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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 Yale University 29 52 3,060 12,186 7,309
2 Georgetown University 18 42 1,938 6,896 6,086
3 Harvard University 21 44 1,655 8,004 6,321
4 New York University 21 37 1,856 5,968 5,074
5 University of Virginia 18 31 1,539 4,300 4,921
6 University of Pennsylvania 18 34 1,286 4,769 4,739
7 Columbia University School of Law 22 31 1,396 4,111 2,996
8 University of California, Berkeley 16 29 1,154 3,494 4,005
9 George Washington University 15 29 1,181 2,918 4,047
10 Boston University 17 29 1,165 3,390 3,388
11 University of Michigan 19 25 1,194 2,883 3,488
12 University of California, Davis 17 21 983 1,509 3,848
13 University of California, Los Angeles 15 27 953 2,668 2,594
14 Duke University 13 30 796 2,747 2,388
15 Stanford University 14 26 831 2,385 2,138
16 University of Florida 13 25 704 2,308 2,546
17 Vanderbilt University 14 26 696 2,821 2,075
18 Northwestern University 13 25 775 2,291 1,731
19 University of California, San Francisco 12 25 616 2,242 2,435
20 University of Chicago 14 24 683 1,818 2,315
21 Emory University 14 22 648 1,713 2,402
22 Arizona State University 10 26 554 2,152 1,932
23 University of Minnesota 13 22 592 1,713 1,948
24 Temple University 10 17 602 949 2,576
25 Fordham University 13 25 551 1,852 1,923
26 Rutgers University 11 23 606 1,634 1,836
27 Texas A&M University 10 22 538 1,868 1,740
28 Washington University 11 23 558 1,510 1,866
29 Wake Forest University 12 24 432 2,339 1,509
30 Cornell University 10 19 457 2,228 1,325
31 Ohio State University 13 19 577 1,176 1,707
32 University of Texas at Austin 12 25 475 2,116 1,293
33 University of Pittsburgh 11 15 604 850 1,830
34 Georgia State University 11 16 439 915 2,553
35 University of San Diego 12 18 685 1,189 1,093
36 American University 11 18 430 1,248 2,202
37 Indiana University Bloomington 12 18 532 1,244 1,600
38 Northeastern University 11 19 516 1,219 1,481
39 Drexel University 8 15 467 846 1,844
40 University of Maryland 11 19 459 1,189 1,541
41 Case Western Reserve University 10 22 401 1,590 1,433
42 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 22 343 1,677 1,379
43 Indiana University Indianapolis 8 22 362 1,665 1,283
44 Loyola University Chicago 10 19 409 1,255 1,367
45 Florida State University 10 16 403 803 1,758
46 Pace University 9 15 289 660 2,134
47 University of Utah 9 15 383 818 1,508
48 Southern Methodist University 11 15 442 703 1,332
49 Seattle University 8 16 348 1,559 925
50 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 23 331 1,516 964
51 William & Mary Law School 10 14 388 676 990
52 University of Southern California 8 19 267 1,287 952
53 University of St. Thomas 10 15 339 712 1,136
54 Pennsylvania State University 9 13 327 520 1,374
55 Seton Hall University 8 19 302 1,104 908
56 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 19 297 1,191 783
57 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 10 12 374 508 1,044
58 University of Houston 8 16 259 814 1,230
59 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 20 264 986 979
60 Brooklyn Law School 8 22 247 1,414 601
61 University of Georgia 9 14 311 530 1,107
62 University of Iowa 9 13 273 461 1,314
63 University of Denver 11 13 320 622 917
64 Yeshiva University 10 16 266 942 817
65 University of Washington 10 14 293 656 939
66 University of Colorado Boulder 10 11 290 581 933
67 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 17 222 1,019 779
68 University of Baltimore 10 10 249 233 1,360
69 University of California, Irvine 10 13 306 464 861
70 Loyola Marymount University 8 14 263 604 881
71 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 203 640 1,107
72 Suffolk University 6 17 196 1,125 678
73 Willamette University College of Law 7 7 176 184 1,675
74 University of Arizona 6 19 130 1,235 831
75 University of Miami 10 12 298 396 775
76 Pepperdine University 6 17 214 894 702
77 Wayne State University 7 13 189 735 865
78 George Mason University 7 15 216 737 730
79 University at Buffalo 7 13 165 1,025 687
80 University of Louisville 5 19 151 1,024 752
81 Saint Louis University 6 14 196 616 918
82 University of Oklahoma 7 13 241 539 732
83 University of Alabama 7 11 231 390 920
84 University of Missouri 10 12 270 557 548
85 Brigham Young University 6 17 230 654 622
86 Santa Clara University 7 15 157 792 818
87 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 6 13 172 565 829
88 Hofstra University 6 17 148 829 583
89 Boston College 9 12 185 669 549
90 Syracuse University 7 13 157 698 648
91 Stetson University 8 10 186 271 887
92 Louisiana State University 5 15 127 802 526
93 University of Richmond 8 10 185 318 676
94 DePaul University 5 15 126 777 502
95 University of South Carolina 6 8 149 361 774
96 University of Notre Dame 5 12 131 524 689
97 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 11 149 526 556
98 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 11 139 346 777
99 Southwestern Law School 7 10 126 299 871
100 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 6 11 102 542 579