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Last Updated: July 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 6 867 2,770 12,762
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 13 1,365 965 3,591
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 17 917 1,704 2,718
4 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 21 815 3,256 1,313
5 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 673 3,913 1,345
6 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 31 670 3,617 1,587
7 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 19 969 1,947 1,617
8 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 12 30 530 4,668 934
9 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 27 662 2,793 1,505
10 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 27 505 3,905 1,052
11 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 9 1,059 488 994
12 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 12 20 490 1,507 2,640
13 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 16 19 695 1,678 815
14 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 20 289 1,896 2,337
15 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 12 23 541 1,970 973
16 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 23 602 1,762 851
17 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 11 19 386 1,320 2,219
18 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 507 1,621 1,257
19 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 9 26 255 2,977 1,163
20 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 8 25 352 2,624 806
21 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 12 11 643 528 1,141
22 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 16 12 598 573 1,267
23 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 11 13 610 999 818
24 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 299 1,936 1,285
25 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 11 5 655 282 1,037
26 Friedman, Barry New York University 12 13 515 793 1,209
27 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 8 9 322 816 2,100
28 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 6 12 332 671 2,112
29 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 292 2,600 572
30 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 9 19 224 966 2,317
31 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 13 13 581 453 1,016
32 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 10 13 527 1,035 745
33 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 9 8 582 324 1,117
34 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 9 23 277 1,815 1,186
35 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 718 148 577
36 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 357 1,529 1,014
37 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 186 2,066 1,324
38 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 366 1,825 651
39 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 9 26 280 2,076 828
40 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 17 281 2,428 471
41 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 13 7 568 158 1,111
42 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 20 266 2,373 566
43 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 8 646 307 547
44 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 15 498 585 917
45 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 6 15 125 835 2,371
46 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 8 17 183 2,008 960
47 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 487 776 581
48 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 9 23 263 1,626 884
49 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 207 1,956 754
50 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 11 10 409 324 1,217
51 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 374 1,076 684
52 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 15 247 1,609 718
53 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 8 23 169 1,612 1,041
54 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 8 18 256 1,580 631
55 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 12 14 425 483 780
56 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 11 15 351 596 1,008
57 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 9 7 385 352 1,057
58 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 20 221 1,933 419
59 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 5 11 137 2,639 196
60 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 10 14 312 953 839
61 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 236 1,545 665
62 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 8 402 1,065 298
63 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 19 310 1,151 650
64 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 11 10 337 549 1,041
65 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 17 301 956 840
66 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 24 138 2,072 596
67 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 17 219 1,139 1,024
68 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 317 724 928
69 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 313 1,104 584
70 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 7 16 248 1,827 245
71 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 11 163 719 1,631
72 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 23 146 2,029 540
73 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 12 12 398 581 607
74 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 11 11 439 374 563
75 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 9 5 395 204 918
76 Logan, Wayne A. Wake Forest University 8 22 263 1,144 680
77 Eagly, Ingrid V. University of California, Los Angeles 10 9 338 514 873
78 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 7 14 146 2,294 204
79 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 5 92 245 2,253
80 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 194 1,872 275
81 Morgan, Jamelia University of California, Los Angeles 9 2 373 9 1,064
82 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 7 21 186 1,562 559
83 Blume, John H. Cornell University 8 19 260 1,075 638
84 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 5 16 109 1,744 751
85 Denno, Deborah W. Fordham University 9 19 193 1,048 952
86 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 16 228 1,191 637
87 Lee, Cynthia George Washington University 11 14 319 779 562
88 Chacon, Jennifer Stanford University 10 12 244 905 793
89 Miller, Marc L. University of Arizona 8 21 209 1,408 507
90 Harris, David A. University of Pittsburgh 8 17 200 1,324 610
91 Joh, Elizabeth E. University of California, Davis 10 11 255 432 1,107
92 Simon, Jonathan S. University of California, Berkeley 6 12 143 579 1,475
93 Harmon, Rachel University of Virginia 8 7 321 496 681
94 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 9 18 245 1,270 345
95 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 8 18 217 1,209 515
96 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 6 11 180 1,090 789
97 Bell, Monica Clarice Yale University 6 5 442 139 373
98 Tuerkheimer, Deborah Northwestern University 9 13 279 484 816
99 Garcia Hernandez, Cesar Cuauhtemoc Ohio State University 7 11 274 403 907
100 O'Hear, Michael M. Marquette University 7 14 187 766 949