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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 47 101 9,322 34,200 17,352
2 Columbia University School of Law 43 78 6,920 23,726 11,883
3 University of Chicago 33 79 4,594 26,009 9,508
4 New York University 35 73 5,543 19,173 11,482
5 Yale University 32 85 4,248 25,203 10,977
6 University of Pennsylvania 35 60 5,144 12,301 11,793
7 Georgetown University 30 56 4,046 12,821 8,345
8 University of California, Los Angeles 28 57 3,354 13,491 7,366
9 University of California, Berkeley 28 56 3,144 11,473 7,149
10 University of Virginia 25 41 2,877 7,161 5,963
11 University of Michigan 28 42 2,891 6,976 5,850
12 Vanderbilt University 27 42 2,733 7,582 4,527
13 Stanford University 27 50 2,162 9,614 4,373
14 George Washington University 21 48 2,159 8,672 4,855
15 Duke University 25 43 2,218 5,700 5,891
16 Northwestern University 19 41 1,777 7,504 4,344
17 Boston University 20 32 1,796 4,003 3,780
18 University of Texas at Austin 19 40 1,526 5,219 2,405
19 University of Minnesota 17 35 1,479 3,806 3,982
20 University of Florida 18 33 1,274 4,068 4,269
21 Fordham University 18 32 1,394 2,941 3,605
22 Rutgers University 17 27 1,116 2,415 2,963
23 George Mason University 13 33 779 4,519 2,233
24 University of Southern California 17 27 1,002 2,531 2,625
25 University of Colorado Boulder 14 26 807 2,474 2,685
26 University of California, Irvine 15 25 922 2,145 2,437
27 Cornell University 14 25 800 2,543 2,493
28 University of California, Davis 16 24 896 1,915 2,527
29 Temple University 12 23 848 1,887 2,519
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 27 842 2,201 2,063
31 American University 15 28 752 2,411 2,214
32 Yeshiva University 13 29 658 2,240 2,530
33 Southern Methodist University 15 24 751 2,153 1,928
34 Florida State University 12 28 618 2,608 1,798
35 Washington University 15 25 732 2,097 1,710
36 University of Notre Dame 13 25 727 1,813 1,863
37 University of San Diego 11 28 572 2,883 1,523
38 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 13 23 697 1,548 1,988
39 University of California, San Francisco 14 20 684 1,578 1,755
40 Boston College 13 24 588 1,928 1,748
41 Texas A&M University 13 19 659 1,342 1,900
42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 28 436 2,868 1,447
43 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 26 384 2,230 2,219
44 University of Houston 11 24 534 1,919 1,789
45 Brigham Young University 12 20 632 1,615 1,596
46 Case Western Reserve University 13 21 570 1,640 1,806
47 University of Arizona 13 17 572 1,334 1,603
48 Indiana University Bloomington 11 19 478 1,541 1,846
49 Brooklyn Law School 10 24 499 1,769 1,512
50 Wake Forest University 12 25 432 2,180 1,406
51 University of Iowa 13 16 506 1,294 1,791
52 Emory University 11 16 481 1,471 1,523
53 Pennsylvania State University 7 21 394 1,689 1,579
54 William & Mary Law School 11 25 492 1,779 1,008
55 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 18 467 1,703 1,058
56 Ohio State University 11 20 420 1,170 1,597
57 University of St. Thomas 11 27 384 1,921 1,013
58 St. John's University 10 18 374 1,225 1,701
59 University of Miami 10 19 399 1,448 1,299
60 Arizona State University 11 20 394 1,283 1,465
61 Loyola University Chicago 10 23 380 1,786 912
62 University of Utah 11 15 370 704 1,947
63 University of Richmond 12 17 424 961 1,404
64 University of Kansas 11 20 361 1,552 1,070
65 University of Pittsburgh 8 22 289 1,455 1,365
66 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9 21 365 1,281 940
67 University of Connecticut 9 14 322 454 1,942
68 University of Georgia 11 16 425 862 1,048
69 Loyola Marymount University 9 18 363 839 1,187
70 Wayne State University 7 22 214 1,735 1,030
71 University of Washington 6 17 216 940 1,655
72 University of Maryland 11 18 355 945 963
73 Widener University Delaware Law School 9 18 315 1,128 956
74 Seton Hall University 9 20 317 953 983
75 Seattle University 9 15 295 1,168 693
76 University of Alabama 9 17 269 1,054 756
77 Pepperdine University 10 17 271 896 864
78 University of Denver 9 19 279 755 920
79 Washington and Lee University 12 8 373 284 914
80 University of Oregon 10 14 293 530 1,058
81 University of Missouri 7 15 263 758 765
82 Hofstra University 9 18 249 1,065 522
83 Michigan State University 9 13 285 575 798
84 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 15 174 722 1,185
85 University of Kentucky 7 22 227 1,135 469
86 University of South Carolina 10 13 255 507 921
87 Santa Clara University 7 14 246 688 789
88 Villanova University 6 18 162 1,032 762
89 Drexel University 7 17 151 678 972
90 Florida International University 6 16 117 778 1,019
91 DePaul University 7 15 149 894 674
92 Georgia State University 8 17 203 677 617
93 California Western School of Law 9 10 237 427 689
94 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 12 215 509 622
95 Chapman University 6 18 133 858 672
96 Suffolk University 5 17 124 984 452
97 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 14 144 757 512
98 Catholic University of America 7 14 183 632 435
99 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 15 139 671 606
100 Northeastern University 7 13 129 610 665