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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 9 1,109 710 1,159
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 13 11 854 1,520 1,475
3 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 541 2,058 528
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 469 1,499 1,168
5 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 437 1,512 1,139
6 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 11 18 479 1,700 730
7 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 3 679 149 782
8 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 296 1,148 1,206
9 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 307 1,761 488
10 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 11 477 519 489
11 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 347 1,146 503
12 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 8 9 327 1,090 588
13 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 272 11 1,880
14 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 11 10 399 686 422
15 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 7 17 190 1,490 535
16 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 243 1,362 304
17 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 344 743 397
18 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 327 742 462
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 17 162 1,247 733
20 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 6 13 167 1,585 317
21 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 10 215 1,182 386
22 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 172 1,424 355
23 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 9 13 207 1,157 417
24 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 242 1,150 244
25 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 11 230 987 444
26 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 195 1,121 405
27 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 416 33 353
28 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 3 2 283 59 956
29 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 364 250 211
30 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 157 960 435
31 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 316 114 483
32 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 236 718 261
33 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 6 7 116 1,096 472
34 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 16 149 1,032 342
35 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 7 8 233 313 603
36 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 7 8 170 431 784
37 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 5 7 130 1,298 141
38 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 158 1,065 192
39 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 288 355 235
40 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 222 660 208
41 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 4 1 262 7 565
42 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 10 6 259 314 257
43 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 5 291 125 267
44 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 4 7 153 765 281
45 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 9 8 238 199 394
46 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 3 270 105 331
47 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 220 417 264
48 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 212 514 197
49 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 7 3 247 67 464
50 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 7 163 820 128
51 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 3 2 58 6 1,366
52 Murray, Melissa New York University 6 2 250 64 363
53 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 123 741 307
54 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 7 10 195 349 331
55 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 142 679 245
56 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University 4 3 288 67 117
57 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 8 10 137 667 243
58 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 203 386 201
59 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 7 6 153 82 715
60 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 148 560 273
61 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 83 958 203
62 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 5 12 93 802 259
63 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 173 430 226
64 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 6 179 491 104
65 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 106 862 78
66 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 126 414 373
67 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 6 8 156 496 151
68 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 7 7 136 355 357
69 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 86 683 284
70 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 147 490 169
71 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 6 166 413 151
72 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 5 5 62 749 305
73 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 7 100 770 101
74 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 4 5 162 223 327
75 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 97 614 250
76 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 6 10 114 472 271
77 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 6 3 191 71 267
78 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 6 10 122 415 262
79 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 8 157 380 122
80 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 155 310 196
81 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 10 110 498 228
82 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 42 264 778
83 Colby, Thomas George Washington University 5 5 164 274 167
84 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 6 7 156 198 237
85 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 6 4 171 64 290
86 Kaczorowski, Robert J. Fordham University 7 11 92 511 228
87 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 4 9 66 689 173
88 Yeazell, Stephen C. University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 42 712 253
89 Hasday, Jill Elaine University of Minnesota 4 5 100 423 239
90 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 5 3 144 25 400
91 Woolhandler, Ann University of Virginia 5 4 146 305 120
92 Paul, Sanjukta M. University of Michigan 3 1 190 18 183
93 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 6 7 101 494 146
94 Bone, Robert G. University of Texas at Austin 5 5 108 446 154
95 Winter, Steven L. Wayne State University 3 6 83 626 80
96 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 7 8 146 303 79
97 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 5 4 54 106 705
98 Rabban, David M. University of Texas at Austin 4 8 66 565 195
99 Schwartz, David S. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 4 143 49 318
100 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 5 6 122 321 157