Based on the latest Sisk data, here are the ten most-cited law faculty writing on family law in the U.S. for the period 2016-2020 (inclusive) (remember that the data was collected in late May/early June of 2021, and that the pre-2021 database did expand a bit since then). Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten. Faculty for whom roughly 75% or more of their citations (based on a sample) are in this area are listed; others with less than 75% of their citations in this field (but still a plurality) are listed in the category of "other highly cited scholars who work partly in this area."
Family law
|
Rank |
Name |
School |
Citations |
Age in 2021 |
|
1 |
Douglas NeJaime |
Yale University |
530 |
43 |
|
2 |
Naomi Cahn |
University of Virgina |
460 |
63 |
|
3 |
Martha Fineman |
Emory University |
430 |
71 |
|
4 |
Elizabeth Scott |
Columbia University |
420 |
76 |
|
5 |
June Carbone |
University of Minnesota |
340 |
67 |
|
6 |
Joanna Grossman |
Southern Methodist University |
290 |
53 |
|
7 |
Melissa Murray |
New York University |
280 |
46 |
|
8 |
Mark Strasser |
Capital University |
270 |
66 |
|
9 |
Robin Wilson |
University of Illinois |
260 |
53 |
|
10 |
Jill Hasday |
University of Minnesota |
200 |
49 |
|
Other highly-cited scholars who work partly in this area |
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|
Martha Minow |
Harvard University |
660 |
67 |
|
|
I. Glenn Cohen |
Harvard University |
410 |
43 |
|
|
Janet Halley |
Harvard University |
330 |
69 |
|
|
Angela Onwuachi-Willig |
Boston University |
300 |
48 |
|
|
Brian Bix |
University of Minnesota |
200 |
59 |
People should understand what precipitated my remarks here at Leiter Reports. Also, a few replies and comments on the conversation:…