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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 25 53 2,050 11,109 4,174
2 Yale University 20 58 1,422 12,133 3,141
3 Northwestern University 14 41 1,096 5,765 3,913
4 New York University 15 44 1,191 5,980 2,730
5 Georgetown University 17 40 1,214 5,042 3,057
6 University of Chicago 15 32 1,086 4,496 2,081
7 University of Virginia 14 29 1,217 3,135 2,595
8 Stanford University 18 33 1,115 4,109 2,080
9 Columbia University School of Law 17 30 936 4,841 2,185
10 Duke University 18 27 953 2,958 3,152
11 University of Michigan 11 31 664 4,257 2,432
12 University of Pennsylvania 15 27 1,027 2,343 2,005
13 George Washington University 16 26 903 2,909 2,005
14 Vanderbilt University 16 26 827 2,982 2,203
15 Cornell University 12 29 719 3,262 2,161
16 University of California, Davis 13 29 722 3,059 1,969
17 University of California, San Francisco 14 30 692 3,292 1,444
18 University of California, Berkeley 14 24 671 2,411 1,796
19 University of California, Los Angeles 12 31 599 2,754 1,519
20 University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 23 429 2,135 2,592
21 Fordham University 13 21 671 1,584 1,684
22 Arizona State University 10 25 321 2,822 1,256
23 Case Western Reserve University 8 24 295 2,577 1,586
24 University of San Francisco 11 19 343 1,752 1,895
25 Boston University 12 17 448 1,142 1,342
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 22 374 1,351 1,246
27 University of Florida 10 18 303 1,317 1,348
28 Texas A&M University 9 12 366 536 1,538
29 William & Mary Law School 11 16 446 698 943
30 Rutgers University 9 19 319 1,278 991
31 Emory University 10 15 316 730 1,331
32 University of Houston 8 18 265 1,144 1,031
33 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 12 311 1,137 776
34 University of Minnesota 8 16 257 1,080 1,083
35 George Mason University 9 22 256 1,375 710
36 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 21 211 1,509 798
37 University of Miami 7 16 191 1,655 593
38 Florida State University 10 14 272 774 1,024
39 University of St. Thomas 10 13 276 1,005 768
40 University of California, Irvine 9 15 236 539 1,318
41 University of Oklahoma 10 13 368 544 594
42 Indiana University Bloomington 8 17 228 1,046 782
43 University of Utah 9 15 205 1,151 666
44 University of San Diego 7 17 237 1,025 634
45 Brooklyn Law School 9 13 260 718 618
46 American University 8 11 155 531 1,123
47 University of Southern California 6 15 177 871 656
48 Seattle University 7 16 152 1,379 283
49 Yeshiva University 9 14 185 717 721
50 Washington University 7 13 171 884 627
51 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 13 170 706 788
52 Georgia State University 7 13 166 634 703
53 Hofstra University 8 15 208 789 344
54 Loyola Marymount University 7 15 193 680 493
55 University of Alabama 7 11 239 399 450
56 DePaul University 8 11 171 548 620
57 University of Colorado Boulder 6 15 137 761 571
58 Southern Methodist University 7 8 177 325 788
59 University of Arizona 6 10 161 367 769
60 Villanova University 5 12 123 793 529
61 Ohio State University 7 14 168 722 373
62 University of Pittsburgh 7 14 143 746 454
63 University of Connecticut 7 10 163 306 772
64 Pace University 6 12 147 571 555
65 University of Maryland 6 11 168 440 514
66 Pennsylvania State University 7 11 169 520 427
67 University of Georgia 7 9 146 305 742
68 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 12 154 578 411
69 University of Denver 7 10 121 305 822
70 University of Washington 7 12 130 457 559
71 Northeastern University 6 11 144 608 341
72 Wake Forest University 6 10 140 463 483
73 Boston College 6 14 136 567 392
74 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 10 94 749 409
75 Catholic University of America 5 9 89 385 753
76 University of South Carolina 7 12 153 398 424
77 Pepperdine University 6 11 108 747 294
78 Temple University 6 9 118 375 583
79 University of Iowa 6 12 115 531 392
80 Drexel University 6 10 111 389 408
81 Brigham Young University 7 7 101 311 496
82 Florida International University 5 12 90 394 449
83 Loyola University Chicago 5 8 106 173 565
84 University of Oregon 5 10 93 486 302
85 University at Buffalo 6 7 101 279 449
86 Seton Hall University 6 10 115 274 351
87 Santa Clara University 5 8 82 270 487
88 Michigan State University 5 9 84 261 392
89 California Western School of Law 7 8 108 162 344
90 University of Notre Dame 5 11 94 411 164
91 Suffolk University 3 12 35 613 202
92 Tulane University 4 10 60 476 205
93 Syracuse University 4 6 59 535 151
94 Duquesne University 4 12 70 262 341
95 University of Richmond 5 6 89 306 180
96 University of Louisville 4 10 50 358 315
97 University of Kansas 4 9 68 314 270
98 University of Mississippi 5 9 108 148 235
99 Drake University 4 9 73 391 170
100 South Texas College of Law Houston 4 8 61 205 393