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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 6 918 2,642 10,863
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 11 1,393 771 3,560
3 Stuntz, William J. 16 27 963 4,569 1,257
4 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 17 966 1,528 3,053
5 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 17 20 937 3,042 1,313
6 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 30 758 3,465 1,745
7 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 723 3,773 1,473
8 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 17 1,027 1,813 1,752
9 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 12 30 597 4,538 943
10 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 27 718 2,666 1,692
11 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 27 544 3,805 1,127
12 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 8 1,123 343 1,183
13 Coase, R. H. 3 4 384 4,352 822
14 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 12 20 498 1,383 2,572
15 Cullen, Francis T. 8 10 193 501 4,733
16 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 18 772 1,532 912
17 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 11 20 340 1,806 2,368
18 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 13 23 589 1,844 1,073
19 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 22 646 1,648 867
20 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 11 19 413 1,247 2,352
21 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 10 26 286 2,919 1,273
22 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 12 22 572 1,493 1,194
23 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 9 25 372 2,553 872
24 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 3 6 265 1,722 2,133
25 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 351 1,858 1,576
26 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 10 11 650 892 987
27 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 14 12 618 481 1,523
28 Farrington, David P. 5 7 67 192 4,316
29 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 9 18 227 863 2,883
30 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 10 5 720 139 1,211
31 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 10 608 398 1,362
32 Sklansky, David Alan 14 17 503 1,348 917
33 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 328 2,526 527
34 Fuller, L. L. 4 7 245 2,014 1,424
35 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 11 12 570 955 810
36 Friedman, Barry New York University 11 13 481 750 1,330
37 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 11 23 333 1,742 1,079
38 Perlin, Michael L. 11 21 431 1,364 961
39 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 216 2,002 1,378
40 Bellin, Jeffrey William & Mary Law School 13 11 596 376 1,084
41 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 8 6 582 257 1,268
42 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 389 1,460 1,002
43 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 17 312 2,361 506
44 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 20 280 2,369 641
45 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 10 26 298 2,020 872
46 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 10 19 397 1,756 627
47 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 706 91 686
48 Bagaric, Mirko 8 8 224 234 2,805
49 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 5 6 266 1,843 1,058
50 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 7 677 212 634
51 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 6 11 342 618 1,823
52 Bassiouni, M. Cherif DePaul University 5 26 132 1,896 1,552
53 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 9 16 215 1,957 1,088
54 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 12 9 451 254 1,515
55 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 7 9 324 753 1,612
56 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 10 23 295 1,561 961
57 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 411 1,008 886
58 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 527 673 607
59 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 12 7 541 101 1,063
60 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 14 283 1,543 914
61 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 235 1,915 779
62 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 14 470 529 935
63 Haney, Craig 9 19 214 958 1,743
64 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 7 16 154 843 2,136
65 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 7 12 312 1,833 383
66 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University 14 10 437 300 1,236
67 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 26 70 3,061 333
68 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 9 6 407 282 1,374
69 Kamisar, Yale 6 30 126 2,815 267
70 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 7 23 189 1,562 1,166
71 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 9 18 277 1,536 744
72 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 19 266 1,834 450
73 Zagaris, Bruce 3 13 63 353 2,832
74 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 5 11 160 2,595 202
75 Braithwaite, John 7 13 153 642 2,102
76 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 19 345 1,078 703
77 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 7 433 986 377
78 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 12 13 369 538 1,100
79 Piquero, Alex R. 6 6 109 193 2,646
80 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 10 14 325 889 927
81 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 12 12 428 393 904
82 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 10 9 345 481 1,214
83 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 8 23 150 2,034 642
84 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 16 241 1,092 1,110
85 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 16 320 898 887
86 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 13 11 449 494 650
87 Logan, Wayne A. Florida State University 9 22 310 1,071 759
88 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 7 23 173 1,988 534
89 Swire, Peter P. 5 9 59 286 2,695
90 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 14 173 2,256 240
91 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 10 6 275 208 1,705
92 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 7 16 260 1,783 253
93 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 8 4 450 105 940
94 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 225 1,815 321
95 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 11 188 674 1,587
96 Roach, Kent University of Toronto 6 12 129 542 1,969
97 Denno, Deborah W. Fordham University 8 19 203 1,003 1,156
98 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 6 16 126 1,712 842
99 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 7 329 1,041 502
100 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 15 249 1,145 775