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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 Yale University 21 52 2,222 11,322 8,991
2 Harvard University 24 57 1,902 11,707 7,324
3 New York University 16 50 1,522 8,203 7,779
4 University of Chicago 20 40 1,404 6,479 4,220
5 Georgetown University 16 37 1,419 5,003 5,478
6 University of California, Berkeley 15 34 1,261 4,171 4,865
7 University of Michigan 15 30 1,132 3,403 5,640
8 George Washington University 14 43 990 5,116 3,967
9 Columbia University School of Law 18 32 1,110 3,609 3,676
10 University of Virginia 17 36 1,143 3,977 3,146
11 University of California, Los Angeles 15 34 858 4,431 2,969
12 Duke University 12 31 962 3,471 3,143
13 Stanford University 14 22 694 2,199 3,579
14 American University 10 23 458 2,478 3,610
15 University of Pennsylvania 14 27 725 2,341 2,349
16 Cornell University 14 19 898 1,454 1,880
17 Temple University 11 26 554 2,260 2,203
18 Fordham University 13 21 649 1,756 1,593
19 Arizona State University 9 20 442 1,783 2,528
20 Northwestern University 10 24 463 2,209 1,900
21 Boston University 9 23 444 1,472 2,120
22 Vanderbilt University 10 18 496 1,187 1,850
23 University of Notre Dame 10 24 394 1,829 1,606
24 University of Texas at Austin 10 26 385 2,212 1,167
25 DePaul University 8 26 215 2,107 2,011
26 Texas A&M University 11 20 420 1,493 1,547
27 Emory University 9 15 325 751 2,539
28 Washington University 10 18 353 1,273 1,741
29 University of California, Irvine 9 19 370 1,207 1,621
30 University of California, San Francisco 9 21 285 1,645 1,597
31 Rutgers University 7 17 245 1,512 1,409
32 University of Houston 5 30 121 2,444 1,060
33 Indiana University Bloomington 9 19 278 1,090 1,525
34 University of Southern California 9 17 287 1,311 1,137
35 Loyola University Chicago 11 15 312 720 1,548
36 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 14 207 1,122 1,507
37 University of Miami 8 18 197 1,299 1,364
38 University of Minnesota 9 14 282 650 1,514
39 University of Richmond 12 10 325 529 1,331
40 Brigham Young University 9 14 284 775 1,017
41 Case Western Reserve University 6 19 153 1,044 1,272
42 George Mason University 6 18 143 1,316 996
43 Pennsylvania State University 5 14 163 686 1,502
44 University of California, Davis 8 11 220 479 1,396
45 Southern Methodist University 8 13 210 684 1,210
46 Willamette University College of Law 8 21 195 1,274 705
47 University of Utah 7 13 172 651 1,383
48 University of San Diego 7 15 213 1,142 691
49 University of Pittsburgh 6 16 167 1,124 924
50 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 18 149 1,169 882
51 University of Florida 8 16 195 913 837
52 Florida State University 8 18 205 888 808
53 William & Mary Law School 9 15 237 614 858
54 University of Colorado Boulder 6 14 197 527 1,128
55 Boston College 8 15 213 725 844
56 Yeshiva University 7 13 226 520 952
57 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 6 173 402 1,306
58 Ohio State University 7 10 224 432 884
59 New York Law School 4 9 70 470 1,560
60 University at Buffalo 5 13 126 597 1,061
61 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 13 167 675 723
62 University of Kansas 5 15 143 636 789
63 Washington and Lee University 5 13 141 531 896
64 University of Arizona 6 14 162 606 680
65 Brooklyn Law School 8 12 171 467 769
66 University of Maryland 6 14 154 576 745
67 Cleveland State University 5 10 87 272 1,376
68 University of Baltimore 8 10 168 365 842
69 Hofstra University 6 14 127 846 568
70 Pace University 6 14 109 515 879
71 Wayne State University 6 11 105 550 746
72 Northeastern University 6 11 134 424 669
73 Loyola Marymount University 5 13 106 531 686
74 University of Iowa 5 13 87 569 728
75 Seattle University 5 11 92 395 870
76 Texas Tech University 5 14 98 731 450
77 Creighton University 4 12 49 363 1,020
78 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 9 136 232 688
79 University of Connecticut 5 12 90 387 762
80 Tulane University 5 13 62 596 681
81 Chapman University 4 12 77 595 561
82 University of Cincinnati 5 13 68 502 667
83 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 9 142 308 461
84 St. John's University 7 11 101 303 650
85 Georgia State University 4 11 93 469 490
86 California Western School of Law 4 12 62 469 627
87 Villanova University 4 10 58 375 734
88 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 14 94 499 426
89 Marquette University 6 7 124 300 433
90 University of Alabama 6 9 106 324 483
91 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 9 79 290 649
92 Syracuse University 6 10 91 284 575
93 University of Illinois Chicago 5 11 78 327 578
94 Pepperdine University 4 9 61 272 675
95 Albany Law School 5 9 114 203 442
96 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 14 59 466 430
97 Santa Clara University 5 10 80 379 411
98 Nova Southeastern University 4 9 63 300 566
99 University of St. Thomas 6 9 105 264 345
100 University of Washington 4 8 67 177 595