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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard Law Review 84 270 40,406 384,844 74,790
2 Yale Law Journal 73 237 33,581 312,016 78,846
3 Columbia Law Review 59 197 24,587 232,952 41,537
4 Stanford Law Review 56 173 19,262 146,525 48,027
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 46 163 16,955 142,528 30,393
6 Michigan Law Review 46 152 16,080 144,204 27,583
7 California Law Review 44 148 16,002 125,818 44,050
8 Virginia Law Review 43 151 14,187 127,088 24,668
9 University of Chicago Law Review 44 141 14,477 103,057 28,192
10 Texas Law Review 41 120 11,923 96,549 30,389
11 New York University Law Review 45 130 12,793 92,116 29,675
12 Georgetown Law Journal 42 117 11,624 82,381 35,285
13 UCLA Law Review 42 119 11,262 78,411 37,712
14 Cornell Law Review 39 123 11,126 84,718 29,637
15 Northwestern University Law Review 36 109 9,691 80,405 29,632
16 Minnesota Law Review 34 111 9,631 81,021 24,690
17 Vanderbilt Law Review 38 105 10,177 70,369 26,630
18 Fordham Law Review 31 81 11,648 62,396 31,761
19 Iowa Law Review 30 91 8,283 58,762 27,395
20 Duke Law Journal 38 107 10,135 63,581 19,826
21 Southern California Law Review 29 102 6,320 59,149 23,737
22 Boston University Law Review 34 84 9,066 48,630 30,168
23 Notre Dame Law Review 33 75 9,147 43,704 23,521
24 Wisconsin Law Review 24 85 5,157 50,409 20,028
25 North Carolina Law Review 25 83 5,756 48,451 19,771
26 George Washington Law Review 31 79 6,823 44,189 19,860
27 Indiana Law Journal 27 74 6,219 44,549 19,139
28 UC Law Journal 24 79 5,381 44,676 16,396
29 Tulane Law Review 18 65 3,346 40,763 19,909
30 William & Mary Law Review 29 77 7,470 37,386 16,682
31 Cardozo Law Review 24 72 6,220 32,920 22,102
32 University of Illinois Law Review 22 71 5,049 34,239 21,415
33 Ohio State Law Journal 23 73 4,818 41,784 13,084
34 Emory Law Journal 25 71 4,934 33,434 19,399
35 Washington University Law Review 24 66 6,054 32,182 18,252
36 Washington Law Review 24 72 5,206 34,415 14,592
37 U.C. Davis Law Review 29 65 6,836 26,776 18,139
38 Boston College Law Review 29 62 6,286 24,673 20,780
39 American University Law Review 22 65 4,147 29,988 13,390
40 Florida Law Review 25 56 4,364 25,275 15,947
41 Washington and Lee Law Review 22 58 4,522 26,151 12,723
42 University of Colorado Law Review 19 64 3,001 28,072 12,113
43 Connecticut Law Review 21 59 3,869 25,262 13,972
44 Arizona Law Review 20 60 3,661 26,491 12,260
45 University of Cincinnati Law Review 15 55 2,671 25,267 12,634
46 Georgia Law Review 21 66 3,356 25,226 10,324
47 Chicago-Kent Law Review 16 56 2,937 22,499 12,472
48 Wake Forest Law Review 20 51 3,554 19,153 14,819
49 Brooklyn Law Review 17 54 3,270 24,325 9,886
50 Maryland Law Review 19 60 3,175 23,416 10,025
51 Hofstra Law Review 18 57 2,921 23,777 9,116
52 Houston Law Review 17 49 2,678 21,254 11,124
53 Louisiana Law Review 14 47 2,220 24,548 7,542
54 Buffalo Law Review 18 56 2,474 20,346 10,815
55 Utah Law Review 17 52 2,854 19,173 11,360
56 Rutgers University Law Review 14 56 2,086 22,114 8,831
57 Oregon Law Review 14 56 1,814 22,792 8,294
58 SMU Law Review 16 50 2,446 22,374 7,990
59 DePaul Law Review 15 48 2,566 21,155 8,730
60 Penn State Law Review 13 45 1,858 23,084 7,013
61 University of Miami Law Review 10 49 1,273 21,591 8,664
62 Case Western Reserve Law Review 16 53 2,737 21,484 7,075
63 Temple Law Review 15 48 2,102 20,994 8,189
64 Albany Law Review 12 44 1,786 19,248 9,861
65 San Diego Law Review 15 48 2,096 18,327 9,725
66 Villanova Law Review 16 50 2,149 18,851 8,042
67 Alabama Law Review 21 48 3,397 16,669 8,625
68 Missouri Law Review 12 45 1,944 18,185 8,378
69 Brigham Young University Law Review 19 50 3,188 16,912 8,110
70 Marquette Law Review 17 39 2,458 16,333 9,178
71 Tennessee Law Review 15 49 1,798 19,317 6,672
72 Arizona State Law Journal 17 41 2,778 15,035 9,597
73 Nebraska Law Review 16 45 2,196 18,575 6,605
74 Kentucky Law Journal 11 39 1,337 19,796 5,669
75 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 13 45 1,501 16,005 9,105
76 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 12 42 1,751 16,377 8,346
77 University of Kansas Law Review 15 46 1,902 17,230 6,858
78 Florida State University Law Review 14 48 2,240 15,428 6,849
79 Catholic University Law Review 12 39 1,689 16,131 5,268
80 Saint Louis University Law Journal 13 35 1,632 14,076 7,130
81 West Virginia Law Review 12 38 1,474 14,546 6,709
82 UMKC Law Review 13 32 1,690 10,921 9,770
83 St. John's Law Review 11 36 1,536 14,865 5,561
84 South Carolina Law Review 15 43 1,851 13,937 6,014
85 Seton Hall Law Review 14 37 1,954 11,694 7,742
86 Wayne Law Review 9 39 813 14,798 5,728
87 Syracuse Law Review 10 37 1,153 13,828 6,104
88 Denver Law Review 13 33 1,411 10,727 8,341
89 Howard Law Journal 12 36 1,264 10,425 8,565
90 Santa Clara Law Review 13 39 1,520 13,397 5,180
91 University of Richmond Law Review 13 35 1,720 11,521 6,857
92 New York Law School Law Review 9 36 1,061 11,835 7,179
93 University of San Francisco Law Review 9 39 877 12,242 6,328
94 Indiana Law Review 11 37 1,393 12,577 5,366
95 Oklahoma Law Review 14 33 1,531 10,735 6,670
96 Pepperdine Law Review 14 36 1,715 11,141 6,045
97 Cleveland State Law Review 11 35 1,269 10,965 6,571
98 Seattle University Law Review 14 31 1,987 7,769 8,336
99 Mississippi Law Journal 12 32 1,120 12,538 4,222
100 Mercer Law Review 9 39 1,205 12,686 3,977