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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 37 93 5,189 28,642 10,955
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 29 88 2,829 24,411 6,058
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 35 73 4,015 15,096 7,010
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,496 3,793 15,633
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 27 53 2,381 6,635 5,132
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 26 55 2,099 11,463 2,427
7 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 31 40 2,735 6,562 3,472
8 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 24 51 2,222 6,649 4,940
9 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 24 50 1,703 13,083 2,457
10 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 51 2,135 7,074 3,582
11 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 56 1,232 12,018 3,305
12 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 23 49 1,818 6,928 3,499
13 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 23 27 2,518 1,475 5,562
14 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 27 44 2,019 6,171 2,416
15 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 21 52 1,257 10,014 2,472
16 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 22 43 1,910 7,806 2,497
17 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 22 30 1,828 3,357 5,167
18 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 15 45 1,103 7,271 4,142
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 19 42 1,321 9,036 2,053
20 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 13 50 1,022 9,020 2,736
21 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 14 53 944 8,513 2,571
22 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 21 42 1,300 6,536 2,343
23 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 22 41 1,433 6,182 2,102
24 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 20 43 1,532 4,088 3,067
25 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 24 42 1,640 4,356 2,043
26 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 22 34 1,904 2,675 2,761
27 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 14 50 918 7,544 2,543
28 Resnik, Judith Yale University 19 44 1,271 6,488 1,721
29 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 22 40 1,259 4,202 2,399
30 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 21 42 1,495 2,760 2,438
31 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 18 40 1,207 6,663 1,348
32 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 14 51 926 7,661 1,275
33 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 19 36 1,184 6,303 1,713
34 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 18 44 1,046 5,647 1,958
35 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 16 35 808 8,503 1,653
36 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 14 31 919 2,990 4,806
37 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 17 40 1,232 4,481 1,897
38 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 14 42 751 4,549 3,269
39 Baude, William University of Chicago 22 24 2,073 699 2,159
40 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 38 1,081 4,155 2,226
41 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,658 3,646 1,133
42 Ayres, Ian Yale University 15 41 982 5,527 1,712
43 Friedman, Barry New York University 19 36 1,031 3,966 2,092
44 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 932 4,347 2,427
45 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 19 32 1,262 3,828 1,595
46 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 19 26 1,138 1,754 3,448
47 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 18 35 997 4,614 1,678
48 Langbein, John H. Yale University 17 40 781 5,133 1,710
49 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 16 37 832 4,947 1,721
50 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 14 41 866 5,140 1,446
51 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 1,037 3,912 1,746
52 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 19 27 1,267 996 2,980
53 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 14 31 914 4,028 2,624
54 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 16 39 1,011 3,015 2,026
55 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 29 1,200 2,708 2,809
56 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 12 27 663 6,672 2,181
57 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 951 4,250 1,619
58 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 13 34 489 4,373 2,995
59 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 12 39 550 5,203 2,142
60 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 15 31 723 6,145 1,286
61 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 18 26 1,147 1,870 2,492
62 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 13 42 723 5,304 1,203
63 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 10 28 534 6,953 2,182
64 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 14 43 725 4,790 1,248
65 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 32 606 6,126 1,990
66 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 16 35 915 3,084 1,910
67 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 421 9,116 970
68 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 17 34 818 3,277 1,910
69 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 12 37 520 7,391 879
70 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 16 31 712 4,203 2,001
71 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 30 1,025 2,924 1,841
72 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 836 4,999 1,231
73 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 14 35 764 5,055 1,284
74 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 865 5,087 2,084
75 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 14 31 705 2,189 3,282
76 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 14 33 658 4,799 1,813
77 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 31 968 4,643 1,256
78 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 18 25 1,115 2,845 1,589
79 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 16 33 784 3,532 1,729
80 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 613 4,829 1,627
81 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 32 1,047 3,257 1,179
82 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 15 34 655 4,560 1,374
83 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 20 690 1,696 3,984
84 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 14 34 811 3,210 1,828
85 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 13 35 610 4,208 1,838
86 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 16 30 877 3,674 1,355
87 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 12 33 691 2,652 2,732
88 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 21 21 1,431 1,366 1,128
89 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 11 37 523 4,034 2,173
90 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 12 35 490 4,347 1,992
91 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 14 24 786 3,448 2,207
92 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 19 21 1,197 736 2,127
93 Kahan, Marcel New York University 17 35 863 2,809 1,081
94 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 15 28 785 3,557 1,621
95 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 13 41 640 3,780 1,125
96 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 11 30 624 4,884 1,598
97 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 25 672 6,694 945
98 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 11 26 458 2,439 3,560
99 Cohen, Julie E. Georgetown University 16 24 792 2,902 1,853
100 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 17 22 956 1,209 2,368