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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 Harvard University 55 121 12,611 57,309 25,429
2 Yale University 53 118 10,855 48,714 22,229
3 University of Chicago 38 78 6,387 22,321 12,169
4 Georgetown University 33 69 5,339 19,509 13,850
5 Columbia University School of Law 35 69 4,815 17,124 14,802
6 University of Virginia 37 66 5,609 14,613 11,013
7 New York University 30 72 4,096 19,275 11,315
8 University of California, Berkeley 24 61 3,010 14,703 7,870
9 Cornell University 24 50 3,046 9,621 8,269
10 University of Pennsylvania 25 52 2,783 9,751 7,199
11 University of California, Los Angeles 28 54 2,485 9,884 5,341
12 Stanford University 27 51 2,421 9,906 4,441
13 George Washington University 22 45 2,225 7,950 4,397
14 Duke University 24 39 2,075 7,194 5,414
15 Northwestern University 20 52 1,981 7,055 4,313
16 Vanderbilt University 20 43 1,883 8,139 3,690
17 University of Michigan 22 35 1,765 5,630 4,856
18 Fordham University 17 44 1,770 6,256 3,982
19 Seattle University 15 40 1,249 8,139 3,187
20 University of San Diego 17 45 1,396 6,278 3,485
21 Boston University 16 35 1,358 5,640 3,243
22 Rutgers University 15 38 1,122 5,508 3,793
23 University of Minnesota 12 28 1,346 3,492 3,844
24 University of Florida 17 35 1,166 4,163 3,367
25 University of Texas at Austin 17 41 1,135 5,134 2,454
26 Washington University 17 33 1,031 3,358 4,267
27 Emory University 16 32 975 3,826 3,833
28 University of California, Irvine 15 38 1,085 4,072 2,665
29 University of Notre Dame 16 25 1,072 2,162 4,083
30 George Mason University 14 31 1,030 3,157 2,315
31 University of California, Davis 17 23 985 2,068 3,394
32 Yeshiva University 13 35 601 4,415 2,749
33 Temple University 15 27 984 2,011 3,122
34 University of Colorado Boulder 15 31 750 3,699 2,064
35 University of California, San Francisco 15 32 791 3,177 2,331
36 University of Wisconsin-Madison 13 32 642 4,228 1,843
37 University of Arizona 13 29 620 3,117 2,932
38 Texas A&M University 13 23 821 2,213 2,655
39 University at Buffalo 12 24 490 2,280 3,976
40 Ohio State University 13 32 620 3,055 2,201
41 University of Southern California 16 25 731 2,417 2,209
42 William & Mary Law School 15 25 900 2,125 1,595
43 Indiana University Bloomington 12 28 613 2,755 2,350
44 Brooklyn Law School 14 23 862 2,184 1,662
45 Florida State University 15 24 766 1,963 2,132
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 25 649 2,699 1,958
47 Loyola Marymount University 13 25 698 2,095 2,264
48 Northeastern University 11 21 462 2,398 2,769
49 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 11 31 484 3,033 2,015
50 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 29 502 2,580 1,979
51 American University 13 21 585 2,044 2,040
52 University of Pittsburgh 12 21 670 1,572 2,077
53 Arizona State University 12 23 555 1,771 2,354
54 University of St. Thomas 12 25 514 2,302 1,484
55 University of Maryland 9 23 549 2,209 1,371
56 University of Miami 9 26 417 2,393 1,666
57 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 15 480 2,355 1,391
58 Boston College 11 26 455 2,433 1,194
59 University of Denver 11 24 456 2,113 1,384
60 Case Western Reserve University 11 24 475 1,812 1,507
61 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 24 498 1,952 1,209
62 Brigham Young University 13 19 530 1,318 1,278
63 University of Iowa 11 18 413 1,467 1,595
64 University of Utah 11 14 448 771 1,973
65 University of Washington 9 15 466 763 1,562
66 University of Houston 7 24 274 1,946 1,023
67 Hofstra University 8 24 326 1,761 934
68 Drexel University 7 15 409 641 1,592
69 Georgia State University 9 17 296 1,146 1,640
70 Southern Methodist University 10 19 399 1,089 1,150
71 University of Georgia 10 17 443 1,095 821
72 New York Law School 8 23 251 1,764 1,091
73 Pennsylvania State University 9 19 309 1,178 1,341
74 University of Kansas 9 20 350 1,589 603
75 Santa Clara University 7 17 257 1,513 1,046
76 Suffolk University 7 19 256 1,107 1,403
77 Pepperdine University 10 19 353 1,279 757
78 Wayne State University 8 22 208 2,153 610
79 University of Connecticut 9 18 287 956 1,262
80 Pace University 6 19 220 1,129 1,398
81 Loyola University Chicago 7 21 278 1,203 994
82 Lewis & Clark Law School 11 18 361 947 834
83 Catholic University of America 7 16 374 763 923
84 University of Richmond 10 14 372 789 892
85 Washington and Lee University 9 15 324 926 889
86 Tulane University 7 18 213 1,103 1,197
87 Michigan State University 8 13 312 700 1,036
88 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 17 306 921 823
89 University of South Carolina 8 20 245 1,316 684
90 Florida International University 8 19 214 1,431 701
91 University of Alabama 9 17 295 873 826
92 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 14 253 693 1,110
93 DePaul University 7 18 190 987 1,124
94 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 15 240 943 891
95 Wake Forest University 7 17 218 970 958
96 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 19 264 984 640
97 Louisiana State University 8 15 248 932 695
98 Stetson University 9 17 274 758 729
99 University of Baltimore 9 15 220 911 772
100 Southwestern Law School 8 14 280 716 634