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HEINONLINE'S SCHOLARLY IMPACT RANKINGS


ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Author Affiliation

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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 886 1,886 36,751 198,195 84,072
2 Yale University 809 1,815 33,633 209,253 80,702
3 New York University 815 1,774 26,638 136,359 69,969
4 Columbia University School of Law 673 1,284 24,225 99,548 64,058
5 University of Chicago 503 1,005 22,015 107,261 46,739
6 University of Virginia 662 1,242 21,124 69,703 48,756
7 Georgetown University 754 1,479 19,412 74,448 52,660
8 University of California, Berkeley 599 1,228 16,852 79,219 50,663
9 University of California, Los Angeles 630 1,197 17,308 70,930 43,707
10 University of Pennsylvania 539 1,030 17,523 56,323 42,163
11 Stanford University 424 836 14,758 69,295 31,295
12 University of Michigan 536 979 14,213 45,653 36,702
13 George Washington University 503 1,060 11,911 48,321 36,992
14 Duke University 408 833 10,791 45,592 31,632
15 Vanderbilt University 366 723 11,018 42,153 26,938
16 Northwestern University 388 861 9,987 47,475 27,698
17 University of Texas at Austin 352 727 9,058 39,776 19,567
18 Cornell University 318 653 8,924 35,846 27,271
19 Fordham University 394 737 8,747 29,558 23,568
20 University of Minnesota 327 667 8,062 28,265 25,864
21 Boston University 386 735 8,473 26,099 22,883
22 Rutgers University 402 847 6,805 29,724 23,085
23 University of Florida 313 644 6,706 25,862 21,392
24 Washington University 291 573 6,828 22,231 20,282
25 University of California, Davis 262 483 6,925 20,601 21,551
26 University of California, Irvine 257 459 5,678 19,087 18,648
27 Texas A&M University 301 524 6,015 15,944 18,830
28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 288 537 5,651 17,749 15,615
29 University of California, San Francisco 299 611 4,986 22,170 16,315
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 254 575 4,627 23,989 17,040
31 Emory University 236 495 5,045 19,861 20,556
32 University of San Diego 184 407 4,212 21,868 11,427
33 University of Colorado Boulder 262 525 5,094 16,709 17,048
34 Brooklyn Law School 218 415 4,752 14,838 10,914
35 Ohio State University 228 455 4,316 17,137 13,002
36 George Mason University 222 484 3,760 19,985 11,410
37 Indiana University Bloomington 243 513 4,015 18,442 14,268
38 Yeshiva University 238 480 4,180 16,648 13,759
39 Arizona State University 251 571 3,834 19,183 15,899
40 William & Mary Law School 215 395 4,612 13,417 13,842
41 Seattle University 164 358 3,359 20,429 10,543
42 Temple University 240 466 4,459 12,888 14,690
43 University of Southern California 201 398 3,983 15,325 12,527
44 American University 253 521 3,775 15,985 16,330
45 Florida State University 195 401 4,072 12,864 14,409
46 University of Notre Dame 220 431 3,814 13,528 12,241
47 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 206 422 3,315 14,069 9,974
48 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 179 412 2,839 16,415 12,692
49 Loyola Marymount University 202 394 3,360 11,115 10,754
50 University of Arizona 175 359 2,953 12,894 11,806
51 Boston College 199 401 2,948 12,528 8,077
52 University of Denver 208 386 3,277 9,790 10,874
53 University of Miami 169 395 2,488 14,049 11,256
54 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 145 341 2,671 12,589 9,585
55 University of Maryland 174 344 2,910 11,289 8,862
56 Southern Methodist University 191 350 3,255 9,361 10,086
57 University of Pittsburgh 166 375 2,634 12,823 10,155
58 Wake Forest University 157 323 2,748 11,657 9,990
59 University of Iowa 167 342 2,848 10,485 10,469
60 Loyola University Chicago 176 360 3,009 9,483 11,717
61 University of Utah 158 297 2,946 9,021 10,941
62 Brigham Young University Law School 160 291 2,897 8,722 8,974
63 University of Houston 181 435 2,086 13,872 9,061
64 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 133 264 2,465 11,166 9,241
65 University of St. Thomas 110 232 2,398 10,360 7,827
66 University of Georgia 154 288 2,883 7,858 7,631
67 Case Western Reserve University 140 311 2,194 11,483 8,333
68 Pennsylvania State University 175 365 2,670 8,771 9,942
69 University of Richmond 150 276 2,461 8,999 7,783
70 Pepperdine University 147 333 2,180 9,695 7,195
71 Northeastern University 148 287 2,022 10,692 9,082
72 University of Washington 153 330 2,459 7,695 9,994
73 University of South Carolina 154 299 2,437 7,186 8,034
74 Lewis & Clark Law School 125 275 2,081 9,001 7,738
75 University of Kansas 102 238 1,938 9,261 6,802
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 141 272 2,249 7,147 6,408
77 Santa Clara University 121 280 1,827 9,207 6,389
78 Wayne State University 135 312 1,641 10,444 5,787
79 University at Buffalo 143 291 2,058 8,390 9,994
80 Georgia State University 169 356 2,153 8,003 8,689
81 Hofstra University 126 276 1,756 9,191 5,931
82 Seton Hall University 140 263 1,999 6,893 6,311
83 University of Missouri 127 267 1,837 6,848 5,275
84 Michigan State University 136 249 2,012 6,005 5,944
85 DePaul University 91 225 1,321 9,447 7,116
86 University of Alabama 129 228 1,978 5,564 6,250
87 University of Connecticut 130 240 2,050 5,449 7,567
88 Suffolk University 145 322 1,710 7,819 7,076
89 Washington and Lee University 123 219 2,042 4,894 5,855
90 University of Baltimore 153 293 1,787 6,250 9,160
91 St. John's University 118 224 1,880 5,468 6,547
92 Villanova University 124 260 1,512 7,343 6,121
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 102 257 1,380 7,355 5,564
94 Pace University 109 259 1,457 6,413 6,889
95 University of San Francisco 91 197 1,303 7,001 7,792
96 Syracuse University 113 241 1,438 6,737 6,665
97 New York Law School 119 259 1,377 7,265 7,082
98 Albany Law School 105 221 1,529 5,467 6,220
99 University of Oklahoma 115 196 1,852 3,219 5,126
100 University of Cincinnati 97 215 1,220 6,912 4,513