Back to Rankings

HeinOnline Logo

HEINONLINE'S SCHOLARLY IMPACT RANKINGS


ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

How is this ranking calculated?
Last Updated: January 2026

Cited 0-5 Years Cited 5+ Years Past 12 Months
Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 University of California, Los Angeles 22 35 1,554 4,882 3,405
2 Yale University 19 39 1,308 5,185 3,546
3 University of California, Davis 17 42 1,100 4,943 4,186
4 Georgetown University 13 22 978 2,496 2,507
5 Stanford University 16 19 877 1,400 3,738
6 University of Virginia 14 23 1,131 1,763 1,924
7 New York University 17 24 863 2,119 2,426
8 Harvard University 14 27 669 3,355 1,860
9 University of California, Berkeley 12 18 431 1,500 2,719
10 Duke University 14 16 622 1,185 1,514
11 Temple University 11 15 536 1,393 1,670
12 Rutgers University 12 15 485 757 2,084
13 Lewis & Clark Law School 9 15 416 1,084 2,021
14 Columbia University School of Law 13 18 602 1,493 715
15 University of Michigan 11 16 437 1,048 1,899
16 Fordham University 10 14 588 917 1,161
17 Texas A&M University 10 14 434 822 1,290
18 University of California, Irvine 12 13 459 718 1,056
19 University of San Francisco 8 17 261 1,109 1,615
20 University of California, San Francisco 11 17 413 875 1,083
21 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 15 349 818 1,114
22 Boston College 11 17 372 882 926
23 Boston University 10 9 415 378 1,012
24 Pennsylvania State University 10 18 368 781 833
25 Yeshiva University 11 12 371 656 866
26 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 10 374 503 925
27 University of Colorado Boulder 12 13 394 453 855
28 Ohio State University 7 11 309 413 989
29 Vanderbilt University 9 12 362 576 408
30 George Washington University 8 14 290 503 784
31 University of Chicago 8 9 227 633 710
32 University of Minnesota 6 8 185 208 1,238
33 University of Pennsylvania 9 11 257 562 543
34 Arizona State University 9 13 212 529 764
35 Brooklyn Law School 9 10 269 280 604
36 Seattle University 6 12 169 548 797
37 University of Miami 7 10 187 317 847
38 Northwestern University 6 10 218 416 531
39 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 7 156 232 901
40 Cornell University 8 10 176 386 585
41 Pepperdine University 10 8 238 249 411
42 University of Texas at Austin 6 12 162 561 454
43 American University 7 10 159 269 732
44 University of Washington 5 10 167 252 642
45 Emory University 6 9 121 611 517
46 Loyola Marymount University 7 11 128 329 718
47 University of Iowa 7 9 144 304 658
48 Michigan State University 8 12 150 580 293
49 University of Georgia 9 10 192 302 329
50 Washington University 9 6 203 119 436
51 Georgia State University 7 8 122 421 471
52 University of Arizona 7 8 128 257 526
53 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 132 340 419
54 Southern Methodist University 8 10 116 451 349
55 University at Buffalo 6 6 131 176 484
56 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 8 9 155 218 319
57 Seton Hall University 6 10 88 324 496
58 University of Florida 6 12 114 385 295
59 Loyola University Chicago 6 4 108 197 489
60 Florida State University 5 10 66 366 516
61 University of Denver 3 3 118 106 498
62 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 8 136 207 304
63 Tulane University 6 4 100 43 599
64 Hofstra University 6 7 113 392 192
65 Roger Williams University 6 9 101 273 347
66 DePaul University 6 7 94 223 417
67 University of Alabama 7 4 133 55 382
68 University of Houston 5 12 77 377 308
69 Wake Forest University 6 9 73 515 176
70 Washburn University 6 7 124 173 245
71 Drexel University 6 5 111 177 301
72 Howard University 6 7 102 167 252
73 Northeastern University 5 8 93 183 259
74 Willamette University College of Law 5 7 54 286 332
75 George Mason University 5 8 69 244 275
76 New York Law School 5 10 56 350 232
77 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 11 54 417 172
78 California Western School of Law 6 5 95 80 289
79 University of Oklahoma 5 7 82 124 306
80 Florida International University 4 6 49 156 415
81 University of Maryland 4 4 102 77 237
82 Loyola University New Orleans 4 8 66 251 218
83 Southwestern Law School 4 7 48 237 295
84 Albany Law School 5 4 63 42 401
85 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 7 52 245 245
86 Indiana University Bloomington 4 8 72 129 260
87 Brigham Young University Law School 5 6 73 124 259
88 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 3 64 101 308
89 St. John's University 5 4 62 152 248
90 University of South Carolina 4 7 63 132 230
91 Case Western Reserve University 5 3 82 24 239
92 University of Idaho 7 6 69 124 197
93 Wayne State University 5 6 60 87 272
94 University of Cincinnati 3 5 67 177 151
95 University of New Mexico 4 6 61 116 234
96 University of Southern California 3 3 62 109 227
97 Western State College of Law at Westcliff University 4 8 41 201 231
98 University of San Diego 3 4 36 130 325
99 Syracuse University 5 4 72 72 193
100 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 7 58 183 148