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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 Stuntz, William J. 15 28 888 4,738 1,229
4 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 17 917 1,704 2,718
5 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 21 815 3,256 1,313
6 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 673 3,913 1,345
7 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 31 670 3,617 1,587
8 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 19 969 1,947 1,617
9 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 12 30 530 4,668 934
10 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 27 662 2,793 1,505
11 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 27 505 3,905 1,052
12 Coase, R. H. 3 4 372 4,422 783
13 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 9 1,059 488 994
14 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 12 20 490 1,507 2,640
15 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 16 19 695 1,678 815
16 Cullen, Francis T. 7 11 173 552 4,247
17 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 3 6 256 1,765 2,777
18 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 20 289 1,896 2,337
19 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 12 23 541 1,970 973
20 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 23 602 1,762 851
21 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 11 19 386 1,320 2,219
22 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 507 1,621 1,257
23 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 9 26 255 2,977 1,163
24 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 8 25 352 2,624 806
25 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 12 11 643 528 1,141
26 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 16 12 598 573 1,267
27 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 11 13 610 999 818
28 Farrington, David P. 4 7 62 222 3,976
29 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 299 1,936 1,285
30 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 11 5 655 282 1,037
31 Friedman, Barry New York University 12 13 515 793 1,209
32 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 8 9 322 816 2,100
33 Sklansky, David Alan Stanford University 12 18 448 1,452 863
34 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 6 12 332 671 2,112
35 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 292 2,600 572
36 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 9 19 224 966 2,317
37 Fuller, L. L. 3 7 227 2,060 1,336
38 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 13 13 581 453 1,016
39 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 10 13 527 1,035 745
40 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 9 8 582 324 1,117
41 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 9 23 277 1,815 1,186
42 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 718 148 577
43 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 357 1,529 1,014
44 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 186 2,066 1,324
45 Cover, Robert M. 6 6 254 1,886 1,157
46 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 366 1,825 651
47 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 9 26 280 2,076 828
48 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 17 281 2,428 471
49 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 13 7 568 158 1,111
50 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 20 266 2,373 566
51 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 8 646 307 547
52 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 15 498 585 917
53 Perlin, Michael L. 10 20 362 1,420 787
54 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 6 15 125 835 2,371
55 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 8 17 183 2,008 960
56 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 487 776 581
57 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 9 23 263 1,626 884
58 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 207 1,956 754
59 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University Law School 14 11 422 371 1,124
60 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 11 10 409 324 1,217
61 Bassiouni, M. Cherif 4 26 101 1,935 1,243
62 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 374 1,076 684
63 Morgan, Edmund M. 4 26 67 3,075 339
64 Bagaric, Mirko 7 9 194 285 2,202
65 Easterbrook, Frank H. 7 12 274 1,898 342
66 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 15 247 1,609 718
67 Kamisar, Yale 5 30 110 2,847 225
68 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 8 23 169 1,612 1,041
69 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 8 18 256 1,580 631
70 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 12 14 425 483 780
71 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 11 15 351 596 1,008
72 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 9 7 385 352 1,057
73 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 20 221 1,933 419
74 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 5 11 137 2,639 196
75 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 10 14 312 953 839
76 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 236 1,545 665
77 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 8 402 1,065 298
78 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 19 310 1,151 650
79 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 11 10 337 549 1,041
80 Braithwaite, John 6 13 143 689 1,843
81 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 17 301 956 840
82 Haney, Craig 8 19 184 1,011 1,345
83 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 24 138 2,072 596
84 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 17 219 1,139 1,024
85 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 317 724 928
86 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 313 1,104 584
87 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 7 16 248 1,827 245
88 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 11 163 719 1,631
89 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 23 146 2,029 540
90 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 12 12 398 581 607
91 Swire, Peter P. 5 9 50 298 2,496
92 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 11 11 439 374 563
93 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 9 5 395 204 918
94 Piquero, Alex R. 5 7 98 219 2,312
95 Logan, Wayne A. Wake Forest University 8 22 263 1,144 680
96 Eagly, Ingrid V. University of California, Los Angeles 10 9 338 514 873
97 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 7 14 146 2,294 204
98 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 5 92 245 2,253
99 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 194 1,872 275
100 Morgan, Jamelia University of California, Los Angeles 9 2 373 9 1,064