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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 20 44 1,926 6,413 5,579
2 New York University 23 33 1,714 5,002 5,199
3 University of California, Los Angeles 26 26 2,135 1,935 4,369
4 Georgetown University 19 27 2,018 2,607 4,292
5 Columbia University School of Law 19 32 1,100 3,460 4,664
6 University of California, Berkeley 16 24 905 2,526 5,050
7 University of Pennsylvania 16 28 1,210 2,802 3,134
8 George Washington University 18 23 1,163 2,318 3,163
9 Harvard University 15 26 915 3,620 2,586
10 University of Virginia 18 25 1,113 2,032 2,811
11 University of Chicago 17 23 1,074 2,338 2,564
12 Stanford University 18 24 961 2,214 2,153
13 University of Minnesota 14 19 761 1,479 2,805
14 Duke University 18 20 839 1,742 2,044
15 Brooklyn Law School 18 14 1,091 594 1,652
16 Northwestern University 14 20 668 1,618 2,131
17 University of California, Davis 13 22 615 1,657 1,989
18 University of Michigan 15 15 799 1,291 1,403
19 University of San Francisco 11 22 402 1,976 2,495
20 Vanderbilt University 12 18 518 1,466 2,266
21 Fordham University 13 17 655 976 1,679
22 Washington University 13 13 515 690 2,615
23 Loyola University Chicago 14 13 579 530 2,087
24 University of California, Irvine 14 15 565 856 1,767
25 University of Florida 11 19 505 1,341 1,303
26 University of Maryland 12 15 447 886 1,654
27 William & Mary Law School 11 12 504 593 1,502
28 Rutgers University 11 17 469 885 1,371
29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 15 497 826 1,176
30 Boston University 11 8 421 369 1,856
31 University of Texas at Austin 8 14 573 610 855
32 Yeshiva University 13 10 508 286 1,315
33 Ohio State University 11 13 374 701 1,483
34 University of Miami 7 12 138 337 2,844
35 University of Pittsburgh 9 18 299 1,406 1,035
36 Florida State University 10 15 278 611 1,888
37 Cornell University 9 12 360 774 1,160
38 University of South Carolina 9 8 359 229 1,224
39 Southern Methodist University 9 12 282 310 1,473
40 University of Washington 8 14 267 631 1,094
41 Loyola Marymount University 11 13 290 485 1,080
42 University of Denver 9 13 271 492 1,103
43 University of California, San Francisco 11 9 349 362 822
44 American University 10 12 291 568 855
45 Texas A&M University 10 7 320 287 933
46 Brigham Young University 10 9 374 256 690
47 Emory University 9 12 260 794 697
48 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 9 11 249 475 1,027
49 Arizona State University 7 13 217 677 902
50 Pennsylvania State University 9 15 267 560 711
51 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 17 203 772 772
52 Case Western Reserve University 8 12 219 522 793
53 Drexel University 8 11 222 377 915
54 University at Buffalo 9 8 236 153 922
55 Northeastern University 9 11 180 829 527
56 University of Arizona 7 9 258 266 608
57 University of Utah 9 13 176 953 330
58 University of Houston 8 13 191 422 676
59 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 174 190 857
60 University of Oklahoma 7 7 162 221 857
61 George Mason University 6 10 127 426 784
62 University of Colorado Boulder 6 8 170 315 678
63 Indiana University Bloomington 8 9 174 192 744
64 Hofstra University 6 10 192 343 514
65 University of St. Thomas 8 6 216 128 565
66 Seattle University 7 11 130 493 609
67 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 6 100 368 821
68 Wayne State University 8 9 143 284 651
69 Washington and Lee University 7 5 193 130 536
70 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 10 106 342 701
71 Georgia State University 7 9 154 256 542
72 University of Iowa 7 8 131 317 565
73 Temple University 6 9 166 255 448
74 University of Baltimore 7 11 123 389 447
75 Catholic University of America 5 10 151 339 356
76 St. John's University 8 6 135 222 486
77 University of Southern California 5 9 132 212 491
78 University of Connecticut 8 6 155 113 420
79 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5 9 114 155 561
80 California Western School of Law 7 6 138 146 452
81 University of Kansas 5 8 104 239 498
82 University of Notre Dame 6 10 86 442 327
83 University of Georgia 5 6 99 152 539
84 University of Alabama 7 7 135 159 315
85 Pepperdine University 7 10 116 251 293
86 Tulane University 6 5 106 185 393
87 Boston College 7 9 136 133 290
88 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 5 5 66 93 648
89 University of Mississippi 7 9 128 211 224
90 DePaul University 5 10 66 312 420
91 Seton Hall University 6 9 97 212 355
92 Howard University 7 6 112 161 322
93 University of Cincinnati 4 9 61 256 399
94 Stetson University 5 7 84 218 311
95 University of San Diego 5 10 69 305 296
96 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 3 6 54 206 431
97 Saint Louis University 7 7 102 158 241
98 Florida International University 5 10 62 245 325
99 Michigan State University 4 5 66 141 400
100 Pace University 4 10 78 277 195