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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 43 72 4,898 16,108 5,493
2 Columbia University School of Law 31 45 3,077 8,117 4,044
3 New York University 28 43 2,345 6,610 4,230
4 Yale University 25 46 2,199 7,836 3,407
5 University of Michigan 27 26 2,883 2,226 3,294
6 Georgetown University 21 38 1,931 5,486 3,189
7 Vanderbilt University 25 43 1,890 6,029 2,807
8 University of Virginia 21 30 1,675 4,073 2,771
9 George Washington University 19 32 1,386 4,300 2,881
10 University of Chicago 22 27 1,532 3,275 2,359
11 University of California, Berkeley 20 31 1,369 3,170 2,754
12 University of Pennsylvania 19 27 1,361 2,945 2,400
13 University of Texas at Austin 17 29 1,165 3,716 1,342
14 University of Minnesota 17 22 1,141 2,127 1,605
15 Stanford University 18 22 1,093 1,815 1,892
16 University of California, Los Angeles 16 26 892 2,442 1,968
17 Northwestern University 13 29 792 2,987 1,866
18 Duke University 19 30 795 2,486 1,540
19 University of Florida 15 24 822 2,195 1,534
20 Boston University 13 14 898 857 1,465
21 University of Colorado Boulder 12 17 544 1,494 2,218
22 Texas A&M University 15 14 712 548 2,050
23 Fordham University 12 16 806 932 1,023
24 Washington University 13 19 610 1,560 1,344
25 Ohio State University 15 18 737 875 1,044
26 William & Mary Law School 12 16 487 1,028 957
27 Florida State University 10 20 332 1,806 595
28 University of California, San Francisco 11 15 395 938 985
29 Wake Forest University 11 22 353 1,472 590
30 Cornell University 12 12 445 724 836
31 Emory University 9 13 326 616 1,286
32 Yeshiva University 11 13 385 674 846
33 Brigham Young University 13 10 466 273 679
34 University of Kansas 10 14 295 721 905
35 University of Notre Dame 12 9 431 210 687
36 Indiana University Bloomington 9 22 241 1,334 526
37 Rutgers University 10 14 314 616 668
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 13 297 708 513
39 Boston College 11 8 321 384 618
40 Temple University 8 11 301 643 435
41 Lewis & Clark Law School 7 18 188 999 559
42 Northeastern University 6 6 146 876 878
43 George Mason University 8 11 229 740 512
44 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 19 149 1,069 500
45 American University 8 14 217 644 549
46 Michigan State University 7 11 273 432 384
47 Arizona State University 7 14 207 587 476
48 University of Baltimore 8 12 173 380 781
49 University of Utah 6 13 230 457 423
50 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 11 242 348 398
51 University of California, Davis 8 14 192 451 499
52 University of Washington 7 9 205 286 489
53 University of California, Irvine 6 6 171 318 548
54 Catholic University of America 8 9 194 322 413
55 Loyola Marymount University 7 12 184 419 348
56 Pennsylvania State University 7 10 194 271 402
57 University of Houston 7 10 171 338 411
58 University of Arizona 8 8 161 368 419
59 Seattle University 4 4 120 626 302
60 University of Iowa 6 9 142 378 404
61 University of Maryland 7 12 127 524 330
62 Syracuse University 6 9 101 328 636
63 University of Alabama 8 8 126 375 442
64 Texas Tech University 7 11 147 387 294
65 Villanova University 6 9 103 299 571
66 Brooklyn Law School 6 11 160 317 242
67 University of San Diego 6 11 144 440 156
68 Pepperdine University 7 9 119 439 260
69 University of Pittsburgh 6 11 132 415 201
70 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 11 88 389 439
71 University of Cincinnati 7 11 112 450 234
72 University at Buffalo 6 8 115 497 156
73 University of Southern California 6 6 104 242 444
74 University of Miami 5 11 73 495 214
75 Washburn University 7 8 122 191 249
76 University of Richmond 5 9 119 180 272
77 Wayne State University 5 8 106 284 227
78 University of Kentucky 4 12 82 463 139
79 Case Western Reserve University 6 9 93 291 237
80 Southern Methodist University 6 6 84 180 377
81 University of Connecticut 4 4 86 34 502
82 Loyola University Chicago 6 6 93 154 346
83 Pace University 5 9 81 209 291
84 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 6 7 106 204 148
85 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 5 84 231 196
86 University of Georgia 5 7 84 249 149
87 Mercer University 6 8 64 292 183
88 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 6 94 122 144
89 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 6 101 99 123
90 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 7 89 167 118
91 Stetson University 4 7 59 209 226
92 University of Louisville 4 13 46 412 84
93 University of South Carolina 5 5 82 79 222
94 Georgia State University 5 8 63 115 263
95 University of San Francisco 4 5 75 117 204
96 Chapman University 4 5 52 239 174
97 Hofstra University 4 9 60 306 65
98 Suffolk University 3 7 53 231 169
99 University of St. Thomas 2 5 33 75 355
100 University of Idaho 6 6 67 146 102