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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 21 39 1,378 9,632 2,971
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 22 19 1,618 3,215 2,078
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 3 4 588 1,445 7,808
4 Solum, Lawrence B. 18 20 1,485 1,833 1,955
5 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 21 24 1,214 3,163 1,353
6 Pound, Roscoe 10 34 416 6,324 2,097
7 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 17 30 827 3,601 2,034
8 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 13 34 534 5,938 1,217
9 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 16 18 1,016 3,411 1,216
10 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 9 1,505 519 1,367
11 Eskridge, William Yale University 14 25 806 4,464 737
12 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 540 5,175 1,162
13 Cover, Robert M. 6 7 556 3,737 2,107
14 Fuller, L. L. 6 15 265 2,451 4,219
15 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 7 13 334 2,534 3,750
16 Schauer, Frederick 15 31 684 3,046 1,604
17 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 499 4,350 945
18 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 16 405 4,759 916
19 Dworkin, Ronald University College London 9 21 327 3,044 2,131
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 10 25 359 3,269 1,400
21 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 11 7 981 313 960
22 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 13 13 697 1,659 1,044
23 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 15 21 673 2,107 739
24 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 8 12 501 2,986 688
25 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 10 24 729 1,740 750
26 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 16 570 2,306 905
27 Radin, Margaret Jane University of Toronto 5 14 371 3,516 560
28 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 11 23 568 2,107 767
29 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 5 21 171 4,403 413
30 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 23 276 3,195 835
31 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 7 14 359 2,966 630
32 Manning, John F. Harvard University 8 14 633 1,663 358
33 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 11 20 359 1,525 1,570
34 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 25 294 2,790 583
35 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 8 25 219 3,392 380
36 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 9 22 241 2,008 1,467
37 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 358 2,151 665
38 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 10 21 262 2,132 1,106
39 Llewellyn, K. N. 5 17 164 3,177 575
40 Resnik, Judith Yale University 6 14 403 1,976 401
41 Bell, Derrick 4 9 317 1,241 1,443
42 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 7 13 312 1,995 742
43 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 10 17 470 1,325 544
44 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 267 988 1,730
45 Lawrence, Charles R. 4 5 272 2,688 187
46 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 322 2,065 507
47 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 23 334 1,773 686
48 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 9 6 681 289 429
49 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 23 299 1,747 852
50 Simon, William Hackett 7 18 217 2,263 712
51 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 4 537 334 819
52 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 9 12 390 1,518 372
53 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 17 366 1,610 362
54 Raz, Joseph 9 15 216 900 1,608
55 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 10 14 308 1,615 512
56 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 10 16 425 1,063 437
57 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 6 26 186 2,074 541
58 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 309 1,827 206
59 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 11 472 601 546
60 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 441 999 340
61 Zacharias, Fred C. 8 26 190 2,167 412
62 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 12 277 1,771 317
63 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 5 6 394 910 556
64 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 473 727 347
65 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 5 7 518 220 561
66 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 8 14 206 702 1,515
67 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 258 1,536 515
68 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 6 98 291 2,327
69 Easterbrook, Frank H. 5 11 179 1,617 731
70 Rhode, Deborah L. 7 21 179 1,848 488
71 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 3 1 552 4 439
72 Hooks, Bell 1 1 2 22 2,920
73 Frickey, Philip P. 7 11 211 1,938 204
74 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 144 2,168 300
75 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 7 15 225 1,794 249
76 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 10 15 328 1,173 315
77 Monaghan, Henry P. 5 9 184 2,107 140
78 Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 1 1 269 1,425 330
79 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 8 418 494 448
80 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 7 2 416 8 895
81 Wexler, David B. 8 23 164 1,348 834
82 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 18 117 1,661 771
83 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 10 8 285 175 1,332
84 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 10 19 310 1,139 325
85 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 5 8 236 1,168 645
86 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 9 14 260 1,372 337
87 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 7 12 314 1,040 390
88 Rebouche, Rachel University of Texas at Austin 7 5 372 61 996
89 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 6 16 143 2,088 213
90 Grewal, David University of California, Berkeley 4 4 466 110 512
91 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 8 12 295 1,051 428
92 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 10 8 279 948 552
93 Parker, Christine 3 6 24 99 2,470
94 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 7 15 142 1,772 353
95 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 10 16 246 974 581
96 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 120 1,598 569
97 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 266 1,223 237
98 Rahman, K. Sabeel Cornell University 5 3 444 50 464
99 Murray, Melissa New York University 7 1 446 2 496
100 Cohen, Felix S. 2 5 156 1,669 324