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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 25 59 2,237 12,834 6,546
2 Harvard University 23 49 1,787 11,163 5,248
3 University of California, Los Angeles 20 38 1,568 6,541 4,418
4 New York University 17 39 1,174 6,541 3,742
5 University of California, Berkeley 16 38 1,192 5,383 4,145
6 Georgetown University 17 37 1,258 4,865 3,814
7 University of Virginia 15 40 1,096 5,773 3,486
8 Stanford University 16 33 1,109 5,338 1,786
9 Columbia University School of Law 13 33 955 3,812 2,999
10 University of Chicago 15 29 986 4,096 2,241
11 Seattle University 11 32 777 4,711 1,998
12 University of California, Irvine 12 29 704 3,189 2,339
13 University of Pennsylvania 15 21 754 1,963 2,259
14 Rutgers University 12 25 683 2,186 2,337
15 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 18 764 1,347 2,327
16 University of South Carolina 14 20 710 1,274 2,422
17 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 17 570 2,951 1,470
18 George Washington University 10 25 459 2,164 2,363
19 Vanderbilt University 12 20 580 2,610 1,350
20 University of St. Thomas 13 19 678 1,216 2,139
21 Boston University 12 20 584 1,241 2,531
22 University of Michigan 11 23 502 1,923 2,199
23 University of Florida 11 23 487 1,978 2,092
24 Fordham University 10 24 546 1,666 2,053
25 Arizona State University 10 23 486 2,211 1,558
26 Northwestern University 14 23 562 1,730 1,596
27 Washington University 12 27 534 2,010 1,420
28 University of California, Davis 10 22 503 1,557 1,834
29 Texas A&M University 11 19 474 1,227 2,191
30 University of Denver 12 12 606 679 1,972
31 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 24 538 1,688 1,293
32 Temple University 11 21 501 1,381 1,719
33 American University 9 20 436 1,315 1,839
34 Duke University 10 23 421 1,827 1,336
35 University of California, San Francisco 11 21 374 1,663 1,673
36 University of Minnesota 9 16 455 825 2,038
37 Suffolk University 12 16 495 1,033 1,611
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 26 281 2,344 1,248
39 Wake Forest University 8 16 331 1,035 2,097
40 Southwestern Law School 13 14 465 581 1,842
41 Northeastern University 7 19 264 1,710 1,684
42 Cornell University 9 20 284 1,456 1,752
43 University of Baltimore 6 13 194 632 2,799
44 University of Pittsburgh 10 18 336 1,319 1,389
45 Emory University 7 18 296 1,386 1,520
46 William & Mary Law School 7 15 173 585 2,815
47 New York Law School 9 19 249 1,527 1,422
48 Ohio State University 9 20 332 1,405 1,073
49 Southern Methodist University 9 15 319 639 1,791
50 Pepperdine University 8 16 258 937 1,610
51 University of Colorado Boulder 12 18 373 1,051 920
52 Florida State University 10 15 298 994 1,237
53 Indiana University Bloomington 9 19 304 1,093 1,050
54 University of Miami 7 17 291 1,122 1,023
55 Georgia State University 11 17 364 821 921
56 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 9 18 312 1,051 872
57 Brooklyn Law School 9 16 341 679 1,034
58 University of San Diego 8 19 223 1,354 849
59 University of Texas at Austin 6 23 214 1,585 652
60 University of New Mexico 8 15 277 812 1,052
61 Drexel University 9 17 288 779 1,024
62 Michigan State University 7 16 224 982 1,001
63 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 10 15 325 697 779
64 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 17 215 1,098 905
65 University of Southern California 9 12 244 623 1,193
66 George Mason University 7 16 226 1,053 785
67 Loyola University Chicago 8 15 279 627 922
68 Loyola Marymount University 8 18 268 825 749
69 University at Buffalo 8 16 220 878 863
70 University of Illinois Chicago 9 12 268 563 897
71 University of Arizona 8 11 194 713 1,065
72 Pennsylvania State University 7 12 221 527 1,078
73 Boston College 7 14 202 879 820
74 St. John's University 8 13 229 665 876
75 University of Notre Dame 6 15 196 748 907
76 Wayne State University 9 14 207 829 717
77 Nova Southeastern University 6 15 218 691 742
78 Brigham Young University 8 13 181 592 997
79 University of Maryland 9 14 258 618 591
80 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 14 208 554 863
81 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 13 220 674 681
82 Yeshiva University 6 14 160 905 699
83 Syracuse University 7 11 228 467 782
84 University of Washington 7 12 208 616 704
85 Marquette University 7 14 173 713 741
86 University of Houston 6 17 158 844 662
87 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 15 148 763 768
88 University of Louisville 6 12 164 500 926
89 Santa Clara University 6 16 158 787 668
90 Mercer University 7 15 208 675 534
91 Case Western Reserve University 7 14 167 715 622
92 Villanova University 6 9 201 549 620
93 Hofstra University 6 15 173 731 563
94 Stetson University 8 14 209 546 563
95 University of Connecticut 8 12 168 417 795
96 Howard University 8 15 174 544 609
97 DePaul University 6 14 118 655 716
98 University of Iowa 6 11 164 395 734
99 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 14 158 654 453
100 Drake University 7 7 200 151 728