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Thursday, May 25, 2023

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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, 2023) 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)  220,463 1 Jonathan Choi (Minnesota) 13,150
2 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 129,887 2 Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) 11,859
3 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 126,539 3 Kristin Hickman (Minnesota) 10,601
4 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 126,365 4 Amy Monahan (Minnesota) 9,666
5 David Gamage (Indiana-Maurer) 124,060 5 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 4,465
6 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 117,196 6 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 4,090
7 David Kamin (NYU) 113,586 7 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 3,333
8 Cliff Fleming (BYU)    107,956 8 Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-McKinney)   3,073
9 Manoj Viswanathan (UC-San Francisco) 104,514 9 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 3,034
10 Ari Glogower (Northwestern) 103,801 10 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 3,014
11 Rebecca Kysar (Fordham) 103,614 11 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 2,892
12 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 50,137 12 Kyle Rozema (Washington University) 2,870
13 Michael Simkovic (USC) 47,611 13 Richard Ainsworth (Boston University) 2,545
14 Paul Caron (Pepperdine) 40,941 14 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 2,544
15 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 39,839 15 David Gamage (Indiana-Maurer) 2,441
16 Richard Ainsworth (Boston University) 37,513 16 Kim Clausing (UCLA)     2,427
17 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 35,907 17 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 2,266
18 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 31,977 18 Zachary Liscow (Yale) 2,260
19 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 30,229 19 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 2,065
20 Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine) 29,751 20 Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo) 2,044
21 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 29,608 21 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 2,017
22 Ed Kleinbard (USC) 29,359 22 Richard Kaplan (Illinois) 1,887
23 Jim Hines (Michigan) 27,844 23 Brian Galle (Georgetown) 1,780
24 Richard Kaplan (Illinois) 27,059 24 Victoria Haneman (Creighton) 1,727
25 Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.) 26,221 25 David Kamin (NYU) 1,670

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May 25, 2023 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Daily, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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, 2023) 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)  219,412 1 Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) 12,089
2 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 129,397 2 Kristin Hickman (Minnesota) 9,546
3 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 126,346 3 Jonathan Choi (Minnesota) 9,127
4 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 126,202 4 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 4,572
5 David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.) 123,849 5 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 4,070
6 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 116,971 6 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 3,164
7 David Kamin (NYU) 113,436 7 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 3,016
8 Cliff Fleming (BYU)    107,868 8 Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)   2,976
9 Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings) 104,450 9 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 2,924
10 Ari Glogower (Northwestern) 103,709 10 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 2,896
11 Rebecca Kysar (Fordham) 103,553 11 Kyle Rozema (Washington University) 2,750
12 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 49,869 12 Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.) 2,634
13 Michael Simkovic (USC) 48,174 13 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 2,489
14 Paul Caron (Pepperdine) 40,819 14 David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.) 2,453
15 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 39,563 15 Zachary Liscow (Yale) 2,378
16 Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.) 37,307 16 Kim Clausing (UCLA)     2,290
17 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 35,545 17 Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo) 2,290
18 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 31,684 18 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 2,231
19 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 30,030 19 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 2,053
20 Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine) 29,652 20 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 1,998
21 Ed Kleinbard (USC) 29,293 21 Richard Kaplan (Illinois) 1,828
22 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 29,239 22 Victoria Haneman (Creighton) 1,773
23 Jim Hines (Michigan) 27,721 23 Brian Galle (Georgetown) 1,722
24 Richard Kaplan (Illinois) 26,935 24 David Kamin (NYU) 1,686
25 Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.) 26,139 25 Chris Sanchirico (Penn) 1,653

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May 2, 2023 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Daily, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Thursday, March 30, 2023

