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Last Updated: November 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 6 911 2,642 10,876
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 11 1,369 771 3,725
3 Stuntz, William J. 16 27 954 4,569 1,303
4 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 17 954 1,527 3,131
5 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 727 3,782 1,678
6 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 20 920 3,042 1,366
7 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 30 742 3,465 1,767
8 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 17 1,014 1,813 1,861
9 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 12 29 582 4,437 993
10 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 27 709 2,666 1,694
11 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 27 540 3,805 1,107
12 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 8 1,100 343 1,183
13 Coase, R. H. 3 4 378 4,352 847
14 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 12 20 495 1,383 2,585
15 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 18 761 1,532 912
16 Cullen, Francis T. 7 10 194 494 4,723
17 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 11 20 334 1,806 2,519
18 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 13 23 584 1,844 1,120
19 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 11 19 406 1,247 2,462
20 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 21 639 1,621 894
21 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 10 26 283 2,919 1,299
22 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 12 22 554 1,419 1,219
23 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 9 25 368 2,544 917
24 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 342 1,858 1,703
25 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 10 11 644 892 1,033
26 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie American University 13 12 603 481 1,608
27 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 3 6 261 1,722 2,040
28 Farrington, David P. 5 7 65 192 4,485
29 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 9 18 224 863 2,989
30 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 10 5 709 139 1,285
31 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 10 598 398 1,431
32 Sklansky, David Alan Stanford University 14 17 498 1,348 936
33 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 327 2,526 546
34 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 11 12 566 955 861
35 Fuller, L. L. 4 7 241 2,014 1,413
36 Perlin, Michael L. 11 20 430 1,339 1,085
37 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 20 294 2,379 741
38 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 11 23 332 1,742 1,131
39 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 214 2,002 1,441
40 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 388 1,460 1,095
41 Friedman, Barry New York University 11 13 470 750 1,379
42 Bellin, Jeffrey William & Mary Law School 13 11 591 376 1,113
43 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 8 6 572 257 1,286
44 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 17 310 2,361 520
45 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 10 26 296 2,020 883
46 Bagaric, Mirko 8 8 220 234 2,994
47 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 387 1,756 640
48 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 697 91 731
49 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 7 671 212 669
50 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 9 16 211 1,957 1,154
51 Bassiouni, M. Cherif DePaul University 5 26 132 1,896 1,589
52 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 5 6 262 1,843 963
53 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 12 9 444 254 1,593
54 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 406 1,008 959
55 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 10 23 290 1,561 980
56 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 314 529 1,878
57 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 7 9 317 753 1,600
58 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 12 7 536 101 1,113
59 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 14 283 1,543 961
60 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 521 673 622
61 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 230 1,915 824
62 Haney, Craig 9 19 213 958 1,824
63 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 14 465 529 987
64 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 7 16 148 843 2,186
65 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 9 6 399 282 1,482
66 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 7 23 186 1,562 1,283
67 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University 14 10 431 300 1,237
68 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 26 67 3,061 354
69 Kamisar, Yale 6 30 125 2,820 268
70 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 9 18 277 1,536 766
71 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 20 356 1,118 767
72 Braithwaite, John 6 13 152 641 2,206
73 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 19 262 1,834 476
74 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 11 16 282 1,332 862
75 Zagaris, Bruce 3 13 62 352 2,894
76 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 5 11 157 2,595 213
77 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 12 13 367 538 1,140
78 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 6 11 291 1,696 370
79 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 7 429 986 378
80 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 12 12 417 393 1,001
81 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 16 241 1,092 1,176
82 Piquero, Alex R. 6 6 109 193 2,712
83 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 10 14 321 889 971
84 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 10 9 340 481 1,275
85 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 10 6 273 208 1,848
86 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 13 11 443 494 717
87 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 7 24 172 2,016 568
88 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 8 23 149 2,034 650
89 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 16 317 898 910
90 Logan, Wayne A. Florida State University 9 22 305 1,071 779
91 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 14 172 2,256 251
92 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 239 1,504 655
93 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 7 16 258 1,783 264
94 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 8 4 441 105 980
95 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 11 189 674 1,651
96 Eisenberg, Theodore 7 22 220 1,771 418
97 Denno, Deborah W. Fordham University 8 19 197 1,003 1,246
98 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 6 16 126 1,712 901
99 Lee, Cynthia George Washington University 11 12 352 708 726
100 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 12 10 437 327 661