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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 22 39 1,451 9,329 3,478
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 21 18 1,451 2,992 2,484
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 4 610 1,357 7,132
4 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 17 20 1,325 1,751 2,152
5 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 13 34 563 5,854 1,541
6 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 21 23 1,115 3,002 1,533
7 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 17 29 803 3,479 2,480
8 Pound, Roscoe 9 34 398 5,669 2,108
9 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 16 18 958 3,251 1,258
10 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 5 7 580 5,036 1,100
11 Eskridge, William Yale University 14 23 760 4,235 892
12 Schauer, Frederick 16 31 705 3,035 2,036
13 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 7 1,307 368 1,376
14 Fuller, L. L. 6 14 264 2,400 4,546
15 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 6 7 524 3,653 1,981
16 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 494 4,288 1,174
17 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 16 424 4,670 1,047
18 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 6 14 315 2,521 2,699
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 11 25 357 3,184 1,488
20 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 16 20 717 1,930 842
21 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 9 12 555 2,857 652
22 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 12 23 604 1,996 896
23 Manning, John F. Harvard University 9 15 735 1,753 465
24 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 10 23 662 1,644 926
25 Radin, Margaret Jane University of Toronto 6 14 379 3,440 574
26 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 13 12 655 1,559 1,015
27 Dworkin, Ronald University College London 9 20 253 2,440 2,135
28 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 15 541 2,177 776
29 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 8 14 395 2,878 816
30 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 23 269 3,135 1,055
31 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 5 19 183 4,135 482
32 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 10 5 812 232 902
33 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 25 304 2,712 850
34 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 8 26 244 3,379 460
35 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 10 20 339 1,338 1,810
36 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 13 357 1,999 820
37 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 9 21 235 1,963 1,413
38 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 354 2,102 655
39 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 325 2,026 766
40 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 10 20 253 1,943 1,144
41 Llewellyn, K. N. 5 16 169 3,040 466
42 Lawrence, Charles R. 4 5 277 2,637 233
43 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 22 288 1,651 1,118
44 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 287 926 1,812
45 Simon, William Hackett 7 18 227 2,225 828
46 Bell, Derrick 4 9 313 1,197 1,410
47 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 11 17 446 1,254 635
48 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 22 330 1,633 806
49 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 10 12 401 1,438 478
50 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 16 350 1,558 484
51 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 10 14 326 1,563 585
52 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 9 6 603 240 496
53 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 26 203 2,023 708
54 Resnik, Judith Yale University 6 13 290 1,881 397
55 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 7 4 506 269 856
56 Zacharias, Fred C. 9 26 199 2,110 522
57 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 6 12 196 1,763 876
58 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 328 1,755 198
59 Raz, Joseph 9 13 214 856 1,623
60 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 10 15 408 998 476
61 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 503 625 327
62 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 6 414 840 534
63 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 433 923 345
64 Rhode, Deborah L. 8 20 193 1,808 590
65 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 11 278 1,656 302
66 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 4 8 276 1,191 739
67 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 10 411 601 614
68 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 241 1,508 549
69 Wexler, David B. University of Arizona 6 23 161 1,329 1,092
70 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 18 124 1,632 972
71 Frickey, Philip P. 7 11 222 1,898 226
72 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 8 15 235 1,753 270
73 Monaghan, Henry P. 5 9 192 2,075 156
74 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 7 14 188 687 1,512
75 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 5 6 480 170 575
76 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 143 2,146 312
77 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 10 15 315 1,132 367
78 Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 1 1 282 1,363 310
79 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 10 14 258 1,329 440
80 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 7 16 153 2,062 249
81 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 147 1,557 766
82 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 9 15 255 929 834
83 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 4 6 94 274 2,274
84 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 11 18 315 1,097 343
85 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 9 11 316 988 442
86 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 8 414 434 491
87 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 8 11 314 982 408
88 Hooks, Bell 1 1 2 21 2,904
89 Wistrich, Andrew J. 3 3 255 1,010 663
90 Perlin, Michael L. 9 19 222 1,025 796
91 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 279 1,168 376
92 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 16 144 1,782 383
93 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 6 12 134 1,454 754
94 Grey, Thomas C. 6 12 138 1,705 479
95 Winick, Bruce J. 8 22 154 1,326 745
96 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 9 7 245 125 1,469
97 Rebouche, Rachel Temple University 6 5 286 56 1,280
98 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 7 11 235 1,292 277
99 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 277 897 452
100 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 8 8 171 1,330 548