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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 56 123 12,829 58,211 25,261
2 Yale University 53 119 11,003 49,031 22,147
3 University of Chicago 37 77 6,278 22,146 12,077
4 Georgetown University 34 69 5,378 19,596 13,874
5 Columbia University School of Law 35 68 4,877 17,076 14,814
6 University of Virginia 37 66 5,578 14,518 11,212
7 New York University 31 72 4,211 20,751 11,338
8 University of California, Berkeley 24 61 3,016 14,659 7,691
9 Cornell University 24 50 3,078 9,633 8,245
10 University of Pennsylvania 25 54 2,880 10,394 7,202
11 University of California, Los Angeles 28 54 2,544 10,035 5,324
12 Stanford University 26 51 2,370 10,050 4,363
13 George Washington University 23 45 2,223 7,876 4,349
14 Duke University 24 39 2,105 7,214 5,262
15 Vanderbilt University 21 42 1,948 8,168 3,915
16 Northwestern University 20 52 2,012 7,093 4,435
17 University of Michigan 22 36 1,779 5,989 4,602
18 Fordham University 17 44 1,811 6,367 3,970
19 Seattle University 15 40 1,249 8,165 3,180
20 University of San Diego 17 44 1,383 6,211 3,425
21 Boston University 16 35 1,343 5,481 3,043
22 Rutgers University 15 37 1,091 5,440 3,872
23 University of Minnesota 12 28 1,352 3,491 3,749
24 University of Texas at Austin 17 41 1,219 5,131 2,521
25 Washington University 17 33 1,053 3,376 4,385
26 University of Florida 17 35 1,171 4,184 2,913
27 Emory University 16 32 974 3,828 3,813
28 University of California, Irvine 16 39 1,105 4,187 2,688
29 University of Notre Dame 17 25 1,083 2,156 4,074
30 George Mason University 14 31 1,037 3,171 2,325
31 University of California, Davis 17 23 997 2,076 3,337
32 Temple University 15 27 1,003 2,020 3,173
33 Yeshiva University 13 35 604 4,427 2,722
34 University of Colorado Boulder 14 30 729 3,689 2,006
35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 13 33 648 4,244 1,859
36 University of California, San Francisco 15 31 747 3,109 2,317
37 University of Arizona 13 29 620 3,112 2,877
38 Texas A&M University 13 23 840 2,210 2,648
39 University at Buffalo 12 25 504 2,330 3,985
40 University of Southern California 16 26 737 2,578 2,213
41 Ohio State University 13 32 608 3,070 2,181
42 Indiana University Bloomington 12 28 618 2,771 2,319
43 Florida State University 15 24 789 1,968 2,185
44 Brooklyn Law School 14 22 855 2,158 1,586
45 William & Mary Law School 15 25 864 2,123 1,571
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 25 658 2,703 1,987
47 Loyola Marymount University 13 25 706 2,088 2,147
48 Northeastern University 11 21 463 2,401 2,813
49 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 11 31 461 3,016 1,980
50 American University 13 21 598 2,052 2,042
51 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 29 505 2,580 1,940
52 University of Pittsburgh 11 22 668 1,588 2,067
53 Arizona State University 13 23 565 1,769 2,328
54 University of St. Thomas 12 25 520 2,293 1,481
55 University of Maryland 9 23 548 2,205 1,250
56 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 15 482 2,356 1,395
57 University of Miami 9 26 418 2,393 1,614
58 Boston College 11 26 458 2,433 1,175
59 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 24 519 2,027 1,271
60 University of Denver 11 24 460 2,114 1,422
61 Case Western Reserve University 10 23 456 1,779 1,515
62 University of Iowa 11 18 415 1,467 1,586
63 University of Utah 11 14 448 774 2,010
64 University of Washington 9 15 465 786 1,572
65 University of Houston 8 24 290 1,969 1,054
66 Brigham Young University Law School 11 19 409 1,278 1,143
67 Southern Methodist University 10 20 428 1,146 1,133
68 Hofstra University 8 24 333 1,775 943
69 Drexel University 7 15 409 641 1,573
70 New York Law School 8 23 262 1,761 1,156
71 University of Georgia 10 17 445 1,100 852
72 Pennsylvania State University 9 19 316 1,200 1,344
73 Georgia State University 10 17 298 1,131 1,426
74 University of Kansas 9 20 351 1,589 597
75 Suffolk University 7 19 268 1,110 1,437
76 Santa Clara University 7 17 259 1,524 1,049
77 Wayne State University 8 22 213 2,190 596
78 Pepperdine University 10 19 356 1,279 755
79 University of Connecticut 9 18 292 956 1,239
80 Pace University 6 19 230 1,075 1,354
81 Catholic University of America 7 16 379 778 927
82 University of Richmond 10 14 371 783 890
83 Washington and Lee University 9 15 323 919 885
84 Lewis & Clark Law School 10 18 335 947 781
85 Tulane University 7 18 218 1,103 1,169
86 Loyola University Chicago 7 20 264 1,180 814
87 Michigan State University 8 13 316 697 1,023
88 University of South Carolina 7 20 248 1,328 677
89 University of Alabama 9 17 300 884 823
90 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 17 291 917 825
91 Florida International University 8 19 214 1,433 667
92 DePaul University 7 18 194 988 1,114
93 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 14 257 693 1,076
94 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 15 240 943 891
95 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 19 276 991 636
96 Stetson University 9 17 280 764 768
97 Wake Forest University 7 17 205 941 920
98 Louisiana State University 8 15 250 925 717
99 University of Baltimore 9 15 225 911 796
100 Southwestern Law School 8 15 281 737 648