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Last Updated: October 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 36 93 5,018 29,585 9,528
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 28 88 2,697 25,003 5,270
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 32 75 3,945 15,696 6,187
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,492 3,984 18,866
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 28 55 2,404 7,092 4,376
6 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 30 41 2,868 7,010 3,078
7 Eskridge, William Yale University 26 56 2,064 11,834 1,935
8 Schauer, Frederick 22 54 1,836 10,294 3,842
9 Easterbrook, Frank H. 24 50 1,623 13,434 2,136
10 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 23 32 1,898 3,645 6,915
11 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 22 51 2,082 6,974 3,799
12 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 25 51 1,991 7,456 3,133
13 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 23 28 2,604 1,824 5,403
14 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 57 1,195 12,242 2,559
15 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 28 47 2,119 6,468 2,061
16 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 22 44 1,982 8,124 2,221
17 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 21 50 1,721 7,247 2,855
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 21 52 1,115 10,275 2,156
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 15 45 1,063 7,470 3,766
20 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 17 43 1,244 9,292 1,891
21 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 13 50 986 9,171 2,547
22 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 22 41 1,435 6,411 2,027
23 Solum, Lawrence B. 21 33 2,101 2,731 2,544
24 Fuller, L. L. 9 24 678 7,053 5,560
25 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 20 44 1,505 4,332 2,720
26 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 15 52 869 8,659 2,043
27 Pound, Roscoe 11 43 571 9,945 2,899
28 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 23 42 1,573 4,617 1,672
29 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 19 43 1,191 6,793 1,855
30 Baude, William University of Chicago 24 26 2,348 925 2,000
31 Rhode, Deborah L. 19 42 980 5,707 2,888
32 Resnik, Judith Yale University 17 44 1,190 6,732 1,558
33 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 14 50 837 7,677 1,987
34 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 22 41 1,294 4,402 2,168
35 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 18 40 1,212 6,858 1,194
36 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 21 43 1,456 3,010 1,940
37 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 14 52 862 7,837 1,026
38 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 16 35 740 8,692 1,447
39 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 32 923 3,138 4,326
40 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 17 44 996 5,842 1,647
41 Gilson, Ronald J. 17 36 1,036 6,561 1,430
42 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 16 40 1,276 4,629 1,656
43 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,605 3,917 1,008
44 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 39 1,012 4,385 1,975
45 Eisenberg, Theodore 15 49 755 6,774 1,157
46 Friedman, Barry New York University 19 36 1,073 4,102 1,869
47 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 42 909 5,732 1,570
48 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 14 42 714 4,740 2,621
49 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 17 36 935 4,429 2,075
50 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 19 28 1,131 1,952 3,013
51 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 19 32 1,178 4,103 1,514
52 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 20 29 1,313 1,184 2,754
53 Langbein, John H. Yale University 17 40 734 5,229 1,902
54 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 37 994 4,828 1,608
55 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 14 30 1,178 2,865 2,660
56 Bell, Derrick 11 28 977 4,320 2,713
57 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 18 36 1,049 4,067 1,503
58 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 11 23 1,070 5,716 1,596
59 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 18 31 1,103 3,079 1,918
60 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 13 24 775 5,289 2,397
61 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 13 27 645 6,795 1,764
62 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 17 32 944 4,416 1,481
63 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 14 31 858 4,101 2,214
64 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 14 41 832 5,278 1,154
65 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 16 39 941 3,207 1,812
66 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 15 37 789 5,089 1,287
67 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 376 9,203 899
68 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 14 32 701 6,285 1,135
69 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 12 32 597 6,248 1,631
70 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 18 25 1,164 3,016 1,586
71 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 29 504 7,015 1,840
72 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 14 37 786 5,171 1,178
73 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 18 32 1,115 3,407 1,087
74 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 17 26 1,127 2,045 2,124
75 Stuntz, William J. 15 29 946 4,811 1,149
76 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 16 31 726 4,339 1,825
77 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 32 727 2,340 3,153
78 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 32 910 4,835 1,177
79 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 19 21 1,251 879 2,363
80 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 22 720 1,801 3,726
81 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 11 39 489 5,336 1,914
82 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 17 36 863 3,253 1,582
83 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 15 35 690 5,224 1,166
84 Prosser, William L. 8 30 444 9,170 548
85 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 37 493 7,489 711
86 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 12 34 489 4,447 2,426
87 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 13 42 613 5,504 970
88 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 13 34 589 4,954 1,689
89 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 14 43 648 4,896 1,032
90 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 25 716 3,614 2,387
91 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 16 34 778 3,439 1,619
92 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 21 23 1,375 1,633 988
93 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 603 5,002 1,479
94 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 18 32 1,163 2,127 1,116
95 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 26 646 6,830 868
96 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 16 34 641 4,651 1,140
97 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 14 35 793 3,367 1,530
98 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 729 3,674 1,531
99 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 16 30 822 3,840 1,192
100 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 8 14 695 6,716 1,414