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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 22 31 1,318 7,945 2,259
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 24 22 1,819 4,571 2,109
3 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 23 29 1,582 3,529 2,437
4 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 22 22 1,317 3,150 1,609
5 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 15 35 832 5,610 1,344
6 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 17 31 930 3,489 1,616
7 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 18 17 1,374 1,366 1,441
8 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 15 29 852 4,351 899
9 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 10 1,488 415 1,604
10 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 30 949 2,786 1,218
11 Eskridge, William Yale University 13 22 680 4,181 770
12 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 12 30 595 3,607 1,716
13 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 14 18 922 2,526 1,004
14 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 20 708 3,058 1,103
15 Manning, John F. Harvard University 11 16 945 2,170 766
16 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 7 23 253 5,819 513
17 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 15 23 776 2,428 1,234
18 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 12 28 539 3,780 702
19 Schauer, Frederick 14 28 533 3,153 1,176
20 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 12 20 685 2,007 1,389
21 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 13 19 654 2,708 778
22 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 9 27 407 3,061 1,020
23 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 14 24 539 2,456 907
24 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 15 19 727 1,463 943
25 Monaghan, Henry P. 11 21 359 3,901 368
26 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 10 16 421 2,853 807
27 Gunther, Gerald 4 7 222 4,252 202
28 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 11 13 766 1,110 580
29 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 20 288 3,556 521
30 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 15 13 692 512 1,494
31 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 13 7 828 302 998
32 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 5 5 386 3,034 491
33 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 15 13 725 582 1,189
34 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 11 18 462 2,346 697
35 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 11 8 827 388 715
36 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 9 26 332 2,703 812
37 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 7 711 624 979
38 Lawrence, Charles R. 6 6 363 3,018 246
39 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 12 18 564 1,461 727
40 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 12 18 506 2,049 432
41 Friedman, Barry New York University 10 20 399 2,324 599
42 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 14 10 726 574 701
43 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 12 11 633 1,107 581
44 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 7 14 306 2,734 556
45 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 20 515 1,525 669
46 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 10 26 343 2,520 526
47 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 9 26 287 2,729 542
48 Melamed, A. Douglas 1 1 338 2,754 294
49 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 9 22 295 1,990 1,120
50 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 12 22 366 1,981 760
51 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 11 3 709 97 793
52 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 8 16 417 1,648 629
53 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 12 19 502 1,249 581
54 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 11 25 360 1,882 582
55 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 11 12 465 399 1,462
56 Brest, Paul Stanford University 5 9 184 2,943 331
57 Van Alstyne, William W. 5 27 89 3,424 285
58 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 10 14 505 781 821
59 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 10 12 328 1,790 631
60 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 10 13 383 1,422 697
61 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 21 333 1,796 547
62 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 6 20 139 2,960 322
63 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 1 3 212 2,805 131
64 Levinson, Daryl New York University 10 11 395 1,414 552
65 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 8 305 1,350 1,010
66 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 12 14 539 704 490
67 Landau, David E. Florida State University 11 9 421 276 1,399
68 Sager, Lawrence University of Texas at Austin 7 15 189 2,582 275
69 Frickey, Philip P. 5 12 318 2,052 142
70 Jackson, Vicki C. Harvard University 11 16 365 1,264 607
71 Bell, Derrick 3 8 456 1,135 272
72 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 12 344 1,361 526
73 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 7 15 214 2,100 411
74 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 13 14 429 784 603
75 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 11 17 293 1,459 591
76 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 14 7 558 139 567
77 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 5 9 482 343 675
78 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 9 8 364 1,256 296
79 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 18 188 1,864 534
80 Williams, Robert Rutgers University 9 18 285 1,533 361
81 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 12 9 424 275 894
82 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 10 15 293 1,270 545
83 Harrison, John University of Virginia 10 12 359 973 503
84 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 11 10 375 699 666
85 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader U.S. Supreme Court 6 12 236 1,306 699
86 Corwin, Edward S. Princeton University 7 19 133 2,255 271
87 Kopel, David B. 10 15 293 821 845
88 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 8 8 266 889 888
89 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 7 5 399 856 277
90 Linde, Hans A. 6 13 136 2,092 339
91 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 10 16 291 1,212 425
92 Ely, John Hart Yale University 5 14 71 2,564 186
93 Stone, Geoffrey R. University of Chicago 6 15 157 1,721 523
94 Westen, Peter University of Michigan 5 15 119 2,153 267
95 Vladeck, Stephen I. Georgetown University 10 13 391 434 605
96 Stuntz, William J. 8 8 251 1,473 280
97 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 17 187 1,612 435
98 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 5 14 172 1,852 282
99 Treanor, William Michael Georgetown University 8 11 261 1,403 276
100 Dixon, Rosalind 11 9 337 272 973