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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 6 891 2,770 13,116
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 13 1,400 965 3,653
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 17 925 1,689 2,689
4 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 21 853 3,256 1,328
5 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 31 695 3,617 1,584
6 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 692 3,906 1,334
7 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 19 989 1,947 1,618
8 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 13 30 544 4,626 915
9 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 27 682 2,793 1,503
10 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 27 520 3,900 1,021
11 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 9 1,079 488 985
12 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 12 20 493 1,492 2,635
13 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 16 19 722 1,678 810
14 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 20 290 1,896 2,361
15 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 13 23 555 1,970 941
16 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 520 1,621 1,248
17 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 23 580 1,740 829
18 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 12 19 373 1,264 2,222
19 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 9 26 262 2,972 1,138
20 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 8 25 353 2,625 791
21 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 16 12 613 573 1,406
22 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 11 13 622 999 833
23 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 306 1,936 1,294
24 Friedman, Barry New York University 12 13 533 793 1,237
25 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 11 5 674 282 1,034
26 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 8 9 336 816 2,098
27 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 10 606 465 1,131
28 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 6 12 340 671 2,154
29 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 297 2,592 573
30 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 9 19 228 966 2,285
31 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 14 13 601 453 980
32 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 10 13 536 1,035 744
33 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 9 8 594 324 1,108
34 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 737 148 577
35 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 10 23 280 1,815 1,187
36 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 387 1,825 641
37 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 189 2,045 1,337
38 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 367 1,505 985
39 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 10 26 289 2,076 814
40 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 17 287 2,428 464
41 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 20 275 2,373 544
42 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 13 7 573 158 1,096
43 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 8 663 307 544
44 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 15 512 585 933
45 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 6 15 134 835 2,383
46 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 506 776 579
47 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 9 23 270 1,626 903
48 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 7 16 171 1,950 975
49 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 214 1,956 766
50 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 11 10 414 324 1,199
51 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 379 1,076 676
52 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 14 251 1,592 745
53 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 8 23 171 1,612 1,043
54 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 10 20 331 1,192 654
55 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 8 431 1,065 285
56 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 8 18 257 1,577 623
57 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 20 229 1,933 431
58 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 11 15 355 596 1,026
59 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 248 1,544 672
60 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 5 11 139 2,639 194
61 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 10 14 323 953 832
62 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 9 7 387 352 1,052
63 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 11 10 346 549 1,034
64 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 17 308 954 830
65 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 24 141 2,071 606
66 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 12 13 414 458 758
67 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 7 16 258 1,827 254
68 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 322 1,104 592
69 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 17 224 1,139 1,011
70 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 7 23 152 2,029 538
71 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 11 169 719 1,635
72 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 322 724 913
73 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 12 12 401 581 607
74 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 9 5 403 204 936
75 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 11 11 447 374 557
76 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 5 95 245 2,298
77 Eagly, Ingrid V. University of California, Los Angeles 10 9 347 514 861
78 Logan, Wayne A. Wake Forest University 8 22 268 1,144 658
79 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 7 14 150 2,294 184
80 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 199 1,872 280
81 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 8 21 192 1,562 573
82 Morgan, Jamelia University of California, Los Angeles 9 2 384 9 1,044
83 Denno, Deborah W. Fordham University 9 19 201 1,048 946
84 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 5 16 109 1,744 757
85 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 16 233 1,191 627
86 Chacon, Jennifer Stanford University 10 12 246 905 818
87 Lee, Cynthia George Washington University 11 14 323 779 553
88 Miller, Marc L. University of Arizona 8 21 213 1,408 501
89 Harris, David A. University of Pittsburgh 8 17 202 1,324 618
90 Tuerkheimer, Deborah Northwestern University 9 14 310 525 814
91 Joh, Elizabeth E. University of California, Davis 10 11 255 432 1,124
92 Simon, Jonathan S. University of California, Berkeley 6 12 149 579 1,470
93 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 9 18 252 1,270 353
94 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 8 18 225 1,209 501
95 Harmon, Rachel University of Virginia 8 7 326 496 668
96 Garcia Hernandez, Cesar Cuauhtemoc Ohio State University 7 11 284 410 929
97 Blume, John H. Cornell University 8 18 233 999 632
98 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 6 10 183 1,073 798
99 Bell, Monica Clarice Yale University 6 5 454 139 364
100 Langbein, John H. Yale University 8 12 192 1,457 335