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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard Law Review 80 270 37,862 384,368 74,928
2 Yale Law Journal 72 237 32,816 312,047 81,414
3 Columbia Law Review 58 197 24,070 232,995 43,077
4 Stanford Law Review 54 173 18,838 146,536 50,131
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 46 163 16,565 142,567 31,406
6 Michigan Law Review 46 152 15,735 144,260 28,885
7 California Law Review 44 148 15,680 125,850 45,779
8 Virginia Law Review 43 151 13,876 127,087 25,766
9 University of Chicago Law Review 43 141 14,099 103,049 28,934
10 Texas Law Review 41 120 11,678 96,587 31,492
11 New York University Law Review 45 130 12,552 92,118 31,294
12 Georgetown Law Journal 42 117 11,374 82,396 36,827
13 UCLA Law Review 41 119 11,018 78,412 38,733
14 Cornell Law Review 38 123 10,956 84,748 30,137
15 Northwestern University Law Review 36 109 9,512 80,427 30,528
16 Minnesota Law Review 34 111 9,406 81,068 25,657
17 Fordham Law Review 31 81 11,444 62,512 33,653
18 Vanderbilt Law Review 37 105 9,934 70,377 27,221
19 Iowa Law Review 30 91 8,109 58,787 28,323
20 Duke Law Journal 38 107 9,912 63,647 21,106
21 Southern California Law Review 29 102 6,162 59,152 24,734
22 Boston University Law Review 33 84 8,861 48,705 31,716
23 Notre Dame Law Review 34 75 9,453 43,721 26,737
24 Wisconsin Law Review 23 85 5,045 50,415 20,916
25 North Carolina Law Review 25 83 5,658 48,459 20,621
26 George Washington Law Review 31 79 6,702 44,215 20,710
27 Indiana Law Journal 27 74 6,072 44,532 19,845
28 UC Law Journal 23 79 5,286 44,689 17,182
29 Tulane Law Review 17 65 3,249 40,761 20,417
30 William & Mary Law Review 28 77 7,324 37,401 17,645
31 Cardozo Law Review 24 72 6,095 32,937 23,260
32 University of Illinois Law Review 22 71 4,934 34,246 22,492
33 Ohio State Law Journal 23 73 4,713 41,791 13,631
34 Emory Law Journal 25 71 4,832 33,465 19,797
35 Washington University Law Review 26 67 6,023 33,135 18,897
36 Washington Law Review 24 72 5,111 34,388 15,093
37 U.C. Davis Law Review 28 65 6,688 26,792 18,835
38 Boston College Law Review 28 62 6,130 24,687 21,497
39 American University Law Review 21 65 4,072 29,995 13,887
40 Florida Law Review 25 56 4,312 25,275 18,066
41 Connecticut Law Review 20 59 3,786 25,276 15,061
42 Washington and Lee Law Review 22 58 4,434 26,148 13,351
43 University of Colorado Law Review 19 64 2,935 28,076 12,623
44 Arizona Law Review 20 60 3,566 26,524 12,734
45 University of Cincinnati Law Review 15 55 2,613 25,271 13,158
46 Georgia Law Review 20 66 3,278 25,237 10,773
47 Chicago-Kent Law Review 15 56 2,876 22,499 13,071
48 Wake Forest Law Review 20 51 3,477 19,153 15,533
49 Brooklyn Law Review 17 54 3,220 24,339 10,342
50 Maryland Law Review 19 60 3,119 23,425 10,683
51 Hofstra Law Review 18 57 2,874 23,807 9,628
52 Houston Law Review 17 49 2,631 21,261 11,726
53 Louisiana Law Review 14 47 2,142 24,555 7,922
54 Buffalo Law Review 18 56 2,430 20,357 11,464
55 Utah Law Review 17 52 2,792 19,178 11,663
56 Rutgers University Law Review 14 56 2,052 22,116 9,246
57 Oregon Law Review 14 56 1,775 22,787 8,850
58 SMU Law Review 16 50 2,384 22,374 8,311
59 DePaul Law Review 15 48 2,505 21,178 9,094
60 Penn State Law Review 13 45 1,835 23,110 7,438
61 University of Miami Law Review 10 49 1,256 21,596 9,105
62 Case Western Reserve Law Review 16 53 2,682 21,497 7,621
63 Temple Law Review 15 48 2,072 20,995 8,583
64 Albany Law Review 12 44 1,762 19,253 10,363
65 San Diego Law Review 15 48 2,060 18,330 10,275
66 Villanova Law Review 16 50 2,117 18,863 8,781
67 Alabama Law Review 20 48 3,332 16,674 9,042
68 Missouri Law Review 12 45 1,909 18,189 8,695
69 Marquette Law Review 17 39 2,412 16,349 9,763
70 Brigham Young University Law Review 19 50 3,115 16,922 8,289
71 Tennessee Law Review 15 49 1,760 19,316 6,826
72 Arizona State Law Journal 17 41 2,708 15,043 9,976
73 Nebraska Law Review 16 45 2,146 18,577 6,783
74 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 12 45 1,464 16,011 9,579
75 Kentucky Law Journal 11 39 1,318 19,806 5,897
76 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 11 42 1,705 16,385 8,664
77 University of Kansas Law Review 15 46 1,863 17,229 7,151
78 Florida State University Law Review 14 47 2,204 15,442 7,326
79 West Virginia Law Review 12 38 1,446 14,550 7,173
80 Saint Louis University Law Journal 13 35 1,588 14,081 7,408
81 Catholic University Law Review 11 39 1,532 16,136 5,286
82 UMKC Law Review 13 32 1,669 10,925 10,248
83 St. John's Law Review 10 36 1,504 14,870 5,712
84 South Carolina Law Review 14 43 1,810 13,945 6,246
85 Seton Hall Law Review 14 37 1,915 11,735 8,334
86 Wayne Law Review 9 39 795 14,799 5,944
87 Syracuse Law Review 10 37 1,127 13,829 6,417
88 Denver Law Review 13 33 1,394 10,737 8,715
89 Howard Law Journal 11 36 1,239 10,429 9,029
90 Santa Clara Law Review 13 39 1,483 13,391 5,563
91 University of Richmond Law Review 13 35 1,690 11,523 7,208
92 New York Law School Law Review 9 36 1,041 11,839 7,518
93 University of San Francisco Law Review 9 39 859 12,245 6,510
94 Indiana Law Review 11 37 1,370 12,578 5,554
95 Pepperdine Law Review 15 36 1,677 11,145 6,341
96 Oklahoma Law Review 14 33 1,492 10,732 6,906
97 Cleveland State Law Review 11 35 1,246 10,979 6,768
98 Seattle University Law Review 14 31 1,933 7,769 8,716
99 Mississippi Law Journal 12 32 1,092 12,546 4,609
100 Mercer Law Review 9 39 1,112 12,690 3,946