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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 9 1,089 710 1,208
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 12 11 831 1,520 1,557
3 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 12 18 574 2,063 814
4 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 536 2,058 557
5 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 467 1,499 1,183
6 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 435 1,512 1,200
7 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 3 664 149 800
8 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 296 1,147 1,301
9 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 305 1,761 516
10 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 9 9 362 1,186 611
11 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 12 473 540 510
12 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 343 1,146 509
13 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 270 11 1,858
14 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 11 10 389 686 451
15 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 7 18 191 1,530 565
16 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 242 1,362 315
17 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 326 742 490
18 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 332 765 401
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 17 161 1,258 758
20 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 6 13 166 1,585 331
21 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 12 234 1,006 465
22 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 168 1,424 364
23 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 237 1,150 233
24 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 9 198 1,167 396
25 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 9 13 203 1,093 433
26 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 191 1,121 425
27 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 409 33 369
28 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 3 2 276 59 970
29 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 3 3 360 250 212
30 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 157 960 436
31 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 7 16 148 1,032 372
32 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 230 718 276
33 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 6 7 114 1,096 479
34 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 308 114 465
35 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 7 8 230 313 632
36 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 5 7 130 1,298 142
37 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 7 8 170 431 765
38 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 157 1,065 208
39 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 281 355 241
40 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 220 660 219
41 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 4 1 255 7 596
42 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 5 287 125 280
43 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 10 6 253 314 227
44 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 3 266 105 374
45 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 4 7 153 765 289
46 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 3 2 57 6 1,492
47 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 9 8 233 199 408
48 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 211 514 208
49 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 216 417 271
50 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 7 162 820 139
51 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 7 3 243 67 456
52 Murray, Melissa New York University 6 2 242 64 461
53 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 123 741 306
54 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University 4 3 287 67 125
55 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 7 10 194 349 302
56 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 141 679 245
57 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 7 6 149 82 780
58 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 8 10 135 667 265
59 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 201 386 214
60 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 145 560 288
61 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 83 958 213
62 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 169 430 218
63 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 6 178 491 109
64 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 6 8 156 497 165
65 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 100 862 81
66 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 124 414 375
67 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 145 490 183
68 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 96 614 285
69 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 7 7 134 355 346
70 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 6 163 413 143
71 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 84 683 273
72 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 7 98 770 106
73 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 5 11 88 661 245
74 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 111 472 309
75 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 5 5 59 749 291
76 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 6 10 122 415 269
77 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 6 3 189 71 275
78 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 153 310 209
79 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 8 154 380 131
80 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 10 110 498 232
81 Colby, Thomas George Washington University 5 5 164 274 164
82 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 6 4 167 64 303
83 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 40 264 727
84 Kaczorowski, Robert J. Fordham University 6 11 90 511 228
85 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 6 7 152 198 227
86 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 4 9 65 689 175
87 Yeazell, Stephen C. University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 42 712 253
88 Hasday, Jill Elaine University of Minnesota 4 5 100 423 244
89 Woolhandler, Ann University of Virginia 5 4 144 305 125
90 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 5 3 139 25 423
91 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 6 7 98 494 157
92 Bone, Robert G. University of Texas at Austin 5 5 108 446 153
93 Winter, Steven L. Wayne State University 3 6 82 626 85
94 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 7 8 144 303 83
95 Shepherd, George Bobrimskoy Emory University 3 3 109 368 192
96 Rabban, David M. University of Texas at Austin 4 8 65 565 204
97 Schwartz, David S. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 4 140 49 331
98 Harrison, John University of Virginia 3 6 91 478 157
99 Breyer, Stephen Harvard University 2 2 59 578 211
100 Wells, Harwell Temple University 6 6 116 206 283