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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 25 53 2,005 11,069 4,240
2 Yale University 21 59 1,489 12,537 3,650
3 New York University 15 44 1,180 5,992 2,926
4 Georgetown University 18 40 1,234 5,042 3,210
5 Northwestern University 14 40 922 5,108 3,921
6 University of Chicago 14 32 1,087 4,498 2,225
7 Columbia University School of Law 17 31 939 4,867 2,381
8 Stanford University 18 33 1,107 4,127 2,194
9 Duke University 18 27 926 2,955 3,258
10 University of Virginia 14 28 1,035 2,504 2,527
11 University of Michigan 11 31 656 4,236 2,552
12 University of Pennsylvania 15 28 1,040 2,484 2,100
13 Cornell University 12 29 722 3,258 2,311
14 Vanderbilt University 15 25 790 2,919 2,263
15 University of California, Davis 13 29 716 3,051 2,065
16 University of California, San Francisco 14 30 688 3,299 1,498
17 George Washington University 12 24 667 2,555 1,653
18 University of California, Los Angeles 12 32 622 2,811 1,602
19 University of California, Berkeley 13 25 645 2,420 1,853
20 University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 23 427 2,135 2,704
21 Fordham University 13 21 638 1,536 1,727
22 Arizona State University 10 25 316 2,822 1,275
23 Case Western Reserve University 8 24 293 2,573 1,592
24 University of San Francisco 10 19 324 1,756 2,029
25 Boston University 12 17 445 1,142 1,364
26 University of Texas at Austin 10 21 358 1,274 1,337
27 University of Florida 10 18 299 1,317 1,425
28 Texas A&M University 9 12 362 536 1,603
29 American University 10 13 335 763 1,508
30 Rutgers University 9 19 316 1,278 1,052
31 William & Mary Law School 11 16 442 698 958
32 Emory University 10 15 307 730 1,350
33 University of Houston 8 18 262 1,144 1,061
34 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 12 309 1,137 834
35 University of Minnesota 8 16 247 1,072 1,136
36 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 21 205 1,507 868
37 University of Miami 7 16 195 1,696 654
38 University of St. Thomas 10 13 272 1,005 826
39 Florida State University 10 14 271 773 1,053
40 University of California, Irvine 9 15 240 539 1,407
41 George Mason University 9 20 242 1,208 685
42 Indiana University Bloomington 8 17 227 1,048 841
43 University of Oklahoma 10 13 363 544 637
44 University of Utah 9 15 202 1,151 709
45 University of San Diego 7 17 232 997 661
46 Brooklyn Law School 9 13 258 718 632
47 Seattle University 7 16 155 1,382 292
48 University of Southern California 6 15 174 871 680
49 Yeshiva University 9 14 184 717 764
50 Washington University 7 13 165 884 615
51 University of Colorado Boulder 7 15 163 766 699
52 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 12 166 593 812
53 Georgia State University 7 13 164 634 730
54 Loyola Marymount University 7 15 189 680 527
55 DePaul University 8 11 171 548 667
56 University of Alabama 7 11 235 399 483
57 Southern Methodist University 7 8 171 325 812
58 Villanova University 5 12 123 793 578
59 University of Arizona 6 10 160 375 800
60 University of Maryland 7 11 184 440 608
61 Hofstra University 7 14 182 725 334
62 Ohio State University 7 14 165 722 395
63 Pace University 6 12 144 571 637
64 University of Pittsburgh 7 14 140 752 475
65 University of Connecticut 7 10 163 304 766
66 Pennsylvania State University 7 11 173 529 477
67 University of Denver 7 10 121 305 881
68 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 12 153 578 452
69 University of Georgia 7 9 145 305 708
70 Northeastern University 6 11 147 608 360
71 Wake Forest University 6 10 139 462 534
72 University of Washington 7 12 126 457 598
73 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 10 94 749 439
74 Catholic University of America 5 9 87 387 782
75 Pepperdine University 6 11 108 747 304
76 Temple University 6 9 114 366 623
77 Boston College 6 14 127 567 351
78 University of Iowa 6 12 112 531 446
79 University of South Carolina 7 12 147 395 402
80 Drexel University 6 10 110 389 427
81 Brigham Young University 7 7 97 311 516
82 Florida International University 5 12 87 394 480
83 Loyola University Chicago 5 8 105 177 590
84 University of Oregon 5 10 91 486 319
85 University at Buffalo 6 7 100 279 458
86 Seton Hall University 6 10 112 274 367
87 Santa Clara University 5 8 80 270 522
88 University of Notre Dame 5 11 101 411 200
89 Michigan State University 5 9 82 259 431
90 California Western School of Law 7 8 107 162 371
91 University of Richmond 5 8 96 353 214
92 Tulane University 4 10 59 476 222
93 Suffolk University 3 12 34 613 189
94 Syracuse University 4 6 57 535 152
95 Drake University 4 9 72 391 200
96 University of Louisville 4 10 49 358 329
97 Duquesne University 4 12 61 262 350
98 University of Mississippi 5 9 105 148 242
99 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 10 72 318 235
100 University of Kansas 4 9 67 314 263