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Last Updated: February 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 6 795 2,769 10,408
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 15 13 1,237 965 3,348
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 17 17 819 1,695 2,825
4 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 19 907 1,947 1,619
5 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 611 3,922 1,413
6 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 14 31 620 3,615 1,601
7 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 15 21 737 3,254 1,187
8 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 12 30 482 4,664 885
9 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 14 27 607 2,793 1,559
10 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 12 27 469 3,900 1,050
11 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 9 995 488 1,026
12 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 10 21 423 1,485 2,427
13 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 14 19 644 1,677 841
14 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 20 253 1,894 2,299
15 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 12 23 487 1,970 999
16 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 10 19 350 1,319 2,239
17 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 23 551 1,759 778
18 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 482 1,661 1,159
19 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 9 8 781 308 770
20 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 9 26 237 2,974 1,184
21 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 7 25 313 2,621 776
22 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 10 13 560 999 911
23 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 728 148 750
24 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 14 12 529 573 1,376
25 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 8 19 280 1,935 1,438
26 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 10 547 465 1,223
27 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 7 18 176 921 2,706
28 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 10 5 588 282 1,069
29 Friedman, Barry New York University 12 13 448 793 1,227
30 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 13 13 537 453 1,063
31 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 10 13 499 1,034 721
32 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 8 8 528 324 1,191
33 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 7 15 271 2,594 501
34 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 170 2,060 1,335
35 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 9 23 261 1,814 1,024
36 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 326 1,529 924
37 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 8 26 248 2,083 805
38 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 7 17 254 2,426 479
39 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 336 1,825 571
40 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 6 12 297 670 1,746
41 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 5 6 225 1,886 1,064
42 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 20 234 2,370 572
43 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 11 7 504 158 998
44 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 11 10 387 324 1,364
45 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 9 7 381 370 1,344
46 Bassiouni, M. Cherif DePaul University 4 26 95 1,940 1,406
47 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 7 17 168 2,008 970
48 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 7 9 263 816 1,490
49 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 15 423 584 841
50 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 344 1,076 807
51 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 9 23 235 1,626 876
52 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 437 776 568
53 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University Law School 13 11 375 371 1,133
54 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 196 1,955 685
55 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 5 16 118 880 2,005
56 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 7 15 221 1,609 837
57 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 7 23 154 1,601 1,132
58 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 7 12 254 1,899 345
59 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 20 303 1,192 686
60 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 26 62 3,073 293
61 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 8 18 237 1,579 675
62 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 11 15 322 596 1,029
63 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 11 14 378 483 815
64 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 9 371 1,085 334
65 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 10 10 300 549 1,139
66 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 20 205 1,934 419
67 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 9 14 277 953 858
68 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 9 18 272 975 818
69 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 17 199 1,139 1,046
70 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 214 1,544 619
71 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 12 12 372 580 593
72 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 4 10 116 2,590 179
73 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 23 120 2,037 600
74 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 6 16 225 1,826 238
75 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 23 136 2,028 509
76 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 11 11 396 374 593
77 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 7 14 137 2,295 217
78 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 8 5 358 204 872
79 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 11 144 719 1,502
80 Logan, Wayne A. Florida State University 8 22 238 1,144 633
81 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 287 724 747
82 Blume, John H. Cornell University 8 19 246 1,074 651
83 Denno, Deborah W. Fordham University 8 19 166 1,047 1,067
84 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 8 8 270 1,104 485
85 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 9 16 209 1,190 706
86 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 177 1,871 279
87 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 5 79 244 2,187
88 Harris, David A. University of Pittsburgh 8 17 191 1,324 665
89 Lee, Cynthia George Washington University 11 14 293 779 607
90 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 5 16 98 1,743 762
91 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 7 21 171 1,562 533
92 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 10 7 229 256 1,294
93 Miller, Marc L. University of Arizona 7 20 190 1,397 501
94 Morgan, Jamelia University of California, Los Angeles 9 2 320 9 1,036
95 Joh, Elizabeth E. University of California, Davis 10 11 234 432 1,100
96 Bell, Monica Clarice Yale University 6 5 418 139 416
97 Harmon, Rachel University of Virginia 7 7 297 496 702
98 Garland, David W. New York University 4 6 46 115 2,289
99 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 8 18 204 1,207 515
100 Chacon, Jennifer Stanford University 9 12 204 905 765