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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 19 45 1,746 6,772 5,456
2 New York University 23 34 1,695 5,291 4,854
3 University of California, Los Angeles 24 27 1,972 2,187 3,654
4 Georgetown University 18 27 1,826 2,625 3,839
5 Columbia University School of Law 17 33 988 3,640 4,196
6 University of California, Berkeley 16 25 784 2,826 5,172
7 University of Pennsylvania 15 31 1,088 3,125 2,893
8 George Washington University 18 25 1,075 2,526 3,114
9 Harvard University 16 28 905 3,896 2,322
10 University of Chicago 17 24 982 2,535 2,137
11 University of Virginia 18 24 941 2,103 2,428
12 Stanford University 17 25 924 2,444 2,001
13 University of Minnesota 13 21 739 1,629 2,554
14 Vanderbilt University 15 21 675 1,823 2,678
15 Duke University 17 20 736 1,847 1,956
16 Brooklyn Law School 17 17 1,015 711 1,469
17 Northwestern University 13 21 608 1,730 2,038
18 University of California, Davis 13 22 547 1,750 1,959
19 University of Michigan 14 16 712 1,413 1,316
20 University of San Francisco 10 22 350 2,076 2,518
21 Washington University 12 14 482 764 2,534
22 University of Texas at Austin 9 16 749 738 930
23 Fordham University 12 18 581 1,093 1,435
24 University of California, Irvine 13 17 514 993 1,599
25 Loyola University Chicago 12 13 508 634 1,705
26 University of Maryland 11 16 421 958 1,591
27 University of Florida 10 19 441 1,421 1,074
28 Yeshiva University 12 11 495 341 1,288
29 Rutgers University 9 18 403 930 1,221
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 15 449 849 974
31 Boston University 11 9 386 388 1,557
32 Cornell University 9 12 339 815 1,219
33 Ohio State University 10 13 311 734 1,388
34 University of Pittsburgh 8 18 256 1,456 894
35 University of Miami 7 12 125 372 2,027
36 University of South Carolina 8 7 309 246 1,143
37 University of California, San Francisco 12 10 339 410 838
38 University of Washington 7 15 245 674 1,013
39 Southern Methodist University 9 12 244 364 1,287
40 William & Mary Law School 8 12 250 531 1,109
41 Texas A&M University 10 8 316 343 817
42 University of Denver 9 14 233 549 1,034
43 Loyola Marymount University 10 14 245 506 935
44 Arizona State University 7 14 190 716 826
45 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 12 206 528 860
46 Pennsylvania State University 7 15 240 604 606
47 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 17 166 806 676
48 Drexel University 7 11 204 408 826
49 American University 7 12 208 543 640
50 Emory University 8 12 192 746 537
51 Florida State University 5 8 101 297 1,362
52 Case Western Reserve University 8 13 174 645 611
53 Wake Forest University 8 13 212 498 551
54 University at Buffalo 9 8 235 164 716
55 Northeastern University 8 11 153 866 478
56 University of Utah 8 12 158 966 357
57 University of Arizona 7 10 231 302 501
58 University of Houston 8 14 167 456 603
59 University of St. Thomas 8 7 204 159 591
60 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 8 179 194 673
61 Indiana University Bloomington 7 9 170 211 702
62 George Mason University 6 11 122 447 702
63 University of Colorado Boulder 6 8 145 346 641
64 University of Oklahoma 6 8 146 245 669
65 Hofstra University 7 10 159 386 460
66 Washington and Lee University 7 5 201 141 460
67 Wayne State University 7 9 129 308 605
68 Temple University 7 9 153 282 497
69 Brigham Young University Law School 6 7 156 227 509
70 University of Iowa 5 8 110 346 614
71 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 6 82 395 680
72 Georgia State University 6 9 134 286 498
73 Seattle University 6 11 103 527 430
74 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 11 94 361 591
75 University of Georgia 6 6 106 160 669
76 St. John's University 7 7 123 248 496
77 Catholic University of America 4 10 121 375 335
78 University of Connecticut 7 6 145 139 414
79 University of Baltimore 7 11 100 319 442
80 Seton Hall University 6 9 109 220 451
81 University of Southern California 5 9 104 245 440
82 California Western School of Law 7 7 123 159 394
83 University of Kansas 5 8 86 251 491
84 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5 8 99 170 496
85 University of Notre Dame 6 10 82 456 310
86 Tulane University 6 6 107 199 366
87 Pepperdine University 7 10 113 271 266
88 Boston College 7 10 127 184 270
89 University of Alabama 7 8 123 192 279
90 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 5 6 67 99 562
91 DePaul University 5 10 63 322 359
92 Florida International University 5 10 65 256 403
93 Howard University 6 8 87 190 327
94 Stetson University 5 7 77 229 322
95 University of Mississippi 7 9 105 239 165
96 University of Cincinnati 4 9 55 267 357
97 University of San Diego 5 10 56 323 280
98 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 6 67 168 338
99 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 3 6 51 232 358
100 Saint Louis University 6 8 86 184 204