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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 36 93 4,877 29,598 9,832
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 28 88 2,607 25,018 5,432
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 32 74 3,800 15,809 6,503
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,452 3,984 17,576
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 27 55 2,321 7,092 4,696
6 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 29 41 2,777 7,010 3,101
7 Schauer, Frederick 22 54 1,766 10,293 4,169
8 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 56 1,982 11,842 2,133
9 Easterbrook, Frank H. 23 50 1,568 13,438 2,200
10 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 22 51 2,037 7,031 4,182
11 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 22 31 1,806 3,653 6,910
12 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 51 1,896 7,438 3,276
13 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 23 28 2,514 1,827 5,633
14 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 57 1,165 12,242 2,719
15 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 22 44 1,905 8,124 2,292
16 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 27 46 2,053 6,482 2,131
17 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 49 1,670 7,247 3,033
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 20 52 1,077 10,316 2,244
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 17 43 1,209 9,288 1,973
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 44 992 7,419 3,838
21 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 12 50 957 9,173 2,518
22 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 22 42 1,398 6,431 2,003
23 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 20 44 1,462 4,338 2,906
24 Solum, Lawrence B. 21 33 2,025 2,731 2,532
25 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 14 53 850 8,697 2,194
26 Pound, Roscoe 10 43 545 9,982 3,046
27 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 19 43 1,157 6,803 2,028
28 Fuller, L. L. 9 24 648 7,055 5,176
29 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 23 42 1,532 4,617 1,728
30 Rhode, Deborah L. 18 42 957 5,707 3,092
31 Baude, William University of Chicago 24 26 2,276 925 2,048
32 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 14 50 812 7,733 2,133
33 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 21 41 1,254 4,402 2,334
34 Resnik, Judith Yale University 17 44 1,149 6,687 1,582
35 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 18 40 1,189 6,858 1,220
36 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 21 42 1,399 2,991 1,960
37 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 52 841 7,838 1,135
38 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 17 44 975 5,843 1,822
39 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 16 35 710 8,689 1,459
40 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 32 887 3,138 4,420
41 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 17 36 1,007 6,591 1,492
42 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 16 40 1,247 4,684 1,707
43 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,563 3,931 978
44 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 39 958 4,385 2,077
45 Friedman, Barry New York University 19 36 1,041 4,102 1,999
46 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 42 884 5,732 1,663
47 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 17 36 894 4,505 2,216
48 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 19 32 1,146 4,112 1,608
49 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 13 42 644 4,740 2,772
50 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 14 30 1,162 2,865 2,749
51 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 19 27 1,088 1,946 3,103
52 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 19 28 1,279 1,180 2,822
53 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 36 948 4,828 1,604
54 Bell, Derrick 11 28 949 4,321 2,595
55 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 17 36 1,016 4,067 1,512
56 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 18 31 1,060 3,079 2,064
57 Eisenberg, Theodore 14 46 612 6,297 1,149
58 Langbein, John H. Yale University 16 40 701 5,306 1,520
59 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 13 27 633 6,796 1,754
60 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 14 31 830 4,198 2,309
61 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 14 41 821 5,277 1,236
62 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 921 4,416 1,599
63 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 746 5,283 2,387
64 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 10 23 1,025 5,716 1,567
65 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 15 37 768 5,087 1,418
66 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 15 39 918 3,207 1,938
67 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 367 9,203 933
68 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 14 32 680 6,294 1,177
69 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 29 492 7,068 1,885
70 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 18 25 1,112 3,016 1,601
71 Stuntz, William J. 15 29 922 4,811 1,233
72 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 18 32 1,068 3,407 1,142
73 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 17 26 1,085 2,058 2,188
74 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 21 700 1,801 3,969
75 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 32 882 4,841 1,179
76 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 770 5,174 1,166
77 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 16 31 690 4,339 1,853
78 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 12 34 466 4,448 2,652
79 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 31 685 2,204 3,291
80 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 15 35 677 5,182 1,253
81 Prosser, William L. 8 30 438 9,201 553
82 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 19 21 1,199 894 2,317
83 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 37 477 7,488 765
84 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 16 35 841 3,200 1,659
85 Monaghan, Henry P. 13 31 707 6,696 520
86 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 10 39 464 5,301 1,923
87 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 13 43 639 4,955 1,084
88 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 13 34 571 4,941 1,704
89 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 16 34 761 3,439 1,696
90 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 586 5,002 1,552
91 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 25 687 3,622 2,448
92 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 23 1,330 1,640 1,053
93 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 32 462 5,821 1,677
94 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 18 32 1,113 2,131 1,123
95 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 12 41 576 5,368 1,043
96 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 16 34 626 4,672 1,177
97 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 26 624 6,831 926
98 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 709 3,690 1,610
99 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 16 30 793 3,840 1,272
100 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 14 34 751 3,338 1,616