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Last Updated: January 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 6 921 2,642 11,116
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 11 1,401 771 3,616
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 17 970 1,528 3,051
4 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 17 20 941 3,043 1,308
5 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 16 30 763 3,466 1,712
6 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 733 3,781 1,482
7 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 17 1,032 1,813 1,733
8 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 13 30 600 4,541 939
9 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 16 27 719 2,643 1,668
10 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 27 547 3,809 1,134
11 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 8 1,125 343 1,158
12 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 12 20 501 1,383 2,603
13 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 18 777 1,534 908
14 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 11 20 340 1,806 2,432
15 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 11 19 426 1,257 2,430
16 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 13 23 593 1,846 1,076
17 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 22 650 1,648 879
18 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 12 22 598 1,492 1,238
19 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 10 26 289 2,919 1,250
20 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 9 25 377 2,551 837
21 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 351 1,858 1,550
22 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 10 11 654 892 993
23 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 14 12 619 481 1,476
24 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 9 18 228 863 2,933
25 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 10 5 726 139 1,203
26 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 10 607 398 1,321
27 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 333 2,528 539
28 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 11 12 572 955 790
29 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 20 298 2,379 708
30 Friedman, Barry New York University 11 13 485 768 1,336
31 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 220 2,002 1,407
32 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 11 23 333 1,742 1,090
33 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 13 11 602 376 1,119
34 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 10 27 299 2,110 879
35 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 8 6 586 257 1,269
36 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 390 1,461 1,016
37 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 17 314 2,362 517
38 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 10 19 399 1,756 622
39 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 711 91 670
40 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 5 6 267 1,843 1,079
41 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 7 677 212 629
42 Bassiouni, M. Cherif DePaul University 5 26 132 1,897 1,510
43 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 9 16 216 1,957 1,054
44 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 326 529 1,846
45 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 7 9 324 753 1,638
46 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 12 9 452 254 1,482
47 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 10 23 295 1,558 978
48 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 411 1,008 870
49 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 12 7 552 101 1,065
50 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 528 673 610
51 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 7 16 151 845 2,190
52 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 234 1,915 755
53 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 14 469 529 935
54 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 7 12 313 1,833 372
55 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 8 23 191 1,564 1,187
56 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University Law School 14 10 438 300 1,207
57 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 14 277 1,544 784
58 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 26 70 3,063 318
59 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 9 6 409 282 1,332
60 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 9 18 277 1,536 745
61 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 19 267 1,837 489
62 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 5 11 160 2,595 205
63 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 12 13 375 538 1,130
64 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 19 347 1,085 698
65 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 7 435 988 367
66 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 16 269 1,305 835
67 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 16 243 1,093 1,137
68 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 10 14 330 889 913
69 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 10 9 348 481 1,216
70 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 8 23 152 2,036 647
71 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 7 24 173 2,011 551
72 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 12 12 427 393 886
73 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 16 321 899 878
74 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 246 1,509 658
75 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 13 11 449 494 651
76 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 7 16 264 1,783 252
77 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 8 4 454 105 944
78 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 10 6 276 208 1,683
79 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 14 173 2,256 222
80 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 11 188 674 1,612
81 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 228 1,817 310
82 Denno, Deborah W. Fordham University 8 19 205 1,003 1,160
83 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 6 16 127 1,712 843
84 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 12 10 446 327 644
85 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 7 329 1,041 517
86 Logan, Wayne A. Florida State University 9 22 289 1,065 674
87 Blume, John H. Cornell University 8 19 284 1,031 716
88 Harris, David A. University of Pittsburgh 8 16 230 1,285 716
89 Lee, Cynthia George Washington University 12 12 358 708 652
90 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 340 665 783
91 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 8 20 215 1,517 544
92 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 5 92 230 2,356
93 Miller, Marc L. University of Arizona 9 20 224 1,358 548
94 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 8 18 260 1,150 549
95 Chacon, Jennifer Stanford University 10 11 264 845 810
96 Joh, Elizabeth E. University of California, Davis 10 11 284 379 1,156
97 Garland, David W. New York University 5 6 54 106 2,502
98 Harmon, Rachel University of Virginia 8 7 354 433 748
99 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 9 18 266 1,225 405
100 Simon, Jonathan S. University of California, Berkeley 5 11 161 535 1,550