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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 6 813 2,768 11,464
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 13 1,262 965 3,443
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 17 17 835 1,694 2,943
4 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 19 925 1,946 1,696
5 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 621 3,921 1,473
6 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 14 30 627 3,539 1,701
7 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 21 755 3,249 1,271
8 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 12 30 491 4,667 935
9 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 14 27 619 2,791 1,669
10 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 13 27 481 3,901 1,108
11 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 9 1,007 488 1,030
12 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 11 20 453 1,507 2,559
13 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 19 657 1,676 876
14 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 12 23 504 1,968 1,041
15 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 11 19 356 1,320 2,365
16 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 20 256 1,895 2,367
17 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 23 566 1,759 828
18 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 490 1,665 1,240
19 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 9 26 240 2,972 1,228
20 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 7 25 314 2,624 881
21 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 10 13 573 999 932
22 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 14 12 544 573 1,422
23 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 282 1,936 1,431
24 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 10 564 465 1,249
25 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 8 19 211 964 2,621
26 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 10 5 596 282 1,109
27 Friedman, Barry New York University 12 13 469 793 1,252
28 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 8 8 545 324 1,211
29 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 10 13 508 1,034 758
30 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 13 13 546 453 1,065
31 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 7 15 274 2,595 542
32 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 9 23 271 1,815 1,147
33 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 171 2,066 1,410
34 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 334 1,529 1,019
35 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 9 26 256 2,083 868
36 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 8 612 307 598
37 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 6 12 302 670 1,858
38 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 343 1,825 586
39 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 7 17 259 2,428 482
40 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 5 6 231 1,883 1,116
41 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 20 243 2,369 598
42 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 11 7 515 158 1,097
43 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 15 467 584 917
44 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 7 9 269 816 1,736
45 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 11 10 393 324 1,371
46 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 8 17 170 2,008 997
47 Bassiouni, M. Cherif DePaul University 4 26 100 1,933 1,412
48 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 450 776 595
49 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 5 3 565 147 558
50 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 9 23 237 1,626 910
51 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 350 1,076 796
52 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 5 15 118 835 2,192
53 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 202 1,956 714
54 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University Law School 13 11 380 371 1,190
55 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 8 7 357 352 1,233
56 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 7 23 163 1,612 1,112
57 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 7 12 255 1,898 361
58 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 26 62 3,075 304
59 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 8 18 240 1,580 669
60 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 11 14 387 483 855
61 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 11 15 326 596 1,073
62 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 7 15 216 1,609 725
63 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 8 19 291 1,151 709
64 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 9 14 287 953 907
65 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 8 373 1,065 333
66 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 20 206 1,934 416
67 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 10 10 304 548 1,130
68 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 18 279 973 840
69 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 217 1,544 654
70 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 17 200 1,139 1,087
71 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 4 10 121 2,591 183
72 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 12 12 378 579 610
73 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 23 137 2,027 566
74 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 11 11 411 374 597
75 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 23 120 2,042 610
76 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 6 16 228 1,826 238
77 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 294 724 828
78 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 9 5 363 204 926
79 Logan, Wayne A. Florida State University 8 22 248 1,144 653
80 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 11 148 718 1,532
81 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 8 8 272 1,104 527
82 Blume, John H. Cornell University 8 19 249 1,075 661
83 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 16 213 1,190 709
84 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 178 1,870 281
85 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 7 21 174 1,561 571
86 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 5 82 245 2,251
87 Denno, Deborah W. Fordham University 8 19 171 1,048 1,035
88 Harris, David A. University of Pittsburgh 8 17 193 1,324 670
89 Lee, Cynthia George Washington University 11 14 297 779 601
90 Morgan, Jamelia University of California, Los Angeles 9 2 328 9 1,116
91 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 5 16 95 1,722 791
92 Miller, Marc L. University of Arizona 8 21 195 1,422 511
93 Joh, Elizabeth E. University of California, Davis 10 11 240 432 1,143
94 Harmon, Rachel University of Virginia 7 7 306 496 726
95 Bell, Monica Clarice Yale University 6 5 423 139 400
96 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 9 18 227 1,270 376
97 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 8 18 206 1,208 544
98 Eagly, Ingrid V. University of California, Los Angeles 9 9 264 462 913
99 Chacon, Jennifer Stanford University 10 12 207 905 810
100 Simon, Jonathan S. University of California, Berkeley 5 12 123 579 1,526