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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 44 72 4,985 16,220 5,271
2 Columbia University School of Law 32 45 3,098 8,104 3,972
3 New York University 28 43 2,366 6,606 4,112
4 Yale University 25 45 2,219 7,837 3,338
5 University of Michigan 27 26 2,937 2,226 3,094
6 Georgetown University 21 38 1,956 5,512 3,062
7 Vanderbilt University 26 43 1,907 6,031 2,639
8 University of Virginia 21 30 1,699 4,073 2,706
9 George Washington University 20 32 1,453 4,297 2,827
10 University of Chicago 22 27 1,489 3,282 2,257
11 University of California, Berkeley 20 31 1,372 3,156 2,751
12 University of Pennsylvania 20 28 1,414 3,051 2,434
13 University of Texas at Austin 17 29 1,165 3,716 1,293
14 Stanford University 18 23 1,232 1,909 2,163
15 University of Minnesota 17 22 1,160 2,127 1,559
16 University of California, Los Angeles 16 26 904 2,439 1,943
17 Northwestern University 13 29 800 2,989 1,829
18 Duke University 19 30 809 2,501 1,527
19 University of Florida 15 24 830 2,191 1,415
20 Boston University 13 14 906 857 1,447
21 University of Colorado Boulder 12 17 540 1,283 2,269
22 Texas A&M University 15 14 721 548 1,987
23 Fordham University 12 16 816 932 993
24 Washington University 13 19 624 1,564 1,292
25 Ohio State University 15 18 759 875 1,051
26 William & Mary Law School 12 16 497 1,028 909
27 Florida State University 11 20 367 1,821 622
28 Wake Forest University 11 22 380 1,620 575
29 University of California, San Francisco 11 15 397 938 986
30 Cornell University 12 13 446 746 803
31 Emory University 9 12 324 598 1,266
32 Yeshiva University 11 13 393 662 808
33 University of Kansas 11 14 320 866 931
34 Brigham Young University 13 10 471 272 649
35 Indiana University Bloomington 9 22 247 1,330 527
36 University of Notre Dame 12 9 427 203 686
37 Rutgers University 10 14 318 616 685
38 Temple University 8 12 324 716 444
39 University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 13 300 701 459
40 Boston College 11 8 325 384 643
41 Lewis & Clark Law School 7 18 189 999 554
42 Northeastern University 6 6 149 876 838
43 George Mason University 8 11 238 751 521
44 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 19 152 1,063 441
45 Michigan State University 7 11 273 432 385
46 Arizona State University 7 14 210 587 464
47 University of Baltimore 8 12 175 380 777
48 University of Utah 6 13 231 457 430
49 American University 8 13 188 636 436
50 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 12 246 371 388
51 Pepperdine University 7 9 211 439 446
52 University of California, Davis 8 14 192 443 458
53 University of Washington 7 9 209 286 458
54 Catholic University of America 8 9 200 322 425
55 University of California, Irvine 6 6 172 318 523
56 Loyola Marymount University 7 12 188 418 325
57 Pennsylvania State University 7 10 195 249 410
58 University of Houston 7 10 171 338 401
59 University of Arizona 8 8 155 354 397
60 Syracuse University 6 9 101 322 668
61 Seattle University 4 4 120 626 285
62 University of Iowa 6 9 143 377 396
63 University of Alabama 8 8 129 375 435
64 University of Maryland 7 12 123 519 312
65 Texas Tech University 7 11 149 387 294
66 Brooklyn Law School 6 11 160 317 239
67 University of San Diego 6 11 147 440 155
68 University of Pittsburgh 6 11 133 415 187
69 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 12 88 406 409
70 University of Cincinnati 7 11 113 450 219
71 University at Buffalo 6 8 115 497 158
72 Villanova University 5 8 96 233 495
73 University of Southern California 6 6 106 242 426
74 Wayne State University 5 10 113 389 243
75 University of Richmond 5 9 125 185 279
76 Southern Methodist University 6 6 94 183 410
77 University of Miami 5 11 73 495 196
78 Washburn University 7 8 123 191 241
79 University of Kentucky 4 12 84 463 130
80 Case Western Reserve University 6 9 93 290 234
81 University of Connecticut 4 4 88 34 507
82 Loyola University Chicago 6 6 93 153 358
83 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 7 111 202 146
84 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 5 86 233 197
85 Pace University 5 8 79 196 261
86 Mercer University 6 9 65 303 176
87 University of Georgia 5 7 82 245 148
88 University of Louisville 4 13 47 427 81
89 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 6 96 122 138
90 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 6 101 99 124
91 Stetson University 4 7 59 209 222
92 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 7 89 167 116
93 Suffolk University 4 7 59 226 180
94 Georgia State University 5 8 63 115 262
95 University of South Carolina 6 5 83 77 199
96 University of San Francisco 4 5 76 117 189
97 Chapman University 4 5 52 239 177
98 Hofstra University 4 9 61 306 60
99 University of Idaho 6 6 69 146 98
100 Seton Hall University 4 5 55 137 163