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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 Harvard University 54 121 12,545 57,847 26,076
2 Yale University 52 119 10,630 48,830 22,868
3 University of Chicago 37 77 6,167 22,145 12,574
4 Georgetown University 32 69 5,224 19,436 14,038
5 Columbia University School of Law 34 68 4,753 17,115 14,897
6 University of Virginia 37 66 5,505 14,530 11,510
7 New York University 29 72 3,972 19,089 11,708
8 University of California, Berkeley 24 61 2,959 14,571 8,017
9 Cornell University 24 50 3,014 9,633 8,452
10 University of Pennsylvania 25 53 2,801 9,996 7,613
11 University of California, Los Angeles 28 54 2,435 9,938 5,449
12 Stanford University 26 51 2,356 9,949 4,497
13 Duke University 24 39 2,060 7,194 5,619
14 George Washington University 22 45 2,153 7,894 4,406
15 Northwestern University 20 52 1,999 7,073 4,596
16 Vanderbilt University 20 42 1,859 8,093 3,788
17 University of Michigan 21 36 1,744 5,970 5,083
18 Fordham University 17 44 1,763 6,324 4,086
19 Seattle University 15 40 1,229 8,155 3,332
20 University of San Diego 17 44 1,348 6,196 3,397
21 Boston University 16 36 1,339 5,714 3,378
22 Rutgers University 14 37 1,067 5,413 3,975
23 University of Minnesota 12 28 1,324 3,492 3,971
24 University of Florida 17 35 1,154 4,173 3,536
25 University of Texas at Austin 17 41 1,144 5,139 2,609
26 Washington University 17 33 1,017 3,358 4,299
27 Emory University 16 32 968 3,832 3,980
28 University of California, Irvine 16 39 1,078 4,156 2,813
29 University of Notre Dame 16 25 1,060 2,149 4,020
30 University of California, Davis 16 23 964 2,074 3,427
31 Temple University 15 27 976 2,023 3,390
32 Yeshiva University 13 35 588 4,421 2,863
33 George Mason University 14 29 964 2,681 2,263
34 University of California, San Francisco 15 32 800 3,245 2,397
35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 13 33 633 4,241 1,881
36 University of Colorado Boulder 14 29 712 3,535 2,164
37 University of Arizona 13 30 614 3,178 2,904
38 Texas A&M University 13 23 806 2,210 2,754
39 University at Buffalo 12 25 496 2,330 4,100
40 University of Southern California 16 26 726 2,582 2,255
41 Ohio State University 13 32 594 3,051 2,227
42 William & Mary Law School 15 25 894 2,125 1,627
43 Brooklyn Law School 14 23 851 2,178 1,731
44 Indiana University Bloomington 12 28 604 2,755 2,386
45 Florida State University 15 24 776 1,973 2,252
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 25 645 2,722 2,019
47 Loyola Marymount University 13 25 688 2,095 2,352
48 American University 14 22 640 2,105 2,250
49 Northeastern University 11 21 456 2,398 2,771
50 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 31 451 3,029 2,023
51 University of Pittsburgh 11 22 647 1,595 2,198
52 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 29 485 2,569 2,024
53 Arizona State University 12 23 545 1,772 2,408
54 University of St. Thomas 12 25 508 2,293 1,542
55 University of Maryland 9 23 539 2,204 1,385
56 University of Miami 9 27 409 2,435 1,748
57 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 15 474 2,355 1,440
58 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 26 509 2,165 1,328
59 Boston College 11 26 448 2,433 1,244
60 University of Denver 11 24 453 2,126 1,425
61 Case Western Reserve University 11 24 471 1,810 1,564
62 Brigham Young University 13 19 524 1,339 1,357
63 University of Iowa 11 18 402 1,452 1,611
64 University of Utah 11 14 439 771 2,086
65 University of Washington 9 15 462 763 1,567
66 University of Houston 7 24 286 1,969 1,080
67 Georgia State University 9 17 293 1,132 1,759
68 Hofstra University 8 24 319 1,773 977
69 Drexel University 7 15 397 641 1,670
70 Southern Methodist University 9 19 397 1,095 1,213
71 University of Connecticut 9 18 337 954 1,588
72 University of Georgia 10 17 434 1,093 858
73 New York Law School 8 23 248 1,760 1,107
74 Pennsylvania State University 9 19 305 1,178 1,373
75 University of Kansas 9 20 339 1,589 617
76 Wayne State University 8 22 211 2,190 666
77 Santa Clara University 7 17 255 1,513 1,098
78 Pepperdine University 10 19 352 1,279 758
79 Suffolk University 7 19 254 1,107 1,413
80 Loyola University Chicago 7 21 278 1,206 1,076
81 Lewis & Clark Law School 10 18 354 956 893
82 Pace University 6 19 218 1,059 1,466
83 University of Richmond 10 14 373 810 894
84 Catholic University of America 7 16 359 763 935
85 Washington and Lee University 9 15 321 925 909
86 Tulane University 7 18 210 1,098 1,238
87 Michigan State University 8 13 309 698 1,032
88 University of Alabama 9 17 294 883 864
89 Florida International University 7 19 211 1,431 740
90 University of South Carolina 7 20 236 1,294 697
91 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 17 284 918 818
92 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 14 254 695 1,187
93 DePaul University 7 18 188 988 1,189
94 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 15 234 943 959
95 Wake Forest University 7 17 209 958 1,036
96 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 19 261 984 710
97 Louisiana State University 8 15 243 924 718
98 Stetson University 9 17 264 758 755
99 University of Baltimore 9 15 218 910 813
100 Southwestern Law School 8 14 273 681 681