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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 25 61 2,014 13,886 4,310
2 Yale University 21 45 1,558 10,813 3,560
3 New York University 17 46 1,415 8,332 3,912
4 University of Chicago 16 38 1,293 6,946 2,240
5 University of Virginia 16 32 1,507 3,547 3,718
6 University of California, Los Angeles 17 31 1,353 3,417 2,796
7 Stanford University 18 34 1,242 3,992 2,467
8 Columbia University School of Law 16 33 794 5,024 1,683
9 Fordham University 18 28 1,088 3,024 1,755
10 University of Pennsylvania 17 29 846 2,915 2,537
11 Georgetown University 15 32 823 3,117 2,211
12 University of California, Berkeley 14 29 820 2,984 2,065
13 George Washington University 12 27 777 3,056 2,094
14 Northwestern University 14 24 785 2,063 1,250
15 Brooklyn Law School 11 34 450 3,413 1,247
16 Cornell University 12 27 514 2,704 1,571
17 University of Michigan 13 21 623 1,687 1,570
18 Duke University 9 27 443 2,214 1,869
19 Washington University 11 24 577 2,036 1,365
20 University of Florida 12 23 446 1,592 2,082
21 Boston University 11 24 506 1,869 1,210
22 University of Texas at Austin 12 24 497 1,880 1,045
23 Vanderbilt University 9 22 367 1,973 1,534
24 Rutgers University 10 19 503 1,326 1,023
25 Arizona State University 8 22 330 1,635 1,153
26 University of South Carolina 10 23 279 1,777 1,035
27 University of California, Irvine 10 21 349 1,175 1,123
28 Yeshiva University 11 16 470 809 862
29 University of Georgia 11 18 431 855 969
30 Emory University 9 21 281 1,230 1,109
31 St. John's University 6 8 503 292 678
32 Ohio State University 10 19 318 1,222 615
33 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 19 235 1,416 781
34 University of Colorado Boulder 9 8 258 329 1,683
35 University of San Diego 8 19 244 1,251 748
36 University of Southern California 10 16 284 1,067 717
37 Wake Forest University 11 14 272 597 1,201
38 University of Iowa 9 11 268 332 1,406
39 Florida State University 9 12 320 591 701
40 Texas A&M University 8 14 241 577 804
41 University of Minnesota 8 16 214 879 606
42 Santa Clara University 6 14 225 790 558
43 Suffolk University 6 18 129 1,174 656
44 University of Maryland 7 13 187 534 948
45 University of California, San Francisco 9 15 194 828 577
46 University of Houston 7 18 149 1,170 360
47 Georgia State University 7 13 174 687 691
48 Indiana University Bloomington 8 14 193 525 741
49 University of Alabama 7 7 192 126 1,130
50 Louisiana State University 8 16 209 673 481
51 University of Richmond 7 14 188 680 564
52 University of Kentucky 6 19 143 957 453
53 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 11 198 475 645
54 George Mason University 7 14 165 666 568
55 American University 8 11 174 313 657
56 University of California, Davis 8 13 145 492 594
57 Drexel University 6 9 102 227 1,023
58 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 15 133 571 519
59 Case Western Reserve University 7 12 188 416 391
60 Southwestern Law School 7 14 149 624 372
61 University of Oklahoma 10 7 208 215 445
62 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 14 85 996 272
63 Brigham Young University 8 9 248 187 236
64 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 9 122 380 674
65 University at Buffalo 6 11 112 548 531
66 University of Denver 8 8 176 224 471
67 Villanova University 7 11 122 545 403
68 Pepperdine University 6 17 127 640 281
69 Willamette University College of Law 6 15 100 586 389
70 William & Mary Law School 7 10 144 266 455
71 Tulane University 5 12 63 529 582
72 University of Utah 7 8 120 229 588
73 University of Washington 6 11 99 467 448
74 Wayne State University 5 18 84 778 211
75 Loyola Marymount University 5 11 90 421 500
76 St. Mary's University 5 12 102 361 486
77 Boston College 6 11 119 353 352
78 Quinnipiac University 4 12 101 570 219
79 DePaul University 5 13 90 511 304
80 Temple University 5 8 88 261 543
81 University of Notre Dame 7 10 118 311 314
82 Pennsylvania State University 6 11 107 343 329
83 Vermont Law School 5 13 66 642 234
84 University of Pittsburgh 5 11 77 305 504
85 University of St. Thomas 5 7 103 300 375
86 Washington and Lee University 6 10 108 266 325
87 University of Missouri 5 9 119 299 201
88 Roger Williams University 6 12 94 429 181
89 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 10 101 260 309
90 Seattle University 4 10 80 547 134
91 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 9 78 339 342
92 University of Arizona 6 9 102 293 267
93 University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 81 457 193
94 Indiana University Indianapolis 5 11 79 444 215
95 Northeastern University 6 10 85 310 313
96 Seton Hall University 5 8 79 256 377
97 University of Memphis 5 13 61 557 152
98 New York Law School 5 7 61 433 268
99 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 8 99 217 275
100 University of Connecticut 5 6 80 220 361