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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 20 36 1,420 6,506 1,555
2 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 19 16 1,091 675 955
3 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 12 13 854 1,418 603
4 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 12 15 636 2,580 594
5 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 16 18 714 1,511 664
6 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 10 9 593 1,960 674
7 Hickman, Kristin E. University of Minnesota 14 12 650 1,466 468
8 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 10 19 390 2,820 350
9 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 12 14 541 895 1,145
10 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 11 12 498 1,327 597
11 Stewart, Richard B. 7 13 234 2,309 537
12 Bagley, Nicholas University of Michigan 7 6 599 428 378
13 Eskridge, William Yale University 7 8 385 1,732 215
14 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 10 438 1,074 367
15 Kagan, Elena U.S. Supreme Court 2 2 403 1,362 275
16 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 11 11 352 1,568 319
17 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 9 20 273 1,907 308
18 Manning, John F. Harvard University 7 8 388 1,293 231
19 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 12 9 511 184 585
20 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 13 353 965 495
21 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 9 15 290 1,267 332
22 Reich, Charles A. 1 1 123 2,334 163
23 Davis, Kenneth Culp 5 20 149 1,941 273
24 McGarity, Thomas O. University of Texas at Austin 6 15 199 1,609 255
25 Levin, Ronald Mark Washington University 9 16 250 1,071 441
26 Barnett, Kent Ohio State University 10 11 423 327 214
27 O'Connell, Anne Joseph Stanford University 9 8 350 629 281
28 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 7 6 267 933 408
29 Heinzerling, Lisa Georgetown University 9 15 280 900 353
30 Mortenson, Julian Davis University of Michigan 5 4 440 71 244
31 Seidenfeld, Mark B. Florida State University 7 16 187 1,501 158
32 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 5 6 277 868 246
33 Shapiro, Sidney A. Wake Forest University 8 18 196 1,250 269
34 Stephenson, Matthew C. Harvard University 10 11 258 894 272
35 Monaghan, Henry P. 2 3 236 1,235 79
36 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 3 1 214 18 1,262
37 Rossi, Jim Vanderbilt University 7 12 259 847 267
38 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 5 4 302 315 497
39 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 5 6 256 716 331
40 Stack, Kevin M. Vanderbilt University 9 9 308 401 325
41 Zaring, David 9 14 205 689 435
42 Beermann, Jack Michael Boston University 8 11 250 631 265
43 Mendelson, Nina A. University of Michigan 8 10 223 824 221
44 Wagner, Wendy E. University of Texas at Austin 7 9 235 735 213
45 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 8 15 166 1,023 288
46 Watts, Kathryn 7 10 241 661 212
47 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 6 10 156 1,022 289
48 Sohoni, Sharmila Stanford University 7 5 321 72 307
49 Glicksman, Robert L. George Washington University 10 13 222 623 304
50 Jaffe, Louis L. 5 16 78 1,623 140
51 Buzbee, William W. Georgetown University 7 14 163 941 198
52 Verkuil, Paul R. Administrative Conference of the United States 6 13 119 1,138 173
53 Friendly, Henry J. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 3 7 93 1,343 98
54 Gersen, Jacob Harvard University 8 9 204 578 164
55 Bloch-Wehba, Hannah C. Texas A&M University 4 2 217 15 585
56 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 5 243 264 181
57 Gellhorn, Ernest 4 11 79 1,177 185
58 Bamzai, Aditya University of Virginia 6 4 228 96 347
59 Deacon, Daniel T. University of Michigan 4 3 246 87 265
60 Weingast, Barry R. 4 4 113 898 178
61 Parrillo, Nicholas Richard Yale University 6 3 244 60 265
62 Bremer, Emily University of Notre Dame 8 5 213 87 364
63 Noll, Roger G. 2 4 100 903 209
64 Michaels, Jon D. University of California, Los Angeles 5 6 179 381 272
65 Spence, David B. University of Texas at Austin 5 8 163 629 114
66 Lehr, David 3 2 192 102 405
67 Simon, William Hackett 5 7 92 910 149
68 Asimow, Michael 6 13 100 686 276
69 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 6 6 167 295 282
70 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 5 10 144 453 238
71 Bruff, Harold H. University of Colorado Boulder 5 11 58 1,011 156
72 Schwartz, Bernard 3 16 36 1,084 175
73 Livermore, Michael A. University of Virginia 6 8 154 361 208
74 Robinson, Glen O. University of Virginia 3 8 46 1,024 153
75 Levy, Richard E. University of Kansas 7 6 132 536 146
76 Masur, Jonathan S. University of Chicago 8 8 166 295 163
77 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 4 3 193 110 199
78 Litman, Leah M. University of Michigan 2 1 221 11 148
79 Bamberger, Kenneth A. University of California, Berkeley 5 7 141 420 167
80 Rodriguez, Cristina Maria Yale University 4 3 149 136 369
81 Elliott, E. Donald 4 11 81 805 106
82 Driesen, David M. Syracuse University 5 9 71 326 569
83 Hammond, Emily George Washington University 7 8 149 265 230
84 Krishnakumar, Anita Georgetown University 5 3 205 72 125
85 Noah, Lars University of Florida 7 13 117 580 89
86 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader U.S. Supreme Court 1 2 77 533 332
87 Herz, Michael E. Yeshiva University 6 10 115 471 185
88 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 7 9 118 437 195
89 Wurman, Ilan University of Minnesota 4 2 205 12 141
90 Salzman, James University of California, Los Angeles 5 10 92 567 204
91 Ponomarenko, Maria University of Texas at Austin 4 3 187 108 140
92 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 5 6 97 582 165
93 Scherer, Matthew U. 1 1 92 78 613
94 Walters, Daniel E. Texas A&M University 7 5 172 55 225
95 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 4 2 169 78 220
96 Vandenbergh, Michael P. Vanderbilt University 4 6 114 553 71
97 Anthony, Robert A. 4 9 57 877 63
98 Cross, Frank B. 4 6 67 656 202
99 Tiller, Emerson H. Northwestern University 4 8 70 627 190
100 Davidson, Nestor M. Harvard University 4 5 152 146 209