Four Georgetown Law Faculty Members Make List of Most-Cited Legal Scholars of 2025
April 20, 2026
Four Georgetown Law professors, Stephen Vladeck, Michele Goodwin, Allegra McLeod and Anita Krishnakumar, are among the 100 most-cited scholars in legal academia, according to a ranking compiled by law librarians at George Mason University.
Prof. Stephen Vladeck
The “Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2025” – now in its third year – is based on how frequently professors are cited individually and as a coauthor in law review articles published between 2019 and 2021.
Vladeck, the Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Federal Courts, focuses his scholarship on the federal courts, the Supreme Court, national security law and military justice.
He ranked 47th on the overall list and 38th on the list adjusted for coauthorship.
Prof. Michele Goodwin
Goodwin, the Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy and faculty director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, focuses her scholarship on constitutional law, health care, bioethics and civil liberties.
She ranked 61st on the overall list and 49th on the list adjusted for coauthorship.
Prof. Allegra McLeod
McLeod, Professor of Law, focuses her current scholarship on contemporary movements for penal abolition, and her research and teaching interests include criminal law and procedure, constitutional law, immigration law and legal and political theory.
She ranked 79th on the overall list and 44th on the list adjusted for coauthorship.
Prof. Anita Krishnakumar
Krishnakumar, the Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Legislation, focuses her scholarship on statutory interpretation and the legislative process, including the congressional budget process, lobbying regulations and interpretive trends in the Supreme Court’s statutory jurisprudence.
She ranked 93rd on the overall list and 54th on the list adjusted for coauthorship.
“I congratulate my colleagues on this hard-earned recognition. For an academic, there can be no greater honor than seeing other scholars engage with your work,” said Interim Dean Joshua C. Teitelbaum.
Top 100 Scholars Ranked by Citations to Law Review Articles (2019-2021):
Stephen I. Vladeck – No. 47
All-time citations: 1448
Articles written 2019-2021: 16
Citations to articles published 2019-2021: 211
Michele B. Goodwin – No. 61
All-time citations: 957
Articles written 2019-2021: 12
Citations to articles published 2019-2021: 199
Allegra McLeod – No. 79
All-time citations: 801
Articles written 2019-2021: 1
Citations to articles published 2019-2021: 172
Anita Krishnakumar – No. 93
All-time citations: 721
Articles written 2019-2021: 6
Citations to articles published 2019-2021: 158
Top 100 Scholars Adjusted for Co-Authorship (This ranking only considers the set of articles written by the 2025 top 100 scholars, not the full set of 202,686 works published between 2019–2021.)
Stephen I. Vladeck – No. 38
Proportional citations: 185.00
Total citations: 211
Allegra M. McLeod – No. 44
Proportional citations: 172.00
Total citations: 172
Michele Goodwin – No. 49
Proportional citations: 166.00
Total citations: 199
Anita S. Krishnakumar – No. 54
Proportional citations: 158.00
Total citations: 158