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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 22 58 2,369 13,293 4,559
2 Columbia University School of Law 30 49 2,673 8,981 4,683
3 Harvard University 23 44 2,020 10,482 3,826
4 University of Chicago 24 41 1,796 7,071 3,871
5 New York University 22 44 1,700 6,315 4,013
6 University of California, Berkeley 17 37 1,070 5,938 3,376
7 University of Virginia 17 30 1,534 3,164 3,127
8 University of California, Los Angeles 17 34 1,324 4,904 2,298
9 Stanford University 18 36 1,105 5,635 2,311
10 Georgetown University 16 32 1,099 3,825 2,112
11 University of Pennsylvania 19 27 1,118 2,683 2,525
12 Cornell University 13 29 621 2,891 1,731
13 University of Michigan 15 21 834 1,282 1,910
14 George Washington University 11 25 623 1,924 1,708
15 Rutgers University 13 24 467 1,748 1,629
16 University of California, Davis 14 17 577 833 1,438
17 University of Minnesota 12 23 442 1,443 1,464
18 Duke University 12 23 389 2,031 1,148
19 University of Florida 11 22 390 1,299 1,461
20 Boston University 9 22 397 1,615 1,078
21 Fordham University 12 17 454 1,153 1,244
22 University of San Diego 11 19 391 1,089 918
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 16 443 708 861
24 University of Colorado Boulder 9 11 428 822 776
25 Northwestern University 8 14 334 1,076 703
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 18 369 973 592
27 University of Iowa 8 18 171 1,422 792
28 Vanderbilt University 9 16 271 909 713
29 Brigham Young University 11 12 342 618 643
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 23 191 1,542 480
31 University of Kansas 10 18 239 1,166 534
32 George Mason University 8 15 231 1,074 617
33 Texas A&M University 8 11 289 443 887
34 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 9 16 249 1,071 381
35 William & Mary Law School 8 16 237 646 750
36 University of California, San Francisco 8 18 225 1,040 418
37 Florida State University 8 14 222 559 863
38 Suffolk University 8 14 245 586 721
39 Washington University 9 14 206 621 863
40 Pepperdine University 7 16 173 784 689
41 Yeshiva University 8 14 149 693 831
42 Loyola Marymount University 9 10 249 447 576
43 University of Washington 5 13 216 680 476
44 Temple University 8 13 185 530 735
45 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 15 223 552 520
46 Indiana University Bloomington 7 12 159 783 481
47 Arizona State University 8 12 181 569 564
48 University of Houston 7 15 162 707 488
49 Southern Methodist University 7 10 199 312 532
50 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 13 166 511 497
51 Ohio State University 8 12 166 496 496
52 Widener University Delaware Law School 7 13 172 562 368
53 Case Western Reserve University 7 11 149 552 358
54 University of Georgia 8 9 191 361 317
55 University of Notre Dame 7 11 128 478 477
56 University of Southern California 8 7 173 208 506
57 University of California, Irvine 8 10 172 371 348
58 Emory University 6 12 131 394 507
59 Loyola University Chicago 5 9 184 225 407
60 University of Richmond 6 11 147 294 454
61 Michigan State University 5 8 132 236 550
62 University of Denver 7 10 155 305 345
63 Louisiana State University 7 11 146 319 346
64 Washington and Lee University 7 9 142 224 432
65 University of St. Thomas 7 8 118 358 383
66 Tulane University 5 11 80 419 506
67 Brooklyn Law School 7 9 143 232 353
68 Seattle University 5 10 72 400 532
69 Willamette University College of Law 5 13 126 339 329
70 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 7 170 120 312
71 St. John's University 5 8 104 280 468
72 University of Connecticut 6 10 115 453 245
73 American University 5 12 94 381 371
74 Villanova University 5 8 81 435 361
75 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 11 128 335 195
76 University of Maryland 5 10 97 428 237
77 University of South Carolina 6 8 103 278 351
78 Northeastern University 4 9 111 290 289
79 University of Pittsburgh 4 13 47 491 374
80 University of Oregon 6 7 113 248 280
81 Drexel University 5 12 79 424 254
82 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 6 10 92 341 266
83 Loyola University New Orleans 5 9 101 174 377
84 University of Missouri 5 10 69 433 270
85 University of Alabama 7 4 117 94 363
86 Wake Forest University 5 12 65 507 201
87 Boston College 5 9 97 292 201
88 Pennsylvania State University 6 9 93 295 211
89 Santa Clara University 4 8 62 286 355
90 Georgia State University 4 9 72 230 360
91 University of Illinois Chicago 4 9 57 248 363
92 Indiana University Indianapolis 5 7 77 213 285
93 California Western School of Law 4 6 75 184 322
94 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 9 77 222 250
95 University of Baltimore 5 7 76 328 127
96 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 9 62 272 248
97 Southwestern Law School 6 10 73 307 144
98 St. Mary's University 5 7 89 202 145
99 Seton Hall University 4 7 63 272 191
100 Wayne State University 4 8 63 219 234