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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 New York University 22 56 2,216 11,653 5,955
2 Yale University 24 53 2,101 11,349 4,039
3 University of California, Los Angeles 21 45 1,879 8,041 5,944
4 Harvard University 19 55 1,602 10,880 4,495
5 University of California, Berkeley 17 39 1,421 5,711 3,995
6 Georgetown University 19 38 1,410 4,334 4,140
7 Columbia University School of Law 19 35 1,360 5,141 3,198
8 University of Pennsylvania 16 27 1,324 3,027 3,182
9 University of Minnesota 16 30 1,141 3,537 3,469
10 University of Chicago 18 33 1,257 3,913 2,439
11 University of Michigan 21 26 1,292 2,504 2,790
12 University of Virginia 14 35 828 4,394 2,689
13 Duke University 12 27 1,019 2,908 2,596
14 Washington University 15 31 997 3,024 2,437
15 Stanford University 13 32 717 4,725 1,800
16 Cornell University 13 30 954 3,012 1,707
17 Emory University 13 24 750 2,174 3,294
18 Rutgers University 14 29 651 3,276 2,192
19 Fordham University 13 28 680 2,600 2,351
20 University of Texas at Austin 12 24 740 1,973 1,306
21 Northwestern University 12 21 663 1,959 1,606
22 Boston University 13 23 612 2,041 1,710
23 George Washington University 11 27 499 2,408 1,933
24 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 12 31 515 3,103 1,178
25 University of San Diego 12 23 589 2,110 1,448
26 Vanderbilt University 12 22 560 1,908 1,769
27 University of California, Davis 13 19 596 1,225 1,725
28 Ohio State University 11 25 443 2,388 1,380
29 Loyola Marymount University 13 20 541 1,366 1,470
30 University of Southern California 12 22 437 1,589 1,505
31 University of California, Irvine 13 21 463 1,644 1,312
32 Texas A&M University 10 21 446 1,460 1,499
33 Arizona State University 7 29 279 2,878 1,116
34 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 26 297 2,661 1,176
35 University of Florida 11 22 360 1,793 1,149
36 Northeastern University 9 18 287 2,201 1,056
37 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 24 307 1,551 1,504
38 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 22 246 1,583 1,758
39 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 6 12 237 2,275 956
40 University of Denver 11 18 378 1,209 1,130
41 Indiana University Bloomington 10 21 341 1,416 1,093
42 William & Mary Law School 11 17 433 736 1,182
43 Boston College 11 20 338 1,379 1,062
44 Loyola University Chicago 9 17 410 966 903
45 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 19 361 1,054 963
46 Temple University 9 17 294 876 1,431
47 University of California, San Francisco 9 20 314 1,205 1,008
48 University of Washington 7 19 239 1,200 1,310
49 University of Missouri 9 18 359 1,020 658
50 University of San Francisco 7 16 157 866 1,749
51 University of Iowa 7 18 245 1,196 915
52 Southern Methodist University 11 16 291 844 959
53 University of South Carolina 9 16 273 774 951
54 University of Colorado Boulder 11 17 275 915 812
55 American University 7 14 223 753 1,158
56 Yeshiva University 9 15 294 831 622
57 University of Georgia 9 12 290 471 870
58 University of Pittsburgh 8 14 237 835 696
59 Syracuse University 7 16 180 914 876
60 University of Connecticut 8 15 220 1,104 498
61 Brooklyn Law School 8 16 221 895 547
62 Suffolk University 8 15 201 844 692
63 University of Miami 8 17 204 1,028 490
64 St. John's University 7 13 188 557 932
65 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 18 159 1,058 646
66 Case Western Reserve University 9 14 236 538 614
67 Wayne State University 8 15 168 801 689
68 Wake Forest University 7 17 158 1,085 470
69 George Mason University 6 16 155 915 634
70 Florida State University 7 13 214 527 662
71 University of St. Thomas 8 13 216 527 598
72 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 16 212 638 489
73 University at Buffalo 7 10 167 856 469
74 Brigham Young University Law School 6 15 179 850 343
75 University of Louisville 5 19 119 947 565
76 Seton Hall University 6 13 183 705 396
77 University of Houston 7 15 137 692 640
78 Seattle University 6 14 168 655 498
79 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 14 192 453 548
80 Drexel University 8 16 163 639 513
81 University of Oregon 7 10 188 306 665
82 Lewis & Clark Law School 7 14 155 537 629
83 University of Utah 8 12 169 585 489
84 Chapman University 6 14 110 703 674
85 Georgia State University 7 15 140 688 527
86 Michigan State University 5 13 142 542 613
87 University of Maryland 6 13 164 515 440
88 University of Baltimore 6 12 148 453 564
89 University of Cincinnati 5 15 106 669 567
90 Santa Clara University 5 13 119 692 477
91 California Western School of Law 6 11 136 422 541
92 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 17 91 886 324
93 Pepperdine University 6 13 113 450 479
94 Louisiana State University 6 12 108 538 424
95 DePaul University 6 14 92 642 406
96 University of Notre Dame 6 15 112 563 363
97 Loyola University New Orleans 5 13 102 522 431
98 Ohio Northern University 4 14 72 644 438
99 University of Illinois Chicago 5 12 97 435 484
100 City University of New York (CUNY) 5 12 98 476 408