Paul Caron & Bernard Black (here) and Brian Leiter (here) have laid out the arguments for and against using SSRN downloads as a measure of faculty scholarship. I don’t have anything new to add, but I did prepare a list of U.S. News schools #23-100, by recent SSRN downloads. I followed the methodology used Brian Leiter here.
The category’s 20 most downloaded are below. Full list after the jump. UPDATED 7/5/09: For anyone who is interested, the data file is available here in CSV format and here as an Excel spreadsheet.
-Bridget Crawford
| US News 2009 Rank | Law School | Recent Downloads (Last 12 Months) (rounded to nearest 10) |
Rank by Recent Downloads |
Three Most Downloaded Faculty (rounded to nearest 10) | % of Total Accounted for by Top 3
(rounded to nearest tenth) |
| 28 | GWU | 59430 |
1 |
Solove (21,490) |
54.80% |
| Kerr (7510) | |||||
| Cunningham (3560) | |||||
| 23 | U of IL – Urbana Champaign | 30430 |
2 |
Solum (4730) |
42.30% |
| Ribstein (4260) | |||||
| Morriss (3870) | |||||
| 61 | U of San Diego | 25210 |
3 |
Partnoy (8710) |
52.50% |
| Alexander (2620) | |||||
| Burke (1900) | |||||
| 41 | George Mason | 23740 |
4 |
Wright (2747) |
31.40% |
| Zywicki (2360) | |||||
| Somin (2340) | |||||
| 87 | St. John’s | 19310 |
5 |
Lebovits (8010) |
72.80% |
| Tamanaha (5200) | |||||
| Rubinstein (840) | |||||
| 45 | American U (Washington College of Law) | 15380 |
6 |
Ventry (3210) |
46.30% |
| Baker, J. (2100) | |||||
| Anderson (1810) | |||||
| 65 | Temple (Beasley) | 15110 |
7 |
Burris (1610) |
27.50% |
| Mandel (1530) | |||||
| Huang (1020) | |||||
| 59 | U of Tennessee – Knoxville | 14700 |
8 |
Reynolds (6270) |
70.50% |
| Long (2470) | |||||
| Stukke (1620) | |||||
| 52 | Florida State | 14300 |
9 |
Rossi (1440) |
27.00% |
| Ruhl (1310) | |||||
| Craig (1110) | |||||
| 35 | Ohio State (Moritz) | 14190 |
10 |
Davidoff (5470) |
64.20% |
| Fairman (2500) | |||||
| Rose (1140) | |||||
| 49 | Cardozo | 14080 |
11 |
Brickman (1920) |
28.00% |
| Rosenfeld, M (1010) | |||||
| Pan (1010) | |||||
| 30 | Fordham | 13930 |
12 |
Griffith (1105) |
21% |
| Dickinson (1020) | |||||
| DeBurca (800) | |||||
| 43 | U of Arizona (Rogers) | 12900 |
13 |
Sjostrom (3480) |
53.10% |
| Chin (2468) | |||||
| Orbach (900) | |||||
| 23 | Indiana U –Bloomington (Maurer) | 12250 |
14 |
Henderson (4010) |
46.90% |
| Lederman (890) | |||||
| Dau-Schmidt (850) | |||||
| 26 | U of Iowa | 11310 |
15 |
Hovenkamp (4670) |
61.90% |
| Porter (1350) | |||||
| Sale (980) | |||||
| 87 | Loyola Los Angeles (Marymount) | 11170 |
16 |
Hasen (1270) |
29.70% |
| Seto (1160) | |||||
| Pratt (890) | |||||
| 35 | U of CA (Davis) | 10960 |
17 |
Ventry (3210) |
51.70% |
| Hunt (1680) | |||||
| Sunder (780) | |||||
| 52 | U of Connecticut | 10930 |
18 |
Davidoff (5470) |
74.00% |
| Mason (1630) | |||||
| McCoy (980) | |||||
| 55 | Case Western | 10310 |
19 |
Dorchack (2970) |
52.90% |
| Jensen (1350) | |||||
| Adler (1130) | |||||
| 61 | Brooklyn | 10090 |
20 |
Bambauer (1220) |
31.60% |
| Reiss (1020) | |||||
| Karmel (950) | |||||
| 45 | U of Colorado (Boulder) | 10000 |
21 |
Ohm (2270) |
62.80% |
| Fleischer, V. (2170) | |||||
| Weiser (1840) | |||||
| 23 | Notre Dame | 9890 |
22 |
Finnis (1750) |
33.60% |
| Barrett (900) | |||||
| O’Connell (670) | |||||
| 26 | Boston College | 9710 |
23 |
McCann (1320) |
27.30% |
| Greenfield (810) | |||||
| Gionfriddo (520) | |||||
| 65 | Penn State (Dickinson) | 8800 |
24 |
Backer (2590) |
48.30% |
| Freiden (880) | |||||
| Terry (780) | |||||
