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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 22 60 1,695 13,837 3,919
2 Yale University 20 46 1,425 11,213 3,272
3 New York University 17 48 1,242 8,556 3,629
4 University of Chicago 16 38 1,189 7,085 2,067
5 University of Virginia 15 34 1,418 3,769 3,293
6 University of California, Los Angeles 17 31 1,225 3,470 2,624
7 Stanford University 18 34 1,103 4,193 2,363
8 Columbia University School of Law 14 33 686 5,166 1,521
9 Fordham University 17 29 927 3,250 1,790
10 University of Pennsylvania 15 30 763 3,021 2,185
11 George Washington University 11 28 735 3,180 2,075
12 Georgetown University 13 33 712 3,258 1,973
13 University of California, Berkeley 13 29 692 3,099 1,933
14 Northwestern University 14 25 701 2,213 1,177
15 Brooklyn Law School 10 34 405 3,471 1,154
16 University of Texas at Austin 11 26 612 2,128 1,081
17 Cornell University 10 27 440 2,731 1,332
18 University of Michigan 13 22 547 1,752 1,519
19 Washington University 10 25 511 2,132 1,244
20 Duke University 9 27 384 2,288 1,633
21 University of Florida 11 23 424 1,654 1,869
22 Boston University 10 24 452 1,837 1,109
23 Vanderbilt University 9 22 332 2,053 1,324
24 Rutgers University 11 21 437 1,416 935
25 Arizona State University 8 23 277 1,726 1,161
26 University of California, Irvine 10 21 298 1,234 1,115
27 Yeshiva University 11 16 417 891 797
28 University of South Carolina 9 24 243 1,826 868
29 University of Georgia 11 18 391 889 873
30 University of Colorado Boulder 9 10 257 390 1,851
31 St. John's University 5 8 431 382 708
32 Ohio State University 10 19 286 1,293 608
33 Emory University 8 21 220 1,272 909
34 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 20 201 1,490 785
35 University of San Diego 9 20 216 1,355 743
36 University of Southern California 9 17 256 1,111 708
37 University of Iowa 9 11 258 366 1,337
38 Wake Forest University 10 14 246 634 1,102
39 Florida State University 9 13 287 639 699
40 Texas A&M University 8 14 225 598 725
41 Suffolk University 5 18 116 1,232 634
42 University of Minnesota 7 17 189 916 515
43 Santa Clara University 6 15 196 823 489
44 University of California, San Francisco 7 15 168 863 571
45 University of Alabama 8 8 188 157 1,031
46 University of Richmond 7 14 167 677 618
47 Georgia State University 7 13 160 706 624
48 University of Maryland 6 13 156 559 776
49 Louisiana State University 8 16 169 728 542
50 University of Houston 6 18 125 1,180 352
51 Indiana University Bloomington 8 14 162 566 663
52 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 11 174 537 627
53 George Mason University 8 15 134 758 610
54 University of Kentucky 6 19 125 975 381
55 University of California, Davis 7 13 136 510 572
56 American University 7 11 153 340 627
57 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 15 129 576 499
58 University of Oklahoma 9 8 202 240 391
59 Drexel University 5 9 90 218 957
60 Case Western Reserve University 7 12 158 457 356
61 Southwestern Law School 6 14 122 656 358
62 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 4 9 104 404 622
63 University at Buffalo 5 11 100 569 450
64 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 14 67 991 225
65 Villanova University 6 11 108 568 382
66 Loyola Marymount University 4 11 84 438 560
67 Pepperdine University 6 17 104 665 236
68 University of Washington 5 11 81 496 510
69 University of Utah 6 8 105 251 582
70 University of Denver 7 9 143 265 332
71 William & Mary Law School 6 10 132 287 371
72 Washington and Lee University 5 10 135 301 328
73 Wayne State University 5 18 78 789 180
74 Willamette University College of Law 6 15 87 606 287
75 Tulane University 4 13 55 545 488
76 St. Mary's University 4 12 88 375 456
77 Temple University 5 7 76 265 596
78 Quinnipiac University 4 12 92 593 197
79 Boston College 5 12 102 380 323
80 University of St. Thomas 6 8 96 317 377
81 DePaul University 5 13 74 532 294
82 University of Notre Dame 7 11 95 345 286
83 Pennsylvania State University 6 12 93 359 274
84 Vermont Law School 4 13 52 656 224
85 University of Pittsburgh 4 11 59 334 471
86 University of Arizona 6 9 92 309 281
87 Roger Williams University 5 12 91 436 141
88 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 10 90 274 273
89 University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 12 67 476 204
90 University of Missouri 6 9 96 310 185
91 Seattle University 4 10 67 551 118
92 Northeastern University 5 11 70 328 297
93 New York Law School 5 7 59 438 253
94 Indiana University Indianapolis 5 11 60 462 221
95 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 5 9 54 357 343
96 Loyola University Chicago 6 8 91 155 287
97 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 11 78 333 195
98 Seton Hall University 5 8 69 240 325
99 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 9 86 233 233
100 University of Connecticut 4 6 65 226 351