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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 20 39 1,196 9,639 3,115
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 21 19 1,313 3,215 2,136
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 4 528 1,444 6,802
4 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 16 21 1,211 1,923 2,038
5 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 19 24 1,004 3,175 1,407
6 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 16 30 718 3,600 2,231
7 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 11 34 454 5,937 1,263
8 Pound, Roscoe 9 34 332 5,736 2,034
9 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 15 18 841 3,396 1,223
10 Eskridge, William Yale University 14 25 705 4,464 860
11 Baude, William University of Chicago 14 9 1,212 519 1,281
12 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 465 5,170 1,011
13 Fuller, L. L. 5 15 228 2,451 4,312
14 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 6 7 468 3,736 1,944
15 Schauer, Frederick 14 31 587 3,045 1,773
16 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 445 4,351 1,050
17 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 17 353 4,781 1,098
18 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 6 13 276 2,533 2,708
19 Dworkin, Ronald University College London 8 20 274 2,826 2,224
20 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 14 21 618 2,107 763
21 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 10 25 305 3,246 1,370
22 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 10 24 606 1,755 830
23 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 8 12 442 2,986 607
24 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 12 13 590 1,659 945
25 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 16 474 2,310 807
26 Radin, Margaret Jane University of Toronto 5 14 329 3,512 519
27 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 23 511 2,107 780
28 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 5 21 155 4,521 443
29 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 11 7 770 313 837
30 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 24 238 3,227 953
31 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 7 14 312 2,972 687
32 Manning, John F. Harvard University 8 14 559 1,676 351
33 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 9 20 309 1,526 1,660
34 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 25 251 2,789 715
35 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 7 26 199 3,430 420
36 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 8 22 204 2,005 1,400
37 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 317 2,151 614
38 Llewellyn, K. N. 5 18 143 3,208 522
39 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 10 20 229 1,984 1,084
40 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 7 13 275 2,082 738
41 Resnik, Judith Yale University 6 14 353 1,979 426
42 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 23 256 1,755 1,108
43 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 292 2,065 657
44 Bell, Derrick 4 9 278 1,240 1,321
45 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 234 987 1,741
46 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 9 23 297 1,771 723
47 Lawrence, Charles R. 3 5 241 2,687 199
48 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 10 17 392 1,324 547
49 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 8 6 582 291 410
50 Simon, William Hackett 7 18 189 2,126 829
51 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 9 12 336 1,518 411
52 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 4 456 334 772
53 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 17 307 1,610 421
54 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 9 14 272 1,631 512
55 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 6 26 162 2,071 599
56 Zacharias, Fred C. 8 26 169 2,164 472
57 Raz, Joseph 8 15 183 900 1,479
58 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 11 400 633 592
59 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 9 16 360 1,062 415
60 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 12 165 1,803 747
61 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 268 1,827 184
62 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 373 999 317
63 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 417 727 309
64 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 6 355 912 454
65 Wexler, David B. University of Arizona 6 23 145 1,350 1,089
66 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 11 241 1,706 285
67 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 7 14 175 702 1,488
68 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 5 8 444 228 521
69 Rhode, Deborah L. 6 21 162 1,845 553
70 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 3 1 473 4 527
71 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 219 1,536 491
72 Frickey, Philip P. 7 11 190 1,938 234
73 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 18 102 1,662 904
74 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 4 8 214 1,254 656
75 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 6 15 206 1,794 219
76 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 129 2,168 297
77 Monaghan, Henry P. 5 9 161 2,115 140
78 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 8 366 494 458
79 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 6 80 290 2,105
80 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 15 277 1,173 318
81 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 9 14 223 1,372 413
82 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 19 278 1,140 329
83 Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 1 1 231 1,424 300
84 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 6 16 130 2,088 223
85 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 7 2 332 11 984
86 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 7 14 116 1,619 673
87 Rebouche, Rachel Temple University 6 5 296 64 1,099
88 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 8 12 261 1,051 404
89 Grewal, David University of California, Berkeley 3 4 398 113 485
90 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 8 14 187 1,661 213
91 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 10 16 213 974 655
92 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 7 12 268 1,006 344
93 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 8 8 208 175 1,360
94 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 231 1,223 321
95 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 114 1,596 598
96 Winick, Bruce J. 6 23 124 1,391 702
97 Perlin, Michael L. 9 18 188 1,010 695
98 Wistrich, Andrew J. 3 3 196 1,070 611
99 Hooks, Bell 1 1 1 22 2,521
100 Grey, Thomas C. 5 13 110 1,737 463