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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 George Washington University 29 47 3,031 7,021 10,643
2 New York University 26 52 2,935 11,135 7,376
3 University of California, Berkeley 24 57 2,506 10,444 7,978
4 Georgetown University 23 46 2,568 6,799 9,529
5 Harvard University 25 51 2,428 10,962 6,339
6 Stanford University 26 53 2,401 10,613 5,720
7 University of Virginia 29 36 2,962 4,748 7,069
8 Yale University 23 46 2,324 7,632 5,730
9 Columbia University School of Law 25 40 2,349 5,631 5,338
10 University of California, Los Angeles 20 36 1,811 4,619 6,248
11 University of Pennsylvania 24 32 1,926 3,607 5,126
12 University of Michigan 19 37 1,367 4,784 4,102
13 Boston University 20 29 1,526 3,540 3,973
14 University of Colorado Boulder 20 25 1,345 2,021 5,830
15 Duke University 17 34 1,067 4,497 4,880
16 University of Chicago 19 31 1,299 4,993 3,003
17 Vanderbilt University 17 33 1,300 3,303 3,969
18 Cornell University 18 27 1,147 3,469 4,352
19 University of California, Davis 18 29 1,085 2,480 3,805
20 Texas A&M University 16 21 1,076 1,652 4,013
21 University of Florida 14 26 795 2,466 3,762
22 Northwestern University 11 29 672 2,888 3,863
23 Emory University 15 18 759 1,209 4,251
24 University of Texas at Austin 13 28 769 2,404 2,984
25 University of California, San Francisco 14 27 806 2,357 2,451
26 University of California, Irvine 17 20 930 1,613 2,347
27 Washington University 15 22 792 1,677 2,607
28 University of Minnesota 13 21 709 1,169 3,282
29 William & Mary Law School 12 19 550 1,083 4,083
30 Rutgers University 13 19 739 1,425 2,765
31 University of Washington 11 23 683 1,668 2,773
32 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 28 490 2,539 2,918
33 Indiana University Bloomington 9 25 490 1,924 2,836
34 Arizona State University 10 25 482 2,341 2,408
35 Southern Methodist University 15 19 735 959 2,196
36 University of San Diego 12 19 505 1,315 1,891
37 St. John's University 8 13 658 488 1,741
38 University of Utah 14 12 577 1,023 1,676
39 American University 10 15 431 792 2,141
40 Case Western Reserve University 8 28 284 2,822 1,129
41 Temple University 11 16 463 918 1,840
42 Santa Clara University 11 19 402 1,120 1,924
43 Brigham Young University Law School 12 16 623 764 1,072
44 Ohio State University 10 16 480 963 1,583
45 University of Iowa 11 11 440 950 1,655
46 Fordham University 11 15 436 831 1,603
47 Pennsylvania State University 9 17 380 808 1,849
48 University of Maryland 11 15 461 951 1,250
49 Suffolk University 8 20 317 995 1,934
50 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 17 405 999 1,458
51 Florida State University 12 16 415 788 1,488
52 Northeastern University 9 13 347 629 1,819
53 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 16 351 1,096 1,370
54 University of Baltimore 8 10 194 255 2,855
55 Loyola Marymount University 12 17 370 907 1,287
56 University of Pittsburgh 8 18 286 1,276 1,377
57 University of Miami 9 19 305 1,547 1,030
58 Brooklyn Law School 10 17 350 1,070 1,195
59 Yeshiva University 12 16 394 655 1,175
60 Villanova University 9 17 276 1,498 908
61 University of Denver 11 16 320 958 1,111
62 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 11 322 381 1,402
63 University of Southern California 10 12 278 490 1,519
64 University of Oklahoma 10 12 350 538 1,089
65 University of Richmond 8 15 325 552 1,132
66 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 10 14 313 515 1,181
67 George Mason University 7 21 228 1,571 691
68 University of Houston 9 17 266 793 1,167
69 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 10 307 304 1,320
70 Drexel University 8 12 239 414 1,510
71 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9 17 268 969 857
72 Seton Hall University 8 13 255 542 1,226
73 University of Alabama 8 9 244 261 1,455
74 Georgia State University 9 14 243 586 1,160
75 University of Connecticut 9 9 242 229 1,412
76 Loyola University Chicago 9 13 254 579 1,010
77 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5 9 231 849 895
78 Boston College 7 19 206 1,129 686
79 University of South Carolina 10 14 290 519 743
80 University of Georgia 10 8 284 257 971
81 Indiana University Indianapolis 7 17 191 901 858
82 University of St. Thomas 8 11 175 538 1,157
83 Washington and Lee University 9 10 257 282 832
84 Drake University 6 7 203 462 922
85 University of Arizona 7 14 182 526 938
86 Wake Forest University 7 13 172 662 750
87 Hofstra University 6 17 121 839 853
88 University of Notre Dame 8 16 186 717 573
89 University of Missouri 7 12 157 582 785
90 Michigan State University 6 17 169 678 529
91 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 11 163 368 745
92 University of San Francisco 8 13 152 669 479
93 Albany Law School 6 8 156 243 810
94 Pepperdine University 6 11 153 390 696
95 Lewis & Clark Law School 7 12 160 413 635
96 Seattle University 7 12 119 696 581
97 University of Kansas 5 9 100 302 959
98 DePaul University 6 12 120 361 779
99 University of Louisville 5 12 111 413 779
100 Pace University 5 14 103 543 647