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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 Yale University 53 128 11,736 53,274 19,559
2 Harvard University 47 114 10,746 48,620 18,393
3 University of Virginia 41 70 7,906 18,753 12,988
4 New York University 36 82 6,210 26,525 12,533
5 University of Chicago 36 62 6,458 14,669 11,606
6 Georgetown University 35 69 5,865 17,643 11,025
7 Columbia University School of Law 40 65 5,490 14,868 7,583
8 Stanford University 34 65 4,666 16,517 7,307
9 University of California, Los Angeles 33 61 4,643 13,997 7,497
10 University of California, Berkeley 29 64 3,444 17,152 7,530
11 Northwestern University 29 59 3,547 12,980 6,540
12 University of Michigan 28 41 4,073 7,847 6,068
13 George Washington University 27 59 3,121 11,557 6,696
14 University of Pennsylvania 25 50 2,935 7,787 5,910
15 University of Texas at Austin 23 46 2,496 10,494 5,196
16 Duke University 27 40 2,854 7,004 5,855
17 Vanderbilt University 22 46 2,150 7,565 3,854
18 Rutgers University 19 41 1,740 6,788 3,883
19 University of Florida 20 34 1,868 4,963 3,759
20 Cornell University 20 37 1,620 5,907 3,808
21 University of San Diego 18 46 1,540 6,431 2,884
22 Fordham University 16 34 1,668 4,837 3,645
23 University of California, Davis 22 35 1,783 3,899 3,502
24 Boston University 19 26 1,731 2,909 4,521
25 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 19 35 1,450 4,591 2,775
26 University of Minnesota 20 32 1,412 3,271 4,102
27 Emory University 17 35 1,175 4,504 3,886
28 Florida State University 18 27 1,490 2,605 4,026
29 William & Mary Law School 19 31 1,469 3,227 3,454
30 University of Notre Dame 18 33 1,371 3,594 3,144
31 Washington University 19 27 1,324 2,723 3,755
32 George Mason University 13 35 1,072 4,630 2,658
33 Brigham Young University 20 28 1,499 2,362 2,148
34 Ohio State University 16 35 1,087 4,332 2,063
35 University of Maryland 14 31 951 3,387 2,026
36 Texas A&M University 17 22 1,083 1,734 2,618
37 University of Colorado Boulder 15 27 863 3,046 1,985
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 15 21 885 1,800 2,522
39 Indiana University Bloomington 14 28 708 3,067 1,962
40 Pepperdine University 14 30 754 2,713 1,709
41 Yeshiva University 15 25 829 2,100 1,714
42 University of California, San Francisco 15 20 825 1,605 2,107
43 Southern Methodist University 15 20 839 1,210 2,322
44 University of Georgia 14 26 720 2,417 1,676
45 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 12 25 636 2,193 2,054
46 Temple University 14 25 738 2,025 1,615
47 University of St. Thomas 12 28 541 2,952 1,614
48 Brooklyn Law School 15 23 771 1,942 1,460
49 Seattle University 9 26 444 3,439 1,392
50 Pennsylvania State University 12 21 663 1,626 2,043
51 University of Arizona 14 24 665 1,799 1,702
52 University of Denver 13 22 697 1,685 1,471
53 University of California, Irvine 15 18 742 1,132 1,744
54 University of Pittsburgh 11 29 555 2,445 1,203
55 University of Houston 9 28 410 2,863 1,437
56 University of Utah 13 21 637 1,366 1,735
57 Boston College 12 26 569 1,830 1,539
58 University of Richmond 14 23 650 1,725 1,233
59 University of Iowa 12 21 515 1,470 1,856
60 University of South Carolina 13 17 636 850 1,716
61 Arizona State University 13 23 476 1,768 1,556
62 Lewis & Clark Law School 12 21 577 1,391 1,256
63 Loyola Marymount University 12 18 569 1,314 1,296
64 University of Miami 12 22 381 2,337 1,193
65 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 11 21 431 1,759 1,462
66 University of Baltimore 11 17 512 1,160 1,630
67 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 22 464 1,769 1,142
68 Catholic University of America 12 19 621 998 1,088
69 Wayne State University 9 25 298 2,736 956
70 Northeastern University 10 17 411 1,169 1,585
71 University of Southern California 11 17 502 1,112 1,173
72 University at Buffalo 10 19 458 1,465 1,011
73 University of Alabama 10 22 451 1,551 896
74 South Texas College of Law Houston 11 15 477 726 1,463
75 Georgia State University 11 15 460 915 1,260
76 Santa Clara University 9 24 338 1,798 918
77 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 19 444 1,092 1,089
78 University of Cincinnati 10 24 371 1,751 785
79 American University 9 21 307 1,422 1,350
80 Hofstra University 10 22 409 1,485 758
81 Seton Hall University 10 21 400 1,384 876
82 New York Law School 10 20 318 1,518 1,137
83 Loyola University Chicago 11 16 385 989 1,171
84 Michigan State University 9 17 377 1,058 1,131
85 University of Oklahoma 11 14 434 902 842
86 Samford University 7 22 308 1,612 733
87 Case Western Reserve University 9 22 331 1,361 803
88 University of Kansas 10 22 343 1,297 753
89 Albany Law School 9 18 301 1,067 1,169
90 University of Washington 10 15 384 676 1,143
91 Tulane University 9 21 290 1,327 947
92 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 22 311 1,370 762
93 University of Connecticut 12 14 432 552 948
94 Willamette University College of Law 11 18 409 898 649
95 Chapman University 9 21 316 988 953
96 Syracuse University 9 12 270 595 1,517
97 Florida International University 8 17 291 1,045 876
98 Capital University 6 20 185 1,595 786
99 University of Kentucky 9 18 381 753 643
100 Washington and Lee University 9 15 311 734 992