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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 33 93 4,318 29,591 10,232
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 26 88 2,292 25,007 5,563
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 30 73 3,369 15,807 6,483
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,315 3,982 14,461
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 25 54 2,050 7,090 4,802
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 24 55 1,763 11,834 2,280
7 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 27 41 2,361 7,010 3,243
8 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 21 51 1,834 7,057 4,578
9 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 21 50 1,382 13,436 2,227
10 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 23 51 1,779 7,454 3,325
11 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 14 56 1,037 12,245 3,008
12 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 49 1,519 7,244 3,256
13 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 21 27 2,214 1,827 5,185
14 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 21 30 1,568 3,654 5,669
15 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 25 44 1,739 6,481 2,245
16 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 20 43 1,640 8,113 2,325
17 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 18 52 972 10,307 2,302
18 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 13 45 916 7,467 3,904
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 42 1,084 9,286 1,887
20 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 12 50 874 9,173 2,534
21 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 13 53 772 8,695 2,411
22 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 20 41 1,200 6,430 1,976
23 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 18 43 1,301 4,338 2,824
24 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 20 34 1,708 2,912 2,558
25 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 17 43 1,045 6,803 2,190
26 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 20 41 1,401 4,617 1,877
27 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 12 50 725 7,747 2,318
28 Resnik, Judith Yale University 16 44 1,036 6,731 1,590
29 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 20 40 1,082 4,396 2,231
30 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,262 3,009 2,242
31 Baude, William University of Chicago 22 24 1,894 925 2,002
32 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 51 757 7,835 1,175
33 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 16 44 862 5,840 1,818
34 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 15 40 1,027 6,856 1,217
35 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 31 788 3,139 4,433
36 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 15 35 636 8,686 1,480
37 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 16 36 910 6,589 1,521
38 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,410 3,930 1,053
39 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 40 1,071 4,681 1,720
40 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 17 39 870 4,385 2,079
41 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 13 42 565 4,740 2,964
42 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 806 4,503 2,262
43 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 41 796 5,730 1,605
44 Friedman, Barry New York University 17 36 907 4,102 1,934
45 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 17 26 958 1,952 3,193
46 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 905 4,063 1,645
47 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 17 32 990 4,110 1,450
48 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 18 27 1,094 1,187 2,766
49 Langbein, John H. Yale University 15 40 615 5,305 1,605
50 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 35 793 4,828 1,555
51 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 29 1,059 2,863 2,627
52 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 13 41 736 5,277 1,312
53 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 14 37 695 5,086 1,576
54 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 13 31 729 4,219 2,391
55 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 14 39 829 3,201 1,884
56 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 11 27 556 6,786 2,050
57 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 15 32 799 4,416 1,499
58 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 16 30 891 3,076 1,730
59 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 16 26 976 2,059 2,245
60 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 11 34 422 4,448 2,724
61 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 15 35 754 3,254 1,735
62 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 678 5,173 1,141
63 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 342 9,201 907
64 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 13 31 581 6,293 1,183
65 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 17 25 982 3,014 1,493
66 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 10 39 423 5,331 1,977
67 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 31 586 4,338 1,817
68 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 14 35 604 5,220 1,207
69 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 31 599 2,296 3,057
70 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 32 494 6,243 1,759
71 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 680 5,281 1,960
72 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 8 28 433 7,066 2,065
73 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 12 43 571 4,951 1,153
74 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 11 42 546 5,493 1,145
75 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 32 906 3,407 1,108
76 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 13 31 783 4,841 1,165
77 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 10 37 434 7,484 833
78 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 515 5,001 1,503
79 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 22 1,212 1,640 1,032
80 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 14 33 668 3,331 1,782
81 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 13 20 590 1,801 3,722
82 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 12 33 506 4,952 1,676
83 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 34 557 4,672 1,267
84 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 12 33 556 2,797 2,533
85 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 18 21 1,054 894 2,005
86 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 30 725 3,840 1,239
87 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 14 32 629 3,540 1,614
88 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 12 34 651 3,366 1,706
89 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 11 35 519 4,310 1,671
90 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 14 28 696 3,664 1,462
91 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 24 618 3,622 2,071
92 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 9 37 433 4,128 1,988
93 Cohen, Julie E. Georgetown University 16 24 677 3,032 1,674
94 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 12 41 559 3,889 1,031
95 Kahan, Marcel New York University 15 35 692 2,994 993
96 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 10 35 364 4,477 1,868
97 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 14 32 578 3,529 1,356
98 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 10 26 360 2,556 3,394
99 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 15 22 835 1,338 2,183
100 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 17 25 828 2,480 1,143