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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 34 93 4,571 29,593 10,044
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 27 88 2,448 25,020 5,453
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 31 73 3,585 15,797 6,525
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,374 3,982 16,575
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 26 54 2,161 7,094 4,730
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 56 1,873 11,834 2,208
7 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 27 41 2,531 7,010 3,108
8 Schauer, Frederick 21 53 1,621 10,295 4,129
9 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 23 50 1,482 13,439 2,192
10 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 21 51 1,941 7,057 4,291
11 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 23 51 1,849 7,454 3,234
12 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 21 31 1,687 3,654 6,663
13 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 57 1,100 12,241 2,963
14 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 22 28 2,339 1,827 5,330
15 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 21 43 1,762 8,125 2,309
16 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 49 1,585 7,244 3,067
17 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 26 45 1,856 6,482 2,200
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 20 52 1,029 10,323 2,207
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 45 964 7,470 3,872
20 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 43 1,139 9,290 1,920
21 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 12 50 909 9,174 2,460
22 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 19 43 1,393 4,339 2,951
23 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 21 41 1,292 6,431 1,940
24 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 20 34 1,838 2,912 2,619
25 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 13 53 806 8,695 2,274
26 Pound, Roscoe 10 43 509 9,977 3,084
27 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 21 42 1,471 4,617 1,830
28 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 17 43 1,076 6,803 2,045
29 Rhode, Deborah L. 18 42 908 5,704 3,108
30 Fuller, L. L. 9 24 602 7,053 4,882
31 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 13 50 771 7,750 2,077
32 Baude, William University of Chicago 24 25 2,036 928 2,021
33 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 21 40 1,177 4,397 2,308
34 Resnik, Judith Yale University 16 44 1,081 6,732 1,578
35 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,346 3,013 2,021
36 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 16 40 1,080 6,534 1,226
37 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 51 804 7,839 1,138
38 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 17 44 913 5,843 1,837
39 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 15 35 683 8,688 1,407
40 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 17 36 947 6,590 1,477
41 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 32 841 3,138 4,315
42 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,476 3,931 985
43 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 40 1,133 4,684 1,713
44 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 17 39 919 4,386 2,062
45 Friedman, Barry New York University 19 36 969 4,102 2,005
46 Eisenberg, Theodore 14 50 708 6,799 1,139
47 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 41 846 5,731 1,657
48 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 847 4,507 2,246
49 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 27 1,022 1,963 3,223
50 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 13 42 581 4,740 2,809
51 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 18 32 1,058 4,110 1,575
52 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 30 1,102 2,863 2,706
53 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 36 847 4,827 1,607
54 Bell, Derrick 11 28 916 4,322 2,468
55 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 18 27 1,160 1,187 2,774
56 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 949 4,067 1,479
57 Langbein, John H. Yale University 16 40 654 5,306 1,467
58 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 31 960 3,079 2,078
59 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 13 41 771 5,277 1,332
60 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 10 23 962 5,716 1,581
61 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 718 5,283 2,311
62 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 13 31 768 4,219 2,300
63 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 857 4,416 1,562
64 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 12 27 587 6,795 1,695
65 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 14 39 874 3,206 1,932
66 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 14 37 723 5,087 1,436
67 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 352 9,203 914
68 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 29 458 7,068 1,929
69 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 32 521 6,243 1,783
70 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 17 26 1,030 2,058 2,208
71 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 14 31 629 6,294 1,130
72 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 17 25 1,054 3,015 1,586
73 Stuntz, William J. 14 29 866 4,811 1,247
74 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 32 837 4,842 1,166
75 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 12 34 441 4,447 2,700
76 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 31 640 2,340 3,288
77 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 17 32 991 3,407 1,145
78 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 729 5,174 1,127
79 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 15 35 634 5,224 1,280
80 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 21 647 1,801 3,900
81 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 37 453 7,488 842
82 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 16 36 799 3,243 1,636
83 Prosser, William L. 8 30 411 9,201 526
84 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 10 39 441 5,337 1,957
85 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 31 619 4,339 1,825
86 Monaghan, Henry P. 13 31 657 6,695 532
87 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 12 42 568 5,484 1,057
88 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 13 43 609 4,955 1,068
89 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 23 1,275 1,640 1,053
90 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 18 21 1,117 894 2,240
91 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 555 5,001 1,547
92 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 34 717 3,452 1,714
93 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 25 667 3,622 2,380
94 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 12 34 541 4,954 1,705
95 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 18 31 1,071 2,135 1,161
96 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 16 30 762 3,840 1,255
97 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 15 34 590 4,674 1,213
98 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 661 3,690 1,587
99 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 26 585 6,830 895
100 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 13 34 697 3,367 1,638