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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 Yale University 29 51 2,967 12,122 7,652
2 Georgetown University 18 42 1,886 6,833 6,198
3 Harvard University 21 44 1,608 7,977 6,451
4 New York University 21 37 1,823 5,977 5,388
5 University of Virginia 18 31 1,498 4,300 5,257
6 University of Pennsylvania 17 34 1,205 4,767 4,990
7 Columbia University School of Law 21 31 1,352 4,067 3,037
8 University of California, Berkeley 16 29 1,144 3,494 4,154
9 George Washington University 16 29 1,165 2,922 4,068
10 Boston University 17 29 1,156 3,399 3,516
11 University of Michigan 19 23 1,175 2,638 3,457
12 University of California, Davis 16 21 957 1,549 3,891
13 University of California, Los Angeles 15 26 884 2,483 2,276
14 Duke University 13 29 770 2,542 2,423
15 University of Florida 13 26 726 2,428 2,655
16 Stanford University 14 26 823 2,389 2,206
17 University of Chicago 15 24 806 2,072 2,466
18 Northwestern University 14 25 795 2,300 2,252
19 Vanderbilt University 14 26 705 2,811 2,158
20 University of California, San Francisco 11 24 593 2,216 2,399
21 Emory University 14 22 650 1,710 2,552
22 Arizona State University 10 25 540 2,079 1,984
23 University of Minnesota 13 22 585 1,713 2,086
24 Rutgers University 11 23 600 1,635 1,957
25 Fordham University 13 25 525 1,847 2,023
26 Temple University 10 17 580 949 2,579
27 Texas A&M University 10 22 533 1,868 1,830
28 Washington University 11 23 552 1,511 1,961
29 Wake Forest University 12 24 430 2,340 1,564
30 Cornell University 10 19 459 2,235 1,469
31 American University 11 19 462 1,276 2,383
32 University of Texas at Austin 11 26 475 2,208 1,393
33 Ohio State University 13 19 571 1,175 1,783
34 University of Pittsburgh 11 15 585 859 1,962
35 Georgia State University 11 16 435 915 2,640
36 Indiana University Bloomington 12 18 528 1,244 1,630
37 University of San Diego 12 18 643 1,179 1,059
38 Northeastern University 11 19 515 1,219 1,544
39 Case Western Reserve University 10 22 397 1,586 1,569
40 Drexel University 8 15 455 848 1,992
41 University of Maryland 11 19 454 1,180 1,656
42 Indiana University Indianapolis 8 22 357 1,665 1,399
43 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 22 346 1,656 1,356
44 Florida State University 10 16 389 805 1,900
45 Loyola University Chicago 10 19 392 1,255 1,403
46 Pace University 9 15 286 660 2,324
47 Southern Methodist University 11 15 440 703 1,431
48 Seattle University 8 16 346 1,548 995
49 University of Utah 9 15 378 800 1,553
50 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 23 326 1,516 1,037
51 University of Southern California 8 20 266 1,452 1,013
52 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 10 12 375 508 1,150
53 William & Mary Law School 10 14 368 672 1,022
54 Pennsylvania State University 9 13 323 520 1,389
55 Seton Hall University 8 19 297 1,105 927
56 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 19 291 1,187 830
57 University of St. Thomas 10 15 319 696 1,154
58 University of Houston 8 15 258 778 1,303
59 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 20 265 989 1,048
60 University of Georgia 9 14 307 530 1,166
61 Brooklyn Law School 8 21 243 1,386 630
62 University of Denver 11 13 310 622 965
63 Yeshiva University 10 16 259 943 864
64 University of Iowa 9 13 256 461 1,329
65 University of Washington 10 14 288 656 965
66 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 17 221 1,132 829
67 University of Baltimore 10 10 247 233 1,462
68 Willamette University College of Law 7 7 174 184 1,820
69 University of California, Irvine 10 13 302 465 896
70 University of Colorado Boulder 10 11 285 430 988
71 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 200 640 1,165
72 Loyola Marymount University 8 14 262 604 881
73 Suffolk University 6 17 191 1,121 703
74 University of Arizona 6 19 128 1,243 867
75 Pepperdine University 6 17 211 878 754
76 University of Miami 9 12 290 396 758
77 University of Louisville 6 19 157 1,026 786
78 Wayne State University 7 13 185 735 883
79 University at Buffalo 7 12 160 1,006 719
80 University of Oklahoma 7 13 235 539 754
81 George Mason University 7 15 208 698 725
82 University of Alabama 7 11 225 375 956
83 University of Missouri 10 12 266 557 567
84 Brigham Young University 6 16 224 628 687
85 Santa Clara University 7 15 152 791 877
86 Saint Louis University 6 14 191 584 879
87 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 6 13 168 565 882
88 Hofstra University 6 17 143 815 632
89 Boston College 9 12 184 669 563
90 Syracuse University 7 13 156 698 663
91 Stetson University 8 10 180 271 922
92 Louisiana State University 5 15 125 809 555
93 University of Richmond 8 10 184 318 713
94 DePaul University 5 15 127 777 541
95 University of South Carolina 7 8 154 358 793
96 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 11 141 348 825
97 University of Notre Dame 5 12 126 518 698
98 Southwestern Law School 7 10 125 299 911
99 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 11 142 526 554
100 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 6 11 98 542 600