Back to Rankings

HeinOnline Logo

HEINONLINE'S SCHOLARLY IMPACT RANKINGS


ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Flagship Journal

How is this ranking calculated?
Last Updated: January 2026

Cited 0-5 Years Cited 5+ Years Past 12 Months
Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard Law Review 89 265 45,030 369,696 80,802
2 Yale Law Journal 77 235 38,159 303,367 84,418
3 Columbia Law Review 64 195 27,838 225,060 44,687
4 Stanford Law Review 58 169 21,947 142,603 52,397
5 Michigan Law Review 50 150 18,144 141,058 30,605
6 California Law Review 49 143 18,320 122,465 48,027
7 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 49 158 19,288 134,997 33,201
8 Virginia Law Review 48 150 16,090 124,222 26,815
9 University of Chicago Law Review 47 140 16,432 100,057 30,005
10 Texas Law Review 43 119 13,563 94,150 33,234
11 New York University Law Review 50 127 14,466 89,647 33,455
12 Georgetown Law Journal 45 115 13,356 79,849 39,083
13 UCLA Law Review 46 117 12,766 76,133 41,159
14 Cornell Law Review 42 119 12,813 82,472 32,341
15 Northwestern University Law Review 38 108 11,052 78,448 31,752
16 Minnesota Law Review 37 109 10,905 79,077 26,736
17 Vanderbilt Law Review 41 103 11,440 68,459 30,056
18 Fordham Law Review 34 80 13,338 60,111 36,448
19 Iowa Law Review 35 90 9,445 57,071 30,331
20 Duke Law Journal 41 105 11,518 61,553 22,730
21 Southern California Law Review 32 101 7,210 57,825 25,767
22 Boston University Law Review 36 82 10,181 46,988 33,071
23 Notre Dame Law Review 37 74 10,907 41,876 27,677
24 Wisconsin Law Review 26 83 5,900 49,348 22,160
25 North Carolina Law Review 28 81 6,659 47,201 22,070
26 George Washington Law Review 34 77 7,646 42,163 21,402
27 Indiana Law Journal 29 73 7,007 43,300 20,872
28 UC Law Journal 25 77 6,199 43,524 18,305
29 Tulane Law Review 19 64 3,632 39,988 20,827
30 William & Mary Law Review 31 75 8,537 35,898 19,011
31 Cardozo Law Review 27 70 7,121 31,645 24,652
32 University of Illinois Law Review 25 70 5,852 33,121 24,111
33 Ohio State Law Journal 25 72 5,567 40,715 14,376
34 Emory Law Journal 27 70 5,716 32,373 20,579
35 Washington University Law Review 27 66 6,865 32,008 19,721
36 Washington Law Review 26 70 5,981 33,321 16,144
37 Boston College Law Review 30 61 7,110 23,435 22,775
38 U.C. Davis Law Review 29 64 7,709 25,470 20,126
39 American University Law Review 24 64 4,697 29,190 14,947
40 Florida Law Review 27 54 4,921 24,495 19,013
41 Connecticut Law Review 22 58 4,377 24,517 16,758
42 University of Colorado Law Review 20 63 3,424 27,460 13,862
43 Washington and Lee Law Review 24 56 5,287 25,148 14,226
44 Arizona Law Review 22 60 4,187 25,747 13,539
45 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 55 3,035 24,755 13,705
46 Georgia Law Review 21 65 3,777 24,586 11,232
47 Chicago-Kent Law Review 17 55 3,481 21,748 13,742
48 Brooklyn Law Review 19 53 3,771 23,625 11,058
49 Wake Forest Law Review 22 49 4,120 18,364 15,952
50 Maryland Law Review 22 59 3,609 22,772 11,325
51 Houston Law Review 19 49 3,032 20,753 12,867
52 Hofstra Law Review 19 56 3,398 23,140 10,052
53 Buffalo Law Review 19 55 2,806 19,871 12,404
54 Louisiana Law Review 15 45 2,477 23,952 8,530
55 Utah Law Review 18 52 3,200 18,658 12,800
56 Rutgers University Law Review 16 56 2,431 21,649 9,939
57 Oregon Law Review 16 56 2,167 22,328 9,503
58 DePaul Law Review 16 48 2,969 20,617 9,789
59 SMU Law Review 18 48 2,822 21,856 8,497
60 Penn State Law Review 15 43 2,201 22,678 8,190
61 Case Western Reserve Law Review 17 52 3,119 20,928 8,727
62 University of Miami Law Review 12 49 1,632 21,191 9,526
63 Temple Law Review 17 47 2,471 20,513 9,090
64 Albany Law Review 14 44 2,152 18,773 10,915
65 San Diego Law Review 16 47 2,417 17,901 11,061
66 Villanova Law Review 17 49 2,406 18,481 9,144
67 Alabama Law Review 23 47 3,788 16,076 9,674
68 Missouri Law Review 14 43 2,257 17,767 9,055
69 Marquette Law Review 17 39 2,787 15,851 10,008
70 Brigham Young University Law Review 20 50 3,532 16,366 8,396
71 Arizona State Law Journal 19 41 3,139 14,502 10,567
72 Tennessee Law Review 16 48 2,094 18,914 7,054
73 Nebraska Law Review 17 45 2,544 18,100 7,240
74 Kentucky Law Journal 12 38 1,586 19,477 6,086
75 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 13 41 2,034 16,007 9,081
76 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 13 44 1,744 15,678 9,626
77 University of Kansas Law Review 16 45 2,206 16,807 7,335
78 Florida State University Law Review 15 47 2,625 14,916 7,630
79 West Virginia Law Review 13 37 1,686 14,254 7,649
80 UMKC Law Review 13 32 2,021 10,517 10,944
81 Saint Louis University Law Journal 14 35 1,838 13,758 7,757
82 Catholic University Law Review 13 38 1,812 15,799 5,672
83 Seton Hall Law Review 15 37 2,212 11,370 8,814
84 St. John's Law Review 12 35 1,752 14,561 6,017
85 South Carolina Law Review 16 43 2,128 13,585 6,552
86 Syracuse Law Review 11 37 1,326 13,601 6,772
87 Wayne Law Review 9 39 941 14,599 6,110
88 Denver Law Review 16 32 1,650 10,428 9,383
89 Howard Law Journal 12 36 1,454 10,171 9,713
90 New York Law School Law Review 10 34 1,203 11,631 8,189
91 Santa Clara Law Review 14 37 1,806 13,021 6,178
92 University of Richmond Law Review 14 35 1,944 11,198 7,609
93 Indiana Law Review 12 37 1,640 12,266 5,955
94 University of San Francisco Law Review 9 39 1,028 12,028 6,740
95 Pepperdine Law Review 15 36 2,017 10,741 6,614
96 Oklahoma Law Review 16 32 1,741 10,424 7,190
97 Cleveland State Law Review 12 33 1,500 10,650 6,994
98 Seattle University Law Review 15 30 2,343 7,292 9,290
99 Mississippi Law Journal 11 32 1,284 12,305 4,810
100 Arkansas Law Review 12 36 1,285 11,409 5,412