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Last Updated: May 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 6 838 2,769 12,051
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 13 1,308 961 3,432
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 17 874 1,704 2,834
4 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 19 962 2,037 1,651
5 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 21 788 3,254 1,308
6 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 31 647 3,617 1,568
7 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 636 3,906 1,373
8 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 12 30 509 4,668 941
9 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 27 637 2,792 1,520
10 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 13 27 495 3,902 1,045
11 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 9 1,036 488 1,007
12 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 11 21 459 1,529 2,652
13 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 19 672 1,678 837
14 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 20 280 1,896 2,351
15 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 12 23 517 1,970 1,015
16 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 23 585 1,762 851
17 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 506 1,662 1,217
18 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 11 19 368 1,320 2,190
19 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 9 26 245 2,977 1,155
20 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 15 12 569 573 1,453
21 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 7 25 324 2,618 812
22 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 11 13 591 999 840
23 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 10 581 465 1,167
24 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 287 1,936 1,293
25 Friedman, Barry New York University 12 13 485 793 1,239
26 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 10 5 617 282 1,041
27 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 9 19 216 966 2,388
28 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 290 2,600 541
29 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 709 148 582
30 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 13 13 557 453 1,036
31 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 8 8 567 324 1,099
32 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 10 13 514 1,035 721
33 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 6 12 317 671 1,973
34 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 9 27 273 2,166 854
35 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 181 2,066 1,383
36 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 9 23 268 1,812 1,161
37 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 345 1,529 1,008
38 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 7 9 282 816 1,931
39 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 347 1,825 654
40 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 5 6 243 1,886 1,125
41 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 8 630 307 570
42 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 7 17 269 2,428 462
43 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 15 487 585 986
44 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 20 256 2,373 557
45 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 12 7 537 158 1,097
46 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 6 15 126 835 2,277
47 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 8 17 177 2,011 975
48 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 474 776 571
49 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 9 23 241 1,626 882
50 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 11 10 404 324 1,210
51 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 204 1,956 742
52 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 360 1,076 713
53 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University Law School 14 11 397 371 1,119
54 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 7 12 270 1,898 357
55 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 26 65 3,075 322
56 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 7 23 164 1,612 1,062
57 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 8 18 245 1,580 651
58 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 15 226 1,609 703
59 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 9 7 372 352 1,081
60 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 11 15 331 596 1,025
61 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 8 388 1,065 315
62 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 9 14 297 953 859
63 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 4 11 128 2,639 211
64 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 11 14 399 483 756
65 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 20 217 1,936 375
66 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 19 302 1,150 647
67 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 18 286 976 853
68 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 225 1,545 649
69 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 11 10 318 549 1,059
70 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 311 721 905
71 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 24 127 2,062 614
72 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 17 210 1,139 1,003
73 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 6 16 242 1,827 227
74 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 12 12 384 581 600
75 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 11 11 426 374 573
76 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 23 142 2,029 511
77 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 295 1,104 564
78 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 11 155 719 1,570
79 Logan, Wayne A. Wake Forest University 8 22 252 1,144 697
80 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 9 5 378 204 893
81 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 7 14 141 2,294 210
82 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 192 1,872 287
83 Blume, John H. Cornell University 8 19 252 1,075 661
84 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 7 21 181 1,562 561
85 Morgan, Jamelia University of California, Los Angeles 9 2 357 9 1,064
86 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 16 224 1,191 666
87 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 5 86 245 2,191
88 Eagly, Ingrid V. University of California, Los Angeles 9 9 295 514 890
89 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 6 16 104 1,723 744
90 Denno, Deborah W. Fordham University 8 19 177 1,048 964
91 Joh, Elizabeth E. University of California, Davis 10 11 247 432 1,140
92 Harris, David A. University of Pittsburgh 8 17 196 1,324 605
93 Lee, Cynthia George Washington University 11 14 303 779 546
94 Miller, Marc L. University of Arizona 8 21 200 1,408 490
95 Harmon, Rachel University of Virginia 7 7 313 496 675
96 Chacon, Jennifer Stanford University 10 12 214 905 782
97 Bell, Monica Clarice Yale University 6 5 433 139 380
98 Simon, Jonathan S. University of California, Berkeley 5 12 136 579 1,457
99 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 8 18 210 1,209 516
100 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 9 17 235 1,230 343