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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 34 76 4,198 23,791 6,848
2 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 45 1,953 10,421 2,193
3 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 27 27 2,422 5,702 3,043
4 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 25 37 1,929 4,711 3,342
5 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 19 39 1,288 8,927 1,991
6 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 5 914 2,165 10,043
7 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 27 34 1,857 5,349 2,288
8 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 22 40 1,577 5,887 2,916
9 Schauer, Frederick 19 38 1,317 6,521 2,854
10 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 18 17 2,004 1,191 4,079
11 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 16 46 998 8,145 1,944
12 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 21 34 1,479 4,128 3,006
13 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 39 941 6,326 2,915
14 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 22 33 1,477 3,731 1,671
15 Manning, John F. Harvard University 20 26 1,609 3,624 1,139
16 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 19 33 1,169 5,067 1,588
17 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 14 45 836 7,033 1,188
18 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 20 22 1,626 1,985 2,181
19 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 19 29 1,181 4,982 1,319
20 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 16 26 855 6,701 993
21 Baude, William University of Chicago 21 13 1,859 597 1,966
22 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 16 34 1,005 5,275 1,128
23 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 8 27 369 8,062 781
24 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 31 1,014 3,808 1,676
25 Monaghan, Henry P. 13 29 705 6,440 621
26 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 20 29 1,033 3,558 1,567
27 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 11 35 610 5,405 1,597
28 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 13 38 642 5,587 1,245
29 Friedman, Barry New York University 17 29 909 3,693 1,748
30 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 31 1,059 3,062 1,519
31 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 28 995 2,845 1,953
32 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 17 23 1,071 3,063 1,229
33 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 26 875 3,902 1,360
34 Resnik, Judith Yale University 17 35 873 3,799 1,159
35 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 25 1,011 3,086 1,116
36 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 19 15 1,345 1,369 979
37 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 15 27 780 3,640 1,506
38 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 8 18 759 3,804 1,428
39 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 16 19 816 2,501 1,994
40 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 10 34 555 4,280 1,443
41 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 25 604 3,681 1,720
42 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 11 20 671 1,861 3,045
43 Frickey, Philip P. 13 26 663 4,557 485
44 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 15 19 1,131 1,654 901
45 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 22 799 3,124 956
46 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 16 19 989 806 2,254
47 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 15 29 654 3,377 1,369
48 Briffault, Richard Columbia University School of Law 13 30 707 3,078 1,231
49 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 15 28 623 3,238 1,402
50 Fuller, L. L. 5 13 239 2,022 4,398
51 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 10 34 463 3,490 1,892
52 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 13 31 454 4,122 1,256
53 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 12 23 507 4,154 912
54 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 10 29 373 5,004 737
55 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 20 13 1,188 536 1,053
56 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 14 24 634 3,294 994
57 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 13 27 608 3,799 608
58 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 18 16 1,068 945 1,107
59 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 13 36 607 3,460 855
60 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 11 468 4,160 641
61 Pound, Roscoe 7 23 325 4,126 1,342
62 Stewart, Richard B. 10 25 411 4,191 831
63 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 18 816 1,849 1,047
64 Hasen, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 16 30 705 2,323 1,093
65 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 5 11 322 4,945 266
66 Devins, Neal William & Mary Law School 15 28 638 2,344 1,164
67 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 11 30 490 3,578 683
68 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 13 16 661 1,470 1,851
69 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 18 14 877 744 1,459
70 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 12 12 690 2,149 964
71 Stuntz, William J. 11 15 628 2,780 654
72 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 13 16 687 730 2,296
73 Henkin, Louis 9 24 212 4,535 890
74 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 12 27 514 2,957 916
75 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 27 614 2,295 1,059
76 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 13 20 727 1,919 813
77 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 8 26 351 3,339 1,207
78 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 14 16 761 1,773 686
79 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 15 8 960 353 1,093
80 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 8 22 282 4,071 764
81 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 13 14 737 1,934 622
82 Gunther, Gerald 4 11 256 4,686 276
83 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 11 24 534 2,566 921
84 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 15 30 548 2,806 600
85 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 10 13 792 823 1,344
86 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 16 20 752 1,362 961
87 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 11 22 552 2,433 868
88 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 12 23 402 2,861 1,167
89 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 8 21 375 3,341 756
90 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 13 26 502 2,770 537
91 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 15 13 625 1,302 1,348
92 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 10 20 375 3,211 652
93 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 13 14 641 889 1,586
94 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 11 27 427 2,536 995
95 Eisenberg, Theodore 12 29 394 3,151 536
96 Sager, Lawrence University of Texas at Austin 9 18 287 3,722 493
97 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 7 27 182 4,274 458
98 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 11 14 567 1,989 734
99 Hickman, Kristin E. University of Minnesota 15 12 708 1,398 576
100 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 10 22 347 1,778 1,897