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Last Updated: September 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 6 910 2,770 13,848
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 13 1,436 965 3,524
3 Stuntz, William J. 15 28 930 4,738 1,149
4 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 17 948 1,695 2,620
5 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 21 868 3,247 1,284
6 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 31 713 3,601 1,573
7 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 692 3,922 1,382
8 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 19 997 1,947 1,562
9 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 13 30 555 4,668 913
10 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 27 694 2,792 1,454
11 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 27 529 3,879 992
12 Coase, R. H. 3 4 391 4,421 770
13 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 9 1,102 488 1,005
14 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 12 20 512 1,507 2,610
15 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 3 6 277 1,765 3,246
16 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 16 19 742 1,678 777
17 Cullen, Francis T. 7 11 180 552 4,153
18 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 11 20 299 1,896 2,292
19 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 13 23 563 1,970 912
20 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 16 23 621 1,736 846
21 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 12 19 400 1,320 2,183
22 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 540 1,661 1,214
23 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 9 26 267 2,971 1,081
24 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 8 25 362 2,623 800
25 Fuller, L. L. 3 7 240 2,059 1,813
26 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 16 12 620 573 1,382
27 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 11 13 637 999 825
28 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 311 1,936 1,264
29 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 9 9 343 816 2,087
30 Friedman, Barry New York University 12 13 544 793 1,180
31 Farrington, David P. 4 7 63 222 3,879
32 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 11 5 681 282 995
33 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 10 613 465 1,093
34 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 305 2,600 587
35 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 6 12 349 671 2,096
36 Sklansky, David Alan Stanford University 12 18 462 1,452 817
37 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 9 19 231 966 2,247
38 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 10 13 540 1,035 741
39 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 10 23 282 1,812 1,201
40 Cover, Robert M. 6 6 272 1,886 1,185
41 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 14 13 610 453 913
42 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 15 15 573 585 953
43 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 9 8 599 324 1,065
44 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 13 20 378 1,529 969
45 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 746 148 538
46 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 190 2,066 1,290
47 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 10 26 291 2,083 806
48 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 389 1,825 592
49 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 17 290 2,428 454
50 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 20 281 2,373 532
51 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 13 7 592 158 1,048
52 Perlin, Michael L. 10 21 402 1,445 725
53 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 8 664 307 518
54 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 6 15 133 835 2,330
55 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 10 23 296 1,626 868
56 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 517 776 568
57 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 8 17 184 2,008 966
58 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 9 15 269 1,609 868
59 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 217 1,956 762
60 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University Law School 14 11 437 371 1,119
61 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 11 14 389 1,076 658
62 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 11 10 420 324 1,170
63 Morgan, Edmund M. 4 26 68 3,074 297
64 Easterbrook, Frank H. 7 12 290 1,898 332
65 Bassiouni, M. Cherif 4 26 105 1,934 1,104
66 Bagaric, Mirko 7 9 196 285 2,145
67 Kamisar, Yale 5 30 112 2,848 235
68 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 8 23 175 1,612 1,039
69 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 9 442 1,086 272
70 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 9 18 261 1,580 624
71 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 10 20 335 1,191 627
72 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 12 14 445 480 757
73 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 5 11 142 2,639 198
74 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 20 234 1,933 386
75 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 10 14 333 953 804
76 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 9 7 403 352 1,007
77 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 252 1,544 631
78 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 11 15 360 596 959
79 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 18 316 977 818
80 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 11 10 352 549 1,012
81 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 7 16 260 1,827 292
82 Haney, Craig 9 19 193 1,011 1,293
83 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 330 1,104 581
84 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 24 141 2,063 576
85 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 324 724 940
86 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 17 226 1,140 1,001
87 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 7 23 154 2,029 529
88 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 11 173 719 1,597
89 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 5 96 245 2,354
90 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 12 12 406 581 610
91 Braithwaite, John 7 13 148 689 1,691
92 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 9 5 405 204 909
93 Logan, Wayne A. Wake Forest University 8 22 278 1,144 642
94 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 11 11 452 374 535
95 Eagly, Ingrid V. University of California, Los Angeles 10 9 358 514 835
96 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 7 14 152 2,295 182
97 Swire, Peter P. 5 9 52 298 2,402
98 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 8 21 197 1,562 588
99 Piquero, Alex R. 5 7 101 219 2,227
100 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 7 10 200 1,872 278