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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: December 2025

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Past 12 Months
Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 17 28 1,412 2,788 3,112
2 Yale University 16 32 825 3,918 2,158
3 University of Chicago 12 15 456 2,625 687
4 University of Florida 10 14 371 760 1,040
5 Fordham University 10 12 472 408 676
6 Northwestern University 10 10 412 555 563
7 Boston University 6 13 292 1,039 667
8 University of San Diego 10 17 244 909 566
9 Yeshiva University 8 14 195 795 841
10 University of California, Davis 11 11 286 427 726
11 University of California, Berkeley 9 9 191 840 732
12 Columbia University School of Law 8 11 283 722 327
13 Rutgers University 9 7 234 205 861
14 Georgetown University 8 9 226 351 450
15 Vanderbilt University 7 8 185 518 360
16 University of Minnesota 7 14 155 648 372
17 University of Oregon 7 11 154 447 556
18 University of Virginia 6 11 147 436 516
19 University of California, Los Angeles 4 9 72 396 838
20 University of South Carolina 7 11 177 338 306
21 University of Colorado Boulder 4 6 170 256 295
22 University of California, San Francisco 5 6 107 489 357
23 New York University 6 11 122 431 335
24 Duke University 6 10 103 419 378
25 University of Notre Dame 6 8 134 293 266
26 University of Pennsylvania 6 8 107 232 403
27 George Mason University 6 9 86 469 185
28 Cornell University 5 11 72 424 261
29 Southern Methodist University 4 7 90 226 342
30 Boston College 4 7 115 198 233
31 University of Michigan 6 5 129 128 208
32 Pepperdine University 4 10 84 395 143
33 Florida State University 5 11 86 381 117
34 Pace University 5 6 71 97 419
35 Texas Tech University 3 12 47 399 244
36 Albany Law School 5 10 75 280 195
37 George Washington University 3 5 60 91 451
38 Arizona State University 5 6 86 121 227
39 Wake Forest University 4 3 59 107 361
40 Drake University 5 3 75 46 334
41 Loyola University Chicago 4 6 35 109 465
42 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 4 66 237 172
43 University of Iowa 3 8 47 169 323
44 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 5 92 87 178
45 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 5 35 422 130
46 Seattle University 3 9 49 372 101
47 New York Law School 3 4 40 306 199
48 Indiana University Bloomington 5 7 53 161 265
49 Santa Clara University 4 7 59 258 123
50 Tulane University 5 7 55 165 215
51 University of Southern California 4 5 64 262 59
52 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 7 63 135 156
53 University of Kentucky 4 7 39 108 269
54 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 8 36 284 113
55 Temple University 4 6 26 277 168
56 Stanford University 4 5 72 100 115
57 University of Georgia 4 2 50 12 305
58 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5 7 47 128 203
59 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 8 22 334 126
60 Drexel University 4 5 76 49 132
61 Washington University 3 5 57 162 107
62 Case Western Reserve University 4 5 42 121 209
63 American University 3 6 42 142 179
64 University of Richmond 4 4 53 47 206
65 Mercer University 4 7 47 102 169
66 University of St. Thomas 4 7 45 178 91
67 Hofstra University 4 7 53 152 77
68 University of Memphis 3 6 30 255 88
69 Loyola Marymount University 3 5 56 84 119
70 University of Alabama 5 5 52 58 155
71 Georgia State University 3 6 32 195 121
72 University of Texas at Austin 3 7 25 286 63
73 University of Denver 4 4 51 100 110
74 University of Missouri 3 6 37 150 128
75 University of Washington 4 7 39 161 89
76 University of Utah 3 10 21 247 78
77 University of Pittsburgh 2 7 20 166 162
78 City University of New York (CUNY) 5 4 41 119 102
79 Emory University 4 6 32 136 127
80 Brigham Young University 4 4 60 50 73
81 University of California, Irvine 4 3 44 69 126
82 University of South Dakota 4 7 37 133 96
83 University of Houston 3 7 26 212 54
84 William & Mary Law School 3 4 38 81 83
85 Samford University 2 4 33 82 105
86 Marquette University 3 5 34 139 43
87 Seton Hall University 2 4 31 122 73
88 University of Baltimore 2 6 32 125 60
89 Ohio State University 3 2 33 13 159
90 University of Missouri-Kansas City 2 3 13 24 244
91 Washington and Lee University 3 6 30 120 61
92 Quinnipiac University 4 5 30 97 76
93 Lewis & Clark Law School 3 5 32 54 80
94 University of Oklahoma 3 4 29 45 99
95 Louisiana State University 3 5 17 63 138
96 University of Idaho 3 6 23 53 100
97 St. John's University 2 5 28 49 76
98 Nova Southeastern University 2 5 10 118 93
99 University at Buffalo 3 5 25 64 66
100 Northeastern University 2 2 24 63 73