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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 34 93 4,480 29,577 10,191
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 26 88 2,394 25,016 5,500
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 30 73 3,509 15,794 6,543
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,354 3,978 16,141
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 26 54 2,137 7,093 4,753
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 56 1,846 11,832 2,274
7 Schauer, Frederick 21 53 1,593 10,292 4,213
8 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 27 41 2,461 7,009 3,234
9 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 23 50 1,446 13,439 2,198
10 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 21 50 1,790 6,922 4,402
11 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 23 51 1,825 7,455 3,271
12 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 56 1,076 12,239 3,000
13 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 21 31 1,659 3,651 6,365
14 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 22 27 2,284 1,824 5,214
15 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 49 1,563 7,240 3,197
16 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 21 43 1,715 8,122 2,355
17 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 26 45 1,819 6,481 2,215
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 20 52 1,008 10,297 2,272
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 13 45 953 7,469 3,865
20 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 42 1,119 9,287 1,906
21 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 12 50 908 9,172 2,432
22 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 19 43 1,375 4,339 2,996
23 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 20 41 1,265 6,425 2,026
24 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 20 34 1,792 2,912 2,643
25 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 13 53 793 8,695 2,330
26 Pound, Roscoe 9 43 496 9,973 3,117
27 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 21 42 1,447 4,616 1,872
28 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 17 43 1,065 6,802 2,135
29 Rhode, Deborah L. 18 42 890 5,672 3,248
30 Fuller, L. L. 9 24 584 7,052 4,980
31 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 13 50 752 7,744 2,188
32 Resnik, Judith Yale University 16 44 1,070 6,720 1,619
33 Baude, William University of Chicago 23 24 1,978 924 2,055
34 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 20 40 1,143 4,396 2,298
35 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 16 40 1,072 6,856 1,239
36 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,311 3,009 2,119
37 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 51 791 7,827 1,150
38 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 17 44 896 5,819 1,842
39 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 32 828 3,137 4,419
40 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 15 35 659 8,685 1,415
41 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 16 36 932 6,588 1,524
42 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,457 3,930 1,018
43 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 40 1,115 4,684 1,687
44 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 17 39 898 4,385 2,074
45 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 41 826 5,730 1,682
46 Eisenberg, Theodore 14 48 702 6,777 1,124
47 Friedman, Barry New York University 18 36 955 4,102 1,978
48 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 835 4,506 2,251
49 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 13 42 578 4,740 2,920
50 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 26 996 1,959 3,231
51 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 30 1,094 2,856 2,672
52 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 18 32 1,046 4,091 1,518
53 Bell, Derrick 11 28 906 4,319 2,553
54 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 35 829 4,825 1,613
55 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 18 27 1,148 1,187 2,806
56 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 937 4,065 1,468
57 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 13 41 762 5,273 1,351
58 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 12 27 580 6,793 1,802
59 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 31 943 3,077 2,038
60 Langbein, John H. Yale University 15 40 639 5,302 1,529
61 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 10 23 944 5,715 1,588
62 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 13 31 753 4,216 2,348
63 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 838 4,416 1,568
64 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 701 5,274 2,262
65 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 14 37 708 5,087 1,528
66 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 14 39 853 3,180 1,952
67 Michelman, Frank I. arvard University 9 33 346 9,203 928
68 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 29 452 7,067 1,947
69 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 17 26 1,017 2,056 2,220
70 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 14 31 610 6,294 1,141
71 Stuntz, William J. 14 29 856 4,807 1,256
72 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 12 33 433 4,444 2,800
73 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 17 25 1,016 3,015 1,611
74 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 32 514 6,231 1,780
75 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 31 635 2,340 3,284
76 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 709 5,172 1,137
77 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 15 35 622 5,217 1,273
78 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 37 449 7,483 848
79 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 21 627 1,801 3,902
80 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 13 32 813 4,841 1,172
81 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 32 966 3,406 1,176
82 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 10 39 438 5,325 2,014
83 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 31 607 4,337 1,898
84 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 15 36 778 3,243 1,671
85 Prosser, William L. 8 30 399 9,201 520
86 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 13 43 597 4,944 1,120
87 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 34 702 3,434 1,848
88 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 550 5,000 1,541
89 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 11 42 559 5,475 1,093
90 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 18 31 1,059 2,132 1,171
91 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 12 34 534 4,951 1,715
92 Monaghan, Henry P. 12 31 641 6,695 536
93 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 22 1,241 1,639 1,043
94 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 18 21 1,101 892 2,142
95 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 24 646 3,619 2,363
96 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 26 578 6,829 921
97 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 649 3,689 1,610
98 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 30 751 3,840 1,293
99 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 34 578 4,674 1,213
100 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 13 34 678 3,360 1,699