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Last Updated: August 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 6 891 2,770 13,116
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 13 1,400 965 3,653
3 Stuntz, William J. 15 28 912 4,738 1,213
4 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 17 925 1,689 2,689
5 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 21 853 3,256 1,328
6 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 31 695 3,617 1,584
7 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 692 3,906 1,334
8 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 19 989 1,947 1,618
9 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 13 30 544 4,626 915
10 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 27 682 2,793 1,503
11 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 27 520 3,900 1,021
12 Coase, R. H. 3 4 387 4,421 771
13 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 9 1,079 488 985
14 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 12 20 493 1,492 2,635
15 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 3 6 270 1,765 3,158
16 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 16 19 722 1,678 810
17 Cullen, Francis T. 7 11 160 500 4,257
18 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 20 290 1,896 2,361
19 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 13 23 555 1,970 941
20 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 520 1,621 1,248
21 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 23 580 1,740 829
22 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 12 19 373 1,264 2,222
23 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 9 26 262 2,972 1,138
24 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 8 25 353 2,625 791
25 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 16 12 613 573 1,406
26 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 11 13 622 999 833
27 Fuller, L. L. 3 7 234 2,060 1,644
28 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 306 1,936 1,294
29 Friedman, Barry New York University 12 13 533 793 1,237
30 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 11 5 674 282 1,034
31 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 8 9 336 816 2,098
32 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 10 606 465 1,131
33 Farrington, David P. 4 7 44 208 3,988
34 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 6 12 340 671 2,154
35 Sklansky, David Alan Stanford University 12 18 459 1,452 851
36 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 297 2,592 573
37 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 9 19 228 966 2,285
38 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 14 13 601 453 980
39 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 10 13 536 1,035 744
40 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 9 8 594 324 1,108
41 Cover, Robert M. 6 6 262 1,886 1,255
42 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 737 148 577
43 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 10 23 280 1,815 1,187
44 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 387 1,825 641
45 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 189 2,045 1,337
46 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 367 1,505 985
47 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 10 26 289 2,076 814
48 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 17 287 2,428 464
49 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 20 275 2,373 544
50 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 13 7 573 158 1,096
51 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 8 663 307 544
52 Perlin, Michael L. 10 20 398 1,420 758
53 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 15 512 585 933
54 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 6 15 134 835 2,383
55 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 506 776 579
56 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 9 23 270 1,626 903
57 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 7 16 171 1,950 975
58 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 214 1,956 766
59 Bassiouni, M. Cherif 4 26 103 1,946 1,214
60 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 11 10 414 324 1,199
61 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 379 1,076 676
62 Morgan, Edmund M. 4 26 68 3,075 313
63 Easterbrook, Frank H. 7 12 284 1,898 341
64 Bagaric, Mirko 7 9 196 285 2,193
65 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University Law School 14 11 412 365 1,102
66 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 14 251 1,592 745
67 Kamisar, Yale 5 30 110 2,847 240
68 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 8 23 171 1,612 1,043
69 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 10 20 331 1,192 654
70 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 8 431 1,065 285
71 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 8 18 257 1,577 623
72 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 20 229 1,933 431
73 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 11 15 355 596 1,026
74 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 248 1,544 672
75 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 5 11 139 2,639 194
76 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 10 14 323 953 832
77 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 9 7 387 352 1,052
78 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 11 10 346 549 1,034
79 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 17 308 954 830
80 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 24 141 2,071 606
81 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 12 13 414 458 758
82 Braithwaite, John 7 13 146 684 1,811
83 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 7 16 258 1,827 254
84 Haney, Craig 8 19 186 1,011 1,315
85 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 322 1,104 592
86 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 17 224 1,139 1,011
87 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 7 23 152 2,029 538
88 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 11 169 719 1,635
89 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 322 724 913
90 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 12 12 401 581 607
91 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 9 5 403 204 936
92 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 11 11 447 374 557
93 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 5 95 245 2,298
94 Swire, Peter P. 5 9 51 298 2,447
95 Eagly, Ingrid V. University of California, Los Angeles 10 9 347 514 861
96 Logan, Wayne A. Wake Forest University 8 22 268 1,144 658
97 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 7 14 150 2,294 184
98 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 199 1,872 280
99 Piquero, Alex R. 5 6 91 200 2,279
100 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 8 21 192 1,562 573