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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 20 44 1,907 6,324 5,746
2 New York University 23 33 1,673 4,960 5,394
3 University of California, Los Angeles 24 26 1,985 2,263 3,930
4 Georgetown University 18 27 1,829 2,441 4,026
5 Columbia University School of Law 19 33 1,085 3,543 4,936
6 University of California, Berkeley 16 24 902 2,532 5,250
7 University of Pennsylvania 16 28 1,183 2,768 3,354
8 Harvard University 15 26 909 3,641 2,664
9 University of Virginia 18 25 1,093 2,032 2,949
10 University of Chicago 17 23 1,062 2,328 2,625
11 Stanford University 18 24 945 2,217 2,206
12 Northwestern University 16 20 807 1,618 2,799
13 University of Minnesota 13 19 758 1,489 2,977
14 Duke University 17 20 785 1,724 2,106
15 Brooklyn Law School 17 14 1,063 594 1,596
16 American University 15 16 736 943 2,188
17 George Washington University 13 20 633 1,919 1,743
18 University of Michigan 15 15 789 1,296 1,518
19 University of California, Davis 13 22 606 1,657 1,959
20 University of San Francisco 11 22 395 1,976 2,660
21 Vanderbilt University 12 18 512 1,466 2,263
22 Washington University 13 13 509 690 2,705
23 Fordham University 13 17 644 975 1,727
24 Loyola University Chicago 13 13 569 530 2,176
25 University of California, Irvine 14 15 561 856 1,837
26 University of Florida 11 19 502 1,342 1,442
27 University of Maryland 12 15 447 886 1,862
28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 16 513 862 1,316
29 William & Mary Law School 10 12 502 592 1,567
30 Rutgers University 11 17 465 884 1,456
31 Boston University 11 8 416 369 1,897
32 University of Texas at Austin 8 14 555 610 941
33 Yeshiva University 13 10 498 286 1,354
34 University of Miami 6 12 134 337 3,045
35 Ohio State University 10 13 363 663 1,576
36 University of Pittsburgh 9 18 294 1,406 1,128
37 Cornell University 8 12 363 774 1,207
38 Florida State University 10 14 267 577 1,813
39 Southern Methodist University 9 12 280 310 1,599
40 University of South Carolina 9 8 355 226 1,241
41 University of Denver 10 13 290 528 1,190
42 Loyola Marymount University 10 13 287 485 1,124
43 Emory University 9 13 263 866 756
44 University of Washington 8 14 262 508 1,100
45 Texas A&M University 10 8 324 295 999
46 University of California, San Francisco 11 9 347 362 816
47 Brigham Young University 10 9 369 256 683
48 Pennsylvania State University 9 15 283 560 799
49 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 9 11 246 475 1,052
50 Arizona State University 7 13 206 664 957
51 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 17 198 688 822
52 Case Western Reserve University 8 12 218 522 860
53 Drexel University 8 11 223 376 909
54 University at Buffalo 9 8 235 153 986
55 Northeastern University 9 11 178 829 570
56 University of Arizona 7 9 251 266 664
57 University of Utah 9 12 175 937 335
58 University of Houston 8 13 190 422 680
59 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 171 190 922
60 University of Oklahoma 7 7 162 221 911
61 Hofstra University 6 10 191 357 556
62 University of Colorado Boulder 6 8 168 315 680
63 Indiana University Bloomington 8 9 172 192 770
64 Seattle University 7 11 129 493 644
65 University of St. Thomas 8 6 214 128 567
66 George Mason University 6 10 121 404 749
67 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 6 101 372 867
68 Wayne State University 8 9 143 284 700
69 Washington and Lee University 7 5 189 130 534
70 Georgia State University 7 9 151 254 576
71 Temple University 6 9 165 255 501
72 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 10 104 342 706
73 University of Iowa 6 8 129 317 570
74 Catholic University of America 5 10 150 339 378
75 University of Baltimore 7 11 121 389 460
76 St. John's University 8 6 134 222 531
77 University of Southern California 5 9 131 212 552
78 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5 9 113 155 579
79 California Western School of Law 7 6 136 146 459
80 University of Kansas 5 8 104 239 510
81 University of Connecticut 8 6 153 113 367
82 University of Notre Dame 6 10 84 442 335
83 University of Alabama 7 7 134 168 348
84 University of Georgia 5 6 98 152 542
85 Pepperdine University 7 10 112 251 296
86 Tulane University 6 5 105 185 393
87 DePaul University 5 10 66 312 458
88 Boston College 6 9 132 133 287
89 Seton Hall University 6 9 96 212 367
90 Howard University 7 6 111 161 329
91 University of Mississippi 7 9 126 211 203
92 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 5 5 66 93 619
93 University of Cincinnati 4 9 60 256 436
94 Stetson University 5 7 82 218 309
95 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 3 6 54 206 451
96 Saint Louis University 7 7 101 158 252
97 University of San Diego 5 9 69 294 251
98 Michigan State University 4 5 64 141 423
99 Florida International University 5 10 59 245 331
100 Chapman University 4 8 62 350 206