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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 George Washington University 31 45 3,501 6,363 12,031
2 New York University 29 51 3,491 10,213 8,050
3 University of California, Berkeley 26 55 3,048 9,917 8,715
4 Georgetown University 24 42 2,986 6,255 10,287
5 Harvard University 26 50 2,778 10,555 7,011
6 Stanford University 29 52 2,780 10,061 6,104
7 University of Virginia 30 35 3,419 4,219 7,642
8 Yale University 25 44 2,686 7,158 6,046
9 Columbia University School of Law 27 39 2,752 5,184 5,643
10 University of California, Los Angeles 20 35 2,139 4,195 6,510
11 University of Pennsylvania 25 32 2,237 3,287 5,489
12 University of Michigan 22 35 1,581 4,530 4,454
13 Boston University 21 31 1,741 3,630 4,421
14 Duke University 18 33 1,257 4,344 5,267
15 University of Colorado Boulder 21 24 1,544 1,764 6,120
16 Cornell University 19 27 1,353 3,337 4,910
17 University of Chicago 20 28 1,423 4,350 3,016
18 Vanderbilt University 17 29 1,409 2,896 4,165
19 University of California, Davis 21 28 1,292 2,264 4,249
20 Texas A&M University 17 20 1,185 1,499 4,374
21 University of Florida 15 25 927 2,360 4,388
22 Northwestern University 14 29 782 2,734 4,144
23 Emory University 16 18 848 1,150 4,469
24 William & Mary Law School 14 20 738 1,101 4,732
25 University of Texas at Austin 13 27 830 2,262 3,141
26 University of California, San Francisco 15 26 954 2,181 2,599
27 University of California, Irvine 18 18 1,067 1,456 2,523
28 Washington University 16 21 932 1,526 2,909
29 University of Washington 12 23 827 1,555 3,122
30 Rutgers University 14 19 862 1,303 3,115
31 University of Minnesota 14 20 799 1,085 3,384
32 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 566 2,384 3,055
33 Indiana University Bloomington 11 24 608 1,804 3,137
34 Arizona State University 11 23 578 2,184 2,616
35 Southern Methodist University 16 17 850 826 2,543
36 Brigham Young University 16 16 913 729 1,313
37 University of San Diego 14 18 597 1,213 2,076
38 St. John's University 9 12 780 358 1,878
39 University of Utah 15 11 663 925 1,862
40 Case Western Reserve University 9 27 350 2,759 1,263
41 Ohio State University 12 15 584 860 1,750
42 Temple University 12 15 525 842 2,049
43 American University 10 15 477 723 2,305
44 Santa Clara University 12 19 464 1,059 1,932
45 University of Iowa 12 12 515 901 1,798
46 Pennsylvania State University 9 16 463 724 2,026
47 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 16 488 905 1,562
48 University of Maryland 11 14 525 869 1,382
49 Fordham University 10 14 483 758 1,688
50 Florida State University 13 16 474 726 1,618
51 Suffolk University 9 19 351 935 1,954
52 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 16 422 1,031 1,487
53 University of Baltimore 9 10 211 235 3,183
54 Northeastern University 9 12 381 593 1,986
55 University of Miami 9 18 370 1,479 1,166
56 University of Pittsburgh 10 18 337 1,245 1,526
57 Brooklyn Law School 11 17 397 1,012 1,317
58 Loyola Marymount University 11 15 414 824 1,402
59 Yeshiva University 14 15 446 595 1,439
60 University of Denver 11 15 375 850 1,181
61 Villanova University 9 16 327 1,404 817
62 George Mason University 8 21 279 1,593 797
63 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 11 362 327 1,531
64 University of Southern California 11 11 320 439 1,615
65 University of Oklahoma 10 12 398 481 1,159
66 University of Richmond 10 14 383 481 1,212
67 University of Houston 9 16 321 740 1,252
68 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 11 13 370 454 1,269
69 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 9 345 225 1,541
70 Seton Hall University 9 12 292 501 1,425
71 Drexel University 9 12 269 397 1,633
72 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 16 300 930 941
73 University of Connecticut 10 8 291 199 1,594
74 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5 9 303 769 989
75 Georgia State University 10 14 279 541 1,270
76 University of Alabama 8 8 270 232 1,557
77 Boston College 8 19 260 1,072 785
78 Indiana University Indianapolis 8 17 252 839 945
79 Loyola University Chicago 9 12 269 549 1,108
80 University of South Carolina 10 14 340 472 816
81 University of Georgia 9 8 323 214 1,043
82 University of St. Thomas 8 9 208 501 1,283
83 Drake University 7 6 275 389 1,011
84 Washington and Lee University 10 10 290 243 915
85 University of Arizona 7 13 212 488 953
86 Wake Forest University 7 13 200 643 860
87 Hofstra University 7 17 147 808 815
88 University of Notre Dame 8 15 201 659 652
89 Michigan State University 6 17 192 656 607
90 University of Missouri 8 12 165 554 831
91 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 11 187 339 924
92 Seattle University 7 12 146 678 692
93 Pepperdine University 7 10 185 364 801
94 University of San Francisco 9 13 190 629 509
95 Lewis & Clark Law School 8 11 187 382 757
96 Albany Law School 7 7 180 215 941
97 University of Louisville 5 12 132 399 884
98 DePaul University 7 13 138 359 890
99 University of Kansas 5 9 117 276 1,060
100 Pace University 6 14 125 522 670