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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 Harvard University 22 59 1,625 13,748 3,798
2 Yale University 20 46 1,384 11,173 3,155
3 New York University 17 48 1,220 8,561 3,489
4 University of Chicago 16 38 1,163 7,081 2,068
5 University of Virginia 15 34 1,392 3,769 3,294
6 University of California, Los Angeles 17 31 1,201 3,472 2,594
7 Stanford University 18 34 1,077 4,138 2,243
8 Columbia University School of Law 14 33 677 5,166 1,458
9 Fordham University 17 29 904 3,243 1,571
10 University of Pennsylvania 15 30 746 3,021 2,072
11 George Washington University 11 28 720 3,180 1,945
12 Georgetown University 13 33 693 3,256 1,940
13 University of California, Berkeley 13 29 682 3,098 1,883
14 Northwestern University 14 25 696 2,227 1,161
15 Brooklyn Law School 10 34 401 3,480 1,140
16 University of Texas at Austin 11 26 602 2,106 1,055
17 Cornell University 10 27 436 2,730 1,256
18 University of Michigan 13 23 538 1,797 1,449
19 Washington University 10 25 502 2,133 1,184
20 Duke University 8 27 378 2,287 1,573
21 University of Florida 10 23 413 1,653 1,826
22 Boston University 10 24 448 1,890 1,085
23 Vanderbilt University 9 22 320 2,052 1,276
24 Rutgers University 11 21 427 1,416 916
25 Arizona State University 8 23 272 1,741 1,116
26 University of South Carolina 9 24 239 1,826 872
27 Yeshiva University 11 16 406 891 760
28 University of California, Irvine 10 21 292 1,234 1,011
29 University of Georgia 10 18 387 892 795
30 University of Colorado Boulder 9 10 252 390 1,720
31 St. John's University 5 8 425 381 637
32 Ohio State University 10 19 280 1,293 570
33 Emory University 8 21 217 1,272 894
34 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 20 193 1,463 712
35 University of San Diego 9 20 213 1,354 701
36 University of Southern California 9 17 253 1,111 655
37 University of Iowa 9 11 251 365 1,311
38 Wake Forest University 10 14 240 634 1,029
39 Florida State University 9 13 284 639 617
40 Texas A&M University 8 14 223 599 702
41 University of Minnesota 7 16 186 896 528
42 Suffolk University 5 18 115 1,242 570
43 University of California, San Francisco 7 15 172 890 548
44 Santa Clara University 6 15 194 824 473
45 University of Alabama 8 8 182 157 1,029
46 Georgia State University 7 13 160 706 599
47 University of Maryland 6 13 153 559 757
48 University of Richmond 7 14 165 677 548
49 University of Houston 6 18 121 1,178 339
50 Louisiana State University 8 16 165 725 458
51 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 11 165 538 583
52 Indiana University Bloomington 7 14 150 523 657
53 University of Kentucky 6 19 125 974 364
54 George Mason University 7 15 124 756 532
55 University of California, Davis 7 13 134 511 559
56 American University 7 11 152 341 603
57 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 15 128 576 490
58 University of Oklahoma 9 8 194 240 362
59 Drexel University 5 9 86 219 914
60 Case Western Reserve University 7 13 153 473 346
61 Southwestern Law School 6 14 120 656 337
62 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 15 64 1,049 225
63 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 4 9 99 405 605
64 University at Buffalo 5 11 94 568 440
65 Villanova University 6 11 105 568 355
66 Pepperdine University 6 17 104 680 229
67 University of Utah 6 8 104 251 562
68 Loyola Marymount University 4 11 82 438 512
69 University of Denver 7 9 140 265 359
70 William & Mary Law School 6 10 129 287 383
71 Wayne State University 5 18 75 788 181
72 St. Mary's University 4 12 90 375 463
73 Tulane University 4 13 53 545 487
74 Willamette University College of Law 5 15 83 606 272
75 University of Washington 5 11 79 496 388
76 Quinnipiac University 4 12 88 593 210
77 Boston College 5 12 100 381 318
78 Temple University 5 7 76 265 530
79 University of St. Thomas 5 8 94 317 356
80 DePaul University 5 13 72 532 280
81 Pennsylvania State University 6 12 93 360 275
82 University of Pittsburgh 4 11 59 325 450
83 University of Notre Dame 7 11 92 345 258
84 Vermont Law School 4 13 52 656 197
85 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 10 92 274 293
86 Washington and Lee University 5 10 90 291 286
87 University of Arizona 6 9 89 309 273
88 Roger Williams University 5 12 90 436 151
89 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 5 9 57 364 321
90 Seattle University 4 10 66 551 113
91 Indiana University Indianapolis 5 11 59 462 223
92 University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 12 65 476 178
93 Northeastern University 5 11 66 328 267
94 Loyola University Chicago 6 8 91 155 279
95 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 11 76 333 194
96 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 9 85 233 226
97 Michigan State University 5 7 80 132 332
98 University of Memphis 3 13 40 579 142
99 Southern Methodist University 5 8 73 300 209
100 New York Law School 4 6 52 403 228