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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 22 39 1,483 9,334 3,349
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 21 18 1,487 2,993 2,298
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 4 614 1,357 7,267
4 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 18 20 1,358 1,752 2,157
5 Pound, Roscoe 9 34 441 6,232 2,232
6 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 13 34 571 5,855 1,493
7 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 21 23 1,133 3,004 1,496
8 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 17 29 818 3,484 2,397
9 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 16 18 978 3,254 1,300
10 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 5 7 588 5,043 1,119
11 Eskridge, William Yale University 14 23 734 4,214 860
12 Schauer, Frederick 16 31 719 3,042 1,921
13 Fuller, L. L. 6 14 269 2,405 4,625
14 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 7 1,340 368 1,372
15 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 6 7 542 3,655 2,014
16 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 502 4,292 1,121
17 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 16 434 4,671 1,053
18 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 6 13 316 2,482 2,788
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 11 25 369 3,216 1,501
20 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 16 20 727 1,927 790
21 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 9 12 565 2,858 659
22 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 11 23 701 1,686 915
23 Manning, John F. Harvard University 9 16 756 1,792 467
24 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 12 23 619 1,996 854
25 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 13 12 672 1,559 1,007
26 Dworkin, Ronald University College London 9 20 261 2,440 2,023
27 Radin, Margaret Jane University of Toronto 5 13 387 3,319 541
28 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 15 553 2,177 827
29 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 8 14 403 2,879 754
30 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 23 274 3,128 1,012
31 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 5 19 185 4,121 428
32 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 11 5 832 232 888
33 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 26 307 2,775 780
34 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 8 26 247 3,381 450
35 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 10 19 341 1,274 1,819
36 Resnik, Judith Yale University 7 14 456 2,035 479
37 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 9 21 240 1,964 1,446
38 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 13 358 1,999 827
39 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 359 2,102 664
40 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 10 20 263 1,944 1,152
41 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 329 2,026 711
42 Llewellyn, K. N. 5 16 174 3,041 455
43 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 22 292 1,651 1,146
44 Simon, William Hackett 7 18 230 2,226 875
45 Lawrence, Charles R. 4 5 279 2,637 222
46 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 289 926 1,791
47 Bell, Derrick 4 9 316 1,197 1,404
48 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 11 17 459 1,255 606
49 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 22 345 1,634 765
50 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 10 12 409 1,440 446
51 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 16 355 1,604 465
52 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 10 14 338 1,564 546
53 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 9 6 621 240 470
54 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 26 205 2,025 648
55 Zacharias, Fred C. 9 26 210 2,123 509
56 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 7 4 513 269 843
57 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 335 1,755 207
58 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 6 12 198 1,766 835
59 Raz, Joseph 9 13 217 860 1,585
60 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 10 15 419 999 458
61 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 510 625 329
62 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 441 924 337
63 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 6 423 840 498
64 Rhode, Deborah L. 8 20 198 1,809 583
65 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 11 284 1,660 306
66 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 8 16 250 1,834 259
67 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 10 420 601 619
68 Wexler, David B. University of Arizona 6 23 165 1,327 1,124
69 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 4 8 277 1,191 733
70 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 246 1,508 546
71 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 18 129 1,634 960
72 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 7 14 196 687 1,543
73 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 6 6 499 191 581
74 Frickey, Philip P. 7 11 226 1,898 242
75 Monaghan, Henry P. 5 9 197 2,076 152
76 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 146 2,148 304
77 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 4 6 95 274 2,273
78 Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 1 1 286 1,363 320
79 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 7 16 156 2,062 248
80 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 10 15 321 1,132 341
81 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 10 14 260 1,329 439
82 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 11 18 318 1,097 351
83 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 8 422 434 494
84 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 10 15 261 929 775
85 Hooks, Bell 1 1 2 21 2,866
86 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 9 11 321 988 425
87 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 8 11 325 982 388
88 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 151 1,558 649
89 Wistrich, Andrew J. 3 3 256 1,010 679
90 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 284 1,169 350
91 Perlin, Michael L. 9 19 224 1,025 742
92 Grey, Thomas C. 6 12 142 1,705 484
93 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 9 7 257 125 1,424
94 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 16 146 1,782 361
95 Winick, Bruce J. 8 22 157 1,326 722
96 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 7 12 135 1,454 672
97 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 10 8 281 898 459
98 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 7 11 239 1,292 279
99 Cohen, Felix S. 2 5 172 1,638 264
100 Rebouche, Rachel Temple University 7 5 299 55 1,157