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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 33 76 4,053 22,544 6,391
2 Eskridge, William Yale University 24 45 1,917 10,403 2,149
3 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 27 27 2,419 5,705 2,982
4 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 25 37 1,940 4,733 3,400
5 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 19 39 1,301 8,945 2,020
6 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 5 916 2,165 10,239
7 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 27 34 1,865 5,351 2,283
8 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 22 40 1,588 5,896 2,947
9 Schauer, Frederick 19 38 1,323 6,529 2,895
10 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 18 17 2,009 1,191 4,134
11 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 15 45 975 7,885 2,004
12 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 21 35 1,500 4,160 2,925
13 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 39 949 6,335 2,963
14 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 26 1,658 3,646 1,131
15 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 22 33 1,484 3,733 1,678
16 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 20 33 1,172 5,069 1,596
17 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 14 45 840 7,033 1,201
18 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 20 22 1,630 1,986 2,230
19 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 19 29 1,177 4,965 1,325
20 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 16 26 858 6,702 1,012
21 Baude, William University of Chicago 21 13 1,872 597 1,947
22 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 16 34 1,006 5,278 1,119
23 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 8 27 373 8,062 762
24 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 31 1,019 3,808 1,691
25 Monaghan, Henry P. 13 29 710 6,453 609
26 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 20 29 1,035 3,560 1,551
27 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 13 38 644 5,591 1,249
28 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 11 35 611 5,382 1,577
29 Friedman, Barry New York University 17 29 913 3,697 1,727
30 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 31 1,064 3,064 1,479
31 Resnik, Judith Yale University 17 36 913 4,050 1,178
32 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 28 1,007 2,845 1,823
33 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 26 879 3,905 1,372
34 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 17 23 1,076 3,064 1,226
35 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 25 1,015 3,088 1,053
36 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 15 27 783 3,646 1,502
37 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 8 18 763 3,803 1,453
38 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 15 1,335 1,361 957
39 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 16 19 822 2,502 2,018
40 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 11 20 698 1,859 3,105
41 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 10 34 560 4,287 1,414
42 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 25 609 3,682 1,707
43 Frickey, Philip P. 13 26 665 4,557 483
44 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 15 19 1,142 1,654 907
45 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 16 29 663 3,373 1,391
46 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 14 17 848 1,593 2,178
47 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 22 796 3,106 950
48 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 10 29 378 5,322 717
49 Briffault, Richard Columbia University School of Law 13 30 709 3,078 1,238
50 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 7 17 490 4,630 812
51 Fuller, L. L. 5 13 240 2,026 4,378
52 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 15 28 625 3,241 1,377
53 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 10 34 466 3,499 1,883
54 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 16 19 932 793 2,214
55 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 20 14 1,201 556 1,118
56 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 12 23 511 4,158 923
57 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 13 30 451 4,078 1,159
58 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 14 24 637 3,296 1,014
59 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 13 27 611 3,799 619
60 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 18 16 1,074 945 1,128
61 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 13 36 593 3,463 845
62 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 11 472 4,162 644
63 Pound, Roscoe 7 23 328 4,131 1,345
64 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 18 822 1,850 1,059
65 Hasen, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 16 30 709 2,323 1,107
66 Stewart, Richard B. 10 25 412 4,115 809
67 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 5 11 322 4,950 249
68 Devins, Neal William & Mary Law School 15 28 644 2,329 1,176
69 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 11 30 491 3,598 686
70 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 16 13 689 1,792 1,396
71 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 18 14 881 745 1,460
72 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 12 12 695 2,149 967
73 Stuntz, William J. 11 15 629 2,742 676
74 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 13 16 691 730 2,268
75 Henkin, Louis 9 24 212 4,539 890
76 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 12 27 517 2,960 920
77 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 27 619 2,303 1,039
78 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 13 20 735 1,921 815
79 Frankfurter, Felix U.S. Supreme Court 8 26 318 4,315 418
80 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 14 16 764 1,774 684
81 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 8 26 350 3,311 1,179
82 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 8 22 284 4,072 768
83 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 15 9 968 355 1,055
84 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 13 14 741 1,935 601
85 Gunther, Gerald 4 11 257 4,686 269
86 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 11 24 540 2,580 911
87 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 10 13 796 823 1,333
88 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 15 30 548 2,808 603
89 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 16 20 754 1,363 964
90 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 11 22 556 2,434 870
91 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 8 21 378 3,341 753
92 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 12 23 389 2,845 1,160
93 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 13 26 504 2,764 554
94 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 10 20 377 3,212 656
95 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 11 21 465 2,424 898
96 Brest, Paul Stanford University 7 12 248 4,059 379
97 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 13 13 637 824 1,604
98 Sager, Lawrence University of Texas at Austin 9 18 291 3,722 485
99 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 7 27 183 4,274 464
100 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 11 26 422 2,488 972