2026 Jeffrey J. Rachlinski: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	30	262	235	191	170	103	7643

Overview

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with specific focus areas including safety research, risk management, sociology, political science, and law-related policy studies.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

"Judging Autonomous Vehicles," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
"What Is Cultural Cognition, and Why Does It Matter?", 2021, Annual Review of Law and Social Science
"Nudges, Defaults, and the Problem of Constructed Preferences," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
"THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSUASIVE PRECEDENT," 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Direito e Psicologia: Uma Resposta aos Críticos, Céticos e Cautelosos," 2023, Revista Jurídica da Presidência

Frequent coauthorship includes collaboration with Andrew J. Wistrich on multiple occasions.

The predominant publication venues for Jeffrey J. Rachlinski's work include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Annual Review of Law and Social Science
Revista Jurídica da Presidência

Their research broadly addresses topics such as:

Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Traffic and Road Safety
Climate Change Communication and Perception
Environmental Education and Sustainability
Social Media and Politics
Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems

The scientist's subfield interests further include:

Safety Research
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Sociology and Political Science
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Communication

Best Publications

Inside the Judicial Mind

Chris Guthrie;Jeffrey John Rachlinski;Andrew J. Wistrich

1576
Citations
Does Unconscious Racial Bias Affect Trial Judges

Chris Guthrie;Jeffrey John Rachlinski;Sheri Lynn Johnson;Andrew J. Wistrich

881
Citations
A Positive Psychological Theory of Judging in Hindsight

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

708
Citations
Can Judges Ignore Inadmissible Information? The Difficulty of Deliberately Disregarding

Andrew J. Wistrich;Chris Guthrie;Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

555
Citations
The Uncertain Psychological Case for Paternalism

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

362
Citations
Cognitive Psychology and Optimal Government Design

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski;Cynthia R. Farina

260
Citations
The "New" Law and Psychology: A Reply to Critics, Skeptics, and Cautious Supporters

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

217
Citations
The "Hidden Judiciary": An Empirical Examination of Executive Branch Justice

Chris Guthrie;Jeffrey John Rachlinski;Andrew J. Wistrich

192
Citations
Inside the Bankruptcy Judge's Mind

Chris Guthrie;Jeffrey John Rachlinski;Andrew J. Wistrich

190
Citations
Does Unconscious Racial Bias Affect Trial Judges

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski;Sheri Lynn Johnson;Andrew J. Wistrich;Chris Guthrie

181
Citations
Ex post ≠ ex ante: Determining liability in hindsight.

Kim A. Kamin;Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

159
Citations
Can Judges Make Reliable Numeric Judgments? Distorted Damages and Skewed Sentences

Jeffrey J Rachlinski;Andrew J Wistrich;Chris Guthrie

121
Citations
Blinking on the Bench: How Judges Decide Cases

Chris Guthrie;Jeffrey J. Rachlinski;Andrew J. Wistrich

101
Citations
Standard-Form Contracting in the Electronic Age

Robert A. Hillman;Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

84
Citations
Do Lawyers Matter? The Effect of Legal Representation in Civil Disputes

Emily S. Taylor Poppe;Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

78
Citations
Gains, Losses, and the Psychology of Litigation

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

72
Citations
Heart versus Head: Do Judges Follow the Law or Follow Their Feelings?

Andrew J. Wistrich;Jeffrey J. Rachlinski;Chris Guthrie

70
Citations
Judging the Judiciary by the Numbers: Empirical Research on Judges

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski;Andrew J. Wistrich

68
Citations
Remedies and the Psychology of Ownership

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski;Forest Jourden

68
Citations
Judging by Heuristic: Cognitive Illusions in Judicial Decision Making

Chris Guthrie;Jeffrey J. Rachlinski;Andrew J. Wistrich

62
Citations
Can Judges Ignore Inadmissible Information? The Difficulty of Deliberately Disregarding

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski;Andrew J. Wistrich;Chris Guthrie

58
Citations
‘They Saw a Protest’: Cognitive Illiberalism and the Speech-Conduct Distinction

Dan M. Kahan;David A. Hoffman;David A. Hoffman;Donald Braman;Danieli Evans

53
Citations
Inside the Judicial Mind

Chris Guthrie;Jeffrey J. Rachlinski;Andrew J. Wistrich

42
Citations
Probable Cause, Probability, and Hindsight

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski;Chris Guthrie;Andrew J. Wistrich

29
Citations
Cognitive Errors, Individual Differences, and Paternalism

Jeffrey John Rachlinski

28
Citations
Noah by the Numbers: An Empirical Evaluation of the Endangered Species Act

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

25
Citations
Heuristics and Biases in Bankruptcy Judges

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski;Chris Guthrie;Andrew J. Wistrich

24
Citations
Does Unconscious Bias Affect Trial Judges

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski;Sheri Lynn Johnson;Andrew J. Wistrich;Chris Guthrie

21
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

G. Mitu Gulati University of Virginia

Theodore Eisenberg Cornell University

Dan M. Kahan Yale University

Richard A. Epstein New York University

Martin T. Wells Cornell University

Wolf Singer Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience

Tania Singer Max Planck Society

Jonathan Haidt New York University

Gerd Gigerenzer Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Elke U. Weber Princeton University

External Links

Personal website of Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

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