| 98 | U of Lousiville (Brandeis) | 8670 |
25 |
Chen (2370) |
61.90% |
| Duncan (1210) | |||||
| Fischer (1790) | |||||
| 30 | Washington & Lee | 8400 |
26 |
Franck (1830) |
50.60% |
| Fairfield (1380) | |||||
| Drumbl (1040) | |||||
| 59 | U of Houston | 8170 |
27 |
Gidi (1130) |
29.10% |
| Moll (700) | |||||
| Moohr (550) | |||||
| 77 | Rutgers (Camden) | 8160 |
28 |
Lastowka (1980) |
51.60% |
| Patterson (1180) | |||||
| Dougherty (1050) | |||||
| 77 | Seton Hall | 8070 |
29 |
Lubben (2,100) |
41.60% |
| Barnes (630) | |||||
| Pasquale (630) | |||||
| 71 | U of Pittsburgh | 8050 |
30 |
Mueller (930) |
32.20% |
| Madison (840) | |||||
| Branson (820) | |||||
| 71 | Loyola University of Chicago | 7790 |
31 |
Waller (2260) |
60.80% |
| Frischmann (1640) | |||||
| Bronsteen (830) | |||||
| 51 | U of Florida (Levin) | 7760 |
32 |
Sokol (1200) |
38.00% |
| Page (1120) | |||||
| Harrison (630) | |||||
| 71 | U of Miami | 7640 |
33 |
Deporter (1310) |
24.10% |
| Froomkin (960) | |||||
| Kettering (750) | |||||
| 43 | U of Maryland | 7110 |
34 |
Rhee (670) |
26.00% |
| Citron (650) | |||||
| Gifford (530) | |||||
| 55 | Arizona State U (O’Connor) | 6650 |
35 |
Berman (1370) |
47.70% |
| Kaye (960) | |||||
| Saks (840) | |||||
| 35 | U of Wisconsin (Madison) | 6560 |
36 |
Christians (1100) |
37.00% |
| Galanter (670) | |||||
| Ghosh (660) | |||||
| 85 | Santa Clara | 6560 |
37 |
Goldman (1670) |
40.20% |
| Van Schaack (880) | |||||
| Chien (880) | |||||
| 100 | Hofstra | 6200 |
38 |
Sarkin (1030) |
35.00% |
| Greenwood (580) | |||||
| Ku (560) | |||||
| 45 | U of Utah (Quinney) | 6170 |
39 |
Quiora (1840) |
66.50% |
| Peterson (1470) | |||||
| Johnson (790) | |||||
| 35 | U of Georgia | 6060 |
40 |
Levin (1860) |
54.10% |
| Bodansky (710) | |||||
| Heald (710) | |||||
| 77 | Seattle U. | 5890 |
41 |
Gonzalez (780) |
26.70% |
| Slye (420) | |||||
| Enquist (370) | |||||
| 87 | DePaul | 5710 |
42 |
Bandes (930) |
41.30% |
| Strandburg (780) | |||||
| Kwall (650) | |||||
| 30 | UNC – Chapel Hill | 5590 |
43 |
Brophy (680) |
32.40% |
| Jacoby (630) | |||||
| Conley (500) | |||||
| 39 | U of California-Hastings | 5550 |
44 |
Leib (720) |
28.10% |
| Feldman (430) | |||||
| Wang (410) | |||||
| 87 | Marquette | 5530 |
45 |
Secunda (1140) |
42.10% |
| O’Hear (640) | |||||
| Schneider (550) | |||||
| 28 | William & Mary | 5480 |
46 |
Green (990) |
40.90% |
| Oman (840) | |||||
| Barnard (410) | |||||
| 77 | U. of Denver (Sturm) | 5450 |
47 |
Brown (1,430) |
65.30% |
| Wald (650) | |||||
| Carpenter (480) | |||||
| 98 | U of San Francisco | 5340 |
48 |
Leo (1570) |
44.90% |
| Kaswan (420) | |||||
| Davis (410) | |||||
| 65 | U of Missouri (Columbia, MO) | 7940 5280 |
31 49 |
Levit (2510) |
48.20% |
| Rustron (2050) | |||||
| Linder (1270) |
|
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| Lambert (1010) | 42.80% | ||||
| Crouch (820) | |||||
| Gely (430) | |||||
| 77 | Chicago-Kent | 5100 |
50 |
Birdthistle (690) |
38.00% |
| Buccafusco (680) | |||||
| Cho (570) | |||||
| 61 | Lewis & Clark | 5090 |
51 |
Parry (900) |
42.00% |
| Miller, R. (660) | |||||
| Blumm (580) | |||||
| 85 | U. at Buffalo (SUNY) | 5050 |
52 |
Dubber (920) |
43.60% |
| Melish (850) | |||||
| Bartholomew (430) | |||||
| 75 | U of Nevada-Las Vegas (Boyd) | 4970 |
53 |
Mootz (1130) |
53.90% |
| Rapoport (800) | |||||
| Sternlight (750) | |||||
| 40 | Wake Forest | 4920 |
54 |
Chesney (860) |
39.6%% |
| Wright(580) | |||||
| Shapiro (510) | |||||
| 41 | Brigham Young (Clark) | 4900 |
55 |
Smith (1200) |
