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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 22 39 1,491 9,431 3,375
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 21 18 1,496 2,992 2,348
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 4 613 1,357 7,186
4 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 18 20 1,349 1,751 2,098
5 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 21 23 1,129 3,002 1,504
6 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 13 34 560 5,820 1,447
7 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 17 29 817 3,479 2,334
8 Pound, Roscoe 9 34 402 5,669 2,119
9 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 16 18 964 3,254 1,258
10 Eskridge, William Yale University 15 24 818 4,325 914
11 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 5 7 587 5,038 1,103
12 Schauer, Frederick 16 31 715 3,035 1,920
13 Fuller, L. L. 6 14 268 2,400 4,648
14 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 7 1,332 368 1,373
15 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 6 7 536 3,653 2,017
16 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 501 4,291 1,137
17 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 16 429 4,670 1,026
18 Dworkin, Ronald University College London 9 21 344 2,975 2,496
19 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 6 13 316 2,480 2,760
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 11 25 366 3,208 1,485
21 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 16 20 727 1,930 809
22 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 9 12 561 2,857 661
23 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 11 23 697 1,684 952
24 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 12 23 616 1,996 884
25 Radin, Margaret Jane University of Toronto 6 14 388 3,440 557
26 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 13 12 665 1,559 986
27 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 16 559 2,214 817
28 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 8 14 400 2,878 775
29 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 23 276 3,147 1,034
30 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 5 19 186 4,135 476
31 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 11 5 826 232 926
32 Manning, John F. Harvard University 8 14 652 1,565 387
33 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 10 20 361 1,485 1,781
34 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 25 307 2,723 805
35 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 8 26 246 3,378 437
36 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 9 21 238 1,964 1,466
37 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 13 358 1,999 810
38 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 356 2,102 637
39 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 10 20 257 1,943 1,152
40 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 329 2,026 727
41 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 23 298 1,709 1,161
42 Llewellyn, K. N. 5 16 172 3,040 456
43 Lawrence, Charles R. 4 5 279 2,637 225
44 Bell, Derrick 4 9 316 1,197 1,421
45 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 288 926 1,806
46 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 340 1,707 789
47 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 11 17 455 1,254 621
48 Simon, William Hackett 7 18 223 2,089 870
49 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 10 12 408 1,438 450
50 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 10 14 334 1,563 563
51 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 9 6 618 240 473
52 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 16 353 1,558 448
53 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 26 207 2,025 674
54 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 7 4 512 269 832
55 Zacharias, Fred C. 9 26 201 2,122 510
56 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 331 1,755 205
57 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 6 12 197 1,763 833
58 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 10 15 417 998 478
59 Raz, Joseph 9 13 214 858 1,576
60 Resnik, Judith Yale University 6 12 280 1,735 354
61 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 507 625 332
62 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 440 923 340
63 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 12 284 1,720 307
64 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 6 420 840 498
65 Rhode, Deborah L. 8 20 199 1,814 574
66 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 10 418 601 618
67 Wexler, David B. University of Arizona 6 23 165 1,324 1,130
68 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 4 8 277 1,191 715
69 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 246 1,508 537
70 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 7 14 194 679 1,562
71 Frickey, Philip P. 7 11 226 1,898 238
72 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 18 127 1,632 949
73 Monaghan, Henry P. 5 9 196 2,075 148
74 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 8 15 237 1,753 253
75 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 146 2,146 311
76 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 5 6 483 173 582
77 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 4 6 95 274 2,270
78 Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 1 1 285 1,363 311
79 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 10 14 260 1,329 439
80 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 7 16 155 2,062 238
81 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 10 15 318 1,127 349
82 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 8 421 434 490
83 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 11 18 316 1,097 350
84 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 9 11 319 988 426
85 Hooks, Bell 1 1 2 21 2,861
86 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 149 1,557 670
87 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 8 11 319 982 382
88 Wistrich, Andrew J. 3 3 256 1,010 660
89 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 9 15 249 929 754
90 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 9 7 256 125 1,479
91 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 281 1,168 356
92 Winick, Bruce J. 8 22 159 1,354 756
93 Grey, Thomas C. 6 12 140 1,705 492
94 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 7 13 138 1,501 691
95 Perlin, Michael L. 9 18 220 975 737
96 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 15 145 1,747 357
97 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 7 11 237 1,292 281
98 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 10 8 278 897 454
99 Rebouche, Rachel Temple University 7 5 297 56 1,173
100 Finnis, John University of Notre Dame 5 13 103 453 1,703