1, 2020) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	191,980	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	7,554
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	120,857	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	5,173
3	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	116,974	David Kamin (NYU)	4,892
4	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	116,895	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	4,135
5	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	116,579	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,836
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	110,214	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	3,485
7	David Kamin (NYU)	105,294	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,183
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	104,927	Diane Ring (Boston College)	2,773
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	102,094	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,696
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	100,922	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	2,680
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	99,709	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,598
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	44,553	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,446
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	41,163	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,189
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	37,011	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,977
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	33,399	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	1,909
16	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	30,210	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	1,867
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	26,933	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	1,728
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,196	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	1,658
19	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,209	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,607
20	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	24,765	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,442
21	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	24,378	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,425
22	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,373	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,424
23	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	24,271	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,420
24	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,186	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	1,418
25	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	23,768	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	1,311

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through June 1, 2020) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	191,246	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	7,362
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	120,723	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	4,985
3	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	116,722	David Kamin (NYU)	4,851
4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	116,660	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,873
5	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	116,321	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	3,044
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	110,035	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	2,828
7	David Kamin (NYU)	105,138	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,676
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	104,851	Diane Ring (Boston College)	2,520
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	102,023	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,435
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	100,855	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	2,433
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	99,638	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,381
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	44,460	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,226
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	38,979	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	2,098
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	36,860	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	1,941
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	33,290	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	1,874
16	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	30,016	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,865
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	26,781	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	1,778
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,149	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,718
19	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,156	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	1,591
20	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	24,532	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,475
21	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,316	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,461
22	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	24,226	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	1,459
23	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,175	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,426
24	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	23,780	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,387
25	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	23,749	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,329

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through May 1, 2020) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	190,140	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	6,829
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	120,560	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	5,004
3	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	116,568	David Kamin (NYU)	4,881
4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	116,474	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,646
5	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	115,699	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	2,820
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	109,884	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,767
7	David Kamin (NYU)	104,961	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	2,540
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	104,719	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,311
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	101,931	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	2,226
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	100,784	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,215
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	99,551	Diane Ring (Boston College)	2,042
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	44,333	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	1,976
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	38,635	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	1,970
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	36,730	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	1,960
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	33,055	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	1,942
16	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	29,682	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	1,887
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	26,725	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,850
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,091	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,682
19	Jim Hines (Michigan)	25,068	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,599
20	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	24,384	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	1,583
21	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,248	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,525
22	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,151	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,512
23	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	24,091	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,396
24	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	23,701	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,353
25	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	23,528	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	1,295

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through April 1, 2020) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	189,283	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	6,687
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	120,309	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	5,044
3	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	116,324	David Kamin (NYU)	4,963
4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	116,191	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	3,871
5	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	115,360	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,159
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	109,664	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	2,882
7	David Kamin (NYU)	104,710	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,426
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	104,501	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,204
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	101,799	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,134
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	100,652	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	2,031
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	99,411	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	1,937
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	44,192	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	1,936
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	38,444	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	1,935
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	36,574	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	1,917
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	32,924	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,814
16	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	29,448	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,796
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	26,645	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	1,788
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	26,034	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	1,738
19	Jim Hines (Michigan)	24,976	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,641
20	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	24,195	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,608
21	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,159	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,460
22	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,143	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,314
23	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	23,944	Diane Ring (Boston College)	1,235
24	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	23,677	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	1,213
25	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	23,226	Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College)	1,190

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through March 2, 2020) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	188,632	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	6,685
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	120,177	David Kamin (NYU)	5,140
3	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	116,200	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	5,062
4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	115,955	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	4,239
5	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	115,111	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,242
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	109,563	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	3,122
7	David Kamin (NYU)	104,519	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,604
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	104,395	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,406
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	101,715	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	2,284
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	100,562	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,214
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	99,333	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	2,001
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	44,042	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	1,996
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	38,290	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	1,996
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	36,475	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	1,947
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	32,829	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,890
16	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	29,228	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	1,885
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	26,574	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,847
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	25,980	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	1,793
19	Jim Hines (Michigan)	24,912	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,788
20	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,117	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	1,757
21	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	24,100	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,636
22	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	24,070	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,323
23	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	23,785	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	1,282
24	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	23,652	Leandra Lederman (Indiana Bloom.)	1,207
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	23,022	Kyle Rozema (Washington U.)	1,152

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through February 1, 2020) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	188,030	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	6,897
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	120,013	David Kamin (NYU)	5,254
3	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	116,012	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	5,186
4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	115,709	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	4,481
5	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	114,832	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	3,319
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	109,398	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,166
7	David Kamin (NYU)	104,292	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	2,845
8	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	104,281	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,639
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	101,573	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	2,526
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	100,444	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	2,301
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	99,212	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,260
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	43,940	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	2,111
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	38,130	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	2,022
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	36,366	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	2,013
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	32,727	Ruth Mason (Virginia)	1,966
16	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	29,024	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	1,951
17	Ed Kleinbard (USC)	26,372	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	1,898
18	Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine)	25,931	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	1,877
19	Jim Hines (Michigan)	24,873	Michael Simkovic (USC)	1,855
20	Gladriel Shobe (BYU)	24,106	Hugh Ault (Boston College)	1,818
21	Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.)	23,960	Yariv Brauner (Florida)	1,748
22	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	23,935	Kyle Rozema (Washington U.)	1,541
23	Robert Sitkoff (Harvard)	23,650	Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)	1,324
24	Richard Kaplan (Illinois)	23,607	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	1,310
25	Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.)	22,928	Leandra Lederman (Indiana Bloom.)	1,246

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SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN database.  Here is the new list (through January 5, 2020) of the Top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in two of the SSRN categories: all-time downloads and recent downloads (within the past 12 months):

		All-Time		Recent
1	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	187,671	Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)	7,341
2	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	119,866	David Kamin (NYU)	5,518
3	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	115,750	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	5,438
4	Lily Batchelder (NYU)	115,511	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	4,860
5	Daniel Hemel (Chicago)	114,566	David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.)	3,524
6	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	109,283	Dan Shaviro (NYU)	3,263
7	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	104,201	Bridget Crawford (Pace)	3,136
8	David Kamin (NYU)	104,115	Darien Shanske (UC-Davis)	2,978
9	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	101,471	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	2,968
10	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	100,364	Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings)	2,846
11	Ari Glogower (Ohio State)	99,126	Rebecca Kysar (Fordham)	2,454
12	Michael Simkovic (USC)	43,817	Cliff Fleming (BYU)	2,448
13	D. Dharmapala (Chicago)	38,004	Richard Ainsworth (BU)	2,418
14	Paul Caron (Pepperdine)	36,287	Brad Borden (Brooklyn)	2,397
15	Louis Kaplow (Harvard)	32,642