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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, 2023) 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)  218,431 1 Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) 11,852
2 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 129,035 2 Kristin Hickman (Minnesota) 8,079
3 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 126,106 3 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 4,564
4 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 125,963 4 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 4,079
5 David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.) 123,647 5 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 3,166
6 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 116,770 6 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 3,066
7 David Kamin (NYU) 113,262 7 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 2,975
8 Cliff Fleming (BYU)    107,764 8 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 2,909
9 Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings) 104,396 9 Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)   2,833
10 Ari Glogower (Northwestern) 103,618 10 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 2,829
11 Rebecca Kysar (Fordham) 103,505 11 David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.) 2,764
12 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 49,640 12 Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.) 2,740
13 Michael Simkovic (USC) 47,374 13 Kyle Rozema (Washington University) 2,601
14 Paul Caron (Pepperdine) 40,691 14 Zachary Liscow (Yale) 2,528
15 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 39,348 15 Kim Clausing (UCLA)     2,276
16 Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.) 37,134 16 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 2,190
17 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 35,207 17 Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo) 2,173
18 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 31,330 18 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 2,012
19 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 29,829 19 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 1,931
20 Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine) 29,541 20 Richard Kaplan (Illinois) 1,814
21 Ed Kleinbard (USC) 29,214 21 Victoria Haneman (Creighton) 1,787
22 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 28,822 22 David Kamin (NYU) 1,665
23 Jim Hines (Michigan) 27,626 23 Brian Galle (Georgetown) 1,651
24 Richard Kaplan (Illinois) 26,803 24 Chris Sanchirico (Penn) 1,611
25 Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.) 26,075 25 Edward McCaffery (USC) 1,487

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March 30, 2023 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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 5, 2023) 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)  217,707 1 Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) 11,875
2 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 128,768 2 Kristin Hickman (Minnesota) 6,367
3 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 125,977 3 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 4,776
4 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 125,814 4 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 4,134
5 David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.) 123,478 5 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 3,066
6 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 116,573 6 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 3,037
7 David Kamin (NYU) 113,129 7 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 2,879
8 Cliff Fleming (BYU)    107,708 8 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 2,838
9 Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings) 104,350 9 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 2,809
10 Ari Glogower (Northwestern) 103,504 10 Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.) 2,779
11 Rebecca Kysar (Fordham) 103,452 11 David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.) 2,714
12 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 49,459 12 Zachary Liscow (Yale) 2,563
13 Michael Simkovic (USC) 47,296 13 Kyle Rozema (Washington University) 2,492
14 Paul Caron (Pepperdine) 40,575 14 Kim Clausing (UCLA)     2,227
15 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 39,193 15 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 2,209
16 Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.) 36,989 16 Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo) 2,123
17 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 34,922 17 Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)   2,081
18 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 31,128 18 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 2,054
19 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 29,692 19 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 1,901
20 Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine) 29,480 20 Victoria Haneman (Creighton) 1,736
21 Ed Kleinbard (USC) 29,150 21 David Kamin (NYU) 1,688
22 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 28,562 22 Richard Kaplan (Illinois) 1,658
23 Jim Hines (Michigan) 27,547 23 Chris Sanchirico (Penn) 1,573
24 Richard Kaplan (Illinois) 26,592 24 Brian Galle (Georgetown) 1,453
25 Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.) 26,025 25 Edward McCaffery (USC) 1,418

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February 21, 2023 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

The 50 Most Downloaded U.S. Tax Law Professors Of 2022

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Rank Name School Downloads
1 Reuven Avi-Yonah Michigan 11,679
2 Daniel Hemel NYU 4,980
3 Bridget Crawford Pace 4,235
4 Robert Sitkoff Harvard 3,074
5 Zachary Liscow Yale 2,780
6 Dhammika Dharmapala Chicago 2,745
7 Ruth Mason Virginia 2,693
8 Richard Ainsworth Boston University 2,674
9 Darien Shanske UC-Davis 2,617
10 David Gamage Indiana 2,595
11 Louis Kaplow Harvard 2,535
12 Kyle Rozema Washington University 2,498
13 Kimberley Clausing UCLA 2,270
14 Michael Doran Virginia 2,154
15 Lily Batchelder NYU 2,069
16 Brad Borden Brooklyn 1,991
17 Young Ran (Christine) Kim Cardozo 1,917
18 Dan Shaviro NYU 1,849
19 David Kamin NYU 1,726
20 Victoria Haneman Creighton 1,687
21 Margaret Ryznar Indiana-Indianapolis 1,557
22 Edward McCaffery USC 1,454
23 Chris Sanchirico Penn 1,432
24 Francine Lipman UNLV 1,369
25 Michael Simkovic USC 1,364
26 Paul Caron Pepperdine 1,312
27 Victor Fleischer UC-Irvine 1,305
28 Jeremy Bearer-Friend George Washington 1,304
29 Omri Marian UC-Irvine 1,296
30 Ari Glogower Ohio State 1,291
31 Brian Galle Georgetown 1,230
32 Hugh Ault Boston College 1,227
33 David Weisbach Chicago 1,194
34 Kristin Hickman Minnesota 1,146
35 Nancy McLaughlin Utah 1,130

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January 25, 2023 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

2023 Tax Prof Rankings By H-Index Since 2018 (Google Scholar)

Google Scholar (2015)Last year, Brian Leiter 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 (UC-Berkeley) and James Hines (Michigan). I then ranked the Top 100 tax professors by Google Scholar H-Index All and Google Scholar H-Index Since 2017.

