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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 22 39 1,491 9,431 3,375
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 21 18 1,496 2,992 2,348
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 4 613 1,357 7,186
4 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 18 20 1,349 1,751 2,098
5 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 21 23 1,129 3,002 1,504
6 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 13 34 560 5,820 1,447
7 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 17 29 817 3,479 2,334
8 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 16 18 964 3,254 1,258
9 Eskridge, William Yale University 15 24 818 4,325 914
10 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 7 1,332 368 1,373
11 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 6 7 536 3,653 2,017
12 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 501 4,291 1,137
13 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 16 429 4,670 1,026
14 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 11 25 366 3,208 1,485
15 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 16 20 727 1,930 809
16 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 9 12 561 2,857 661
17 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 11 23 697 1,684 952
18 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 12 23 616 1,996 884
19 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 13 12 665 1,559 986
20 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 16 559 2,214 817
21 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 8 14 400 2,878 775
22 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 23 276 3,147 1,034
23 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 5 19 186 4,135 476
24 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 11 5 826 232 926
25 Manning, John F. Harvard University 8 14 652 1,565 387
26 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 10 20 361 1,485 1,781
27 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 25 307 2,723 805
28 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 8 26 246 3,378 437
29 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 9 21 238 1,964 1,466
30 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 13 358 1,999 810
31 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 356 2,102 637
32 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 329 2,026 727
33 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 23 298 1,709 1,161
34 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 288 926 1,806
35 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 340 1,707 789
36 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 11 17 455 1,254 621
37 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 10 12 408 1,438 450
38 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 10 14 334 1,563 563
39 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 16 353 1,558 448
40 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 26 207 2,025 674
41 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 7 4 512 269 832
42 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 6 12 197 1,763 833
43 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 10 15 417 998 478
44 Resnik, Judith Yale University 6 12 280 1,735 354
45 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 507 625 332
46 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 440 923 340
47 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 12 284 1,720 307
48 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 6 420 840 498
49 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 10 418 601 618
50 Wexler, David B. University of Arizona 6 23 165 1,324 1,130
51 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 4 8 277 1,191 715
52 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 246 1,508 537
53 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 7 14 194 679 1,562
54 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 18 127 1,632 949
55 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 8 15 237 1,753 253
56 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 146 2,146 311
57 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 5 6 483 173 582
58 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 4 6 95 274 2,270
59 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 10 14 260 1,329 439
60 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 7 16 155 2,062 238
61 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 10 15 318 1,127 349
62 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 8 421 434 490
63 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 11 18 316 1,097 350
64 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 9 11 319 988 426
65 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 149 1,557 670
66 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 8 11 319 982 382
67 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 9 15 249 929 754
68 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 9 7 256 125 1,479
69 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 281 1,168 356
70 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 7 13 138 1,501 691
71 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 15 145 1,747 357
72 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 7 11 237 1,292 281
73 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 10 8 278 897 454
74 Rebouche, Rachel Temple University 7 5 297 56 1,173
75 Finnis, John University of Notre Dame 5 13 103 453 1,703
76 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 8 8 173 1,330 519
77 Grewal, David University of California, Berkeley 3 3 421 79 537
78 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 7 13 219 1,237 381
79 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 7 2 325 10 1,049
80 Levinson, Daryl New York University 5 6 281 946 348
81 Schlag, Pierre J. University of Colorado Boulder 7 20 143 1,577 387
82 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 6 18 133 1,413 586
83 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 4 9 69 1,437 862
84 Pasquale, Frank A. Cornell University 5 5 340 359 593
85 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 4 3 302 63 1,033
86 Kronman, Anthony T. Yale University 6 13 119 1,555 466
87 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 11 145 1,643 243
88 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 8 8 322 756 228
89 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 4 4 230 858 542
90 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 5 11 174 1,326 352
91 Alexander, Gregory S. Cornell University 9 11 288 725 373
92 Berman, Mitchell N. University of Pennsylvania 8 8 306 650 344
93 Cooter, Robert D. University of California, Berkeley 7 17 160 1,391 317
94 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 5 10 150 1,544 203
95 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 5 8 181 1,273 300
96 Rahman, K. Sabeel Cornell University 5 2 388 28 497
97 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 11 91 1,654 332
98 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 7 14 193 930 528
99 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 2 2 331 620 167
100 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 5 9 157 1,401 235