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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 31 77 3,665 24,492 6,437
2 Eskridge, William Yale University 24 45 1,717 10,656 2,034
3 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 25 28 2,171 6,098 2,680
4 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 23 38 1,731 5,004 3,171
5 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 5 804 2,302 10,257
6 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 25 35 1,682 5,635 2,080
7 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 39 1,101 9,192 1,878
8 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 41 1,336 6,136 2,669
9 Schauer, Frederick 19 39 1,137 6,784 2,822
10 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 18 18 1,799 1,492 3,944
11 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 13 41 824 6,513 2,874
12 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 15 45 811 7,973 1,623
13 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 19 35 1,153 4,252 2,583
14 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 18 22 1,555 2,177 2,095
15 Manning, John F. Harvard University 20 26 1,419 3,907 1,007
16 Baude, William University of Chicago 22 14 1,788 802 1,848
17 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 19 33 1,051 5,255 1,558
18 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 21 33 1,295 3,924 1,488
19 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 18 30 1,065 5,183 1,212
20 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 46 717 7,192 1,077
21 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 16 26 733 6,877 841
22 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 14 34 893 5,444 1,028
23 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 31 922 3,958 1,431
24 Michelman, Frank I. arvard University 8 28 304 8,147 757
25 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 19 30 943 3,721 1,416
26 Monaghan, Henry P. 12 29 623 6,571 505
27 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 28 926 2,995 2,001
28 Friedman, Barry New York University 15 30 845 3,823 1,613
29 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 31 969 3,215 1,339
30 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 11 35 533 5,512 1,432
31 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 12 39 536 5,712 1,192
32 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 26 942 3,229 1,072
33 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 27 731 4,089 1,329
34 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 23 899 3,282 1,191
35 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 8 19 695 3,974 1,407
36 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 15 27 696 3,780 1,452
37 Resnik, Judith Yale University 14 36 718 3,988 1,076
38 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 16 1,143 1,627 932
39 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 14 20 745 2,611 1,794
40 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 11 21 628 1,987 2,841
41 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 10 34 494 4,387 1,316
42 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 15 19 1,007 1,850 852
43 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 14 25 516 3,801 1,607
44 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 15 31 591 3,537 1,353
45 Frickey, Philip P. 12 26 560 4,683 434
46 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 22 688 3,277 917
47 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 14 28 573 3,331 1,438
48 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 15 19 863 922 2,080
49 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 12 32 409 4,680 1,000
50 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 8 18 433 4,869 705
51 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 30 335 5,382 712
52 Briffault, Richard Columbia University School of Law 11 30 625 3,210 1,126
53 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 19 16 1,077 707 990
54 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 18 18 952 1,113 1,032
55 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 13 25 569 3,398 929
56 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 9 33 405 3,535 1,632
57 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 11 23 419 4,272 887
58 Fuller, L. L. 5 13 215 2,062 3,755
59 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 11 28 507 3,925 566
60 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 12 37 537 3,564 725
61 Pound, Roscoe 6 24 264 4,231 1,391
62 Stewart, Richard B. 10 26 368 4,310 762
63 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 11 397 4,259 622
64 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 13 16 594 1,578 1,894
65 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 14 19 701 1,999 969
66 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 15 10 934 451 1,114
67 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 15 636 1,870 1,343
68 Hasen, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 14 30 583 2,473 1,041
69 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 12 16 638 828 2,224
70 Devins, Neal William & Mary Law School 15 30 572 2,435 1,098
71 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 17 14 786 886 1,356
72 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 5 11 276 5,015 257
73 Stuntz, William J. 11 16 559 2,913 675
74 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 10 31 426 3,669 630
75 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 11 12 608 2,266 924
76 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 15 21 700 1,462 981
77 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 12 20 618 2,085 834
78 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 11 28 453 3,038 802
79 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 28 542 2,403 904
80 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 10 15 735 915 1,211
81 Frankfurter, Felix U.S. Supreme Court 7 27 279 4,362 465
82 Henkin, Louis 8 25 160 4,600 843
83 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 13 16 662 1,907 678
84 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 12 14 654 2,055 566
85 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 13 30 496 2,869 592
86 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 26 306 3,379 1,079
87 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 10 25 477 2,676 809
88 Gunther, Gerald 4 11 219 4,740 282
89 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 7 22 244 4,128 683
90 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 11 22 467 2,546 762
91 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 13 16 599 1,008 1,448
92 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 11 24 323 2,962 1,083
93 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 12 9 829 468 706
94 Eisenberg, Theodore 10 30 326 3,503 522
95 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 7 21 314 3,420 650
96 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 12 26 418 2,865 538
97 Hickman, Kristin E. University of Minnesota 14 12 654 1,506 529
98 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 11 27 379 2,608 942
99 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 8 20 309 3,297 634
100 Brest, Paul Stanford University 7 12 218 4,095 380