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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 34 93 4,384 29,595 10,617
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 26 88 2,340 25,017 5,762
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 30 73 3,418 15,806 6,725
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,339 3,980 15,949
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 25 54 2,090 7,092 4,959
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 24 55 1,807 11,835 2,379
7 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 27 41 2,410 7,010 3,402
8 Schauer, Frederick 21 53 1,558 10,291 4,311
9 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 21 51 1,865 7,057 4,568
10 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 21 50 1,399 13,442 2,295
11 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 23 51 1,791 7,455 3,435
12 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 14 56 1,048 12,237 3,162
13 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 22 27 2,257 1,825 5,394
14 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 21 30 1,601 3,653 6,177
15 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 49 1,544 7,246 3,324
16 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 21 43 1,666 8,122 2,365
17 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 25 44 1,772 6,482 2,309
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 19 52 978 10,311 2,365
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 13 45 926 7,471 4,078
20 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 42 1,097 9,289 1,967
21 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 12 50 894 9,173 2,618
22 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 13 53 778 8,696 2,464
23 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 18 43 1,316 4,342 3,135
24 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 20 34 1,748 2,911 2,723
25 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 20 41 1,228 6,431 2,039
26 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 21 42 1,424 4,617 1,965
27 Pound, Roscoe 9 43 486 9,977 3,141
28 Rhode, Deborah L. 17 42 878 5,703 3,491
29 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 17 43 1,052 6,803 2,215
30 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 13 50 733 7,748 2,329
31 Fuller, L. L. 9 24 574 7,053 4,939
32 Resnik, Judith Yale University 16 44 1,061 6,725 1,675
33 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 20 40 1,114 4,397 2,400
34 Baude, William University of Chicago 23 24 1,925 925 2,095
35 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,275 3,008 2,277
36 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 15 40 1,045 6,858 1,306
37 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 51 768 7,831 1,215
38 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 17 44 872 5,827 1,883
39 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 32 800 3,138 4,582
40 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 15 35 643 8,687 1,506
41 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 16 36 914 6,590 1,577
42 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,431 3,930 1,046
43 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 40 1,095 4,684 1,757
44 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 17 39 877 4,384 2,145
45 Eisenberg, Theodore 14 49 695 6,783 1,081
46 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 41 810 5,729 1,688
47 Friedman, Barry New York University 18 36 936 4,102 2,021
48 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 818 4,504 2,356
49 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 13 42 571 4,740 2,979
50 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 30 1,080 2,860 2,768
51 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 17 26 977 1,951 3,343
52 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 17 32 1,016 4,104 1,543
53 Bell, Derrick 11 28 893 4,319 2,570
54 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 918 4,065 1,692
55 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 18 27 1,117 1,187 2,892
56 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 35 806 4,832 1,645
57 Langbein, John H. Yale University 15 40 628 5,304 1,643
58 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 13 41 743 5,278 1,410
59 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 11 27 568 6,794 1,956
60 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 10 23 921 5,716 1,669
61 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 13 31 739 4,216 2,417
62 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 14 37 701 5,086 1,591
63 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 16 30 912 3,077 2,043
64 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 683 5,278 2,244
65 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 14 39 840 3,200 1,983
66 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 342 9,206 970
67 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 15 32 806 4,421 1,590
68 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 8 29 440 7,068 2,073
69 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 16 26 999 2,057 2,355
70 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 12 34 430 4,447 2,851
71 Stuntz, William J. 14 29 847 4,809 1,269
72 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 32 510 6,241 1,818
73 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 13 31 594 6,295 1,228
74 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 17 25 992 3,014 1,584
75 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 690 5,173 1,176
76 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 15 35 612 5,223 1,263
77 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 31 632 2,340 3,252
78 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 15 35 769 3,261 1,828
79 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 13 31 791 4,841 1,220
80 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 10 37 439 7,492 884
81 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 31 591 4,338 1,947
82 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 32 924 3,407 1,211
83 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 10 39 431 5,332 2,037
84 Prosser, William L. 8 30 393 9,200 562
85 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 18 31 1,048 2,131 1,215
86 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 13 20 606 1,801 3,938
87 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 12 43 574 4,948 1,193
88 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 11 42 551 5,487 1,111
89 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 14 34 689 3,429 1,906
90 Monaghan, Henry P. 12 31 625 6,695 582
91 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 523 5,002 1,601
92 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 22 1,226 1,639 1,066
93 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 12 34 517 4,950 1,772
94 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 18 21 1,069 894 2,159
95 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 26 563 6,846 960
96 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 24 625 3,620 2,340
97 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 14 33 643 3,694 1,694
98 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 34 573 4,674 1,307
99 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 30 738 3,839 1,316
100 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 13 34 666 3,368 1,731