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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 33 77 4,050 24,515 6,145
2 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 45 1,903 10,658 1,862
3 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 27 28 2,486 6,099 2,549
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 5 878 2,306 10,952
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 25 38 1,925 5,015 3,012
6 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 26 35 1,934 5,622 2,052
7 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 17 39 1,212 9,188 1,933
8 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 18 18 2,028 1,494 4,167
9 Schauer, Frederick 19 39 1,295 6,782 2,748
10 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 41 1,455 6,111 2,520
11 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 16 47 970 8,359 1,750
12 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 41 914 6,500 2,859
13 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 20 35 1,364 4,300 2,281
14 Baude, William University of Chicago 23 14 2,092 803 1,838
15 Solum, Lawrence B. 20 21 1,805 1,996 2,045
16 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 20 33 1,185 5,246 1,588
17 Manning, John F. Harvard University 20 26 1,545 3,894 997
18 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 19 30 1,215 5,185 1,130
19 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 22 33 1,397 3,925 1,383
20 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 46 780 7,193 1,030
21 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 16 34 1,009 5,444 964
22 Easterbrook, Frank H. 16 25 788 6,760 774
23 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 20 33 1,100 4,277 1,483
24 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 17 31 1,020 3,960 1,494
25 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 8 28 329 8,147 751
26 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 18 28 1,070 2,997 1,917
27 Friedman, Barry New York University 16 30 932 3,823 1,585
28 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 31 1,102 3,160 1,273
29 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 27 863 4,091 1,365
30 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 11 35 572 5,531 1,244
31 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 18 26 1,066 3,230 1,032
32 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 12 38 572 5,569 1,117
33 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 17 23 1,002 3,302 1,180
34 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 9 19 777 3,972 1,423
35 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 27 776 3,780 1,432
36 Resnik, Judith Yale University 14 36 795 3,996 1,022
37 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 16 1,260 1,621 983
38 Monaghan, Henry P. 13 29 553 5,709 459
39 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 25 609 3,803 1,535
40 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 15 19 1,130 1,842 882
41 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 34 541 4,353 1,286
42 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 15 20 783 2,611 1,703
43 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 16 19 991 919 2,145
44 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 15 31 661 3,543 1,281
45 Frickey, Philip P. 13 26 615 4,682 421
46 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 8 18 491 4,869 734
47 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 12 32 464 4,697 897
48 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 22 746 3,277 874
49 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 9 30 367 5,388 644
50 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 20 16 1,209 725 961
51 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 15 28 687 3,126 1,117
52 Briffault, Richard Columbia University School of Law 12 30 677 3,202 1,083
53 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 11 20 588 1,853 2,680
54 Fuller, L. L. 5 13 241 2,063 4,006
55 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 11 23 473 4,262 889
56 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 10 34 459 3,493 1,617
57 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 18 18 1,051 1,113 1,019
58 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 14 24 632 3,382 885
59 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 16 10 1,128 448 1,162
60 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 13 16 659 1,581 2,206
61 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 12 37 594 3,565 703
62 Pound, Roscoe 7 24 301 4,203 1,381
63 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 11 28 541 3,926 492
64 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 11 442 4,262 619
65 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 19 796 2,000 914
66 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 18 14 910 884 1,368
67 Hasen, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 15 30 661 2,467 1,004
68 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 13 16 703 828 2,247
69 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 5 11 304 5,020 246
70 Devins, Neal William & Mary Law School 15 29 637 2,406 1,020
71 Stuntz, William J. 11 15 621 2,887 675
72 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 12 12 670 2,268 933
73 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 10 31 461 3,672 591
74 Stewart, Richard B. 9 25 328 4,035 781
75 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 28 617 2,404 883
76 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 14 16 758 1,909 673
77 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 16 21 788 1,462 892
78 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 12 20 686 2,085 778
79 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 12 28 503 3,042 722
80 Frankfurter, Felix U.S. Supreme Court 7 27 301 4,366 428
81 Henkin, Louis 8 25 183 4,602 745
82 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 13 14 718 2,055 562
83 Gunther, Gerald 4 11 250 4,728 268
84 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 11 25 535 2,666 782
85 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 10 15 787 918 1,188
86 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 8 26 331 3,392 1,040
87 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 7 22 269 4,111 678
88 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 14 30 524 2,883 587
89 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 14 662 1,293 1,306
90 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 13 16 682 1,008 1,449
91 Eisenberg, Theodore 11 30 356 3,508 604
92 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 11 24 353 2,963 1,052
93 Hickman, Kristin E. University of Minnesota 15 12 747 1,506 553
94 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 11 22 514 2,547 649
95 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 12 9 921 466 657
96 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 12 26 459 2,865 573
97 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 7 21 344 3,421 607
98 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 11 27 426 2,608 873
99 Brest, Paul Stanford University 7 12 238 4,096 394
100 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 9 20 348 3,272 602