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 100 tax professors with Google Scholar pages (data collected on January 5). Here are the Google Scholar H-Index Since 2018 rankings of the Top 100 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 2018)

1 Joel Slemrod Michigan 54
2 Alan Auerbach UC-Berkeley 40
3 James Hines Michigan 32
4 Reuven Avi-Yonah Michigan 24
5 Dhammika Dharmapala Chicago 23
6 David Weisbach Chicago 21
7 Kimberly Clausing UCLA 20
8 Jacob Goldin Chicago 19
9 Daniel Hemel NYU 17
9 Kristin Hickman Minnesota 17
9 Edward McCaffery USC 17
9 Dan Shaviro NYU 17
9 Robert Sitkoff Harvard 17
14 Brian Galle Georgetown 16
14 Eric Zolt UCLA 16
16 Leandra Lederman Indiana (Maurer) 15
16 Kyle Logue Michigan 15
18 Yariv Brauner Florida 14
19 Bridget Crawford Pace 13
19 Nancy Knauer Temple 13
19 Zachary Liscow Yale 13
19 Diane Ring Boston College 13
23 Ruth Mason Virginia 12
23 Kyle Rozema Washington Univ. 12
23 Chris Sanchirico Penn 12
23 Michael Simkovic USC 12
27 Joshua Blank UC-Irvine 11
27 Dorothy Brown Georgetown 11
27 David Gamage Indiana (Maurer) 11
27 Rebecca Kysar Fordham 11
27 Omri Marian UC-Irvine 11
27 Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer Notre Dame 11
33 Victor Fleischer UC-Irvine 10
33 Clifton Fleming BYU 10
33 Sarah Lawsky Northwestern 10
33 Nancy McLaughlin Utah 10
33 Ajay Mehrotra Northwestern 10
33 Shu-Yi Oei Duke 10
33 Darien Shanske UC-Davis 10
33 Stephen Shay Boston College 10
41 Hugh Ault Boston College 9
41 Steven Bank UCLA 9
41 Leslie Book Villanova 9
41 John Brooks Fordham 9
41 Kathleen Delaney Thomas North Carolina 9
41 Andrew Hayashi Virginia 9
41 Susan Morse Texas 9
41 Leigh Osofsky North Carolina 9
41 James Repetti Boston College 9
41 Jay Soled Rutgers 9
41 Linda Sugin Fordham 9
41 David Walker Boston Univ. 9
53 Ellen Aprill Loyola-L.A. 8
53 Samuel Brunson Loyola-Chicago 8
53 Heather Field UC-San Francisco 8
53 Anthony Infanti Pittsburgh 8
53 Linda Jellum Idaho 8

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January 10, 2023 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Monday, January 9, 2023

