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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 22 57 2,421 13,246 4,580
2 Columbia University School of Law 30 49 2,681 8,985 4,608
3 Harvard University 23 42 2,011 10,300 3,797
4 University of Chicago 25 41 1,767 6,538 3,654
5 New York University 22 44 1,699 6,260 3,951
6 University of California, Berkeley 17 37 1,087 5,967 3,353
7 University of Virginia 17 30 1,541 3,162 3,172
8 University of California, Los Angeles 17 34 1,339 5,059 2,282
9 Stanford University 18 36 1,111 5,610 2,312
10 Georgetown University 16 33 1,128 3,870 2,149
11 University of Pennsylvania 19 27 1,124 2,684 2,544
12 Cornell University 13 29 623 2,891 1,604
13 University of Michigan 15 21 793 1,306 1,975
14 George Washington University 11 25 625 1,924 1,659
15 Rutgers University 14 24 494 1,758 1,615
16 University of Minnesota 12 23 446 1,443 1,465
17 Duke University 12 23 392 2,031 1,135
18 University of California, Davis 14 17 571 772 1,379
19 University of Florida 12 22 390 1,297 1,455
20 Fordham University 12 17 455 1,153 1,260
21 Boston University 9 22 392 1,498 1,017
22 University of San Diego 11 19 395 1,091 882
23 University of Colorado Boulder 9 11 428 819 807
24 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 16 436 663 823
25 University of Texas at Austin 12 18 384 982 690
26 Northwestern University 9 14 333 1,076 681
27 University of Iowa 8 18 171 1,434 752
28 Vanderbilt University 9 16 271 909 724
29 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 23 191 1,542 485
30 University of Kansas 10 18 249 1,231 501
31 Texas A&M University 9 11 306 449 914
32 George Mason University 9 15 236 1,078 631
33 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 9 17 253 1,105 386
34 Brigham Young University Law School 10 12 297 618 608
35 Florida State University 8 14 230 595 943
36 Suffolk University 8 14 249 583 722
37 Washington University 9 14 209 621 848
38 William & Mary Law School 8 16 236 644 692
39 University of California, San Francisco 8 18 212 1,040 400
40 Pepperdine University 7 16 177 784 698
41 Temple University 8 13 196 542 789
42 Loyola Marymount University 9 10 253 447 589
43 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 15 226 631 537
44 Yeshiva University 8 14 151 698 820
45 University of Washington 5 13 216 680 486
46 Indiana University Bloomington 7 12 159 783 490
47 Arizona State University 8 11 183 538 577
48 University of Houston 7 15 162 711 495
49 Southern Methodist University 7 10 199 312 528
50 Ohio State University 8 12 167 496 493
51 University of Notre Dame 8 11 157 502 534
52 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 13 168 513 445
53 Widener University Delaware Law School 7 13 172 562 362
54 University of Georgia 8 9 193 361 307
55 University of California, Irvine 8 10 172 371 358
56 University of Southern California 8 7 170 202 504
57 Emory University 6 12 131 394 488
58 Loyola University Chicago 5 8 182 195 411
59 Case Western Reserve University 6 10 136 508 316
60 University of Richmond 6 11 146 294 461
61 Michigan State University 6 8 133 235 528
62 University of Denver 7 10 155 305 351
63 Louisiana State University 7 11 146 319 366
64 Tulane University 5 11 83 420 501
65 Washington and Lee University 7 9 140 224 408
66 University of St. Thomas 7 8 120 358 372
67 Seattle University 5 10 72 400 550
68 Willamette University College of Law 5 13 126 339 318
69 St. John's University 5 8 106 280 457
70 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 7 170 120 303
71 Brooklyn Law School 6 9 137 231 350
72 Drexel University 5 12 113 404 293
73 American University 5 13 94 421 359
74 University of Connecticut 6 10 114 453 233
75 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 11 132 335 199
76 Villanova University 5 8 79 435 353
77 University of South Carolina 6 8 103 278 360
78 University of Maryland 5 10 97 428 228
79 Northeastern University 4 9 108 288 293
80 University of Pittsburgh 4 13 47 491 359
81 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 6 10 92 341 265
82 University of Oregon 6 7 111 244 262
83 University of Alabama 7 4 118 94 368
84 Wake Forest University 5 12 66 507 196
85 Loyola University New Orleans 5 9 101 174 334
86 University of Missouri 5 10 65 430 259
87 Pennsylvania State University 6 9 94 295 220
88 Boston College 5 9 97 292 191
89 Georgia State University 4 9 72 230 351
90 Santa Clara University 4 8 61 286 341
91 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 10 78 283 224
92 California Western School of Law 4 6 75 184 327
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 5 7 77 213 278
94 University of Illinois Chicago 4 9 56 246 341
95 University of Baltimore 5 7 76 328 131
96 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 9 67 222 261
97 Southwestern Law School 6 10 73 307 146
98 St. Mary's University 5 7 89 205 157
99 Wayne State University 4 9 65 259 216
100 Seton Hall University 4 7 63 272 205