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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 37 93 5,189 28,642 10,955
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 29 88 2,829 24,411 6,058
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 35 73 4,015 15,096 7,010
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,496 3,793 15,633
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 27 53 2,381 6,635 5,132
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 26 55 2,099 11,463 2,427
7 Schauer, Frederick 22 53 1,853 9,887 4,366
8 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 31 40 2,735 6,562 3,472
9 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 24 51 2,222 6,649 4,940
10 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 24 50 1,703 13,083 2,457
11 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 51 2,135 7,074 3,582
12 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 56 1,232 12,018 3,305
13 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 23 49 1,818 6,928 3,499
14 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 23 27 2,518 1,475 5,562
15 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 22 43 1,910 7,806 2,497
16 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 27 44 2,019 6,171 2,416
17 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 21 52 1,257 10,014 2,472
18 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 22 30 1,828 3,357 5,167
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 15 45 1,103 7,271 4,142
20 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 19 42 1,321 9,036 2,053
21 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 13 50 1,022 9,020 2,736
22 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 14 53 944 8,513 2,571
23 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 21 42 1,300 6,536 2,343
24 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 22 41 1,433 6,182 2,102
25 Rhode, Deborah L. 20 42 1,069 5,498 3,741
26 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 20 43 1,532 4,088 3,067
27 Pound, Roscoe 10 43 601 9,850 3,182
28 Fuller, L. L. 10 24 695 6,916 5,589
29 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 24 42 1,640 4,356 2,043
30 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 22 34 1,904 2,675 2,761
31 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 14 50 918 7,544 2,543
32 Resnik, Judith Yale University 19 44 1,271 6,488 1,721
33 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 22 40 1,259 4,202 2,399
34 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 18 40 1,207 6,663 1,348
35 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 19 36 1,184 6,303 1,713
36 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 21 42 1,495 2,760 2,438
37 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 14 51 926 7,661 1,275
38 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 16 35 808 8,503 1,653
39 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 18 44 1,046 5,647 1,958
40 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 14 31 919 2,990 4,806
41 Baude, William University of Chicago 22 24 2,073 699 2,159
42 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 17 40 1,232 4,481 1,897
43 Eisenberg, Theodore 17 49 862 6,605 1,152
44 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,658 3,646 1,133
45 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 14 42 751 4,549 3,269
46 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 38 1,081 4,155 2,226
47 Ayres, Ian Yale University 15 41 982 5,527 1,712
48 Friedman, Barry New York University 19 36 1,031 3,966 2,092
49 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 932 4,347 2,427
50 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 19 32 1,262 3,828 1,595
51 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 19 26 1,138 1,754 3,448
52 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 18 35 997 4,614 1,678
53 Langbein, John H. Yale University 17 40 781 5,133 1,710
54 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 12 27 663 6,672 2,181
55 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 29 1,200 2,708 2,809
56 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 14 31 914 4,028 2,624
57 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 16 37 832 4,947 1,721
58 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 1,037 3,912 1,746
59 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 14 41 866 5,140 1,446
60 Bell, Derrick 11 28 976 4,206 2,643
61 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 19 27 1,267 996 2,980
62 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 11 23 1,066 5,542 1,651
63 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 10 28 534 6,953 2,182
64 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 16 39 1,011 3,015 2,026
65 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 421 9,116 970
66 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 15 31 723 6,145 1,286
67 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 951 4,250 1,619
68 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 32 606 6,126 1,990
69 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 865 5,087 2,084
70 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 18 26 1,147 1,870 2,492
71 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 13 34 489 4,373 2,995
72 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 12 39 550 5,203 2,142
73 Stuntz, William J. 16 29 979 4,642 1,302
74 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 12 37 520 7,391 879
75 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 13 42 723 5,304 1,203
76 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 836 4,999 1,231
77 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 31 968 4,643 1,256
78 Prosser, William L. 8 30 474 9,097 618
79 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 14 43 725 4,790 1,248
80 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 30 1,025 2,924 1,841
81 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 16 35 915 3,084 1,910
82 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 16 31 712 4,203 2,001
83 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 14 35 764 5,055 1,284
84 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 14 33 658 4,799 1,813
85 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 17 34 818 3,277 1,910
86 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 18 25 1,115 2,845 1,589
87 Monaghan, Henry P. 13 31 729 6,575 642
88 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 14 31 705 2,189 3,282
89 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 20 31 1,221 1,929 1,290
90 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 32 1,047 3,257 1,179
91 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 16 33 784 3,532 1,729
92 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 20 690 1,696 3,984
93 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 613 4,829 1,627
94 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 21 21 1,431 1,366 1,128
95 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 15 34 655 4,560 1,374
96 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 16 30 877 3,674 1,355
97 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 14 34 811 3,210 1,828
98 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 25 672 6,694 945
99 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 13 35 610 4,208 1,838
100 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 12 33 691 2,652 2,732