BU Law Professors Ranked Among Top Law Scholars

Boston University School of Law Professors James Bessen, Keith N. Hylton, Michael J. Meurer, and Christopher Robertson have been ranked among the worldwide General Law Top Scholars by Expertise by ScholarGPS. Boston University has been ranked #6 in the Discipline of General Law–Prior 5 Years, #20 in the Discipline of General Law–Lifetime, and #36 in the Field of Law among intuitions worldwide.

For General Law Top Scholars by Expertise–Lifetime, Professor Bessen ranks at #21, Professor Hylton at #39, and Professor Meurer at #267. For General Law Top Scholars by Expertise–Prior 5 Years, Professor Bessen ranks at #35 and Professor Robertson at #137. Professor Bessen is also ranked #54 among the global Highly Ranked Scholars in the Field of Law and is noted as being among the top 0.04% of all Law scholars for his contributions to legal academia.

ScholarGPS Rankings are determined purely quantitatively and are based on “the most productive (number of publications) authors whose works are of profound impact (citations) and of utmost quality (h-index).” Institutional Rankings are based on the quality and quantity of active scholars, measured by publications, citations, and h-index. ScholarGPS measures scholarly activity through its database of over 200 million archival publications in the form of journal articles, books, book chapters, patents, and conference papers. It offers information on over 30 million academic, industrial, and governmental scholars from 120,000 institutions, categorized by 350,000 distinct Specialties, 177 Disciplines, and 14 Fields.