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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: November 2025

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Past 12 Months
Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 17 28 1,403 2,786 3,147
2 Yale University 16 32 823 3,924 2,259
3 University of Chicago 12 15 453 2,625 708
4 University of Florida 10 14 367 736 1,090
5 Fordham University 10 12 468 408 686
6 Boston University 6 13 289 1,038 688
7 Northwestern University 10 9 399 538 572
8 University of San Diego 10 17 240 909 582
9 Yeshiva University 8 14 194 795 878
10 University of California, Davis 11 10 283 386 788
11 University of California, Berkeley 9 10 188 858 759
12 Columbia University School of Law 8 11 285 733 347
13 Rutgers University 9 7 232 205 898
14 Georgetown University 8 9 224 351 451
15 University of Minnesota 7 14 154 648 385
16 University of Oregon 7 11 153 447 585
17 University of California, Los Angeles 4 10 71 551 882
18 Vanderbilt University 7 8 177 518 366
19 University of Virginia 6 11 139 436 510
20 University of South Carolina 7 11 175 338 312
21 University of Colorado Boulder 4 6 168 256 290
22 New York University 6 11 119 431 354
23 University of California, San Francisco 5 6 107 489 336
24 Duke University 6 10 100 419 411
25 University of Notre Dame 6 8 132 293 264
26 University of Pennsylvania 6 8 105 232 404
27 George Mason University 6 9 84 468 184
28 Boston College 4 7 114 198 267
29 Cornell University 5 11 69 424 261
30 Southern Methodist University 4 7 90 226 351
31 University of Michigan 6 5 129 128 214
32 Pepperdine University 4 10 83 395 159
33 Florida State University 5 11 85 381 130
34 Pace University 5 6 71 97 429
35 Texas Tech University 3 12 47 399 247
36 Albany Law School 5 10 74 280 197
37 George Washington University 3 5 59 92 435
38 Arizona State University 5 6 85 121 236
39 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 4 66 237 197
40 Drake University 5 3 74 46 342
41 Wake Forest University 4 3 58 107 358
42 University of Iowa 3 8 49 171 339
43 Loyola University Chicago 4 6 35 109 444
44 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 5 91 87 181
45 Seattle University 3 9 49 372 110
46 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 5 34 422 129
47 New York Law School 3 4 40 306 193
48 Indiana University Bloomington 5 7 51 162 266
49 Santa Clara University 4 8 59 267 122
50 Tulane University 5 7 55 165 232
51 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5 7 57 156 220
52 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 7 63 135 204
53 University of Southern California 4 5 62 262 61
54 Drexel University 4 5 76 49 161
55 Temple University 4 6 26 277 176
56 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 8 22 334 137
57 University of Kentucky 4 7 39 108 271
58 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 8 35 284 117
59 Stanford University 4 4 71 92 108
60 Case Western Reserve University 4 5 41 121 220
61 Washington University 3 5 54 162 111
62 American University 3 6 41 142 193
63 University of Georgia 3 2 46 12 296
64 University of Richmond 4 4 53 47 205
65 Mercer University 4 7 47 102 166
66 University of Memphis 3 6 30 255 97
67 University of St. Thomas 4 7 45 178 92
68 Hofstra University 4 7 51 152 77
69 Georgia State University 3 6 32 195 122
70 University of Alabama 5 5 52 58 153
71 University of Texas at Austin 3 7 25 286 65
72 Loyola Marymount University 3 5 54 84 119
73 University of Washington 4 7 39 161 98
74 Brigham Young University 4 4 59 49 84
75 Emory University 4 6 32 136 130
76 University of California, Irvine 4 3 44 69 136
77 City University of New York (CUNY) 5 4 41 119 99
78 University of Utah 3 10 20 245 78
79 University of South Dakota 4 7 37 133 102
80 University of Pittsburgh 2 7 20 164 157
81 University of Missouri 2 6 33 150 96
82 University of Houston 3 7 26 212 60
83 University of Denver 4 4 44 74 86
84 William & Mary Law School 3 4 38 81 86
85 Samford University 2 4 33 82 111
86 Seton Hall University 2 4 31 122 79
87 Marquette University 3 5 33 139 45
88 University of Baltimore 2 6 31 125 64
89 Washington and Lee University 3 6 30 120 69
90 Quinnipiac University 4 5 30 97 80
91 Ohio State University 3 2 32 13 153
92 Lewis & Clark Law School 3 5 31 54 93
93 University of Oklahoma 3 4 29 45 105
94 Louisiana State University 3 5 17 63 140
95 University of Missouri-Kansas City 2 3 12 24 202
96 St. John's University 2 5 28 49 79
97 Brooklyn Law School 3 3 15 51 132
98 Nova Southeastern University 2 5 10 118 91
99 University at Buffalo 3 5 24 64 71
100 Northeastern University 2 2 24 63 71