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Comprehensive Rankings

Most-Cited Journals (U.S.)

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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 89 280 45,258 421,750 93,352
2 Yale Law Journal 80 255 40,446 356,259 100,443
3 Columbia Law Review 64 211 30,702 262,534 54,418
4 Stanford Law Review 61 186 25,193 179,094 65,617
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 53 177 22,277 166,189 42,284
6 California Law Review 50 157 19,821 148,727 59,172
7 Michigan Law Review 49 157 18,606 158,406 34,864
8 Virginia Law Review 46 163 17,076 149,795 32,141
9 University of Chicago Law Review 46 152 17,985 118,877 40,729
10 Texas Law Review 45 137 14,966 111,233 39,899
11 Cornell Law Review 43 135 15,055 104,971 43,717
12 Georgetown Law Journal 46 125 14,847 98,842 47,575
13 New York University Law Review 46 139 15,224 106,017 38,280
14 UCLA Law Review 47 128 14,201 93,135 51,185
15 Northwestern University Law Review 40 113 12,123 91,747 39,522
16 Minnesota Law Review 38 117 11,932 90,311 33,020
17 Vanderbilt Law Review 40 111 12,734 82,086 35,783
18 Fordham Law Review 35 86 13,656 69,980 41,201
19 Duke Law Journal 41 116 12,416 73,424 26,737
20 Iowa Law Review 33 98 10,174 65,295 36,799
21 Boston University Law Review 37 86 10,684 53,636 39,190
22 Notre Dame Law Review 37 78 11,767 50,465 33,987
23 Southern California Law Review 33 105 8,293 66,872 32,570
24 Foreign Affairs 4 20 293 4,687 130,736
25 International Legal Materials 27 138 4,766 111,308 6,953
26 American Journal of International Law 23 95 5,234 65,738 32,234
27 George Washington Law Review 35 82 8,224 50,435 29,043
28 North Carolina Law Review 26 87 6,870 54,117 29,202
29 Wisconsin Law Review 29 94 6,374 58,665 27,233
30 Indiana Law Journal 28 76 7,145 48,427 25,421
31 Business Lawyer (ABA) 19 83 4,779 70,348 16,864
32 William & Mary Law Review 30 80 8,713 41,636 21,458
33 Journal of Legal Studies 30 119 6,749 60,756 14,084
34 Law and Human Behavior 12 53 2,791 24,791 67,196
35 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 28 61 5,682 31,706 43,743
36 UC Law Journal 25 81 6,284 50,451 22,561
37 Cardozo Law Review 26 74 7,226 37,163 29,311
38 University of Illinois Law Review 23 74 6,199 39,306 30,532
39 Washington University Law Review 30 71 7,442 36,967 24,905
40 Boston College Law Review 35 66 7,796 28,046 30,846
41 Emory Law Journal 26 77 6,230 40,480 26,203
42 Journal of Law & Economics 25 88 5,036 49,401 23,471
43 Law and Contemporary Problems 20 67 4,706 47,661 25,327
44 U.C. Davis Law Review 29 66 8,018 29,930 22,963
45 Ohio State Law Journal 23 77 5,487 45,826 16,572
46 Washington Law Review 25 76 5,922 38,485 18,467
47 Tulane Law Review 18 70 3,682 44,240 24,880
48 ABA Journal 7 56 1,507 61,735 19,465
49 Criminology/Criminologica 16 33 2,304 11,261 56,918
50 Journal of Legal Education 20 71 4,437 41,487 17,718
51 Florida Law Review 28 57 5,330 28,191 23,164
52 American University Law Review 23 68 5,008 34,479 18,312
53 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 26 73 5,282 26,572 20,342
54 Criminal Justice and Behavior 8 14 1,138 3,719 62,162
55 Washington and Lee Law Review 22 59 5,154 28,656 16,669
56 Connecticut Law Review 22 60 4,401 27,801 20,883
57 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 24 69 3,949 29,172 20,896
58 Arizona Law Review 21 64 4,452 30,055 16,673
59 American Criminal Law Review 18 56 3,505 23,283 25,905
60 Wake Forest Law Review 22 53 4,454 23,245 20,904
61 University of Colorado Law Review 20 65 3,335 30,193 16,369
62 Georgia Law Review 21 67 3,787 27,150 13,367
63 American Journal of Comparative Law 18 56 3,148 26,077 17,588
64 Chicago-Kent Law Review 16 57 3,299 25,018 17,593
65 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 23 53 4,074 21,014 16,353
66 Brooklyn Law Review 17 57 3,668 26,887 12,809
67 Maryland Law Review 21 63 3,692 26,411 13,069
68 Environmental Law Reporter 14 23 3,091 14,988 26,500
69 Law & Society Review 14 60 2,669 23,781 20,533
70 University of Cincinnati Law Review 15 58 2,873 27,175 16,362
71 Fordham Urban Law Journal 17 43 3,604 18,220 20,596
72 Supreme Court Review 34 94 4,368 31,926 3,943
73 Judicature 10 54 1,751 27,282 21,091
74 Administrative Law Review 28 57 4,666 21,938 10,135
75 Antitrust Law Journal 25 54 4,048 22,908 12,469
76 Journal of Corporation Law 22 58 3,932 19,369 16,136
77 Hofstra Law Review 19 59 3,337 26,914 12,054
78 Criminology & Public Policy 9 15 1,479 2,301 42,061
79 Utah Law Review 17 53 3,204 21,025 15,988
80 Buffalo Law Review 19 60 2,876 23,632 14,157
81 Houston Law Review 17 51 2,889 23,296 14,339
82 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 14 27 3,129 12,945 22,219
83 Justice Quarterly 13 19 1,666 4,208 37,702
84 SMU Law Review 16 53 2,787 26,167 11,561
85 Alabama Law Review 22 48 3,968 18,584 11,560
86 Albany Law Review 15 46 2,448 22,352 16,178
87 DePaul Law Review 16 51 2,974 23,930 11,872
88 Harvard International Law Journal 16 56 1,787 16,017 24,948
89 Arizona State Law Journal 18 43 3,468 17,135 14,236
90 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 11 42 1,604 13,430 27,368
91 Yale Journal on Regulation 18 55 2,306 13,621 23,220
92 Rutgers University Law Review 15 59 2,507 25,288 11,562
93 Case Western Reserve Law Review 16 55 3,065 23,531 10,185
94 Temple Law Review 15 50 2,535 23,944 11,553
95 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 18 48 2,838 15,962 17,113
96 Brigham Young University Law Review 20 52 3,572 18,918 10,411
97 Louisiana Law Review 14 47 2,393 26,798 9,472
98 Virginia Journal of International Law 16 60 1,922 22,768 15,162
99 Journal of Democracy 13 18 1,324 2,052 36,787
100 Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 1 6 29 305 45,055