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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 22 58 2,469 13,415 4,868
2 Columbia University School of Law 30 50 2,654 9,087 4,871
3 Harvard University 22 44 1,973 10,465 3,957
4 University of Chicago 24 41 1,745 7,063 3,696
5 New York University 22 44 1,668 6,305 4,302
6 University of California, Berkeley 17 37 1,054 5,938 3,509
7 University of Virginia 17 30 1,505 3,162 3,225
8 University of California, Los Angeles 17 34 1,296 5,034 2,370
9 Stanford University 18 36 1,070 5,635 2,278
10 Georgetown University 16 32 1,088 3,830 2,214
11 University of Pennsylvania 19 28 1,114 2,724 2,605
12 Cornell University 13 29 610 2,917 1,820
13 University of Michigan 15 21 821 1,306 2,029
14 George Washington University 10 24 552 1,896 1,560
15 Rutgers University 13 24 479 1,787 1,654
16 University of California, Davis 14 17 567 832 1,508
17 University of Minnesota 12 23 433 1,440 1,536
18 Duke University 12 23 383 2,031 1,163
19 University of Florida 11 22 386 1,297 1,543
20 Fordham University 12 17 440 1,153 1,243
21 Boston University 9 22 381 1,504 1,114
22 University of San Diego 11 19 387 1,089 971
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 16 421 706 960
24 University of Colorado Boulder 9 11 424 822 828
25 Northwestern University 8 14 327 1,076 737
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 18 366 973 611
27 University of Iowa 8 18 170 1,423 758
28 Vanderbilt University 9 16 268 911 765
29 Brigham Young University 11 13 340 631 663
30 University of Kansas 10 19 242 1,251 539
31 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 23 190 1,539 492
32 Texas A&M University 8 11 280 443 923
33 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 9 17 248 1,109 396
34 George Mason University 8 14 220 971 590
35 Florida State University 8 14 223 570 879
36 Washington University 9 14 205 621 906
37 Suffolk University 8 14 238 582 781
38 William & Mary Law School 8 16 231 646 745
39 University of California, San Francisco 8 18 203 1,019 413
40 Pepperdine University 7 16 168 784 724
41 Yeshiva University 8 14 146 697 862
42 Loyola Marymount University 9 10 245 447 599
43 University of Washington 5 13 212 680 504
44 Temple University 8 13 180 528 762
45 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 15 214 562 538
46 Arizona State University 8 12 180 574 576
47 University of Houston 7 15 163 710 516
48 Indiana University Bloomington 7 12 154 783 487
49 Emory University 6 12 167 394 710
50 Southern Methodist University 7 10 198 312 564
51 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 13 162 511 535
52 Ohio State University 8 12 162 496 527
53 Widener University Delaware Law School 6 13 167 562 377
54 Case Western Reserve University 7 11 148 552 381
55 University of Georgia 8 9 186 361 331
56 University of Notre Dame 7 11 121 474 504
57 University of California, Irvine 8 10 167 371 374
58 University of Southern California 8 7 170 208 508
59 Loyola University Chicago 5 9 183 225 390
60 Michigan State University 5 8 130 235 620
61 University of Richmond 6 11 142 294 466
62 University of Denver 7 10 153 305 361
63 Louisiana State University 7 11 143 319 374
64 Washington and Lee University 7 9 139 224 474
65 Tulane University 5 11 81 423 543
66 University of St. Thomas 7 8 120 358 387
67 Brooklyn Law School 6 10 135 264 396
68 Drexel University 6 12 123 428 267
69 St. John's University 5 8 104 281 507
70 Seattle University 5 10 70 400 553
71 Willamette University College of Law 5 13 122 339 351
72 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 7 168 120 335
73 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 11 140 336 250
74 American University 4 13 90 421 387
75 University of Connecticut 6 10 112 453 229
76 Villanova University 5 8 81 435 374
77 University of South Carolina 6 8 103 278 371
78 University of Maryland 5 10 96 428 251
79 Northeastern University 4 9 110 292 296
80 University of Pittsburgh 4 13 42 491 393
81 University of Oregon 6 7 110 248 289
82 Loyola University New Orleans 5 9 99 174 406
83 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 5 10 86 341 257
84 University of Alabama 7 4 113 94 363
85 Wake Forest University 4 12 63 507 196
86 Pennsylvania State University 6 9 93 295 225
87 University of Missouri 4 10 60 430 255
88 Boston College 5 9 95 292 208
89 Georgia State University 4 9 71 230 371
90 Santa Clara University 4 8 62 286 360
91 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 10 77 283 268
92 Indiana University Indianapolis 5 7 77 213 295
93 California Western School of Law 4 6 72 184 327
94 University of Illinois Chicago 4 9 53 246 336
95 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 9 67 222 275
96 Southwestern Law School 5 10 72 307 160
97 University of Baltimore 5 7 72 328 124
98 St. Mary's University 5 7 88 201 140
99 Seton Hall University 4 7 60 272 187
100 University of Cincinnati 4 9 43 323 220