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Christopher Ryan

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1985
Legal Education and Practice InnovationsEducation Systems and PolicyLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsSchool Choice and PerformanceLegal principles and applications

Publications

75

Citations

217

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

40

Publishing since 1985

Research summary
AI-generated

Christopher Ryan conducts empirical research on legal education and higher-education policy, using data to study topics such as law school rankings, student loan debt, bar exam performance, and university finances. His work often combines law, economics, and quantitative analysis to examine how educational institutions operate and how students make choices. Some publications also touch on technology transfer, university patents, and broader social and financial outcomes.

Legal education and law school outcomesHigher education policy and rankingsStudent loan debt and financingLaw, economics, and judicial systemsUniversity patents and technology transfer

Publication activity was highest in 2017 and has generally slowed over the last five years, averaging just over one paper per year recently.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 1,197 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 217cohort median 1,128
h-index: 8cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 1.2cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~2 · 92% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 15 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently
2017: 8 publications8172018: 4 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 4 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×17
  • 2017 APPAM Fall Research Conference×2
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics×2
  • Research in Higher Education×1
  • Oxford University Press eBooks×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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