2026 Stephen M. Bainbridge: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	29	285	258	202	181	219	6275

Stephen M. Bainbridge 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 M. Bainbridge sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 262+

This scientist: 219 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen M. Bainbridge 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 M. Bainbridge sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 29 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stephen M. Bainbridge is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Business, Management and Accounting as well as Social Sciences. Within these broad areas, their subfields of study include Marketing, Law, Accounting, Political Science and International Relations, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics of Bainbridge's work focus on areas such as Securities Regulation and Market Practices, Legal principles and applications, Property Rights and Legal Doctrine, Business Law and Ethics, Legal Systems and Judicial Processes, Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems, and Corporate Insolvency and Governance.

Their recent papers reflect varied interests within these domains. Notable publications include:

DExit Drivers: Is Delaware's Dominance Threatened? (2024, SSRN Electronic Journal)
A Course Correction for Controlling Shareholder Transactions (2024, SSRN Electronic Journal)
Long-Term Bias and Director Primacy (2021, Columbia Business Law Review)
Christianity and Corporate Purpose (2021, Cambridge University Press eBooks)
Index (2023, Cambridge University Press eBooks)

Bainbridge has contributed to both journal articles and book publications. They have published a book titled The Profit Motive in 2023 through Cambridge University Press.

Frequent publication venues for Bainbridge include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Columbia Business Law Review

Throughout their academic career, Bainbridge has collaborated with various coauthors, including S. Keller, John W. Olson, David Schellhase, Marc Sonnenfeld, and Robert K. Anderson.

Best Publications

Director Primacy: the Means and Ends of Corporate Governance

Stephen M. Bainbridge

1258
Citations
Why a Board? Group Decisionmaking in Corporate Governance

Stephen M. Bainbridge

711
Citations
The Business Judgment Rule as Abstention Doctrine

Stephen M. Bainbridge

694
Citations
The new corporate governance in theory and practice

Stephen M. Bainbridge

435
Citations
Abolishing Veil Piercing

Stephen M. Bainbridge

383
Citations
Community and Statism: A Conservative Contractarian Critique of Progressive Corporate Law Scholarship

Stephen M. Bainbridge

329
Citations
Interpreting Nonshareholder Constituency Statutes

Stephen M. Bainbridge

304
Citations
Corporation Law and Economics

Stephen M. Bainbridge

294
Citations
How Do Judges Maximize? (The Same Way Everybody Else Does - Boundedly): Rules of Thumb in Securities Fraud Opinions

Mitu Gulati;Stephen M. Bainbridge

227
Citations
Why a Board? Group Decisionmaking in Corporate Governance

Stephen M. Bainbridge

143
Citations
BOARDS-R-US: RECONCEPTUALIZING CORPORATE BOARDS

Stephen M. Bainbridge;M. Todd Henderson

98
Citations
In Defense Of The Shareholder WealthMaximization Norm: A Reply To ProfessorGreen

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93
Citations
Boards-R-Us: Reconceptualizing Corporate Boards

Stephen M. Bainbridge;M. Todd Henderson

90
Citations
The Case for Limited Shareholder Voting Rights

Stephen M. Bainbridge

87
Citations
Director Primacy and Shareholder Disempowerment

Stephen M. Bainbridge

86
Citations
Corporate Governance in Post-Privatized Slovenia

Rado Bohinc;Stephen M. Bainbridge

77
Citations
Director Primacy: The Means and Ends of Corporate Governance

Stephen M. Bainbridge

63
Citations
Insider Trading: An Overview

Stephen M. Bainbridge

58
Citations
Securities law : insider trading

Stephen M. Bainbridge

56
Citations
Caremark and Enterprise Risk Management

Stephen M. Bainbridge

56
Citations
Shareholder Activism and Institutional Investors

Stephen M. Bainbridge

32
Citations
The Law and Economics of Insider Trading: A Comprehensive Primer

Stephen M. Bainbridge

29
Citations
Dodd-Frank: Quack Federal Corporate Governance Round Ii

Stephen M. Bainbridge

28
Citations
Participatory Management within a Theory of the Firm

Stephen M. Bainbridge

23
Citations
Exclusive Merger Agreements and Lock-Ups in Negotiated Corporate Acquisitions

Stephen M. Bainbridge

20
Citations
The Creeping Federalization of Corporate Law

Stephen M. Bainbridge

16
Citations
A Critique of the NYSE's Director Independence Listing Standards

Stephen M. Bainbridge

14
Citations
The Insider Trading Prohibition: A Legal and Economic Enigma

Stephen M. Bainbridge

13
Citations
Unocal at 20: Director Primacy in Corporate Takeovers

Stephen M. Bainbridge

13
Citations
Is 'Say on Pay' Justified?

Stephen M. Bainbridge

13
Citations
In Defense of the Shareholder Wealth Maximization Norm

Stephen M. Bainbridge

10
Citations
Limited Liability: A Legal and Economic Analysis

Stephen Bainbridge;M. Todd Henderson

10
Citations
Privately Ordered Participatory Management: An Organizational Failures Analysis

Stephen M. Bainbridge

9
Citations
The Board of Directors as Nexus of Contracts: A Critique of Gulati, Klein & Zolt's 'Connected Contracts' Model

Stephen M. Bainbridge

0
Citations
The parable of the talents

Stephen M. Bainbridge

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Mark Ramseyer Harvard University

G. Mitu Gulati University of Virginia

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