2023 Tax Prof Rankings By H-Index All (Google Scholar)

Google Scholar (2015)Last year, Brian Leiter 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 (UC-Berkeley) and James Hines (Michigan). I then ranked the Top 100 tax professors by Google Scholar H-Index All. As Brian noted, 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 updated Google Scholar H-Index All rankings of the Top 100 U.S. tax professors with Google Scholar pages (data collected on January 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 Joel Slemrod Michigan 93
2 Alan Auerbach UC-Berkeley 91
3 James Hines Michigan 64
4 Reuven Avi-Yonah Michigan 35
4 Dan Shaviro NYU 35
4 David Weisbach Chicago 35
7 Dhammika Dharmapala Chicago 31
8 Edward McCaffery USC 30
9 Kimberly Clausing UCLA 27
9 Brian Galle Georgetown 27
11 Kyle Logue Michigan 26
11 Chris Sanchirico Penn 26
11 Eric Zolt UCLA 26
14 Nancy Knauer Temple 24
14 Robert Sitkoff Harvard 24
16 Leandra Lederman Indiana (Maurer) 23
17 Steven Bank UCLA 22
17 Kristin Hickman Minnesota 22
19 Jacob Goldin Chicago 21
20 Dorothy Brown Georgetown 20
20 Diane Ring Boston College 20
22 Daniel Hemel NYU 19
22 Richard Kaplan Illinois 19
24 Nancy McLaughlin Utah 18
25 Ellen Aprill Loyola-L.A. 17
25 Yariv Brauner Florida 17
25 Bridget Crawford Pace 17
25 Ruth Mason Virginia 17
25 Jay Soled Rutgers 17
30 Hugh Ault Boston College 16
30 Paul Caron Pepperdine 16
30 John Coverdale Seton Hall 16
30 Victor Fleischer UC-Irvine 16
30 Clifton Fleming BYU 16
30 Anthony Infanti Pittsburgh 16
30 Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer Notre Dame 16
30 Richard Pomp Connecticut 16
30 David Walker Boston Univ. 16
39 David Gamage Indiana (Maurer) 15
39 Ajay Mehrotra Northwestern 15
39 Gregg Polsky Georgia 15
39 James Repetti Boston College 15
39 Darien Shanske UC-Davis 15
39 Linda Sugin Fordham 15
45 Shu-Yi Oei Duke 14
45 Stephen Shay Boston College 14
47 Joshua Blank UC-Irvine 13
47 Bradley Borden Brooklyn 13
47 Sarah Lawsky Northwestern 13
47 Zachary Liscow Yale 13
47 Omri Marian UC-Irvine 13
47 Michael Simkovic USC 13
53 Samuel Brunson Loyola-Chicago 12
53 Terrence Chorvat George Mason 12
53 Linda Jellum Idaho 12
53 Rebecca Kysar Fordham 12
53 Francine Lipman UNLV 12
53 Susan Morse Texas 12
53 Kyle Rozema Washington Univ. 12
53 Theodore Seto Loyola-L.A. 12
53 Peter Wiedenbeck Washington Univ. 12

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January 9, 2023 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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, 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)  215,355 1 Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) 11,429
2 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 128,035 2 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 5,054
3 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 125,536 3 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 4,213
4 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 125,410 4 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 3,068
5 David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.) 122,782 5 Zachary Liscow (Yale) 2,774
6 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 115,738 6 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 2,773
7 David Kamin (NYU) 112,817 7 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 2,703
8 Cliff Fleming (BYU)    107,428 8 Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.) 2,569
9 Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings) 104,200 9 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 2,541
10 Rebecca Kysar (Fordham) 103,305 10 David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.) 2,527
11 Ari Glogower (Northwestern) 103,218 11 Kyle Rozema (Washington Univ.) 2,521
12 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 48,688 12 Louis Kaplow (Harvard)     2,438
13 Michael Simkovic (USC) 46,895 13 Kim Clausing (UCLA) 2,374
14 Paul Caron (Pepperdine) 40,170 14 Michael Doran (Virginia) 2,112
15 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 38,252 15 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 2,100
16 Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.) 36,204 16 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 1,986
17 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 33,951 17 Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo) 1,910
18 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 30,475 18 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 1,868
19 Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine) 29,223 19 Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy) 1,809
20 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 29,049 20 David Kamin (NYU) 1,771
21 Ed Kleinbard (USC) 28,904 21 Francine Lipman (UNLV)   1,559
22 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 27,850 22 Victoria Haneman (Creighton) 1,475
23 Jim Hines (Michigan) 27,110 23 Edward McCaffery (USC) 1,444
24 Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.) 25,840 24 Jeremy Bearer-Friend (George Wash.) 1,347
25 Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.) 25,815 25 Omri Marian (UC-Irvine) 1,337

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December 28, 2022 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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, 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)  214,451 1 Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) 11,049
2 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 127,477 2 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 5,104
3 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 125,641 3 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 4,272
4 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 125,185 4 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 2,920
5 David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.) 122,450 5 Zachary Liscow (Yale) 2,761
6 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 115,439 6 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 2,676
7 David Kamin (NYU) 112,636 7 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 2,618
8 Cliff Fleming (BYU)    107,287 8 Kyle Rozema (Washington University) 2,434
9 Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings) 104,121 9 Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.) 2,411
10 Rebecca Kysar (Fordham) 103,236 10 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 2,405
11 Ari Glogower (Northwestern) 103,058 11 David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.) 2,365
12 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 48,388 12 Kim Clausing (UCLA)     2,333
13 Michael Simkovic (USC) 46,746 13 Jordan Barry (USC) 2,183
14 Paul Caron (Pepperdine) 40,043 14 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 2,112
15 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 37,849 15 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 2,031
16 Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.) 35,948 16 Michael Doran (Virginia) 1,900
17 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 33,632 17 Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo) 1,894
18 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 30,198 18 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 1,843
19 Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine) 29,111 19 David Kamin (NYU) 1,812
20 Ed Kleinbard (USC) 28,834 20 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 1,757
21 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 28,791 21 Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)   1,703
22 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 27,572 22 Francine Lipman (UNLV) 1,624
23 Jim Hines (Michigan) 26,948 23 Edward McCaffery (USC) 1,366
24 Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.) 25,788 24 Jeremy Bearer-Friend (George Wash.) 1,358
25 Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.) 25,746 25 Omri Marian (UC-Irvine) 1,347

