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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 20 59 2,012 13,954 4,208
2 Columbia University School of Law 27 52 2,152 9,624 4,172
3 Harvard University 19 42 1,638 10,592 3,477
4 University of Chicago 21 42 1,479 7,045 3,453
5 New York University 18 46 1,382 6,689 3,774
6 University of California, Berkeley 15 37 871 6,157 3,140
7 University of Virginia 16 32 1,363 3,426 2,939
8 Stanford University 17 37 923 5,959 2,232
9 University of California, Los Angeles 15 34 1,071 5,184 2,101
10 Georgetown University 13 34 874 4,056 1,873
11 University of Pennsylvania 17 28 927 2,868 2,312
12 Cornell University 11 30 508 3,102 1,488
13 University of Michigan 14 21 684 1,434 1,834
14 George Washington University 9 26 549 2,012 1,546
15 Rutgers University 11 25 410 1,857 1,493
16 University of California, Davis 13 20 501 914 1,276
17 University of Minnesota 11 23 374 1,525 1,364
18 Duke University 10 24 302 2,126 1,063
19 Fordham University 11 18 378 1,288 1,173
20 University of Florida 11 22 310 1,392 1,375
21 Boston University 8 23 336 1,662 956
22 University of San Diego 10 19 324 1,162 828
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 17 375 766 764
24 University of Colorado Boulder 8 13 340 912 672
25 Northwestern University 8 14 297 1,140 667
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 18 306 1,046 554
27 University of Iowa 6 18 140 1,458 714
28 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 23 165 1,573 461
29 Vanderbilt University 8 16 216 953 650
30 Texas A&M University 8 12 250 483 822
31 University of Kansas 8 18 188 1,221 484
32 Brigham Young University Law School 8 13 231 689 570
33 George Mason University 8 15 165 1,082 539
34 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 16 192 1,131 354
35 Florida State University 7 14 186 601 843
36 Suffolk University 8 14 220 618 644
37 Washington University 9 14 184 640 798
38 University of California, San Francisco 7 18 191 1,065 372
39 Pepperdine University 7 16 144 818 634
40 University of Washington 4 14 193 705 461
41 Yeshiva University 7 15 129 720 772
42 William & Mary Law School 8 16 172 687 551
43 Temple University 6 13 160 560 669
44 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 15 180 605 501
45 Arizona State University 8 12 150 604 540
46 University of California, Irvine 8 10 189 409 495
47 Indiana University Bloomington 6 12 124 798 443
48 Widener University Delaware Law School 7 14 162 603 396
49 University of Houston 6 15 122 709 444
50 Loyola Marymount University 8 11 157 478 421
51 Ohio State University 7 12 138 526 476
52 Southern Methodist University 7 11 166 348 474
53 South Texas College of Law Houston 5 13 140 542 418
54 University of Southern California 8 7 162 222 463
55 Loyola University Chicago 5 9 167 253 396
56 University of Notre Dame 6 11 111 498 432
57 Case Western Reserve University 6 13 110 593 326
58 University of Georgia 8 9 154 402 264
59 Emory University 5 13 117 411 447
60 University of Richmond 6 12 125 329 403
61 University of Denver 7 12 131 334 339
62 Brooklyn Law School 7 10 138 276 350
63 Michigan State University 6 8 109 260 491
64 Louisiana State University 6 12 124 346 334
65 Washington and Lee University 6 9 127 244 381
66 University of St. Thomas 7 9 99 382 364
67 Seattle University 5 11 62 410 523
68 University of Connecticut 5 10 100 475 251
69 Duquesne University 3 18 33 891 228
70 Tulane University 4 11 68 405 457
71 Willamette University College of Law 5 14 100 365 296
72 St. John's University 5 8 85 302 425
73 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 9 133 157 284
74 Villanova University 4 8 69 449 335
75 American University 4 12 71 415 349
76 Northeastern University 4 10 97 306 287
77 University of South Carolina 6 8 87 297 334
78 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 11 105 363 182
79 University of Maryland 4 10 81 447 199
80 University of Alabama 7 5 107 106 352
81 Loyola University New Orleans 4 9 85 191 379
82 Drexel University 5 13 60 444 260
83 University of Oregon 6 8 87 277 247
84 University of Pittsburgh 3 14 33 505 322
85 Wake Forest University 4 12 53 521 197
86 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 5 10 69 364 247
87 University of Missouri 4 9 52 422 235
88 Pennsylvania State University 5 9 74 315 198
89 Boston College 5 9 74 317 181
90 Santa Clara University 4 8 49 301 324
91 Georgia State University 4 9 60 245 313
92 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 4 9 68 234 275
93 California Western School of Law 4 7 63 198 305
94 University of Illinois Chicago 4 9 51 255 309
95 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 8 66 224 251
96 Southwestern Law School 5 10 64 318 135
97 Seton Hall University 4 7 59 277 194
98 University of Baltimore 5 7 63 342 115
99 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 9 53 282 213
100 Wayne State University 3 9 49 275 215