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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 34 93 4,384 29,595 10,617
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 26 88 2,340 25,017 5,762
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 30 73 3,418 15,806 6,725
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,339 3,980 15,949
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 25 54 2,090 7,092 4,959
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 24 55 1,807 11,835 2,379
7 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 27 41 2,410 7,010 3,402
8 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 21 51 1,865 7,057 4,568
9 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 21 50 1,399 13,442 2,295
10 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 23 51 1,791 7,455 3,435
11 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 14 56 1,048 12,237 3,162
12 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 22 27 2,257 1,825 5,394
13 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 49 1,544 7,246 3,324
14 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 21 30 1,601 3,653 6,177
15 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 25 44 1,772 6,482 2,309
16 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 21 43 1,666 8,122 2,365
17 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 19 52 978 10,311 2,365
18 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 13 45 926 7,471 4,078
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 42 1,097 9,289 1,967
20 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 12 50 894 9,173 2,618
21 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 13 53 778 8,696 2,464
22 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 18 43 1,316 4,342 3,135
23 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 20 41 1,228 6,431 2,039
24 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 20 34 1,748 2,911 2,723
25 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 21 42 1,424 4,617 1,965
26 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 17 43 1,052 6,803 2,215
27 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 13 50 733 7,748 2,329
28 Resnik, Judith Yale University 16 44 1,061 6,725 1,675
29 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 20 40 1,114 4,397 2,400
30 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,275 3,008 2,277
31 Baude, William University of Chicago 23 24 1,925 925 2,095
32 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 17 44 872 5,827 1,883
33 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 51 768 7,831 1,215
34 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 15 40 1,045 6,858 1,306
35 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 32 800 3,138 4,582
36 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 15 35 643 8,687 1,506
37 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 16 36 914 6,590 1,577
38 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,431 3,930 1,046
39 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 40 1,095 4,684 1,757
40 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 17 39 877 4,384 2,145
41 Friedman, Barry New York University 18 36 936 4,102 2,021
42 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 13 42 571 4,740 2,979
43 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 818 4,504 2,356
44 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 41 810 5,729 1,688
45 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 17 26 977 1,951 3,343
46 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 30 1,080 2,860 2,768
47 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 17 32 1,016 4,104 1,543
48 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 918 4,065 1,692
49 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 18 27 1,117 1,187 2,892
50 Langbein, John H. Yale University 15 40 628 5,304 1,643
51 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 35 806 4,832 1,645
52 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 13 41 743 5,278 1,410
53 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 14 37 701 5,086 1,591
54 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 14 39 840 3,200 1,983
55 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 13 31 739 4,216 2,417
56 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 16 30 912 3,077 2,043
57 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 15 32 806 4,421 1,590
58 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 11 27 568 6,794 1,956
59 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 12 34 430 4,447 2,851
60 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 16 26 999 2,057 2,355
61 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 15 35 612 5,223 1,263
62 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 683 5,278 2,244
63 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 15 35 769 3,261 1,828
64 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 342 9,206 970
65 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 31 632 2,340 3,252
66 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 690 5,173 1,176
67 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 13 31 594 6,295 1,228
68 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 31 591 4,338 1,947
69 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 17 25 992 3,014 1,584
70 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 32 924 3,407 1,211
71 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 10 39 431 5,332 2,037
72 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 32 510 6,241 1,818
73 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 8 29 440 7,068 2,073
74 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 12 43 574 4,948 1,193
75 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 14 34 689 3,429 1,906
76 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 10 37 439 7,492 884
77 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 11 42 551 5,487 1,111
78 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 13 31 791 4,841 1,220
79 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 523 5,002 1,601
80 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 12 34 517 4,950 1,772
81 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 22 1,226 1,639 1,066
82 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 13 20 606 1,801 3,938
83 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 14 33 643 3,694 1,694
84 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 34 573 4,674 1,307
85 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 18 21 1,069 894 2,159
86 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 30 738 3,839 1,316
87 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 13 34 666 3,368 1,731
88 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 12 33 559 2,798 2,551
89 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 24 625 3,620 2,340
90 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 12 35 526 4,313 1,585
91 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 14 28 698 3,666 1,539
92 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 26 563 6,846 960
93 Kahan, Marcel New York University 16 35 699 2,994 1,031
94 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 10 26 362 2,556 3,738
95 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 14 32 591 3,531 1,534
96 Cohen, Julie E. Georgetown University 16 24 686 3,033 1,743
97 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 19 24 1,014 1,184 1,292
98 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 9 37 440 4,141 1,999
99 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 12 41 562 3,889 1,028
100 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 17 25 845 2,478 1,195