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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 32 68 4,645 17,425 10,014
2 Stanford University 36 73 4,584 17,582 7,137
3 Harvard University 33 64 3,943 19,562 6,967
4 University of California, Berkeley 27 65 3,804 14,690 9,007
5 Columbia University School of Law 26 58 3,645 13,536 6,281
6 Yale University 25 65 2,971 16,730 6,339
7 Georgetown University 24 52 2,729 9,835 6,705
8 University of Chicago 25 54 2,685 11,323 5,231
9 University of California, Los Angeles 24 49 2,285 7,981 5,897
10 University of Virginia 22 44 2,167 6,660 4,625
11 Duke University 22 53 1,826 7,966 3,833
12 University of Michigan 23 39 1,839 6,962 4,116
13 University of Pennsylvania 23 39 1,611 4,770 3,705
14 University of Texas at Austin 21 32 1,715 3,874 3,838
15 Boston University 18 39 1,238 6,649 3,436
16 Texas A&M University 16 32 1,447 4,106 4,079
17 Vanderbilt University 22 33 1,486 3,209 3,887
18 Cornell University 16 28 1,112 3,252 3,364
19 George Mason University 16 35 1,169 3,971 2,235
20 George Washington University 13 38 917 4,634 2,716
21 University of San Diego 18 34 1,171 4,065 1,962
22 University of Colorado Boulder 15 23 875 1,927 3,176
23 Emory University 17 23 845 1,545 3,674
24 University of California, San Francisco 16 26 991 2,625 1,891
25 Rutgers University 16 25 898 2,272 2,604
26 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 13 28 802 2,487 2,777
27 University of Minnesota 14 32 870 2,851 1,869
28 Northwestern University 14 28 784 2,514 2,318
29 University of Florida 12 26 694 2,539 2,142
30 Yeshiva University 13 28 737 2,524 1,819
31 Loyola Marymount University 13 22 691 2,211 2,234
32 Indiana University Bloomington 12 28 556 2,422 2,304
33 Santa Clara University 12 24 544 2,039 2,207
34 University of California, Davis 15 23 673 1,504 2,084
35 Temple University 14 22 740 1,404 1,796
36 University of Utah 14 23 726 1,527 1,739
37 University of Denver 14 24 661 1,694 1,613
38 Boston College 11 28 549 2,405 1,191
39 University of California, Irvine 13 22 555 1,750 1,713
40 Fordham University 13 20 634 1,388 1,627
41 American University 12 20 500 1,595 1,816
42 DePaul University 11 25 406 2,077 1,741
43 Villanova University 12 21 527 1,984 1,158
44 University of Southern California 12 22 503 1,260 1,821
45 Washington University 14 22 585 1,327 1,342
46 William & Mary Law School 14 22 568 1,383 934
47 Lewis & Clark Law School 12 23 515 1,558 1,004
48 Pennsylvania State University 9 17 416 853 1,918
49 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 10 17 430 1,239 1,399
50 University of Washington 7 19 408 1,191 1,531
51 Arizona State University 9 19 404 1,368 1,355
52 Brooklyn Law School 12 18 458 1,042 1,242
53 Seattle University 11 22 422 1,439 1,014
54 University of Houston 8 23 360 1,444 1,241
55 Southern Methodist University 10 17 443 1,009 1,204
56 Florida State University 13 18 417 986 1,284
57 University of Iowa 11 21 413 1,099 1,133
58 Washington and Lee University 11 14 461 679 1,287
59 Brigham Young University Law School 12 18 466 813 1,106
60 Case Western Reserve University 10 19 320 1,404 1,098
61 University of Richmond 10 15 390 948 1,155
62 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 9 16 398 882 1,122
63 Loyola University Chicago 9 20 336 1,110 1,164
64 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 14 217 1,427 1,384
65 Suffolk University 7 14 286 724 1,618
66 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 22 311 1,330 865
67 Northeastern University 9 16 329 868 1,199
68 Seton Hall University 9 20 302 917 1,221
69 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 14 306 1,341 691
70 University of Miami 8 18 261 1,232 870
71 University of Missouri 9 14 324 661 1,079
72 University of Notre Dame 11 17 345 840 754
73 University of Kansas 7 13 288 656 1,112
74 University of Georgia 10 20 303 1,106 567
75 University of Arizona 9 15 245 885 1,047
76 University of Pittsburgh 7 19 216 1,162 890
77 Georgia State University 10 15 285 634 906
78 California Western School of Law 8 10 277 384 1,147
79 University of Maryland 8 12 274 667 827
80 Ohio State University 8 15 230 656 1,037
81 Southwestern Law School 9 14 266 627 875
82 University of Kentucky 8 12 216 502 1,091
83 New York Law School 7 12 216 668 856
84 St. John's University 8 11 283 455 686
85 University of Baltimore 9 17 231 808 525
86 University of Alabama 8 10 224 403 911
87 Pepperdine University 6 16 164 882 666
88 University of Missouri-Kansas City 7 13 174 544 880
89 Syracuse University 7 18 151 941 579
90 University at Buffalo 8 13 188 453 866
91 Wake Forest University 7 14 138 559 946
92 Louisiana State University 8 11 211 345 796
93 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 7 14 169 888 435
94 University of Oklahoma 9 11 230 391 603
95 Pace University 6 14 166 714 575
96 Willamette University College of Law 7 18 139 777 580
97 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 16 142 908 419
98 University of Illinois Chicago 6 14 135 603 725
99 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 12 154 437 754
100 University of South Carolina 9 12 230 371 406