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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 22 53 1,644 11,237 3,732
2 Yale University 18 59 1,246 12,789 3,191
3 Northwestern University 12 41 905 6,009 3,705
4 New York University 14 44 1,010 6,138 2,469
5 Georgetown University 16 41 1,024 5,333 2,775
6 University of Virginia 13 29 1,046 3,359 2,437
7 University of Chicago 13 33 889 4,727 1,919
8 Columbia University School of Law 16 29 779 4,992 1,975
9 Stanford University 16 34 893 4,342 1,898
10 Duke University 15 29 803 3,186 2,874
11 Vanderbilt University 16 28 878 3,281 2,388
12 University of Michigan 10 32 566 4,427 2,210
13 University of Pennsylvania 14 30 855 2,589 1,938
14 George Washington University 15 27 779 3,052 1,841
15 Cornell University 11 30 610 3,410 1,952
16 University of California, Davis 11 29 595 3,198 1,768
17 University of California, Berkeley 12 24 541 2,564 1,713
18 University of California, Los Angeles 12 32 530 2,926 1,406
19 University of California, San Francisco 12 29 534 2,972 1,285
20 Fordham University 12 22 586 1,729 1,620
21 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 24 348 2,219 2,354
22 Arizona State University 8 26 262 2,855 1,169
23 Case Western Reserve University 7 24 245 2,632 1,444
24 University of San Francisco 10 19 259 1,838 1,850
25 Boston University 11 16 401 1,112 1,248
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 22 322 1,434 1,144
27 University of Florida 10 18 298 1,436 1,257
28 Rutgers University 9 19 326 1,433 910
29 Texas A&M University 9 13 323 591 1,411
30 Emory University 9 16 284 758 1,258
31 University of California, Irvine 10 16 260 663 1,338
32 University of Houston 8 19 224 1,178 953
33 University of Minnesota 8 16 220 1,113 1,002
34 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 12 251 1,206 730
35 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 6 21 174 1,551 739
36 George Mason University 8 22 213 1,404 652
37 University of St. Thomas 9 15 236 1,066 738
38 Florida State University 10 15 236 814 905
39 University of Miami 6 16 156 1,694 496
40 University of Oklahoma 9 13 315 603 534
41 Indiana University Bloomington 7 17 189 1,110 733
42 Brooklyn Law School 8 15 233 758 642
43 University of Utah 7 17 160 1,199 617
44 University of San Diego 6 18 181 1,000 642
45 Washington University 7 14 137 979 625
46 University of Southern California 5 15 144 910 643
47 American University 7 11 120 562 1,061
48 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 14 145 752 720
49 Seattle University 5 16 120 1,413 254
50 Yeshiva University 8 14 145 759 674
51 Georgia State University 7 13 143 660 691
52 University of Alabama 7 12 218 425 427
53 William & Mary Law School 8 13 189 518 481
54 Loyola Marymount University 6 16 157 723 458
55 Hofstra University 7 15 159 840 336
56 University of Connecticut 7 10 159 341 757
57 Southern Methodist University 7 9 158 350 734
58 DePaul University 7 12 136 585 606
59 University of Colorado Boulder 6 16 115 787 519
60 University of Georgia 6 9 136 319 745
61 University of Arizona 5 11 133 396 690
62 Villanova University 4 12 95 822 478
63 University of Pittsburgh 6 14 109 783 430
64 Ohio State University 7 14 131 759 313
65 University of Maryland 7 12 148 466 477
66 Pace University 6 12 117 594 484
67 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 13 128 635 380
68 University of Denver 5 11 104 327 769
69 Pennsylvania State University 6 13 129 570 408
70 University of South Carolina 7 12 149 452 398
71 Wake Forest University 6 10 128 477 441
72 University of Washington 5 12 105 484 543
73 Boston College 6 14 118 588 357
74 Northeastern University 6 11 115 637 307
75 Pepperdine University 5 11 97 760 280
76 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 11 75 771 382
77 Temple University 6 10 105 392 549
78 Catholic University of America 4 9 67 410 672
79 University of Iowa 5 13 81 623 363
80 Drexel University 5 11 86 415 399
81 Loyola University Chicago 4 8 99 183 506
82 Florida International University 4 12 71 415 405
83 Seton Hall University 5 10 103 289 329
84 University of Oregon 5 10 75 506 283
85 Brigham Young University Law School 6 6 76 311 430
86 University at Buffalo 5 7 82 299 401
87 Santa Clara University 5 8 73 283 449
88 Michigan State University 4 9 73 281 360
89 Duquesne University 4 13 63 361 336
90 University of Notre Dame 4 12 75 434 156
91 Suffolk University 4 12 33 623 181
92 California Western School of Law 6 8 82 169 312
93 University of Mississippi 4 9 97 164 222
94 University of Kansas 5 9 58 330 273
95 Syracuse University 4 6 50 546 128
96 Tulane University 4 10 43 493 199
97 University of Richmond 5 7 72 325 183
98 University of Louisville 4 11 40 365 296
99 Drake University 3 9 61 404 155
100 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 11 56 334 208