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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 University of California, Los Angeles 20 35 1,264 5,191 3,338
2 Yale University 17 40 1,142 5,499 3,425
3 University of California, Davis 15 44 937 5,156 3,775
4 Georgetown University 12 22 862 2,643 2,444
5 University of Virginia 13 24 974 1,961 1,881
6 Stanford University 14 18 745 1,336 3,614
7 New York University 15 24 741 2,201 2,338
8 Harvard University 12 28 561 3,482 1,793
9 University of California, Berkeley 11 18 405 1,553 2,837
10 Duke University 13 17 540 1,269 1,525
11 Temple University 10 15 455 1,497 1,694
12 Columbia University School of Law 12 19 536 1,628 787
13 Lewis & Clark Law School 9 15 345 1,164 2,120
14 University of Michigan 11 16 371 1,094 1,850
15 Fordham University 10 18 521 1,026 1,106
16 Rutgers University 10 16 383 807 1,724
17 University of San Francisco 7 18 209 1,164 2,055
18 Texas A&M University 10 14 369 889 1,315
19 University of California, San Francisco 9 18 357 940 1,009
20 University of California, Irvine 12 14 375 805 1,027
21 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 16 316 876 1,123
22 Boston College 11 19 342 936 893
23 Yeshiva University 11 12 344 704 1,055
24 Boston University 10 9 378 437 893
25 Pennsylvania State University 9 18 323 849 805
26 University of Colorado Boulder 11 14 325 531 873
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 11 311 566 865
28 Ohio State University 7 12 265 489 1,022
29 George Washington University 8 12 259 517 709
30 Arizona State University 8 15 192 729 796
31 Vanderbilt University 8 12 292 577 378
32 University of Chicago 9 10 203 665 717
33 University of Minnesota 6 8 161 238 1,263
34 Brooklyn Law School 8 10 239 325 592
35 University of Pennsylvania 8 12 190 588 509
36 Northwestern University 6 10 197 451 599
37 Seattle University 6 12 142 552 731
38 University of Texas at Austin 6 14 153 668 526
39 University of Miami 7 11 153 354 776
40 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 7 138 254 899
41 Cornell University 8 10 167 408 583
42 Pepperdine University 9 8 200 294 411
43 University of Iowa 6 10 132 324 715
44 American University 6 10 134 293 720
45 Emory University 6 10 116 628 482
46 University of Washington 5 10 148 272 630
47 Loyola Marymount University 6 11 105 358 711
48 University of Georgia 9 11 158 341 367
49 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 9 132 366 457
50 Washington University 7 7 179 146 404
51 Georgia State University 7 8 113 436 371
52 University of Arizona 7 8 107 263 486
53 Michigan State University 7 11 98 588 236
54 Loyola University Chicago 6 5 105 211 537
55 Southern Methodist University 7 10 91 478 335
56 University at Buffalo 6 8 112 198 472
57 Florida State University 5 10 55 380 599
58 Tulane University 6 4 105 49 607
59 Seton Hall University 5 11 74 343 496
60 University of Florida 5 12 103 399 291
61 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 9 127 251 295
62 Roger Williams University 6 9 96 301 398
63 University of Denver 3 3 109 117 484
64 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 8 122 226 300
65 University of Alabama 7 6 127 87 367
66 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 8 61 188 616
67 DePaul University 6 7 85 241 378
68 Hofstra University 6 8 93 412 178
69 University of Houston 4 12 64 386 293
70 Drexel University 5 5 96 194 296
71 Wake Forest University 5 9 64 527 161
72 University of South Carolina 5 8 98 168 291
73 Washburn University 6 7 96 208 245
74 Willamette University College of Law 5 8 45 315 344
75 University of Maryland 4 5 101 86 257
76 Howard University 6 7 82 190 241
77 University of Oklahoma 6 7 77 133 312
78 California Western School of Law 6 6 81 96 315
79 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 11 50 424 168
80 New York Law School 4 10 46 363 220
81 Southwestern Law School 4 7 45 243 319
82 Northeastern University 4 8 68 203 232
83 Florida International University 4 6 44 164 370
84 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 7 48 252 243
85 Loyola University New Orleans 3 8 51 267 204
86 Albany Law School 5 4 63 47 325
87 Indiana University Bloomington 4 8 64 129 245
88 Brigham Young University Law School 4 6 62 137 248
89 George Mason University 3 8 48 189 254
90 University of Southern California 3 3 60 113 236
91 University of New Mexico 4 6 59 121 222
92 Case Western Reserve University 5 3 69 38 235
93 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 4 3 48 118 271
94 University of Idaho 6 6 58 139 185
95 University of Connecticut 5 5 68 120 151
96 St. John's University 4 4 47 164 221
97 University of Cincinnati 3 5 50 195 155
98 Western State College of Law at Westcliff University 4 8 40 205 186
99 University of San Diego 3 5 36 131 276
100 William & Mary Law School 5 8 50 153 176