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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 20 39 1,212 9,642 3,255
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 21 19 1,348 3,215 2,203
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 3 4 538 1,443 7,331
4 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 15 21 1,238 1,922 2,111
5 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 19 24 1,025 3,154 1,443
6 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 16 30 728 3,601 2,273
7 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 11 34 462 5,938 1,356
8 Pound, Roscoe 9 34 335 5,741 2,159
9 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 15 18 856 3,396 1,239
10 Eskridge, William Yale University 14 25 725 4,464 895
11 Baude, William University of Chicago 14 9 1,236 519 1,352
12 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 479 5,176 1,065
13 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 6 7 481 3,736 2,031
14 Schauer, Frederick 14 31 598 3,045 1,876
15 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 457 4,352 1,031
16 Fuller, L. L. 5 15 231 2,451 3,951
17 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 17 363 4,781 1,088
18 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 6 13 282 2,534 2,784
19 Dworkin, Ronald University College London 8 20 283 2,953 2,365
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 10 25 320 3,269 1,459
21 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 14 20 617 2,057 787
22 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 10 24 628 1,759 843
23 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 8 12 447 2,986 655
24 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 12 13 598 1,659 985
25 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 16 493 2,315 848
26 Radin, Margaret Jane University of Toronto 5 14 337 3,515 532
27 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 11 23 517 2,107 793
28 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 5 21 155 4,524 460
29 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 11 7 786 313 932
30 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 23 238 3,177 966
31 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 7 14 316 2,974 655
32 Manning, John F. Harvard University 8 14 569 1,676 351
33 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 25 255 2,789 720
34 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 7 26 200 3,430 426
35 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 9 20 304 1,443 1,613
36 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 8 22 210 2,005 1,442
37 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 318 2,152 654
38 Llewellyn, K. N. 5 17 148 3,185 534
39 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 10 20 232 1,985 1,159
40 Resnik, Judith Yale University 6 14 362 1,977 440
41 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 7 13 278 2,082 726
42 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 297 2,064 635
43 Bell, Derrick 4 9 285 1,239 1,390
44 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 236 987 1,859
45 Simon, William Hackett 7 18 196 2,262 866
46 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 10 23 300 1,769 749
47 Lawrence, Charles R. 3 5 246 2,687 205
48 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 23 257 1,757 967
49 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 10 17 399 1,324 581
50 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 8 6 596 291 447
51 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 4 465 333 846
52 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 9 12 340 1,520 410
53 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 17 313 1,610 432
54 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 10 14 275 1,635 525
55 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 11 414 634 603
56 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 6 26 166 2,071 605
57 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 9 16 366 1,063 451
58 Raz, Joseph 8 15 187 901 1,503
59 Zacharias, Fred C. 8 26 169 2,151 457
60 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 270 1,825 194
61 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 12 167 1,804 749
62 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 379 999 346
63 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 6 361 912 489
64 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 422 727 328
65 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 3 1 494 4 536
66 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 11 243 1,706 298
67 Wexler, David B. University of Arizona 6 23 145 1,350 1,129
68 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 225 1,535 549
69 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 5 7 451 223 530
70 Rhode, Deborah L. 6 21 163 1,847 570
71 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 7 14 178 702 1,514
72 Frickey, Philip P. 7 11 191 1,938 237
73 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 18 103 1,663 910
74 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 129 2,168 320
75 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 6 15 208 1,794 229
76 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 4 8 219 1,254 644
77 Monaghan, Henry P. 5 9 163 2,115 154
78 Hooks, Bell 1 1 1 22 2,905
79 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 15 281 1,179 350
80 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 6 83 291 2,193
81 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 8 375 494 453
82 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 7 2 343 11 1,046
83 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 19 281 1,140 336
84 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 9 14 226 1,372 418
85 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 6 16 131 2,088 230
86 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 8 12 265 1,053 440
87 Rebouche, Rachel Temple University 6 5 307 64 1,117
88 Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 1 1 232 1,423 287
89 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 7 12 278 1,040 351
90 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 7 14 116 1,619 666
91 Grewal, David University of California, Berkeley 3 4 403 113 500
92 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 10 16 216 974 692
93 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 116 1,596 629
94 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 8 8 211 175 1,411
95 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 234 1,223 324
96 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 15 125 1,772 387
97 Winick, Bruce J. 6 23 124 1,390 732
98 Grey, Thomas C. 5 13 113 1,737 467
99 Perlin, Michael L. 9 18 192 1,028 674
100 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 8 14 198 1,279 411