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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 20 39 1,250 9,627 3,091
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 21 19 1,418 3,215 2,048
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 3 4 550 1,444 7,088
4 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 16 21 1,307 1,923 2,023
5 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 19 24 1,078 3,154 1,331
6 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 17 30 756 3,601 2,142
7 Pound, Roscoe 9 34 350 5,741 2,157
8 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 12 34 481 5,938 1,234
9 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 15 18 909 3,412 1,259
10 Eskridge, William Yale University 14 25 759 4,464 840
11 Baude, William University of Chicago 14 9 1,317 522 1,309
12 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 491 5,173 979
13 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 6 7 495 3,736 2,042
14 Schauer, Frederick 14 31 617 3,045 1,722
15 Fuller, L. L. 6 15 244 2,451 3,898
16 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 463 4,352 887
17 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 16 374 4,759 925
18 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 6 13 290 2,534 2,953
19 Dworkin, Ronald University College London 8 21 299 3,044 2,171
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 10 25 330 3,269 1,383
21 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 14 20 628 2,057 756
22 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 13 13 634 1,660 1,019
23 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 8 12 474 2,986 614
24 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 10 24 650 1,740 782
25 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 16 516 2,310 854
26 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 11 7 841 314 933
27 Radin, Margaret Jane University of Toronto 5 14 352 3,516 510
28 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 5 21 159 4,403 421
29 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 23 255 3,195 882
30 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 7 14 330 2,974 603
31 Manning, John F. Harvard University 8 14 590 1,677 353
32 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 22 415 1,976 772
33 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 9 20 322 1,463 1,612
34 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 7 26 207 3,430 410
35 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 25 264 2,790 662
36 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 9 22 221 2,005 1,465
37 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 325 2,151 661
38 Llewellyn, K. N. 5 17 152 3,185 536
39 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 10 20 238 1,985 1,091
40 Resnik, Judith Yale University 6 14 367 1,979 426
41 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 7 13 288 2,082 717
42 Bell, Derrick 4 9 293 1,240 1,349
43 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 242 987 1,759
44 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 301 2,065 505
45 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 23 271 1,756 909
46 Lawrence, Charles R. 3 5 251 2,688 196
47 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 10 23 308 1,774 689
48 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 10 17 418 1,324 518
49 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 9 6 615 291 410
50 Simon, William Hackett 7 18 198 2,126 819
51 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 4 483 330 805
52 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 9 12 356 1,518 368
53 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 17 325 1,610 375
54 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 10 14 281 1,631 504
55 Raz, Joseph 9 15 195 902 1,529
56 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 6 26 170 2,072 565
57 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 9 16 381 1,063 408
58 Zacharias, Fred C. 8 26 178 2,165 427
59 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 11 427 634 541
60 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 6 12 181 1,804 720
61 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 284 1,827 190
62 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 397 999 338
63 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 6 371 912 531
64 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 436 727 328
65 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 5 8 473 227 542
66 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 7 14 186 702 1,531
67 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 3 1 517 4 505
68 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 234 1,536 548
69 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 11 250 1,706 290
70 Hooks, Bell 1 1 1 22 2,982
71 Rhode, Deborah L. 7 21 167 1,847 503
72 Frickey, Philip P. 7 11 197 1,938 217
73 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 6 15 217 1,795 210
74 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 6 89 291 2,165
75 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 18 108 1,662 847
76 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 130 2,168 299
77 Monaghan, Henry P. 5 9 169 2,115 146
78 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 5 8 225 1,254 622
79 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 9 390 504 454
80 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 10 15 296 1,173 314
81 Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 1 1 250 1,424 300
82 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 9 14 238 1,372 359
83 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 7 2 366 11 930
84 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 10 19 286 1,139 319
85 Grewal, David University of California, Berkeley 4 4 428 112 506
86 Wexler, David B. University of Arizona 6 23 145 1,347 804
87 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 6 16 133 2,088 210
88 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 8 12 278 1,047 406
89 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 10 8 234 175 1,377
90 Rebouche, Rachel Temple University 6 5 325 64 1,004
91 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 7 12 286 1,006 348
92 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 257 948 532
93 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 10 16 222 974 628
94 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 118 1,596 588
95 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 244 1,223 275
96 Grey, Thomas C. 5 13 118 1,737 445
97 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 15 128 1,772 347
98 Wistrich, Andrew J. 3 3 203 1,070 588
99 Levinson, Daryl New York University 5 7 259 1,002 338
100 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 4 3 306 92 883