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Last Updated: April 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 6 825 2,766 11,647
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 13 1,277 964 3,351
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 17 17 852 1,700 2,838
4 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 19 935 1,945 1,658
5 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 21 778 3,238 1,253
6 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 31 635 3,616 1,598
7 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 624 3,912 1,398
8 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 12 30 499 4,662 933
9 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 27 626 2,789 1,631
10 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 13 27 486 3,902 1,037
11 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 9 1,016 488 998
12 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 11 20 454 1,507 2,634
13 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 19 662 1,675 841
14 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 12 23 510 1,966 1,031
15 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 20 271 1,895 2,304
16 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 23 577 1,760 847
17 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 11 19 356 1,320 2,270
18 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 493 1,617 1,216
19 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 9 26 244 2,975 1,175
20 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 11 617 528 1,190
21 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 14 12 561 571 1,412
22 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 7 25 315 2,617 821
23 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 11 13 584 998 857
24 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 284 1,936 1,303
25 Friedman, Barry New York University 12 13 478 793 1,236
26 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 9 19 212 965 2,409
27 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 10 5 603 282 1,033
28 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 7 15 284 2,594 530
29 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 8 8 555 324 1,153
30 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 698 148 575
31 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 10 13 510 1,032 732
32 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 13 13 552 452 1,014
33 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 9 23 267 1,812 1,160
34 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 341 1,529 1,020
35 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 173 2,066 1,390
36 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 9 26 261 2,083 874
37 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 6 12 311 670 1,851
38 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 8 623 307 584
39 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 5 6 238 1,883 1,118
40 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 346 1,825 586
41 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 20 251 2,369 570
42 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 7 17 265 2,426 446
43 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 7 9 275 816 1,789
44 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 11 7 523 158 1,098
45 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 15 477 584 886
46 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 8 17 174 2,008 972
47 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 461 776 570
48 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 11 10 400 324 1,274
49 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 9 23 241 1,626 897
50 Bassiouni, M. Cherif DePaul University 4 26 100 1,933 1,329
51 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 357 1,075 755
52 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 6 15 120 835 2,165
53 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 204 1,956 686
54 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University Law School 14 11 389 371 1,114
55 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 7 12 266 1,899 353
56 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 26 63 3,074 307
57 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 20 309 1,189 717
58 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 7 23 164 1,612 1,065
59 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 8 18 242 1,580 650
60 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 15 221 1,609 706
61 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 11 14 396 483 807
62 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 11 15 328 595 1,036
63 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 8 7 360 352 1,094
64 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 20 209 1,932 420
65 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 8 379 1,065 311
66 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 4 11 124 2,638 203
67 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 9 14 289 953 845
68 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 219 1,545 675
69 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 18 281 973 854
70 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 11 10 315 548 1,057
71 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 24 123 2,068 622
72 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 24 140 2,054 548
73 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 307 724 860
74 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 17 203 1,138 1,014
75 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 11 11 417 373 591
76 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 12 12 381 579 583
77 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 6 16 235 1,826 223
78 Logan, Wayne A. Florida State University 8 22 248 1,144 694
79 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 7 14 140 2,293 221
80 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 11 152 718 1,539
81 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 284 1,104 525
82 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 9 5 369 204 855
83 Blume, John H. Cornell University 8 19 251 1,075 655
84 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 186 1,869 279
85 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 16 218 1,190 692
86 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 7 21 177 1,560 555
87 Morgan, Jamelia University of California, Los Angeles 9 2 344 9 1,088
88 Denno, Deborah W. Fordham University 8 19 175 1,048 998
89 Harris, David A. University of Pittsburgh 8 17 196 1,324 635
90 Lee, Cynthia George Washington University 11 14 299 779 592
91 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 5 16 100 1,739 749
92 Eagly, Ingrid V. University of California, Los Angeles 9 9 284 514 892
93 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 5 84 245 2,142
94 Joh, Elizabeth E. University of California, Davis 10 11 245 432 1,138
95 Miller, Marc L. University of Arizona 8 21 197 1,406 477
96 Harmon, Rachel University of Virginia 7 7 310 496 688
97 Bell, Monica Clarice Yale University 6 5 428 139 390
98 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 9 18 234 1,270 348
99 Chacon, Jennifer Stanford University 10 12 211 905 788
100 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 8 18 209 1,207 513