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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 15 46 1,240 8,712 6,502
2 Yale University 18 42 1,238 8,840 5,852
3 Harvard University 15 42 947 8,434 5,075
4 Columbia University School of Law 11 25 874 2,904 4,411
5 Georgetown University 13 32 743 3,429 3,319
6 University of Chicago 13 26 657 3,233 3,127
7 University of Virginia 13 22 756 2,540 2,017
8 University of Michigan 11 25 497 2,469 3,335
9 University of California, Berkeley 12 22 539 1,844 3,213
10 George Washington University 11 22 511 2,230 2,611
11 University of California, Los Angeles 11 25 423 2,517 1,578
12 University at Buffalo 7 19 244 1,202 3,618
13 American University 8 22 295 2,060 2,491
14 Rutgers University 11 24 430 1,946 1,696
15 Duke University 12 20 406 1,701 1,730
16 Stanford University 10 16 408 917 1,846
17 University of Texas at Austin 9 21 304 1,748 1,499
18 University of Pennsylvania 10 21 328 1,227 1,682
19 University of Colorado Boulder 6 14 252 774 2,230
20 Emory University 5 21 184 1,650 1,504
21 Temple University 7 17 257 1,083 1,486
22 University of Minnesota 8 16 340 667 1,166
23 Fordham University 8 18 236 1,061 1,319
24 University of California, Irvine 8 12 369 588 936
25 Northeastern University 8 11 207 853 1,475
26 Loyola University Chicago 6 12 208 455 1,813
27 University of California, San Francisco 7 20 196 1,196 1,204
28 Arizona State University 7 15 210 1,055 1,060
29 University of Connecticut 8 8 182 332 1,673
30 University of Maryland 8 13 221 1,236 616
31 Texas A&M University 8 15 217 776 1,018
32 Boston University 8 13 280 535 898
33 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 182 672 1,280
34 University of Florida 5 19 188 1,076 889
35 Loyola Marymount University 4 11 154 1,051 1,079
36 University of Notre Dame 6 17 199 814 1,038
37 Cornell University 7 16 179 979 953
38 University of Arizona 8 13 168 832 1,111
39 Indiana University Bloomington 7 14 198 625 1,134
40 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 14 136 718 1,369
41 Seattle University 5 16 106 754 1,459
42 Northwestern University 7 17 220 956 671
43 Brooklyn Law School 7 11 323 375 644
44 University of Houston 3 24 82 1,745 662
45 Ohio State University 6 11 243 561 778
46 Washington University 8 12 229 488 796
47 University of Miami 7 19 149 854 860
48 University of Utah 8 11 130 466 1,212
49 Vanderbilt University 6 13 159 695 838
50 Pennsylvania State University 4 11 129 510 1,039
51 University of Pittsburgh 8 13 197 571 624
52 William & Mary Law School 7 12 188 465 653
53 New York Law School 4 12 81 639 969
54 Washington and Lee University 7 11 176 466 521
55 University of California, Davis 7 13 138 541 638
56 Santa Clara University 7 12 176 576 396
57 George Mason University 5 14 85 766 691
58 University of Iowa 4 17 96 807 559
59 Georgia State University 5 12 132 396 724
60 Florida State University 7 14 137 535 514
61 Brigham Young University Law School 8 12 135 498 531
62 University of Southern California 5 12 120 581 534
63 University of Washington 5 11 101 402 742
64 University of Baltimore 6 8 134 262 676
65 DePaul University 3 16 49 813 632
66 Hofstra University 4 14 82 800 459
67 University of San Francisco 5 13 97 632 509
68 Case Western Reserve University 4 13 58 522 803
69 Albany Law School 6 9 99 343 732
70 Boston College 6 12 113 435 508
71 Pace University 5 11 95 308 691
72 Wake Forest University 6 7 85 236 796
73 University of Richmond 7 7 129 386 417
74 Syracuse University 6 9 95 275 659
75 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 11 86 408 546
76 New England Law Boston 4 11 104 400 456
77 University of San Diego 5 10 100 411 445
78 Yeshiva University 5 17 69 668 377
79 University of Illinois Chicago 4 11 80 303 570
80 Wayne State University 5 12 76 548 372
81 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 12 60 521 462
82 University of Oklahoma 6 8 135 208 342
83 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 117 173 452
84 Nova Southeastern University 4 10 56 311 587
85 Chapman University 3 10 60 376 511
86 University of St. Thomas 5 5 122 240 291
87 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 10 41 375 582
88 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 11 65 298 494
89 Drexel University 6 8 108 245 311
90 Pepperdine University 6 9 99 263 332
91 Michigan State University 5 5 116 86 355
92 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 11 52 478 334
93 St. John's University 4 9 72 248 422
94 Villanova University 4 10 39 291 510
95 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 8 69 247 386
96 Seton Hall University 5 8 89 180 325
97 University of South Carolina 5 9 83 159 371
98 California Western School of Law 4 10 60 332 329
99 Southern Methodist University 5 8 73 318 247
100 Tulane University 4 7 46 239 366