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Last Updated: May 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 6 838 2,769 12,051
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 13 1,308 961 3,432
3 Stuntz, William J. 14 28 856 4,738 1,226
4 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 17 874 1,704 2,834
5 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 19 962 2,037 1,651
6 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 21 788 3,254 1,308
7 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 31 647 3,617 1,568
8 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 636 3,906 1,373
9 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 12 30 509 4,668 941
10 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 27 637 2,792 1,520
11 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 13 27 495 3,902 1,045
12 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 9 1,036 488 1,007
13 Coase, R. H. 3 4 357 4,422 783
14 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 11 21 459 1,529 2,652
15 Cullen, Francis T. 7 11 169 563 4,413
16 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 19 672 1,678 837
17 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 20 280 1,896 2,351
18 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 12 23 517 1,970 1,015
19 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 23 585 1,762 851
20 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 3 6 246 1,765 2,507
21 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 506 1,662 1,217
22 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 11 19 368 1,320 2,190
23 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 9 26 245 2,977 1,155
24 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 15 12 569 573 1,453
25 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 7 25 324 2,618 812
26 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 11 13 591 999 840
27 Farrington, David P. 4 7 56 222 4,007
28 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 10 581 465 1,167
29 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 287 1,936 1,293
30 Friedman, Barry New York University 12 13 485 793 1,239
31 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 10 5 617 282 1,041
32 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 9 19 216 966 2,388
33 Sklansky, David Alan 12 18 429 1,452 870
34 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 290 2,600 541
35 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 709 148 582
36 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 13 13 557 453 1,036
37 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 8 8 567 324 1,099
38 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 10 13 514 1,035 721
39 Fuller, L. L. 3 7 217 2,060 1,286
40 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 6 12 317 671 1,973
41 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 9 27 273 2,166 854
42 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 181 2,066 1,383
43 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 9 23 268 1,812 1,161
44 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 345 1,529 1,008
45 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 7 9 282 816 1,931
46 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 347 1,825 654
47 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 5 6 243 1,886 1,125
48 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 8 630 307 570
49 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 7 17 269 2,428 462
50 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 15 487 585 986
51 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 20 256 2,373 557
52 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 12 7 537 158 1,097
53 Perlin, Michael L. 10 21 356 1,445 794
54 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 6 15 126 835 2,277
55 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 8 17 177 2,011 975
56 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 474 776 571
57 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 9 23 241 1,626 882
58 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 11 10 404 324 1,210
59 Bassiouni, M. Cherif 4 26 100 1,940 1,276
60 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 204 1,956 742
61 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 360 1,076 713
62 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University Law School 14 11 397 371 1,119
63 Bagaric, Mirko 6 9 187 285 2,229
64 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 7 12 270 1,898 357
65 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 26 65 3,075 322
66 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 7 23 164 1,612 1,062
67 Kamisar, Yale 5 30 107 2,847 231
68 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 8 18 245 1,580 651
69 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 15 226 1,609 703
70 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 9 7 372 352 1,081
71 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 11 15 331 596 1,025
72 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 8 388 1,065 315
73 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 9 14 297 953 859
74 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 4 11 128 2,639 211
75 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 11 14 399 483 756
76 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 20 217 1,936 375
77 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 19 302 1,150 647
78 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 18 286 976 853
79 Braithwaite, John 6 13 139 689 1,840
80 Haney, Craig 8 19 175 1,011 1,368
81 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 225 1,545 649
82 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 11 10 318 549 1,059
83 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 311 721 905
84 Swire, Peter P. 5 9 49 298 2,574
85 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 24 127 2,062 614
86 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 17 210 1,139 1,003
87 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 6 16 242 1,827 227
88 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 12 12 384 581 600
89 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 11 11 426 374 573
90 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 23 142 2,029 511
91 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 295 1,104 564
92 Piquero, Alex R. 5 7 91 219 2,334
93 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 11 155 719 1,570
94 Logan, Wayne A. Wake Forest University 8 22 252 1,144 697
95 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 9 5 378 204 893
96 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 7 14 141 2,294 210
97 Zagaris, Bruce 3 13 50 365 2,342
98 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 192 1,872 287
99 Blume, John H. Cornell University 8 19 252 1,075 661
100 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 7 21 181 1,562 561