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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 21 32 1,321 8,110 2,180
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 23 22 1,841 4,852 1,756
3 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 23 30 1,537 3,764 2,247
4 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 21 23 1,379 3,342 1,336
5 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 14 35 752 5,614 1,223
6 Baude, William University of Chicago 16 11 1,635 583 1,538
7 Solum, Lawrence B. 17 18 1,509 1,436 1,272
8 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 15 30 856 4,491 799
9 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 17 31 866 3,652 1,351
10 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 31 978 2,921 1,063
11 Eskridge, William Yale University 13 22 635 4,315 741
12 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 12 30 565 3,720 1,590
13 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 15 18 851 2,731 967
14 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 19 687 3,054 1,089
15 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 15 23 761 2,543 1,084
16 Manning, John F. Harvard University 11 16 892 2,348 649
17 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 7 24 224 5,878 496
18 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 13 20 735 2,108 1,401
19 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 11 30 506 3,973 661
20 Schauer, Frederick 12 28 504 3,261 1,126
21 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 13 19 647 2,827 737
22 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 14 8 971 376 997
23 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 6 13 398 3,829 531
24 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 16 20 724 1,566 839
25 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 9 27 395 3,137 938
26 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 13 24 528 2,553 828
27 Monaghan, Henry P. 11 21 336 3,985 295
28 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 21 283 3,920 448
29 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 9 16 383 2,949 846
30 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 10 13 753 1,249 530
31 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 16 13 730 704 1,058
32 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 12 9 870 467 611
33 Gunther, Gerald 3 7 212 4,301 198
34 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 11 19 463 2,449 648
35 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 9 8 698 743 1,068
36 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 5 6 357 3,117 522
37 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 14 15 645 593 1,401
38 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 12 18 595 1,538 698
39 Lawrence, Charles R. 6 6 362 3,078 205
40 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 12 19 482 2,137 427
41 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 12 11 628 1,212 555
42 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 9 26 301 2,748 691
43 Friedman, Barry New York University 10 20 384 2,389 598
44 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 14 11 702 688 626
45 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 12 22 400 2,036 749
46 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 21 516 1,607 530
47 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 10 26 343 2,573 451
48 Melamed, A. Douglas 1 1 307 2,832 323
49 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 6 14 273 2,800 493
50 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 9 26 260 2,670 500
51 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 11 13 455 482 1,543
52 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 8 23 290 2,005 942
53 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 11 5 708 171 614
54 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 11 19 499 1,328 496
55 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 9 17 391 1,736 533
56 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 9 14 505 858 749
57 Brest, Paul Stanford University 5 9 180 2,970 302
58 Van Alstyne, William W. 6 27 92 3,441 231
59 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 12 15 541 779 512
60 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 8 317 1,388 1,004
61 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 22 319 1,853 534
62 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 9 14 374 1,502 579
63 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 11 25 337 1,853 392
64 Karst, Kenneth L. 6 20 140 2,985 303
65 Landau, David E. Florida State University 11 10 411 366 1,373
66 Levinson, Daryl New York University 10 11 388 1,483 475
67 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 10 11 334 1,689 533
68 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 1 3 195 2,846 117
69 Bell, Derrick 3 8 455 1,186 323
70 Jackson, Vicki C. Harvard University 10 16 360 1,324 526
71 Frickey, Philip P. 5 12 295 2,110 134
72 Sager, Lawrence University of Texas at Austin 6 15 173 2,625 212
73 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 9 12 350 1,401 477
74 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 14 14 433 842 569
75 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 13 9 562 195 544
76 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 5 10 500 384 626
77 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 7 16 192 2,147 374
78 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 10 16 293 1,410 546
79 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 11 18 270 1,516 498
80 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 12 10 412 348 865
81 Harrison, John University of Virginia 11 13 352 1,031 512
82 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 11 5 440 135 867
83 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 9 8 339 1,317 275
84 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 18 175 1,892 517
85 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 7 5 406 918 291
86 Dixon, Rosalind 11 11 351 327 1,043
87 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 11 357 763 621
88 Vladeck, Stephen I. Georgetown University 10 14 388 479 670
89 Stuntz, William J. 8 9 249 1,626 286
90 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 11 16 287 1,261 423
91 Williams, Robert Rutgers University 8 20 242 1,612 297
92 Corwin, Edward S. Princeton University 6 19 116 2,283 269
93 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 8 8 231 954 913
94 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader U.S. Supreme Court 7 12 226 1,344 550
95 Ely, John Hart 4 14 69 2,575 167
96 Kopel, David B. 9 17 265 871 765
97 Treanor, William Michael Georgetown University 9 11 268 1,443 238
98 Westen, Peter University of Michigan 4 15 106 2,185 254
99 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 14 169 1,884 228
100 Linde, Hans A. 6 14 120 2,129 226