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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 21 35 1,531 6,253 1,763
2 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 12 13 941 1,248 666
3 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 13 14 661 2,477 720
4 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 17 17 780 1,391 761
5 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 11 9 645 1,850 746
6 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 17 11 897 350 836
7 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 11 19 455 2,725 400
8 Hickman, Kristin E. University of Minnesota 15 12 667 1,363 556
9 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 12 11 558 1,231 715
10 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 12 12 544 725 1,227
11 Stewart, Richard B. 8 14 315 2,488 535
12 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 11 12 544 1,008 739
13 Eskridge, William Yale University 8 8 414 1,658 280
14 Kagan, Elena U.S. Supreme Court 2 2 468 1,262 269
15 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 10 11 388 1,497 405
16 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 10 468 997 437
17 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 9 20 292 1,853 361
18 Manning, John F. Harvard University 7 8 428 1,218 258
19 Bagley, Nicholas University of Michigan 6 5 564 363 289
20 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 9 15 334 1,217 371
21 Davis, Kenneth Culp 7 21 169 2,031 307
22 Reich, Charles A. 1 1 141 2,296 182
23 McGarity, Thomas O. University of Texas at Austin 7 16 210 1,639 324
24 O'Connell, Anne Joseph Stanford University 9 8 404 548 351
25 Levin, Ronald Mark Washington University 10 16 255 1,025 479
26 Heinzerling, Lisa Georgetown University 10 14 296 862 434
27 Seidenfeld, Mark B. Florida State University 8 16 214 1,455 232
28 Barnett, Kent Ohio State University 11 9 440 244 283
29 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 7 6 290 883 408
30 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 5 6 301 816 251
31 Monaghan, Henry P. 2 2 243 1,203 139
32 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 5 6 299 658 355
33 Rossi, Jim Vanderbilt University 8 12 274 801 320
34 Beermann, Jack Michael Boston University 8 10 282 586 485
35 Shapiro, Sidney A. Wake Forest University 8 16 224 1,033 300
36 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 5 4 322 274 493
37 Zaring, David 9 14 230 641 560
38 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 8 14 206 967 336
39 Stack, Kevin M. Vanderbilt University 9 9 324 349 335
40 Nielson, Aaron Brigham Young University 12 7 337 107 463
41 Glicksman, Robert L. George Washington University 10 11 263 572 374
42 Stephenson, Matthew C. Harvard University 9 10 254 739 247
43 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 7 10 175 991 342
44 Watts, Kathryn 8 9 273 609 222
45 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 3 1 204 1 1,164
46 Jaffe, Louis L. 6 15 86 1,606 148
47 Wagner, Wendy E. University of Texas at Austin 7 9 242 701 234
48 Buzbee, William W. Georgetown University 8 13 205 887 205
49 Verkuil, Paul R. Administrative Conference of the United States 6 13 128 1,116 215
50 Friendly, Henry J. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 3 7 108 1,317 83
51 Gersen, Jacob Harvard University 9 9 234 534 194
52 Mendelson, Nina A. University of Michigan 8 8 220 558 222
53 Sohoni, Sharmila Stanford University 7 4 281 56 369
54 Gellhorn, Ernest 5 11 96 1,158 202
55 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 5 278 212 194
56 Michaels, Jon D. University of California, Los Angeles 6 6 215 333 378
57 Bloch-Wehba, Hannah C. Texas A&M University 4 1 208 3 701
58 Noll, Roger G. 2 4 117 880 262
59 Weingast, Barry R. 4 3 130 871 201
60 Bremer, Emily University of Notre Dame 9 5 227 78 462
61 Scherer, Matthew U. 1 1 104 56 1,088
62 Simon, William Hackett 6 7 106 890 203
63 Spence, David B. University of Texas at Austin 5 8 177 597 110
64 Parrillo, Nicholas Richard Yale University 5 2 245 33 324
65 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 5 10 176 425 268
66 Asimow, Michael 6 13 115 667 316
67 Bamzai, Aditya University of Virginia 6 3 227 68 346
68 Lehr, David 3 2 214 52 415
69 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 6 6 191 255 301
70 Livermore, Michael A. University of Virginia 6 7 188 318 236
71 Bruff, Harold H. University of Colorado Boulder 6 11 62 1,001 189
72 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader U.S. Supreme Court 2 2 88 514 490
73 Robinson, Glen O. University of Virginia 4 8 56 1,011 156
74 Elliott, E. Donald 5 11 99 782 162
75 Schwartz, Bernard 2 16 31 1,056 227
76 Masur, Jonathan S. University of Chicago 8 8 187 260 216
77 Deacon, Daniel T. University of Michigan 3 3 211 77 254
78 Vandenbergh, Michael P. Vanderbilt University 5 6 137 529 164
79 Salzman, James University of California, Los Angeles 6 10 113 537 268
80 Bamberger, Kenneth A. University of California, Berkeley 5 7 161 388 176
81 Hammond, Emily George Washington University 6 6 158 228 330
82 Herz, Michael E. Yeshiva University 6 10 130 445 247
83 Driesen, David M. Syracuse University 5 9 79 320 605
84 Noah, Lars University of Florida 7 13 127 557 127
85 Hahn, Robert W. 4 10 54 775 259
86 Anthony, Robert A. 4 9 72 859 83
87 Davidson, Nestor M. Fordham University 4 5 180 105 266
88 Cross, Frank B. 4 6 84 633 219
89 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 9 128 414 184
90 Tiller, Emerson H. Northwestern University 5 8 87 604 202
91 Ponomarenko, Maria University of Texas at Austin 4 2 194 84 178
92 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 4 2 199 79 158
93 Markell, David L. 7 10 131 391 167
94 Barron, David J. 3 3 124 560 43
95 Rodriguez, Cristina Maria Yale University 4 3 145 118 364
96 Croley, Steven P. 4 7 70 703 148
97 Ferejohn, John A. New York University 2 3 140 336 158
98 Schrag, Philip G. Georgetown University 2 3 132 380 153
99 Wurman, Ilan University of Minnesota 4 1 196 3 197
100 Krishnakumar, Anita Georgetown University 5 2 197 54 140