46.60% |
| Gedicks (660) | |||||
| Thomas (425) | |||||
| 61 | Villanova | 4840 |
56 |
Booth (1560) |
51.70% |
| Gotanda (540) | |||||
| Carroll (400) | |||||
| 52 | U of Cincinnati | 4750 |
57 |
Caron (880) |
36.00% |
| Bai (440) | |||||
| Black (390) | |||||
| 30 | U of Alabama | 4630 |
58 |
Pardo (920) |
41.70% |
| Horowitz (550) | |||||
| Bassett (460) | |||||
| 87 | Rutgers (Newark) | 4420 |
59 |
Gelpern (1000) |
48.20% |
| Green (570) | |||||
| Blank (560) | |||||
| 49 | Southern Methodist | 4060 |
60 |
Colangelo (580) |
35.70% |
| Tate (460) | |||||
| Hanna (410) | |||||
| 87 | Indiana (Indianapolis) | 4020 |
61 |
Magliocca (840) |
44.50% |
| Cole (630) | |||||
| Dimitri (320) | |||||
| 65 | Georgia State | 3770 |
62 |
Edmundson (810) |
55.40% |
| Johnson (700) | |||||
| Todres (580) | |||||
| 30 | U of Washington | 3690 |
63 |
O’Connor (740) |
54.20% |
| Winn (640) | |||||
| Donaldson (620) | |||||
| 94 | St. Louis University | 3080 |
64 |
Terry (580) |
47.70% |
| Bodie (500) | |||||
| Walker (390) | |||||
| 65 | U of Kansas | 2860 |
65 |
Torrance (510) |
49.00% |
| Drahozal (500) | |||||
| Ware (390) | |||||
| 55 | Pepperdine | 2680 |
66 |
Levine (680) |
51.50% |
| Alford (430) | |||||
| Stipanowich (270) | |||||
| 55 | U of Kentucky | 2330 |
67 |
Clowney (1100) |
70.80% |
| Moore (280) | |||||
| Campbell (270) | |||||
| 45 | Tulane | 2280 |
68 |
Griffin (490) |
50.40% |
| Dombalagian (460) | |||||
| Townsend Gard (200) | |||||
| 87 | U of South Carolina | 2160 |
69 |
Bartow (810) |
63.40% |
| Seiner (330) | |||||
| Hellwig (230) | |||||
| 77 | U of New Mexico | 2150 |
70 |
Gerding (1160) |
89.30% |
| Washburn (630) | |||||
| Gaines (130) | |||||
| 77 | U. of Oregon | 2120 |
71 |
Mann (460) |
48.10% |
| Sneirson (310) | |||||
| Rowe (250) | |||||
| 94 | Northeastern | 1970 |
72 |
Dogan (700) |
56.40% |
| Lewis (210) | |||||
| Williams (200) | |||||
| 30 | Fordham | 1930 |
73 |
Griffith (1100) |
21.00% |
| Dickinson (1020) | |||||
| DeBurca (800) | |||||
| 77 | U. of Richmond | 1760 |
74 |
Catropia (820) |
64.80% |
| Gibson (170) | |||||
| Sachs (150) | |||||
| 94 | Catholic U of America | 1650 |
75 |
Smith (510) |
59.40% |
| Scordato (290) | |||||
| Perez (180) | |||||
| 94 | U of Arkansas (Fayettteville) | 1340 |
76 |
Dodson (380) |
76.90% |
| Sampson (370) | |||||
| Snow (280) | |||||
| 71 | U of Oklahoma | 1000 |
77 |
Forman (580) |
87.00% |
| Ragavan (220) | |||||
| Thai (70) | |||||
| 75 | Louisiana State | 690 |
78 |
Lockridge (200) |
62.30% |
| Maraist (160) | |||||
| Sautter (70) | |||||
| 100 | Maine | 560 |
79 |
Tuekheimer (250) |
78.6% |
| Owen (120) | |||||
| Smith, D. (70) | |||||
| 65 | Baylor | 430 |
80 |
Osler (280) |
97.70% |
| Miller (90) | |||||
| Ryan (50) | |||||
| 100 | Gonzaga | 80 |
81 |
Morrisey (80) |
100% |
UPDATE: I’m happy to post data for schools outside the US News ##23-100. (The initial title of my post was incorrect.)
Texas Tech (Tier 3) 2,470. Top 3: Bryan Camp (1,060); Christopher Bruner (580); Gabriel Eckstein (240). % Accounted for by Top 3: 76.1%.
Chapman (Tier 3) 11880. Top 3: Vernon Smith (1930), Francine Lipman (1640), and Jeremy Miller, retired (1000). % Accounted for by Top 3: 38.5%
NEW (as of 7/4/09): University of Missouri at Kansas City (Tier 3). 7940. Top 3: Levit (2510), Rostron (2050), Linder (1270). % Accounted for by Top 3: 73.4%
My articles are downloaded via BePress more often then from SSRN. I’d bet this is true for a number of folks. Don’t know if those download numbers are available for perusal…