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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 36 93 5,090 28,632 11,494
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 29 88 2,792 24,420 6,220
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 35 73 3,939 15,082 7,197
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,479 3,793 15,526
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 27 53 2,352 6,707 5,304
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 26 55 2,060 11,458 2,491
7 Schauer, Frederick 22 53 1,823 9,918 4,583
8 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 30 39 2,672 6,559 3,655
9 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 23 51 2,180 6,648 5,158
10 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 24 50 1,682 13,076 2,531
11 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 51 2,099 7,070 3,602
12 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 56 1,214 12,031 3,510
13 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 22 49 1,774 6,924 3,553
14 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 23 27 2,475 1,475 5,738
15 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 22 42 1,874 7,806 2,515
16 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 21 52 1,237 10,012 2,566
17 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 27 43 1,988 6,169 2,460
18 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 22 30 1,791 3,358 5,993
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 19 42 1,300 9,027 2,079
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 45 1,075 7,266 4,190
21 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 13 50 1,011 9,019 2,969
22 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 14 53 928 8,509 2,603
23 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 21 42 1,279 6,533 2,479
24 Rhode, Deborah L. 20 42 1,043 5,497 3,932
25 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,505 4,088 3,245
26 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 22 41 1,406 6,180 2,035
27 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 23 42 1,612 4,353 2,165
28 Pound, Roscoe 10 43 589 9,844 3,121
29 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 14 50 898 7,542 2,826
30 Fuller, L. L. 10 24 682 6,908 5,486
31 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 21 34 1,860 2,674 2,776
32 Resnik, Judith Yale University 18 44 1,236 6,474 1,769
33 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 18 40 1,189 6,659 1,466
34 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 21 40 1,234 4,199 2,494
35 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 19 35 1,167 6,302 1,834
36 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 21 42 1,469 2,759 2,536
37 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 14 51 911 7,658 1,292
38 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 16 35 792 8,497 1,734
39 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 18 44 1,027 5,639 1,997
40 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 14 31 898 2,987 5,027
41 Baude, William University of Chicago 22 24 2,026 701 2,172
42 Eisenberg, Theodore 17 49 857 6,603 1,215
43 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 17 39 1,196 4,491 1,980
44 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,624 3,641 1,202
45 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 38 1,062 4,155 2,328
46 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 14 42 744 4,549 3,186
47 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 41 966 5,527 1,714
48 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 919 4,347 2,578
49 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 19 32 1,235 3,827 1,670
50 Friedman, Barry New York University 18 36 1,000 3,955 2,182
51 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 26 1,118 1,753 3,540
52 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 17 35 975 4,612 1,733
53 Langbein, John H. Yale University 17 39 769 5,114 1,822
54 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 14 31 903 4,027 2,763
55 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 29 1,181 2,708 2,934
56 Bell, Derrick 11 28 958 4,206 2,852
57 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 12 27 647 6,671 2,200
58 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 1,021 3,912 1,842
59 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 15 37 813 4,945 1,865
60 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 18 27 1,244 996 3,091
61 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 14 40 793 5,136 1,505
62 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 28 520 6,947 2,245
63 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 11 22 1,038 5,478 1,652
64 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 934 4,244 1,687
65 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 8 33 409 9,114 1,021
66 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 18 26 1,131 1,870 2,666
67 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 15 31 716 6,144 1,290
68 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 13 34 482 4,372 3,170
69 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 851 5,085 2,193
70 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 12 39 539 5,201 2,277
71 Stuntz, William J. 16 29 965 4,639 1,341
72 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 32 594 6,120 1,926
73 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 16 35 890 3,083 2,158
74 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 13 42 709 5,298 1,272
75 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 14 38 943 3,011 2,027
76 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 821 4,997 1,283
77 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 30 995 2,924 1,993
78 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 37 514 7,389 931
79 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 14 43 717 4,788 1,302
80 Prosser, William L. 8 30 464 9,094 644
81 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 31 949 4,642 1,254
82 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 16 31 696 4,202 2,100
83 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 14 35 755 5,050 1,362
84 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 14 33 643 4,789 1,972
85 Monaghan, Henry P. 13 31 709 6,573 679
86 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 18 25 1,091 2,845 1,610
87 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 20 31 1,198 1,929 1,284
88 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 32 1,034 3,259 1,318
89 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 613 4,880 1,735
90 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 16 33 800 3,278 1,940
91 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 14 31 693 2,188 3,265
92 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 22 1,429 1,375 1,174
93 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 764 3,531 1,814
94 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 20 671 1,688 3,967
95 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 25 651 6,690 1,004
96 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 12 33 681 2,651 2,838
97 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 15 34 645 4,556 1,346
98 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 14 34 792 3,204 1,842
99 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 30 860 3,674 1,433
100 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 11 37 516 4,023 2,343