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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 University of California, Los Angeles 20 36 1,275 5,245 3,123
2 Yale University 17 40 1,091 5,461 3,191
3 University of California, Davis 15 44 917 5,156 3,725
4 Georgetown University 12 22 837 2,644 2,312
5 University of Virginia 13 24 958 1,961 1,773
6 Stanford University 14 18 712 1,342 3,292
7 New York University 15 24 728 2,201 2,128
8 Harvard University 12 28 551 3,489 1,745
9 University of California, Berkeley 11 18 400 1,553 2,832
10 Duke University 13 17 531 1,282 1,476
11 Temple University 10 15 443 1,497 1,579
12 Columbia University School of Law 11 19 524 1,628 694
13 Lewis & Clark Law School 9 15 339 1,164 1,866
14 Fordham University 10 18 512 1,026 1,077
15 University of Michigan 10 16 365 1,094 1,730
16 Rutgers University 10 16 376 805 1,738
17 Texas A&M University 10 14 363 889 1,213
18 University of San Francisco 7 18 207 1,164 1,537
19 University of California, San Francisco 9 18 353 940 975
20 University of California, Irvine 12 14 367 805 941
21 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 16 305 869 1,030
22 Boston College 11 19 325 936 862
23 Yeshiva University 11 12 339 704 824
24 Pennsylvania State University 9 18 318 845 772
25 Boston University 10 9 365 437 876
26 University of Colorado Boulder 11 14 315 531 778
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 11 297 566 793
28 Ohio State University 7 12 257 487 947
29 Vanderbilt University 8 12 309 612 368
30 George Washington University 8 12 250 504 731
31 Arizona State University 8 15 190 721 716
32 University of Chicago 8 10 198 665 652
33 University of Minnesota 6 8 156 238 1,151
34 Brooklyn Law School 8 10 229 325 567
35 University of Pennsylvania 8 12 186 588 483
36 Seattle University 6 12 143 562 726
37 Northwestern University 6 10 195 451 525
38 University of Miami 7 11 152 354 773
39 University of Texas at Austin 6 14 148 668 456
40 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 7 135 254 828
41 Cornell University 8 10 161 408 554
42 Pepperdine University 9 8 197 294 393
43 American University 6 10 133 293 683
44 Emory University 6 10 110 628 483
45 University of Washington 5 10 145 272 610
46 University of Iowa 6 10 128 324 632
47 Loyola Marymount University 6 11 102 358 686
48 Washington University 7 7 177 145 397
49 University of Georgia 8 11 156 341 295
50 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 9 131 366 401
51 Georgia State University 7 8 109 436 397
52 University of Arizona 7 8 104 263 477
53 Michigan State University 7 11 92 588 247
54 Loyola University Chicago 6 5 103 211 507
55 Southern Methodist University 7 10 90 478 322
56 University at Buffalo 6 8 112 198 439
57 University of Florida 5 12 101 399 286
58 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 9 127 251 278
59 Roger Williams University 6 9 95 301 358
60 Seton Hall University 5 11 69 343 455
61 Florida State University 5 10 55 380 495
62 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 8 118 226 285
63 Tulane University 6 4 94 49 558
64 University of Denver 2 3 106 117 443
65 University of Alabama 7 6 119 87 362
66 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 8 59 183 590
67 DePaul University 6 7 84 241 371
68 Hofstra University 6 8 93 412 169
69 Wake Forest University 5 9 62 527 163
70 University of Houston 4 12 62 384 286
71 Drexel University 5 5 95 194 280
72 University of South Carolina 5 8 94 168 274
73 Washburn University 5 7 92 208 229
74 Howard University 6 7 82 190 245
75 Willamette University College of Law 5 8 44 315 311
76 University of Maryland 4 5 98 86 217
77 Northeastern University 4 8 68 209 252
78 University of Oklahoma 5 7 73 133 288
79 California Western School of Law 5 6 79 96 277
80 New York Law School 4 10 44 363 222
81 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 11 47 424 141
82 Florida International University 3 6 42 164 373
83 Southwestern Law School 4 7 44 243 277
84 Albany Law School 5 4 62 47 345
85 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 7 47 252 231
86 Loyola University New Orleans 3 8 51 267 194
87 Indiana University Bloomington 4 8 64 129 244
88 Brigham Young University Law School 4 6 60 137 238
89 George Mason University 3 8 47 189 257
90 University of Southern California 3 3 60 113 230
91 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 4 3 47 118 286
92 St. John's University 4 4 49 165 229
93 University of New Mexico 4 6 56 124 212
94 Case Western Reserve University 5 3 69 38 216
95 University of Notre Dame 4 7 62 203 98
96 University of Idaho 6 6 55 139 185
97 Western State College of Law at Westcliff University 4 8 39 205 211
98 University of Connecticut 5 5 66 120 138
99 University of San Diego 3 5 35 131 283
100 University of Cincinnati 3 5 50 195 142