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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard Law Review 82 270 38,860 384,714 75,276
2 Yale Law Journal 72 237 32,393 312,008 78,387
3 Columbia Law Review 57 197 23,630 232,908 41,106
4 Stanford Law Review 54 173 18,502 146,540 48,327
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 45 163 16,354 142,562 30,519
6 Michigan Law Review 45 152 15,433 144,210 28,000
7 California Law Review 43 148 15,407 125,782 44,439
8 Virginia Law Review 42 151 13,622 127,077 24,145
9 University of Chicago Law Review 42 141 13,810 103,054 27,930
10 Texas Law Review 40 119 11,348 94,434 29,507
11 New York University Law Review 44 131 12,315 92,141 30,495
12 Georgetown Law Journal 41 117 11,150 82,368 35,995
13 UCLA Law Review 40 119 10,816 78,399 37,838
14 Cornell Law Review 38 123 10,819 84,726 29,671
15 Northwestern University Law Review 35 109 9,338 80,407 29,368
16 Minnesota Law Review 33 111 9,218 81,037 24,731
17 Fordham Law Review 30 81 11,243 62,500 32,875
18 Vanderbilt Law Review 37 105 9,752 70,376 26,422
19 Iowa Law Review 30 91 7,989 58,771 27,838
20 Duke Law Journal 38 107 9,747 63,600 20,636
21 Southern California Law Review 28 102 6,058 59,139 24,127
22 Boston University Law Review 33 84 8,672 48,692 30,622
23 Notre Dame Law Review 34 75 9,271 43,746 25,675
24 Wisconsin Law Review 23 85 4,968 50,418 20,418
25 North Carolina Law Review 25 83 5,552 48,589 19,929
26 George Washington Law Review 31 79 6,574 44,205 19,905
27 Indiana Law Journal 27 74 5,953 44,517 19,109
28 UC Law Journal 23 79 5,196 44,650 16,775
29 Tulane Law Review 17 64 3,192 40,687 19,860
30 William & Mary Law Review 28 77 7,216 37,405 17,355
31 Cardozo Law Review 24 72 5,987 32,932 22,800
32 University of Illinois Law Review 22 71 4,841 34,250 22,053
33 Ohio State Law Journal 22 73 4,628 41,778 13,256
34 Washington University Law Review 26 67 5,913 33,144 18,342
35 Emory Law Journal 25 71 4,740 33,453 19,015
36 Washington Law Review 24 72 5,056 34,989 14,578
37 Boston College Law Review 27 62 6,035 24,765 21,145
38 U.C. Davis Law Review 27 65 6,546 26,784 18,414
39 American University Law Review 21 65 3,992 29,984 13,422
40 Florida Law Review 24 56 4,236 25,283 17,504
41 Connecticut Law Review 20 59 3,729 25,264 14,872
42 University of Colorado Law Review 18 64 2,881 28,075 12,563
43 Washington and Lee Law Review 22 58 4,371 26,149 12,944
44 Arizona Law Review 19 60 3,506 26,514 12,498
45 University of Cincinnati Law Review 15 55 2,578 25,279 12,735
46 Georgia Law Review 19 66 3,227 25,230 10,349
47 Chicago-Kent Law Review 15 56 2,821 22,486 12,544
48 Brooklyn Law Review 17 54 3,162 24,322 10,166
49 Wake Forest Law Review 19 51 3,413 19,150 14,735
50 Maryland Law Review 19 60 3,060 23,422 10,449
51 Hofstra Law Review 18 57 2,823 23,800 9,265
52 Houston Law Review 16 49 2,583 21,258 11,699
53 Louisiana Law Review 14 46 2,119 24,432 7,880
54 Buffalo Law Review 18 56 2,391 20,356 11,303
55 Utah Law Review 17 52 2,755 19,180 11,662
56 Rutgers University Law Review 14 56 2,022 22,122 9,149
57 Oregon Law Review 14 56 1,750 22,790 8,658
58 SMU Law Review 16 50 2,349 22,382 8,023
59 DePaul Law Review 15 48 2,471 21,172 8,782
60 Penn State Law Review 13 45 1,808 23,107 7,468
61 Case Western Reserve Law Review 15 53 2,638 21,489 7,646
62 University of Miami Law Review 10 49 1,242 21,598 8,928
63 Temple Law Review 15 48 2,030 20,996 8,381
64 Albany Law Review 12 44 1,739 19,249 10,174
65 San Diego Law Review 15 48 2,032 18,337 10,300
66 Villanova Law Review 16 50 2,090 18,864 8,551
67 Alabama Law Review 20 48 3,274 16,670 8,852
68 Missouri Law Review 12 45 1,887 18,186 8,466
69 Marquette Law Review 16 39 2,360 16,347 9,418
70 Brigham Young University Law Review 19 50 3,061 16,916 7,839
71 Arizona State Law Journal 17 41 2,655 15,045 9,684
72 Nebraska Law Review 16 45 2,116 18,577 6,673
73 Tennessee Law Review 15 49 1,727 19,313 6,223
74 Kentucky Law Journal 11 39 1,297 19,799 5,778
75 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 11 42 1,686 16,379 8,512
76 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 12 45 1,436 16,012 9,056
77 University of Kansas Law Review 14 46 1,829 17,243 6,888
78 Florida State University Law Review 14 47 2,161 15,439 7,135
79 Catholic University Law Review 11 39 1,511 16,127 5,139
80 Saint Louis University Law Journal 13 35 1,558 14,084 7,132
81 West Virginia Law Review 12 38 1,432 14,538 6,795
82 UMKC Law Review 13 32 1,648 10,927 10,118
83 St. John's Law Review 10 36 1,480 14,866 5,507
84 South Carolina Law Review 14 43 1,797 13,960 5,948
85 Seton Hall Law Review 13 37 1,871 11,745 7,984
86 Wayne Law Review 9 39 786 14,793 5,792
87 Syracuse Law Review 10 37 1,118 13,831 6,275
88 Denver Law Review 13 33 1,373 10,741 8,615
89 Howard Law Journal 11 36 1,220 10,428 9,015
90 Santa Clara Law Review 12 39 1,459 13,403 5,676
91 New York Law School Law Review 9 36 1,013 11,838 7,449
92 University of Richmond Law Review 13 35 1,655 11,525 7,066
93 Indiana Law Review 10 37 1,356 12,576 5,487
94 University of San Francisco Law Review 8 39 852 12,231 6,208
95 Pepperdine Law Review 14 36 1,649 11,148 6,085
96 Oklahoma Law Review 14 33 1,474 10,733 6,666
97 Cleveland State Law Review 11 35 1,222 10,966 6,424
98 Seattle University Law Review 13 31 1,903 7,771 8,561
99 Mississippi Law Journal 11 32 1,073 12,543 4,504
100 Mercer Law Review 9 39 1,133 12,687 3,886