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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 15 29 1,269 2,958 2,908
2 Yale University 15 32 633 4,139 1,987
3 University of Chicago 12 15 362 2,734 597
4 University of Florida 8 14 306 835 946
5 Fordham University 8 14 395 503 658
6 Northwestern University 9 12 365 608 502
7 Boston University 6 13 231 989 603
8 Yeshiva University 7 14 158 837 754
9 University of San Diego 8 18 172 989 515
10 University of California, Davis 10 14 212 536 651
11 Columbia University School of Law 8 11 237 777 308
12 Rutgers University 8 8 210 379 689
13 University of California, Berkeley 9 9 153 876 436
14 Georgetown University 7 10 174 392 435
15 University of Minnesota 7 14 131 677 350
16 University of California, Los Angeles 4 10 69 560 743
17 University of Oregon 6 11 127 474 508
18 Vanderbilt University 6 8 139 566 346
19 University of Virginia 6 12 114 473 475
20 University of South Carolina 6 11 136 382 261
21 New York University 6 10 105 431 308
22 University of California, San Francisco 4 7 83 515 342
23 University of Colorado Boulder 4 7 126 302 286
24 Duke University 5 10 79 455 337
25 University of Notre Dame 6 8 114 319 255
26 University of Pennsylvania 5 8 92 249 370
27 Southern Methodist University 4 7 80 237 346
28 Cornell University 4 11 60 437 246
29 George Mason University 6 9 64 492 161
30 Boston College 4 8 97 217 202
31 University of Michigan 5 6 107 152 198
32 Pace University 4 6 63 117 398
33 Florida State University 5 11 71 396 110
34 Pepperdine University 4 10 63 416 131
35 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 5 97 107 209
36 University of Southern California 5 6 69 347 132
37 Texas Tech University 3 12 33 414 239
38 Albany Law School 5 10 57 300 167
39 Wake Forest University 4 3 55 112 325
40 Arizona State University 5 7 76 132 191
41 University of Iowa 3 8 44 173 308
42 Loyola University Chicago 3 7 26 118 446
43 Indiana University Bloomington 5 7 52 166 255
44 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 3 61 225 151
45 Seattle University 3 9 44 378 95
46 New York Law School 3 4 39 309 181
47 Drake University 4 4 48 73 328
48 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 5 29 428 117
49 Santa Clara University 4 8 49 289 117
50 Tulane University 4 7 49 172 195
51 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 7 56 145 154
52 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 7 41 145 205
53 Stanford University 4 4 67 100 106
54 Temple University 4 6 24 281 169
55 University of Kentucky 3 7 36 112 251
56 Washington University 3 5 54 167 96
57 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 8 29 291 113
58 University of Georgia 3 3 42 19 281
59 Case Western Reserve University 4 5 39 125 189
60 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 8 17 339 113
61 American University 3 6 38 146 173
62 Drexel University 4 6 60 65 117
63 University of Richmond 4 4 47 55 186
64 University of Denver 4 5 49 103 123
65 University of Missouri 3 6 39 152 126
66 Hofstra University 4 8 45 162 72
67 Mercer University 4 7 35 114 155
68 University of Texas at Austin 3 7 24 288 55
69 University of Memphis 2 6 21 266 83
70 Georgia State University 2 7 25 202 110
71 Loyola Marymount University 3 5 46 93 96
72 University of St. Thomas 4 6 33 167 92
73 University of California, Irvine 4 3 42 72 127
74 University of Alabama 5 5 37 75 145
75 University of Washington 4 7 32 170 86
76 University of Pittsburgh 2 7 16 170 153
77 Brigham Young University Law School 3 4 50 60 70
78 University of Utah 3 10 17 251 69
79 Emory University 3 6 27 142 111
80 City University of New York (CUNY) 3 4 29 131 96
81 University of Missouri-Kansas City 2 3 10 27 280
82 University of South Dakota 3 7 28 142 81
83 University of Houston 3 7 19 221 44
84 Samford University 2 4 30 87 104
85 George Washington University 3 5 21 94 128
86 Washington and Lee University 3 6 30 120 54
87 Seton Hall University 2 4 26 128 68
88 William & Mary Law School 3 5 30 89 75
89 University of Baltimore 2 7 27 130 52
90 Brooklyn Law School 3 4 25 66 109
91 Ohio State University 3 2 24 22 151
92 Quinnipiac University 3 5 23 104 75
93 Marquette University 3 5 23 150 34
94 Northeastern University 2 2 22 67 109
95 University of Oklahoma 3 5 24 50 91
96 Louisiana State University 2 5 13 67 131
97 Lewis & Clark Law School 2 5 23 64 77
98 St. John's University 2 5 25 52 72
99 University of Arizona 2 2 11 22 168
100 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 5 23 52 76