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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 33 93 4,318 29,591 10,232
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 26 88 2,292 25,007 5,563
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 30 73 3,369 15,807 6,483
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,315 3,982 14,461
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 25 54 2,050 7,090 4,802
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 24 55 1,763 11,834 2,280
7 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 27 41 2,361 7,010 3,243
8 Schauer, Frederick 21 53 1,535 10,287 4,061
9 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 21 51 1,834 7,057 4,578
10 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 21 50 1,382 13,436 2,227
11 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 23 51 1,779 7,454 3,325
12 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 14 56 1,037 12,245 3,008
13 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 21 27 2,214 1,827 5,185
14 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 49 1,519 7,244 3,256
15 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 21 30 1,568 3,654 5,669
16 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 20 43 1,640 8,113 2,325
17 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 25 44 1,739 6,481 2,245
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 18 52 972 10,307 2,302
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 13 45 916 7,467 3,904
20 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 42 1,084 9,286 1,887
21 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 12 50 874 9,173 2,534
22 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 13 53 772 8,695 2,411
23 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 20 41 1,200 6,430 1,976
24 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 20 34 1,708 2,912 2,558
25 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 18 43 1,301 4,338 2,824
26 Rhode, Deborah L. 17 42 865 5,704 3,464
27 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 17 43 1,045 6,803 2,190
28 Fuller, L. L. 9 24 570 7,052 5,240
29 Pound, Roscoe 9 43 479 9,974 2,968
30 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 20 41 1,401 4,617 1,877
31 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 12 50 725 7,747 2,318
32 Resnik, Judith Yale University 16 44 1,036 6,731 1,590
33 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 20 40 1,082 4,396 2,231
34 Baude, William University of Chicago 22 24 1,894 925 2,002
35 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,262 3,009 2,242
36 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 15 40 1,027 6,856 1,217
37 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 51 757 7,835 1,175
38 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 16 44 862 5,840 1,818
39 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 15 35 636 8,686 1,480
40 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 31 788 3,139 4,433
41 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 16 36 910 6,589 1,521
42 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,410 3,930 1,053
43 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 40 1,071 4,681 1,720
44 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 17 39 870 4,385 2,079
45 Eisenberg, Theodore 14 49 690 6,791 1,051
46 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 13 42 565 4,740 2,964
47 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 41 796 5,730 1,605
48 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 806 4,503 2,262
49 Friedman, Barry New York University 17 36 907 4,102 1,934
50 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 17 26 958 1,952 3,193
51 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 29 1,059 2,863 2,627
52 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 17 32 990 4,110 1,450
53 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 905 4,063 1,645
54 Bell, Derrick 11 28 874 4,320 2,455
55 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 18 27 1,094 1,187 2,766
56 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 11 27 556 6,786 2,050
57 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 35 793 4,828 1,555
58 Langbein, John H. Yale University 15 40 615 5,305 1,605
59 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 13 31 729 4,219 2,391
60 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 13 41 736 5,277 1,312
61 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 14 37 695 5,086 1,576
62 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 10 23 912 5,717 1,516
63 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 14 39 829 3,201 1,884
64 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 342 9,201 907
65 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 15 32 799 4,416 1,499
66 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 8 28 433 7,066 2,065
67 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 680 5,281 1,960
68 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 16 26 976 2,059 2,245
69 Stuntz, William J. 14 29 825 4,809 1,237
70 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 16 30 891 3,076 1,730
71 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 32 494 6,243 1,759
72 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 13 31 581 6,293 1,183
73 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 11 34 422 4,448 2,724
74 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 678 5,173 1,141
75 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 17 25 982 3,014 1,493
76 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 13 31 783 4,841 1,165
77 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 15 35 754 3,254 1,735
78 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 10 39 423 5,331 1,977
79 Prosser, William L. 8 30 386 9,193 573
80 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 10 37 434 7,484 833
81 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 14 35 604 5,220 1,207
82 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 31 586 4,338 1,817
83 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 32 906 3,407 1,108
84 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 31 599 2,296 3,057
85 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 11 42 546 5,493 1,145
86 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 18 31 1,044 2,131 1,170
87 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 12 43 571 4,951 1,153
88 Monaghan, Henry P. 12 31 621 6,695 577
89 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 22 1,212 1,640 1,032
90 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 13 20 590 1,801 3,722
91 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 515 5,001 1,503
92 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 12 33 506 4,952 1,676
93 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 14 33 668 3,331 1,782
94 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 18 21 1,054 894 2,005
95 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 34 557 4,672 1,267
96 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 30 725 3,840 1,239
97 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 12 33 556 2,797 2,533
98 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 9 25 554 6,828 900
99 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 14 32 629 3,540 1,614
100 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 24 618 3,622 2,071