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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: January 2026

Cited 0-5 Years Cited 5+ Years Past 12 Months
Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 17 28 1,419 2,790 3,092
2 Yale University 16 32 830 3,938 2,127
3 University of Chicago 12 15 461 2,628 663
4 University of Florida 10 14 373 736 1,034
5 Fordham University 10 12 473 412 678
6 Northwestern University 10 9 404 543 529
7 Boston University 6 12 293 919 626
8 University of California, Berkeley 9 9 192 841 908
9 University of San Diego 10 17 244 909 553
10 Yeshiva University 8 14 196 793 801
11 University of California, Davis 11 10 283 386 693
12 Columbia University School of Law 8 11 286 724 329
13 Rutgers University 9 7 234 205 838
14 Georgetown University 8 9 227 351 481
15 University of Minnesota 7 14 155 648 372
16 University of Oregon 7 11 154 447 550
17 Vanderbilt University 7 8 180 518 356
18 University of California, Los Angeles 5 10 77 551 801
19 University of Virginia 6 11 147 436 508
20 University of South Carolina 7 11 172 338 288
21 University of Colorado Boulder 4 6 172 256 295
22 University of California, San Francisco 5 6 108 489 360
23 New York University 6 11 122 431 328
24 Duke University 6 10 108 425 377
25 University of Notre Dame 6 8 135 293 271
26 University of Pennsylvania 5 8 101 213 384
27 George Mason University 6 9 86 473 179
28 Southern Methodist University 4 7 90 226 358
29 Cornell University 5 10 73 391 250
30 Boston College 4 7 115 198 224
31 University of Michigan 6 5 130 128 210
32 Pepperdine University 4 10 84 395 143
33 Florida State University 5 11 87 381 127
34 Pace University 5 6 75 105 429
35 Texas Tech University 3 12 47 399 247
36 George Washington University 3 5 61 92 455
37 Albany Law School 5 10 76 280 191
38 Drake University 5 3 75 46 355
39 Loyola University Chicago 4 6 35 109 475
40 Arizona State University 5 6 87 121 216
41 Wake Forest University 4 3 60 107 354
42 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 5 93 87 192
43 University of Iowa 3 8 47 169 326
44 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 4 66 237 171
45 Indiana University Bloomington 6 7 56 165 273
46 Seattle University 3 9 49 372 105
47 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 5 34 423 129
48 New York Law School 3 4 41 306 204
49 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5 7 59 156 233
50 Santa Clara University 4 8 59 267 125
51 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 7 65 135 205
52 Tulane University 5 7 55 165 214
53 University of Southern California 4 5 64 262 70
54 Temple University 4 6 27 277 177
55 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 8 36 284 117
56 University of Kentucky 4 7 40 108 264
57 Stanford University 4 5 72 100 115
58 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 8 22 334 124
59 Drexel University 4 5 76 49 128
60 Washington University 3 5 57 162 99
61 Case Western Reserve University 4 5 43 121 198
62 University of Georgia 3 2 46 12 284
63 University of Richmond 4 4 54 47 199
64 American University 3 6 39 142 167
65 University of St. Thomas 4 7 46 178 96
66 Hofstra University 4 7 53 152 80
67 University of Memphis 3 6 30 255 86
68 University of Alabama 5 5 53 58 162
69 Loyola Marymount University 3 5 56 84 118
70 University of Texas at Austin 3 7 25 286 65
71 University of Missouri 3 6 38 151 131
72 Georgia State University 3 6 32 184 110
73 University of Washington 4 7 40 162 90
74 City University of New York (CUNY) 5 4 41 119 103
75 Emory University 4 6 33 136 125
76 Mercer University 3 6 36 82 163
77 University of Denver 4 4 45 74 127
78 University of Utah 3 10 21 247 74
79 University of Pittsburgh 2 7 20 164 159
80 University of California, Irvine 4 3 44 69 133
81 Brigham Young University Law School 4 4 60 49 74
82 University of South Dakota 4 7 37 133 86
83 University of Houston 3 7 27 212 46
84 University of Missouri-Kansas City 2 3 13 24 279
85 William & Mary Law School 3 4 38 81 85
86 Ohio State University 3 2 33 13 173
87 Samford University 2 4 33 82 106
88 Marquette University 3 5 34 139 41
89 Seton Hall University 2 4 31 122 73
90 University of Baltimore 2 6 32 125 57
91 Quinnipiac University 4 5 30 97 80
92 Washington and Lee University 3 6 30 120 59
93 Lewis & Clark Law School 3 5 33 54 82
94 Louisiana State University 3 5 17 63 138
95 University of Oklahoma 3 4 29 45 96
96 University of Idaho 3 6 23 53 97
97 St. John's University 2 5 28 49 76
98 Nova Southeastern University 2 5 10 118 90
99 University at Buffalo 3 5 25 64 64
100 Northeastern University 2 2 25 63 67