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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 25 48 2,441 11,053 5,455
2 Harvard University 23 52 2,289 11,699 5,516
3 New York University 20 42 1,717 7,484 4,513
4 Vanderbilt University 22 39 1,803 5,238 4,441
5 University of California, Berkeley 16 37 1,197 4,916 3,742
6 Georgetown University 16 35 1,215 4,713 3,457
7 University of California, Los Angeles 17 36 1,196 4,513 3,444
8 Columbia University School of Law 15 32 1,168 3,684 2,695
9 George Washington University 16 32 879 3,957 2,340
10 University of Virginia 16 27 1,029 2,854 2,567
11 University of Pennsylvania 19 20 980 1,493 3,630
12 University of Chicago 18 25 1,007 2,940 1,949
13 Duke University 13 29 734 3,296 2,269
14 University of Texas at Austin 15 32 712 3,722 1,877
15 Lewis & Clark Law School 11 28 691 2,741 2,256
16 University of Florida 12 27 565 2,083 3,439
17 Northwestern University 11 27 590 2,666 2,499
18 University of Michigan 17 23 872 1,588 1,800
19 University of Minnesota 13 20 708 2,412 1,061
20 University of Utah 12 21 584 1,365 2,633
21 University of Kansas 12 20 676 1,524 1,683
22 Arizona State University 11 20 471 1,432 2,516
23 University of Colorado Boulder 13 17 565 1,202 2,254
24 University of California, Davis 13 17 669 879 1,855
25 University of Arizona 12 24 427 2,317 1,544
26 Indiana University Bloomington 10 23 509 1,925 1,502
27 Pace University 9 20 463 1,425 1,918
28 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 29 291 2,965 1,143
29 Stanford University 9 20 494 1,949 882
30 University of California, San Francisco 11 20 461 1,253 1,648
31 Cornell University 12 22 490 1,405 1,296
32 Texas A&M University 10 17 470 919 1,679
33 Florida State University 10 18 442 986 1,417
34 George Mason University 10 20 356 1,832 978
35 Loyola University Chicago 11 13 348 449 2,340
36 Washington University 9 23 362 1,613 1,072
37 Rutgers University 10 20 314 1,455 1,306
38 University of Denver 9 16 362 739 1,639
39 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 12 350 403 1,917
40 Boston University 11 13 478 486 1,161
41 William & Mary Law School 9 21 313 1,247 1,058
42 Albany Law School 8 11 389 417 1,424
43 University of Miami 8 13 304 639 1,343
44 Suffolk University 7 18 300 981 913
45 Wake Forest University 7 15 186 811 1,595
46 University of Oregon 8 14 314 674 1,045
47 Emory University 9 14 270 594 1,125
48 University of Maryland 7 17 187 1,223 877
49 University of New Mexico 8 17 233 1,011 845
50 Pennsylvania State University 9 16 264 782 881
51 University of Notre Dame 7 15 219 915 727
52 Seattle University 8 11 212 850 744
53 University of San Diego 8 14 234 745 735
54 American University 8 15 178 765 849
55 Syracuse University 6 13 168 658 1,005
56 Fordham University 9 12 246 491 753
57 University of Richmond 7 15 186 649 869
58 Villanova University 6 14 157 776 885
59 Touro University 5 17 144 918 744
60 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 197 639 751
61 Temple University 8 16 200 708 652
62 Loyola Marymount University 8 14 242 698 442
63 Boston College 7 15 151 645 860
64 University of Houston 5 15 145 880 663
65 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 11 116 482 1,161
66 University of California, Irvine 6 14 177 558 774
67 University of Alabama 7 13 151 588 830
68 University of Pittsburgh 6 13 166 628 700
69 Louisiana State University 7 11 188 398 790
70 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 8 14 189 562 608
71 Ohio State University 7 13 163 564 698
72 Yeshiva University 7 13 193 611 463
73 West Virginia University 8 7 228 165 670
74 University of Southern California 5 13 162 541 627
75 University of Wyoming 8 7 203 154 769
76 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 12 123 473 844
77 University of Iowa 7 11 175 306 744
78 University of Louisville 7 14 138 673 548
79 City University of New York (CUNY) 8 10 157 303 810
80 Tulane University 6 15 121 592 688
81 Vermont Law School 5 16 126 724 528
82 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 13 126 641 588
83 University of Cincinnati 6 18 115 891 381
84 Georgia State University 5 14 128 676 528
85 Brigham Young University 6 11 159 509 537
86 University of San Francisco 6 13 146 504 503
87 Pepperdine University 7 13 134 663 393
88 Washburn University 8 8 178 278 536
89 Wayne State University 6 12 107 684 468
90 University at Buffalo 6 12 110 576 475
91 Stetson University 6 12 113 397 619
92 University of Washington 6 9 122 266 684
93 Northeastern University 7 7 141 236 615
94 University of Montana 6 12 143 421 371
95 Chapman University 7 11 150 361 393
96 St. John's University 5 3 70 97 1,002
97 Marquette University 7 7 152 205 482
98 Case Western Reserve University 5 13 116 426 398
99 Brooklyn Law School 6 9 125 465 311
100 University of Kentucky 5 15 107 630 237