Back to Rankings

HeinOnline Logo

HEINONLINE'S SCHOLARLY IMPACT RANKINGS


Comprehensive Rankings

Most-Cited Authors by Subject

How is this ranking calculated?
Last Updated: August 2026

Cited 0-5 Years Cited 5+ Years Past 12 Months
Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 32 77 3,984 24,496 6,240
2 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 46 1,854 10,784 1,910
3 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 26 28 2,430 6,099 2,535
4 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 25 38 1,884 5,003 3,132
5 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 5 859 2,306 10,355
6 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 26 35 1,896 5,636 2,013
7 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 17 39 1,187 9,184 1,930
8 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 18 18 1,984 1,495 4,310
9 Schauer, Frederick 19 39 1,269 6,782 2,835
10 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 41 1,425 6,122 2,553
11 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 16 46 898 8,030 1,740
12 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 20 35 1,348 4,357 2,452
13 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 13 40 853 6,451 2,843
14 Baude, William University of Chicago 23 14 2,056 803 1,822
15 Solum, Lawrence B. 19 21 1,765 1,996 2,013
16 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 20 33 1,170 5,262 1,534
17 Manning, John F. Harvard University 20 26 1,523 3,908 973
18 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 22 33 1,376 3,925 1,411
19 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 19 30 1,190 5,185 1,140
20 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 46 767 7,193 1,056
21 Easterbrook, Frank H. 16 26 789 6,877 819
22 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 16 34 996 5,444 1,009
23 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 17 31 1,001 3,960 1,474
24 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 20 30 1,026 3,727 1,436
25 Monaghan, Henry P. 13 29 684 6,572 488
26 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 18 28 1,041 2,997 2,010
27 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 8 28 321 8,146 765
28 Friedman, Barry New York University 16 30 913 3,823 1,637
29 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 31 1,090 3,215 1,294
30 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 27 840 4,091 1,336
31 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 11 35 560 5,531 1,305
32 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 18 26 1,042 3,230 1,051
33 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 12 39 565 5,608 1,135
34 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 23 983 3,302 1,218
35 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 9 19 759 3,974 1,384
36 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 27 763 3,780 1,478
37 Resnik, Judith Yale University 14 36 774 3,951 1,049
38 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 16 1,223 1,628 945
39 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 25 590 3,803 1,564
40 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 34 528 4,353 1,319
41 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 15 19 1,104 1,850 869
42 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 15 20 762 2,595 1,762
43 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 15 28 682 3,332 1,405
44 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 15 31 648 3,544 1,342
45 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 11 21 646 1,977 2,739
46 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 16 19 972 920 2,146
47 Frickey, Philip P. 12 26 602 4,682 420
48 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 8 18 485 4,870 734
49 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 22 726 3,277 891
50 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 12 32 446 4,607 937
51 Briffault, Richard Columbia University School of Law 12 30 671 3,210 1,128
52 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 9 30 358 5,386 641
53 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 19 16 1,176 719 936
54 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 10 34 447 3,578 1,638
55 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 11 23 464 4,272 935
56 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 18 18 1,038 1,123 1,061
57 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 14 25 622 3,399 878
58 Fuller, L. L. 5 13 236 2,063 3,867
59 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 16 10 1,104 448 1,114
60 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 13 16 651 1,581 2,203
61 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 12 37 581 3,565 706
62 Pound, Roscoe 6 24 294 4,234 1,422
63 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 11 28 532 3,927 528
64 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 11 433 4,262 644
65 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 19 772 2,000 957
66 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 18 14 892 886 1,348
67 Stewart, Richard B. 10 26 364 4,241 806
68 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 13 16 694 828 2,293
69 Hasen, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 15 30 639 2,473 1,052
70 Devins, Neal William & Mary Law School 15 29 625 2,434 1,061
71 Stuntz, William J. 11 16 606 2,916 701
72 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 5 11 295 5,016 241
73 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 11 12 652 2,268 951
74 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 10 31 456 3,671 602
75 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 14 16 745 1,909 676
76 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 28 608 2,404 857
77 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 12 28 499 3,042 744
78 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 15 665 1,466 1,375
79 Henkin, Louis 8 25 181 4,600 829
80 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 16 21 765 1,462 902
81 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 12 20 668 2,085 795
82 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 10 15 780 918 1,230
83 Frankfurter, Felix U.S. Supreme Court 7 27 295 4,365 397
84 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 13 14 701 2,055 552
85 Gunther, Gerald 4 11 244 4,741 272
86 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 7 22 265 4,128 684
87 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 14 30 518 2,882 599
88 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 11 25 518 2,669 791
89 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 8 26 324 3,379 1,064
90 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 13 16 663 1,001 1,488
91 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 11 22 513 2,547 710
92 Hickman, Kristin E. University of Minnesota 15 12 736 1,506 557
93 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 11 24 345 2,950 1,061
94 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 12 9 906 468 638
95 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 12 26 455 2,865 572
96 Epstein, Lee Washington University 12 22 496 1,901 1,234
97 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 11 27 416 2,608 932
98 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 7 20 334 3,385 612
99 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 9 20 341 3,296 630
100 Brest, Paul Stanford University 7 12 237 4,096 369