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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 University of California, Los Angeles 19 35 1,426 4,869 3,203
2 Yale University 19 39 1,268 5,215 3,521
3 University of California, Davis 17 42 1,089 4,943 4,070
4 Georgetown University 13 22 967 2,491 2,492
5 University of Virginia 14 23 1,100 1,763 1,971
6 Stanford University 15 18 840 1,219 3,709
7 New York University 17 24 827 2,119 2,227
8 Harvard University 14 27 648 3,355 1,889
9 University of California, Berkeley 12 18 422 1,499 2,803
10 Duke University 14 16 611 1,185 1,505
11 Temple University 11 15 527 1,393 1,700
12 Columbia University School of Law 13 18 601 1,522 794
13 University of Michigan 11 16 430 1,048 1,970
14 Rutgers University 12 15 473 721 2,037
15 Lewis & Clark Law School 9 15 409 1,084 1,987
16 Fordham University 10 14 591 873 1,215
17 Texas A&M University 10 14 430 822 1,303
18 University of California, San Francisco 11 17 404 884 1,130
19 University of California, Irvine 12 13 451 718 1,027
20 University of San Francisco 8 17 260 1,109 1,414
21 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 15 344 818 1,092
22 Boston College 11 17 360 882 933
23 Boston University 10 9 409 378 1,053
24 Pennsylvania State University 10 18 361 784 869
25 Yeshiva University 11 12 361 667 826
26 University of Colorado Boulder 12 13 385 451 903
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 11 355 519 880
28 Ohio State University 7 11 306 429 960
29 Arizona State University 9 13 229 664 827
30 George Washington University 8 11 271 440 835
31 Vanderbilt University 8 11 320 490 431
32 Northwestern University 8 10 269 416 702
33 University of Chicago 8 9 220 633 732
34 University of Pennsylvania 9 11 247 562 575
35 University of Minnesota 6 8 181 203 1,221
36 Seattle University 6 12 168 548 847
37 Brooklyn Law School 8 10 264 280 578
38 University of Miami 7 10 184 317 827
39 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 7 153 232 941
40 Cornell University 8 10 174 386 596
41 American University 7 10 159 269 731
42 Pepperdine University 10 7 231 237 401
43 Emory University 6 9 119 613 565
44 University of Texas at Austin 5 11 153 487 438
45 University of Washington 5 10 163 252 597
46 University of Iowa 7 9 137 304 644
47 Loyola Marymount University 6 11 123 339 670
48 Michigan State University 8 12 147 578 273
49 Georgia State University 7 8 120 421 504
50 Washington University 8 6 184 119 468
51 University of Georgia 8 10 172 302 334
52 University of Arizona 7 8 126 257 552
53 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 132 340 438
54 Loyola University Chicago 6 4 109 201 652
55 Southern Methodist University 8 10 114 451 362
56 University at Buffalo 6 6 129 176 492
57 University of Florida 6 12 116 385 344
58 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 9 150 218 330
59 Hofstra University 6 8 125 439 206
60 Seton Hall University 6 10 88 324 499
61 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 8 135 207 340
62 University of Denver 3 3 113 106 505
63 Florida State University 5 10 65 366 456
64 DePaul University 6 7 92 223 452
65 Roger Williams University 6 9 100 273 349
66 University of Alabama 7 4 130 55 399
67 University of Houston 5 12 77 377 331
68 Tulane University 6 4 94 43 556
69 Wake Forest University 6 9 71 515 186
70 Washburn University 6 7 124 173 248
71 Drexel University 6 5 111 177 308
72 Northeastern University 5 8 93 183 281
73 Howard University 6 7 102 167 235
74 New York Law School 5 10 55 350 257
75 Brigham Young University 5 6 89 140 295
76 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 11 53 417 174
77 California Western School of Law 5 5 93 80 304
78 University of Oklahoma 5 7 80 124 324
79 Willamette University College of Law 4 7 52 286 305
80 Florida International University 4 6 47 156 435
81 George Mason University 4 7 65 227 251
82 University of Maryland 4 4 97 77 224
83 Loyola University New Orleans 4 8 63 251 207
84 Albany Law School 5 4 60 42 424
85 Southwestern Law School 4 7 47 237 287
86 Indiana University Bloomington 4 8 72 129 264
87 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 7 51 244 242
88 University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 7 63 187 232
89 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 3 63 101 313
90 University of South Carolina 5 7 69 143 237
91 St. John's University 5 4 59 152 279
92 Case Western Reserve University 5 3 82 24 268
93 University of Cincinnati 3 5 67 177 157
94 University of Idaho 7 6 68 124 195
95 University of New Mexico 4 6 59 116 246
96 Western State College of Law at Westcliff University 4 8 41 201 228
97 University of Southern California 3 3 58 109 235
98 Syracuse University 5 4 71 72 199
99 Wayne State University 4 6 45 100 292
100 University of San Diego 3 4 36 130 308