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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 6 813 2,768 11,464
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 13 1,262 965 3,443
3 Stuntz, William J. 14 28 837 4,736 1,242
4 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 17 17 835 1,694 2,943
5 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 19 925 1,946 1,696
6 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 621 3,921 1,473
7 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 14 30 627 3,539 1,701
8 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 21 755 3,249 1,271
9 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 12 30 491 4,667 935
10 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 14 27 619 2,791 1,669
11 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 13 27 481 3,901 1,108
12 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 9 1,007 488 1,030
13 Coase, R. H. 3 4 331 4,421 802
14 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 11 20 453 1,507 2,559
15 Cullen, Francis T. 7 11 165 562 4,559
16 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 19 657 1,676 876
17 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 12 23 504 1,968 1,041
18 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 11 19 356 1,320 2,365
19 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 20 256 1,895 2,367
20 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 23 566 1,759 828
21 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 490 1,665 1,240
22 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 9 26 240 2,972 1,228
23 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 3 6 239 1,765 2,198
24 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 7 25 314 2,624 881
25 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 10 13 573 999 932
26 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 14 12 544 573 1,422
27 Farrington, David P. 4 7 54 222 4,215
28 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 282 1,936 1,431
29 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 10 564 465 1,249
30 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 8 19 211 964 2,621
31 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 10 5 596 282 1,109
32 Friedman, Barry New York University 12 13 469 793 1,252
33 Sklansky, David Alan 12 18 412 1,452 886
34 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 8 8 545 324 1,211
35 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 10 13 508 1,034 758
36 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 13 13 546 453 1,065
37 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 7 15 274 2,595 542
38 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 9 23 271 1,815 1,147
39 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 171 2,066 1,410
40 Fuller, L. L. 3 7 209 2,060 1,221
41 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 334 1,529 1,019
42 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 9 26 256 2,083 868
43 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 8 612 307 598
44 Perlin, Michael L. 10 21 357 1,445 884
45 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 6 12 302 670 1,858
46 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 343 1,825 586
47 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 7 17 259 2,428 482
48 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 5 6 231 1,883 1,116
49 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 20 243 2,369 598
50 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 11 7 515 158 1,097
51 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 15 467 584 917
52 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 7 9 269 816 1,736
53 Bagaric, Mirko 6 9 181 285 2,582
54 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 11 10 393 324 1,371
55 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 8 17 170 2,008 997
56 Bassiouni, M. Cherif DePaul University 4 26 100 1,933 1,412
57 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 450 776 595
58 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 5 3 565 147 558
59 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 9 23 237 1,626 910
60 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 350 1,076 796
61 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 5 15 118 835 2,192
62 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 202 1,956 714
63 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University Law School 13 11 380 371 1,190
64 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 8 7 357 352 1,233
65 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 7 23 163 1,612 1,112
66 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 7 12 255 1,898 361
67 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 26 62 3,075 304
68 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 8 18 240 1,580 669
69 Kamisar, Yale 5 30 105 2,847 233
70 Haney, Craig 8 19 172 1,011 1,537
71 Braithwaite, John 6 13 133 689 2,019
72 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 11 14 387 483 855
73 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 11 15 326 596 1,073
74 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 7 15 216 1,609 725
75 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 8 19 291 1,151 709
76 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 9 14 287 953 907
77 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 8 373 1,065 333
78 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 20 206 1,934 416
79 Zagaris, Bruce 3 13 50 367 2,644
80 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 10 10 304 548 1,130
81 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 18 279 973 840
82 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 217 1,544 654
83 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 17 200 1,139 1,087
84 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 4 10 121 2,591 183
85 Piquero, Alex R. 5 7 88 213 2,496
86 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 12 12 378 579 610
87 Swire, Peter P. 5 9 48 298 2,612
88 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 23 137 2,027 566
89 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 11 11 411 374 597
90 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 23 120 2,042 610
91 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 6 16 228 1,826 238
92 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 294 724 828
93 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 9 5 363 204 926
94 Logan, Wayne A. Florida State University 8 22 248 1,144 653
95 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 11 148 718 1,532
96 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 8 8 272 1,104 527
97 Blume, John H. Cornell University 8 19 249 1,075 661
98 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 16 213 1,190 709
99 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 178 1,870 281
100 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 7 21 174 1,561 571