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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 25 59 1,970 13,432 4,081
2 Yale University 21 45 1,555 10,690 3,331
3 New York University 18 47 1,458 8,328 3,791
4 University of Chicago 16 38 1,291 6,947 2,190
5 University of Virginia 16 32 1,547 3,548 3,558
6 University of California, Los Angeles 17 31 1,374 3,417 2,749
7 Stanford University 18 34 1,253 3,820 2,394
8 Columbia University School of Law 16 33 810 5,024 1,626
9 Fordham University 18 28 1,120 3,024 1,815
10 University of Pennsylvania 16 30 841 3,299 2,313
11 Georgetown University 15 31 836 3,072 2,106
12 George Washington University 12 27 832 3,059 2,076
13 University of California, Berkeley 14 29 808 2,973 2,136
14 Northwestern University 14 24 781 2,064 1,143
15 Brooklyn Law School 11 34 454 3,410 1,235
16 University of Texas at Austin 13 24 688 1,924 1,116
17 Cornell University 12 25 504 2,503 1,405
18 University of Michigan 14 21 627 1,687 1,596
19 Duke University 9 27 455 2,215 1,739
20 Washington University 11 24 587 2,020 1,269
21 University of Florida 13 23 480 1,601 1,955
22 Boston University 11 24 508 1,759 1,138
23 Vanderbilt University 9 22 383 1,974 1,491
24 Rutgers University 11 19 514 1,328 1,002
25 Arizona State University 8 22 324 1,516 1,170
26 University of California, Irvine 11 21 367 1,193 1,127
27 University of South Carolina 10 23 281 1,778 949
28 Yeshiva University 11 16 476 814 832
29 University of Georgia 12 18 427 854 894
30 Emory University 9 21 263 1,231 966
31 St. John's University 6 8 507 292 683
32 University of Colorado Boulder 9 8 262 325 1,768
33 Ohio State University 10 19 329 1,222 577
34 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 19 237 1,416 758
35 University of San Diego 9 19 255 1,251 754
36 University of Southern California 10 16 292 1,068 696
37 University of Iowa 9 11 280 332 1,398
38 Wake Forest University 11 14 275 597 1,133
39 Florida State University 9 12 329 592 674
40 Texas A&M University 8 14 251 577 770
41 University of Minnesota 8 16 217 881 567
42 Suffolk University 6 18 138 1,174 595
43 Santa Clara University 6 14 227 790 514
44 University of California, San Francisco 9 15 196 828 575
45 University of Maryland 7 13 181 531 849
46 University of Houston 7 18 149 1,170 369
47 George Mason University 7 15 173 772 611
48 Georgia State University 7 13 178 687 665
49 University of Alabama 7 7 197 126 1,107
50 Indiana University Bloomington 8 14 197 543 706
51 University of Richmond 7 14 195 672 574
52 Louisiana State University 8 16 210 673 492
53 University of Kentucky 6 19 145 957 405
54 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 11 191 475 549
55 University of California, Davis 8 13 149 494 616
56 American University 8 11 179 313 642
57 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 15 137 571 509
58 Case Western Reserve University 7 12 192 422 370
59 Southwestern Law School 7 14 150 624 366
60 Drexel University 6 9 102 227 950
61 University of Oklahoma 10 7 210 215 413
62 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 14 84 992 240
63 University of Denver 8 8 187 231 466
64 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 9 122 380 620
65 University at Buffalo 6 11 112 548 499
66 Villanova University 7 11 124 545 373
67 Pepperdine University 6 17 127 654 252
68 Pennsylvania State University 7 13 149 395 318
69 Loyola Marymount University 5 11 94 422 537
70 University of Utah 7 8 121 229 583
71 University of Washington 6 11 99 467 450
72 Willamette University College of Law 6 15 102 586 308
73 William & Mary Law School 7 10 146 264 405
74 Tulane University 5 12 65 530 532
75 Wayne State University 5 18 84 778 198
76 St. Mary's University 5 12 102 359 486
77 Quinnipiac University 4 12 105 570 229
78 Boston College 6 11 122 353 343
79 Temple University 5 7 88 250 554
80 University of St. Thomas 5 7 108 300 379
81 DePaul University 5 12 91 459 305
82 University of Notre Dame 7 10 122 312 286
83 University of Pittsburgh 5 11 79 305 486
84 Vermont Law School 5 13 66 642 192
85 Washington and Lee University 6 10 110 266 308
86 University of Arizona 6 9 108 293 290
87 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 9 82 339 347
88 Seattle University 4 10 82 547 150
89 University of Missouri 5 9 121 299 194
90 Roger Williams University 6 12 95 429 164
91 Seton Hall University 6 8 88 256 341
92 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 10 98 260 284
93 Northeastern University 6 10 84 310 298
94 University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 78 457 178
95 University of Memphis 5 13 61 558 148
96 Indiana University Indianapolis 5 11 73 438 202
97 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 11 92 317 208
98 University of Connecticut 5 6 81 220 351
99 New York Law School 5 7 61 423 241
100 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 8 100 214 236