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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 22 52 2,245 11,316 8,771
2 Harvard University 24 57 1,916 11,488 7,020
3 New York University 16 50 1,562 8,235 7,662
4 University of Chicago 20 40 1,411 6,296 4,062
5 Georgetown University 17 37 1,432 4,970 5,227
6 University of California, Berkeley 14 34 1,245 4,168 4,702
7 George Washington University 15 43 1,036 5,263 4,003
8 University of Michigan 14 30 1,121 3,071 5,457
9 University of Virginia 17 36 1,158 3,969 3,048
10 Columbia University School of Law 18 32 1,127 3,586 3,501
11 Duke University 13 31 991 3,476 3,088
12 University of California, Los Angeles 14 34 839 4,422 2,870
13 Stanford University 14 22 692 2,199 3,463
14 American University 10 23 469 2,464 3,500
15 University of Pennsylvania 14 27 695 2,327 2,270
16 Cornell University 14 19 911 1,454 1,788
17 Temple University 11 26 553 2,256 2,140
18 Fordham University 13 21 657 1,756 1,524
19 Arizona State University 9 20 452 1,791 2,422
20 Northwestern University 10 24 460 2,158 1,817
21 Boston University 9 23 457 1,472 2,032
22 Vanderbilt University 10 18 512 1,184 1,767
23 University of Notre Dame 10 24 400 1,828 1,503
24 University of Texas at Austin 10 26 392 2,212 1,111
25 DePaul University 8 26 216 2,113 1,945
26 Texas A&M University 11 20 424 1,504 1,473
27 Washington University 10 18 355 1,273 1,726
28 Emory University 9 15 322 742 2,317
29 University of California, San Francisco 9 21 290 1,645 1,557
30 University of California, Irvine 10 18 373 1,154 1,549
31 Rutgers University 8 18 273 1,572 1,402
32 Indiana University Bloomington 9 19 282 1,095 1,557
33 University of Houston 5 30 122 2,449 1,025
34 University of Southern California 9 17 294 1,305 1,100
35 Loyola University Chicago 11 15 310 710 1,504
36 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 14 208 1,126 1,444
37 University of Minnesota 9 14 285 650 1,528
38 University of Miami 8 18 201 1,300 1,302
39 George Mason University 6 19 160 1,446 1,171
40 Brigham Young University 9 14 287 775 985
41 University of Richmond 11 10 306 396 1,243
42 Case Western Reserve University 6 19 157 1,047 1,257
43 University of California, Davis 8 11 224 480 1,421
44 Southern Methodist University 8 13 225 696 1,182
45 Pennsylvania State University 5 14 164 686 1,465
46 University of Utah 7 13 178 667 1,339
47 Willamette University College of Law 8 21 197 1,265 642
48 University of San Diego 6 15 209 1,130 719
49 University of Pittsburgh 6 16 170 1,126 857
50 University of Florida 8 16 203 913 798
51 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 18 139 1,155 834
52 William & Mary Law School 9 15 240 622 826
53 Ohio State University 7 11 234 449 996
54 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 7 179 438 1,257
55 Boston College 8 15 216 725 799
56 University of Colorado Boulder 6 14 195 522 1,087
57 Yeshiva University 7 13 228 520 909
58 Florida State University 8 17 201 860 692
59 New York Law School 4 9 72 470 1,578
60 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 13 172 679 718
61 University at Buffalo 5 13 127 595 996
62 University of Kansas 5 15 148 642 765
63 Cleveland State University 5 10 87 272 1,384
64 University of Arizona 6 14 165 606 680
65 Washington and Lee University 5 13 146 534 814
66 University of Maryland 6 14 155 576 722
67 Brooklyn Law School 8 12 174 467 720
68 University of Baltimore 8 10 171 365 831
69 Hofstra University 6 14 129 846 527
70 Pace University 6 14 97 506 810
71 Wayne State University 6 11 106 551 715
72 Loyola Marymount University 5 13 111 550 666
73 Northeastern University 7 11 137 424 619
74 University of Iowa 5 13 89 590 671
75 Seattle University 5 11 93 395 836
76 Texas Tech University 5 14 99 731 435
77 Creighton University 4 12 52 366 1,007
78 University of Connecticut 5 12 90 387 741
79 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 9 137 232 642
80 Tulane University 5 13 62 596 644
81 Chapman University 4 12 77 595 520
82 University of Cincinnati 5 13 68 501 622
83 St. John's University 7 11 101 310 640
84 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 9 142 308 441
85 Villanova University 4 11 62 390 719
86 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 10 81 350 652
87 Georgia State University 4 11 96 469 464
88 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 14 94 491 447
89 California Western School of Law 4 12 62 469 584
90 Marquette University 6 7 127 300 416
91 Syracuse University 6 10 93 284 569
92 University of Alabama 6 9 106 324 455
93 University of Illinois Chicago 5 11 78 316 572
94 Pepperdine University 4 9 61 272 655
95 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 14 61 478 427
96 Albany Law School 5 9 115 203 404
97 Santa Clara University 5 10 80 379 370
98 Nova Southeastern University 4 8 63 280 523
99 University of St. Thomas 6 9 106 264 318
100 University of Denver 3 10 59 265 535