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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 48 103 9,538 34,620 17,537
2 Columbia University School of Law 43 77 6,980 23,558 11,824
3 University of Chicago 33 79 4,658 26,014 9,378
4 New York University 35 73 5,560 19,108 11,364
5 Yale University 32 85 4,287 25,354 10,777
6 University of Pennsylvania 35 60 5,175 11,986 11,815
7 Georgetown University 30 56 4,046 12,688 8,128
8 University of California, Los Angeles 28 56 3,355 12,756 7,248
9 University of California, Berkeley 28 56 3,144 11,479 6,919
10 University of Michigan 28 41 2,973 6,810 5,880
11 University of Virginia 25 42 2,865 7,119 5,727
12 Vanderbilt University 27 42 2,689 7,568 4,377
13 Stanford University 27 50 2,175 9,675 4,363
14 George Washington University 21 47 2,150 8,570 4,814
15 Duke University 25 43 2,233 5,645 5,887
16 Northwestern University 19 41 1,761 7,486 4,177
17 Boston University 21 32 1,832 3,947 3,722
18 University of Texas at Austin 19 40 1,574 5,239 2,491
19 University of Minnesota 17 35 1,487 3,797 3,960
20 University of Florida 18 33 1,289 4,071 4,225
21 Fordham University 18 32 1,470 2,842 3,600
22 George Mason University 13 33 794 4,521 2,246
23 Rutgers University 17 27 1,092 2,418 2,813
24 University of Southern California 17 27 1,006 2,531 2,565
25 University of Colorado Boulder 14 27 821 2,679 2,662
26 Cornell University 14 26 805 2,620 2,465
27 University of California, Davis 16 24 903 1,948 2,520
28 University of California, Irvine 15 25 878 2,117 2,330
29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 27 848 2,200 2,037
30 American University 15 27 769 2,380 2,210
31 Yeshiva University 13 29 653 2,217 2,498
32 Temple University 11 22 745 1,802 2,338
33 Southern Methodist University 15 24 741 2,142 1,882
34 Florida State University 12 29 630 2,799 1,777
35 University of Notre Dame 13 25 742 1,831 1,871
36 Washington University 15 25 731 2,087 1,675
37 University of San Diego 11 28 577 2,883 1,517
38 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 13 23 704 1,542 1,968
39 University of California, San Francisco 14 19 698 1,554 1,780
40 University of Houston 12 24 568 1,931 1,842
41 Boston College 13 24 590 1,911 1,736
42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 27 446 2,823 1,421
43 Texas A&M University 13 18 646 1,286 1,847
44 Case Western Reserve University 13 21 581 1,653 1,793
45 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 26 370 2,210 2,174
46 Brigham Young University Law School 12 19 582 1,579 1,476
47 University of Arizona 13 17 582 1,334 1,570
48 Wake Forest University 12 25 436 2,162 1,459
49 Brooklyn Law School 10 24 503 1,769 1,489
50 University of Iowa 13 16 512 1,306 1,780
51 Emory University 11 16 515 1,474 1,491
52 Indiana University Bloomington 11 19 444 1,522 1,769
53 Arizona State University 12 22 432 1,552 1,519
54 Pennsylvania State University 7 20 399 1,672 1,496
55 William & Mary Law School 11 25 469 1,779 947
56 University of St. Thomas 11 27 388 1,956 1,039
57 Ohio State University 11 20 428 1,181 1,577
58 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 18 460 1,574 1,044
59 St. John's University 10 18 377 1,226 1,673
60 University of Miami 10 19 404 1,450 1,304
61 University of Utah 11 15 371 704 2,019
62 University of Richmond 12 17 428 966 1,389
63 University of Kansas 11 20 366 1,553 1,067
64 Loyola University Chicago 9 23 359 1,783 859
65 University of Pittsburgh 8 22 293 1,446 1,413
66 University of Georgia 11 16 438 869 978
67 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9 21 367 1,281 914
68 University of Connecticut 10 14 328 455 1,869
69 Wayne State University 8 22 217 1,735 999
70 Loyola Marymount University 9 18 366 839 1,113
71 Widener University Delaware Law School 9 18 320 1,139 949
72 University of Washington 6 17 219 943 1,562
73 University of Maryland 11 18 348 916 971
74 Seton Hall University 9 20 323 958 996
75 Seattle University 9 15 296 1,161 685
76 Pepperdine University 10 17 276 912 916
77 University of Alabama 9 17 272 1,054 740
78 Washington and Lee University 12 8 381 284 925
79 University of Oregon 10 14 293 530 1,054
80 University of Denver 9 18 276 729 943
81 University of Missouri 7 15 263 773 756
82 Hofstra University 9 18 253 1,064 515
83 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 15 172 720 1,189
84 Michigan State University 9 13 286 575 783
85 Santa Clara University 7 14 247 688 797
86 University of South Carolina 10 13 256 507 893
87 University of Kentucky 7 22 207 1,178 439
88 Villanova University 6 18 165 1,024 758
89 Drexel University 7 17 155 678 989
90 Florida International University 6 16 118 771 1,025
91 DePaul University 7 15 150 896 682
92 California Western School of Law 9 10 240 427 694
93 Georgia State University 8 16 202 636 616
94 Chapman University 6 18 134 858 685
95 Suffolk University 5 17 133 993 563
96 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 12 216 509 613
97 Catholic University of America 7 14 186 632 432
98 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 14 144 761 506
99 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 15 136 660 606
100 Willamette University College of Law 6 13 154 491 660