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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 32 77 3,888 24,497 6,234
2 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 46 1,815 10,776 1,942
3 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 26 28 2,341 6,099 2,550
4 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 24 38 1,827 5,005 3,134
5 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 5 844 2,306 10,184
6 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 39 1,159 9,189 1,917
7 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 26 35 1,792 5,636 2,031
8 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 41 1,418 6,181 2,587
9 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 18 18 1,934 1,495 4,234
10 Schauer, Frederick 19 39 1,210 6,784 2,820
11 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 15 46 870 8,004 1,777
12 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 41 868 6,515 2,825
13 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 20 35 1,327 4,386 2,494
14 Solum, Lawrence B. 19 21 1,676 1,996 2,026
15 Baude, William University of Chicago 23 14 1,937 806 1,800
16 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 20 33 1,127 5,261 1,524
17 Manning, John F. Harvard University 20 26 1,488 3,908 972
18 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 21 33 1,371 3,965 1,450
19 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 19 30 1,151 5,185 1,143
20 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 46 744 7,193 1,064
21 Easterbrook, Frank H. 16 26 765 6,878 824
22 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 15 34 956 5,444 1,012
23 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 31 972 3,960 1,445
24 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 20 30 1,005 3,727 1,419
25 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 8 28 314 8,146 761
26 Monaghan, Henry P. 13 29 661 6,571 490
27 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 28 994 2,997 1,962
28 Friedman, Barry New York University 16 30 892 3,823 1,607
29 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 31 1,028 3,215 1,298
30 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 11 35 546 5,499 1,433
31 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 12 39 560 5,608 1,140
32 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 27 797 4,091 1,317
33 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 17 26 995 3,230 1,051
34 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 23 939 3,302 1,214
35 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 9 19 738 3,974 1,395
36 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 27 745 3,780 1,476
37 Resnik, Judith Yale University 14 36 751 3,996 1,042
38 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 16 1,198 1,628 954
39 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 15 20 768 2,611 1,779
40 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 10 34 517 4,388 1,302
41 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 15 19 1,072 1,850 862
42 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 15 31 629 3,544 1,363
43 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 15 28 652 3,332 1,420
44 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 11 21 632 1,977 2,700
45 Frickey, Philip P. 12 26 592 4,682 433
46 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 14 25 549 3,803 1,402
47 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 16 19 933 922 2,128
48 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 8 18 462 4,870 717
49 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 22 718 3,277 876
50 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 30 348 5,386 723
51 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 12 32 436 4,621 950
52 Briffault, Richard Columbia University School of Law 11 30 654 3,210 1,124
53 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 19 16 1,156 725 933
54 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 11 23 451 4,272 935
55 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 9 34 428 3,578 1,629
56 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 18 18 1,010 1,123 1,024
57 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 14 25 609 3,400 886
58 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 12 37 569 3,565 707
59 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 13 16 628 1,581 2,146
60 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 11 28 523 3,927 546
61 Pound, Roscoe 6 24 281 4,228 1,430
62 Fuller, L. L. 5 13 227 2,063 3,582
63 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 15 11 1,042 486 1,090
64 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 11 417 4,262 640
65 Stewart, Richard B. 10 26 364 4,264 800
66 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 19 744 2,000 956
67 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 18 14 861 889 1,365
68 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 13 16 681 828 2,273
69 Hasen, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 15 30 625 2,473 1,052
70 Devins, Neal William & Mary Law School 15 30 614 2,435 1,084
71 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 5 11 288 5,016 246
72 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 10 31 451 3,671 607
73 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 11 12 644 2,267 943
74 Stuntz, William J. 11 15 580 2,849 694
75 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 28 580 2,404 874
76 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 14 16 714 1,909 677
77 Henkin, Louis 8 25 174 4,600 840
78 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 16 21 740 1,462 919
79 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 12 20 659 2,085 748
80 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 10 15 762 918 1,238
81 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 13 14 689 2,055 565
82 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 12 27 484 2,907 761
83 Frankfurter, Felix U.S. Supreme Court 7 27 290 4,364 389
84 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 14 641 1,391 1,355
85 Gunther, Gerald 4 11 238 4,741 274
86 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 14 30 512 2,882 587
87 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 8 26 318 3,379 1,073
88 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 7 22 257 4,128 688
89 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 11 25 506 2,666 783
90 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 13 16 648 1,001 1,427
91 Eisenberg, Theodore 10 30 346 3,534 596
92 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 11 22 498 2,547 724
93 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 11 24 337 2,963 1,071
94 Hickman, Kristin E. University of Minnesota 14 12 708 1,506 537
95 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 7 21 334 3,421 614
96 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 12 9 876 468 645
97 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 12 26 444 2,865 549
98 Epstein, Lee Washington University 12 22 481 1,901 1,221
99 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 11 27 394 2,608 946
100 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 9 20 332 3,297 619