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November 23, 2022 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Thursday, October 13, 2022

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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, 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)  213,542 1 Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) 10,619
2 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 127,160 2 Daniel Hemel (NYU) 5,173
3 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 125,502 3 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 4,185
4 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 125,017 4 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 2,829
5 David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.) 122,296 5 Zachary Liscow (Yale) 2,795
6 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 115,260 6 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 2,643
7 David Kamin (NYU) 112,469 7 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 2,580
8 Cliff Fleming (BYU)    107,221 8 David Gamage (Indiana-Bloom.) 2,441
9 Manoj Viswanathan (UC-Hastings) 104,051 9 Kim Clausing (UCLA)     2,408
10 Rebecca Kysar (Fordham) 103,163 10 Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) 2,377
11 Ari Glogower (Northwestern) 102,981 11 Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.) 2,343
12 D. Dharmapala (Chicago) 48,159 12 Kyle Rozema (Washington University) 2,343
13 Michael Simkovic (USC) 46,650 13 Lily Batchelder (NYU) 2,220
14 Paul Caron (Pepperdine) 39,947 14 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 1,982
15 Louis Kaplow (Harvard) 37,712 15 David Kamin (NYU) 1,914
16 Richard Ainsworth (Boston Univ.) 35,752 16 Dan Shaviro (NYU) 1,878
17 Bridget Crawford (Pace) 33,283 17 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 1,758
18 Robert Sitkoff (Harvard) 29,981 18 Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo) 1,757
19 Vic Fleischer (UC-Irvine) 29,069 19 Michael Doran (Virginia) 1,753
20 Ed Kleinbard (USC) 28,751 20 Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-Indy)   1,602
21 Brad Borden (Brooklyn) 28,695 21 Francine Lipman (UNLV) 1,571
22 Ruth Mason (Virginia) 27,144 22 Edward McCaffery (USC) 1,448
23 Jim Hines (Michigan) 26,873 23 Jeremy Bearer-Friend (George Washington) 1,408
24 Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.) 25,738 24 Hugh Ault (Boston College) 1,376
25 Katie Pratt (Loyola-L.A.) 25,671 25 Victoria Haneman (Creighton) 1,369

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October 13, 2022 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Thursday, August 18, 2022

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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August 18, 2022 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

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

Google Scholar (2015)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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August 10, 2022 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

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

Google Scholar (2015)UpdateTax 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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August 9, 2022 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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June 28, 2022 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Thursday, May 26, 2022

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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May 26, 2022 in Legal Education, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings | Permalink

Thursday, April 28, 2022

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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April 28, 2022 in Legal Education, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings | Permalink

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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March 30, 2022 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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February 23, 2022 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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January 26, 2022 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Monday, January 10, 2022

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

  1. SSRN Logo (2018)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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Thursday, December 23, 2021

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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December 23, 2021 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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November 30, 2021 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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October 27, 2021 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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September 29, 2021 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Monday, August 30, 2021

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: 2000-20072005-20102009-20132010-2014, 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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August 30, 2021 in Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Friday, August 27, 2021

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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August 27, 2021 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

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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August 25, 2021 in Law School Rankings, Legal Ed Rankings, Legal Education, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Rankings | Permalink

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

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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August 17, 2021 in Law School Rankings, Legal Ed Rankings, Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Thursday, July 15, 2021

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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Friday, May 28, 2021

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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May 28, 2021 in Legal Education, Scholarship, Tax, Tax Prof Rankings, Tax Scholarship | Permalink

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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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Thursday, January 28, 2021

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

SSRN Logo (2018)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