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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 20 39 1,230 9,626 3,102
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 21 19 1,378 3,215 2,139
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 3 4 542 1,442 7,220
4 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 16 21 1,275 1,924 2,040
5 Pound, Roscoe 9 34 365 6,323 2,202
6 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 19 24 1,052 3,153 1,364
7 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 17 30 743 3,601 2,157
8 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 11 34 469 5,937 1,280
9 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 15 18 883 3,412 1,276
10 Eskridge, William Yale University 14 25 745 4,463 854
11 Baude, William University of Chicago 14 9 1,275 518 1,323
12 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 483 5,170 935
13 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 6 7 489 3,736 2,037
14 Schauer, Frederick 14 31 607 3,044 1,791
15 Fuller, L. L. 6 15 236 2,450 4,013
16 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 17 372 4,780 1,043
17 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 463 4,351 911
18 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 6 13 288 2,533 2,895
19 Dworkin, Ronald University College London 8 20 290 2,951 2,125
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 10 25 327 3,268 1,351
21 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 14 20 623 2,057 761
22 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 8 12 461 2,986 633
23 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 13 13 612 1,660 1,011
24 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 10 24 636 1,740 801
25 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 15 501 2,272 829
26 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 11 7 803 314 931
27 Radin, Margaret Jane University of Toronto 5 13 339 3,388 512
28 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 23 248 3,194 941
29 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 7 14 327 2,974 644
30 Michelman, Frank I. arvard University 4 20 149 4,183 423
31 Manning, John F. Harvard University 8 15 584 1,715 366
32 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 22 410 1,976 759
33 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 7 26 204 3,430 410
34 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 25 257 2,791 682
35 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 9 22 220 1,997 1,443
36 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 9 20 299 1,312 1,552
37 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 325 2,151 663
38 Llewellyn, K. N. 5 17 150 3,185 534
39 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 10 20 234 1,985 1,077
40 Resnik, Judith Yale University 6 14 362 1,975 427
41 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 7 13 282 2,082 722
42 Bell, Derrick 4 9 291 1,239 1,381
43 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 301 2,064 554
44 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 239 987 1,795
45 Simon, William Hackett 7 18 201 2,255 849
46 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 23 265 1,757 935
47 Lawrence, Charles R. 3 5 250 2,687 198
48 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 10 23 301 1,747 721
49 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 10 17 406 1,324 554
50 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 9 6 604 291 443
51 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 9 12 348 1,517 373
52 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 4 468 333 794
53 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 17 320 1,610 386
54 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 10 14 277 1,630 502
55 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 11 423 634 573
56 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 6 26 169 2,065 581
57 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 9 16 372 1,063 429
58 Raz, Joseph 8 15 189 902 1,488
59 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 281 1,826 194
60 Zacharias, Fred C. 8 26 174 2,104 455
61 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 6 367 912 521
62 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 383 999 341
63 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 6 8 476 244 524
64 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 425 727 333
65 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 233 1,535 558
66 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 3 1 509 4 510
67 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 11 246 1,706 284
68 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 7 14 171 683 1,527
69 Wexler, David B. University of Arizona 6 23 145 1,347 1,057
70 Rhode, Deborah L. 6 21 165 1,833 519
71 Hooks, Bell 1 1 1 22 2,962
72 Frickey, Philip P. 7 11 193 1,938 216
73 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 18 107 1,662 873
74 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 129 2,168 312
75 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 6 15 212 1,795 214
76 Monaghan, Henry P. 5 9 166 2,115 147
77 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 10 15 291 1,172 328
78 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 4 8 220 1,254 621
79 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 6 87 291 2,121
80 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 8 380 494 444
81 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 9 14 235 1,372 393
82 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 7 2 359 11 964
83 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 8 12 275 1,051 447
84 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 10 19 283 1,137 312
85 Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 1 1 239 1,423 285
86 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 10 16 232 973 698
87 Grewal, David University of California, Berkeley 3 4 423 112 505
88 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 6 16 132 2,088 218
89 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 7 12 287 1,040 350
90 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 9 8 224 175 1,417
91 Rebouche, Rachel Temple University 6 5 321 64 1,024
92 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 253 948 502
93 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 117 1,596 609
94 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 240 1,223 298
95 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 15 128 1,771 358
96 Grey, Thomas C. 5 13 116 1,737 439
97 Wistrich, Andrew J. 3 3 199 1,070 585
98 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 12 150 1,244 662
99 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 4 3 297 92 933
100 Perlin, Michael L. 9 18 192 1,027 623