2026 Stephen J. Choi: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	33	211	188	160	142	180	3528

Stephen J. Choi publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen J. Choi sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 262+

This scientist: 180 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

Stephen J. Choi D-index placement in Law in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen J. Choi sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stephen J. Choi is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research spans several fields within the social sciences, particularly focusing on business, management, accounting, economics, law, and sociology. The main areas of study include social sciences and business-related disciplines, while subfields cover economics and econometrics, accounting, law, sociology and political science, and marketing.

Their work addresses a range of topics in law, economics, and judicial systems, corporate insolvency and governance, corporate finance and governance, as well as legal principles and applications. Additionally, they engage with emerging areas such as the sharing economy and platforms, digital economy and work transformation, and knowledge management and sharing.

Among the frequent publication venues where Stephen J. Choi's research appears are:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
Capital Markets Law Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)
Business Economics

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Stephen J. Choi include:

"Working Hard or Making Work? Plaintiffs' Attorney Fees in Securities Fraud Class Actions" (2020), published in Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
""Better Communication Leads to a Higher Output?" An Analysis of Pair Communication on Pair Programming Productivity" (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
"The Business of Securities Class Action Lawyering" (2023), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
"Unveiling the underlying cognitive processes of creative idea generation using mobile collaboration platforms" (2023), published in Information & Management

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Mitu Gulati
Adam C. Pritchard
Robert E. Scott
Jessica Erickson
Ugo Panizza

Best Publications

Contract as Statute

Stephen J. Choi;G. Mitu Gulati

202
Citations
Choosing the Next Supreme Court Justice: An Empirical Ranking of Judicial Performance

Stephen Choi

198
Citations
The Screening Effect of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

Stephen Choi;Karen K. Nelson;Adam C. Pritchard

195
Citations
A Tournament of Judges

Stephen Choi;Mitu Gulati

159
Citations
Are Judges Overpaid?: A Skeptical Response to the Judicial Salary Debate

Stephen J. Choi;G. Mitu Gulati;Eric A. Posner

151
Citations
Director Elections and the Role of Proxy Advisors

Stephen Choi;Jill E. Fisch;Marcel Kahan

120
Citations
Altruism Exchanges and the Kidney Shortage

Stephen J. Choi;Mitu Gulati;Eric A. Posner

101
Citations
Altruism Exchanges and the Kidney Shortage

Stephen J. Choi;G. Mitu Gulati;Eric A. Posner

100
Citations
Which States Have the Best (and Worst) High Courts

Eric A. Posner;Stephen J. Choi;G. Mitu Gulati

97
Citations
Behavioral Economics and the SEC

Stephen J. Choi;Adam C. Pritchard

89
Citations
What Do Federal District Judges Want? An Analysis of Publications, Citations, and Reversals

Stephen J. Choi;G. Mitu Gulati;Eric A. Posner

75
Citations
The Evidence on Securities Class Actions

Stephen J. Choi

68
Citations
Director Elections and the Role of Proxy Advisors

Stephen J. Choi;Jill E. Fisch;Marcel Kahan

65
Citations
Portable Reciprocity: Rethinking the International Reach of Securities Regulation

Andrew T Guzman;Stephen Choi

64
Citations
Bias in Judicial Citations: A Window into the Behavior of Judges?

Stephen J. Choi;G. Mitu Gulati

61
Citations
Fraud in the New-Issues Market: Empirical Evidence on Securities Class Actions

James Bohn;Stephen Choi

56
Citations
A Tournament of Judges?

Unknown

56
Citations
Market Lessons for Gatekeepers

Stephen J. Choi

43
Citations
The Evolution of Contractual Terms in Sovereign Bonds

Stephen J. Choi;Mitu Gulati;Eric A. Posner

39
Citations
The Market Penalty for Mutual Fund Scandals

Stephen Choi;Marcel Kahan

36
Citations
Proxy Issue Proposals: Impact of the 1992 SEC Proxy Reforms

Stephen J. Choi

36
Citations
SEC Investigations and Securities Class Actions: An Empirical Comparison

Stephen J. Choi;Adam C. Pritchard

33
Citations
Portable Reciprocity: Rethinking the International Reach of Securities Regulation

Stephen J. Choi;Andrew T. Guzman

28
Citations
Which Judges Write Their Opinions (and Should We Care)

Stephen J. Choi;G. Mitu Gulati

28
Citations
Securities Litigation and its Lawyers: Changes During the First Decade After PSLRA

Stephen J. Choi;Robert B. Thompson

26
Citations
Securities Regulation: Cases And Analysis

Stephen Jung Choi;Adam C. Pritchard

24
Citations
Law, Finance, and Path Dependence: Developing Strong Securities Markets

Stephen J. Choi

19
Citations
Judging Women: Judging Women

Stephen J. Choi;Mitu Gulati;Mirya Holman;Eric A. Posner

19
Citations
Trading Votes for Reasoning: Covering in Judicial Opinions

Stephen J. Choi;G. Mitu Gulati;G. Mitu Gulati

16
Citations
Bias in Judicial Citations: A New Window into the Behavior of Judges?

Stephen J. Choi;G. Mitu Gulati

11
Citations
A Winner's Curse?: Promotions from the Lower Federal Courts

Eric A. Posner;Mitu Gulati;Stephen J. Choi

10
Citations
RANKING JUDGES ACCORDING TO CITATION BIAS (AS A MEANS TO REDUCE BIAS)

Stephen J. Choi;G. Mitu Gulati

10
Citations
National Laws, International Money: Regulation in a Global Capital Market

Stephen J. Choi;Andrew T. Guzman

10
Citations
The S creening Effec t of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

Adam C. Pritchard;Stephen J. Choi;Karen K. Nelson

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

G. Mitu Gulati University of Virginia

Eric A. Posner University of Chicago

Robert E. Scott Columbia University

Ian Ayres Yale University

Theodore Eisenberg Cornell University

External Links

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