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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 30 78 3,548 24,585 6,356
2 Eskridge, William Yale University 23 46 1,644 10,776 2,057
3 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 25 28 2,097 6,099 2,792
4 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 23 38 1,658 5,013 3,167
5 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 5 781 2,304 9,434
6 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 25 35 1,609 5,635 2,123
7 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 39 1,064 9,182 1,854
8 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 41 1,296 6,121 2,699
9 Schauer, Frederick 19 39 1,096 6,789 2,679
10 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 17 18 1,726 1,494 3,812
11 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 15 46 781 8,032 1,771
12 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 13 41 790 6,500 2,799
13 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 19 35 1,218 4,231 2,524
14 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 18 22 1,480 2,177 2,067
15 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 20 33 1,273 3,965 1,517
16 Manning, John F. Harvard University 20 26 1,373 3,907 1,040
17 Baude, William University of Chicago 21 14 1,713 805 1,814
18 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 18 33 995 5,262 1,519
19 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 18 29 1,022 5,145 1,239
20 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 46 686 7,191 1,111
21 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 16 27 717 6,936 915
22 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 14 34 855 5,442 1,008
23 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 31 890 3,956 1,593
24 Monaghan, Henry P. 12 29 604 6,571 550
25 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 8 28 300 8,144 709
26 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 18 30 888 3,722 1,443
27 Friedman, Barry New York University 15 30 807 3,823 1,595
28 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 31 933 3,213 1,346
29 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 11 35 518 5,542 1,421
30 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 16 28 876 2,994 1,713
31 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 12 39 526 5,607 1,175
32 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 27 698 4,091 1,263
33 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 15 23 849 3,300 1,111
34 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 26 882 3,230 987
35 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 8 19 677 3,974 1,336
36 Resnik, Judith Yale University 13 36 693 3,995 1,072
37 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 14 27 663 3,780 1,393
38 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 16 1,116 1,628 906
39 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 14 20 727 2,610 1,867
40 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 10 34 462 4,352 1,299
41 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 15 19 971 1,850 840
42 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 15 20 868 948 2,073
43 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 14 31 567 3,543 1,330
44 Frickey, Philip P. 12 26 545 4,683 461
45 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 12 32 407 4,723 1,062
46 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 14 22 668 3,277 919
47 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 14 28 549 3,331 1,293
48 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 18 16 1,049 707 995
49 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 30 323 5,384 681
50 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 8 17 414 4,715 745
51 Briffault, Richard Columbia University School of Law 11 30 586 3,209 1,146
52 Fuller, L. L. 4 13 207 2,063 4,075
53 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 9 20 517 1,851 2,652
54 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 13 24 475 3,565 1,319
55 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 9 34 391 3,578 1,735
56 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 18 18 916 1,113 1,059
57 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 13 25 546 3,398 948
58 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 11 23 403 4,270 862
59 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 11 37 520 3,564 771
60 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 11 28 494 3,926 591
61 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 11 383 4,258 614
62 Pound, Roscoe 6 25 256 4,254 1,261
63 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 14 19 681 2,000 982
64 Stewart, Richard B. 10 26 343 4,189 739
65 Hasen, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 13 30 566 2,473 999
66 Devins, Neal William & Mary Law School 14 29 545 2,449 1,113
67 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 12 16 562 1,581 1,784
68 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 17 14 754 886 1,338
69 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 14 10 894 448 999
70 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 12 16 603 827 2,101
71 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 5 11 261 5,015 233
72 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 10 31 409 3,644 636
73 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 11 12 586 2,267 891
74 Stuntz, William J. 11 15 535 2,861 622
75 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 11 28 521 2,407 959
76 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 11 28 438 3,042 817
77 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 10 15 709 918 1,261
78 Frankfurter, Felix U.S. Supreme Court 7 28 277 4,431 396
79 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 12 20 597 2,087 753
80 Henkin, Louis 8 25 157 4,599 840
81 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 13 16 647 1,909 636
82 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 12 14 636 2,055 556
83 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 26 300 3,393 1,114
84 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 15 21 663 1,462 899
85 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 13 30 479 2,881 566
86 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 7 22 235 4,127 713
87 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 10 25 457 2,665 833
88 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 15 572 1,467 1,247
89 Gunther, Gerald 4 11 209 4,737 263
90 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 10 22 448 2,546 819
91 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 13 16 560 1,001 1,533
92 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 7 21 308 3,420 686
93 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 11 24 306 2,962 1,048
94 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 12 9 799 468 674
95 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 12 26 407 2,865 525
96 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 27 364 2,606 919
97 Hickman, Kristin E. University of Minnesota 14 12 626 1,506 499
98 Brest, Paul Stanford University 6 12 216 4,096 368
99 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 7 20 297 3,295 614
100 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 7 27 157 4,307 441