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Most-Cited Journals (U.S.)

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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard Law Review 94 277 51,166 412,451 100,706
2 Yale Law Journal 84 252 46,287 347,868 107,168
3 Columbia Law Review 71 207 35,030 256,239 59,528
4 Stanford Law Review 65 185 28,829 174,032 70,565
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 58 172 25,859 161,453 46,866
6 California Law Review 54 156 22,823 144,461 64,024
7 Michigan Law Review 54 154 21,030 154,707 38,440
8 Virginia Law Review 51 161 19,560 146,266 35,264
9 University of Chicago Law Review 50 149 20,657 115,096 42,813
10 Texas Law Review 49 135 17,251 108,803 43,745
11 Cornell Law Review 48 131 17,336 101,902 47,368
12 Georgetown Law Journal 51 124 17,107 95,600 51,817
13 New York University Law Review 51 138 17,322 102,997 42,628
14 UCLA Law Review 51 127 16,442 90,064 56,664
15 Northwestern University Law Review 41 112 13,848 89,249 43,313
16 Vanderbilt Law Review 43 110 14,414 79,680 41,576
17 Fordham Law Review 37 83 15,641 67,159 46,477
18 Minnesota Law Review 41 115 13,534 87,847 35,913
19 Duke Law Journal 45 114 14,177 70,846 29,965
20 Iowa Law Review 36 95 11,544 63,261 40,591
21 Boston University Law Review 39 85 12,011 51,629 42,563
22 Notre Dame Law Review 39 76 13,410 48,189 36,325
23 Southern California Law Review 35 104 9,488 65,178 34,650
24 International Legal Materials 31 138 5,742 110,090 7,787
25 Foreign Affairs 5 20 422 4,547 135,573
26 American Journal of International Law 26 94 5,993 64,159 36,378
27 George Washington Law Review 37 81 9,263 48,871 30,541
28 North Carolina Law Review 28 84 7,993 52,858 31,651
29 Wisconsin Law Review 30 92 7,314 57,377 30,028
30 Business Lawyer (ABA) 21 82 6,591 68,208 19,084
31 Indiana Law Journal 31 75 8,140 46,979 27,051
32 William & Mary Law Review 34 77 10,007 39,872 24,016
33 Journal of Legal Studies 35 116 7,868 59,174 15,475
34 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 30 61 6,714 30,338 47,938
35 Law and Human Behavior 15 53 3,355 24,125 69,757
36 UC Law Journal 27 80 7,235 49,098 25,233
37 Cardozo Law Review 29 72 8,310 35,671 32,005
38 University of Illinois Law Review 27 73 7,294 37,848 33,886
39 Journal of Law & Economics 27 86 6,108 48,020 27,663
40 Washington University Law Review 31 69 8,377 35,576 27,328
41 Boston College Law Review 36 65 8,913 26,492 33,395
42 Law and Contemporary Problems 21 66 5,522 46,841 28,371
43 Emory Law Journal 28 75 7,089 38,078 27,811
44 U.C. Davis Law Review 30 65 9,059 28,392 25,797
45 Ohio State Law Journal 26 76 6,367 44,623 18,175
46 Washington Law Review 27 74 6,876 37,249 20,556
47 Tulane Law Review 20 69 4,063 43,387 26,585
48 ABA Journal 7 56 1,753 60,587 20,976
49 Criminology/Criminologica 18 33 2,859 10,574 60,499
50 Journal of Legal Education 21 71 4,968 40,570 19,772
51 Florida Law Review 29 55 5,983 27,253 25,655
52 American University Law Review 26 67 5,648 33,511 20,643
53 Criminal Justice and Behavior 9 14 1,385 3,393 68,886
54 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 30 70 6,193 25,393 23,034
55 Connecticut Law Review 24 60 4,992 26,829 24,707
56 Washington and Lee Law Review 25 57 6,052 27,504 18,570
57 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 26 69 4,423 28,439 22,892
58 American Criminal Law Review 20 55 4,094 22,472 30,217
59 Arizona Law Review 24 63 5,125 29,108 18,545
60 Wake Forest Law Review 24 51 5,214 22,248 21,617
61 University of Colorado Law Review 21 64 3,854 29,493 18,658
62 American Journal of Comparative Law 20 55 3,719 25,265 18,690
63 Chicago-Kent Law Review 19 57 3,931 24,176 18,339
64 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 24 52 4,598 20,248 18,447
65 Georgia Law Review 22 66 4,229 26,450 14,048
66 Brooklyn Law Review 20 56 4,226 26,089 14,175
67 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 57 3,304 26,593 18,009
68 Fordham Urban Law Journal 20 42 4,171 17,455 22,587
69 Maryland Law Review 23 62 4,207 25,626 14,428
70 Antitrust Law Journal 26 52 4,874 21,789 14,209
71 Journal of Corporation Law 24 56 4,573 18,509 17,984
72 Environmental Law Reporter 14 22 3,482 14,463 27,334
73 Law & Society Review 15 60 3,156 23,153 20,438
74 Judicature 10 54 1,952 26,885 22,768
75 Supreme Court Review 33 92 4,850 31,129 4,093
76 Administrative Law Review 29 56 5,248 21,057 11,827
77 Hofstra Law Review 21 58 3,885 26,145 13,288
78 Criminology & Public Policy 11 14 1,754 1,913 46,468
79 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 6 39 1,028 10,491 40,936
80 Utah Law Review 18 53 3,589 20,451 17,697
81 Buffalo Law Review 20 60 3,268 23,070 15,934
82 Houston Law Review 19 51 3,279 22,741 16,195
83 Justice Quarterly 14 17 2,005 3,785 40,140
84 Albany Law Review 15 45 2,944 21,701 17,602
85 SMU Law Review 18 52 3,240 25,579 12,104
86 DePaul Law Review 17 50 3,452 23,288 13,119
87 Harvard International Law Journal 17 56 2,094 15,577 27,269
88 Yale Journal on Regulation 21 55 2,862 12,931 25,888
89 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 16 27 3,242 12,333 24,565
90 Alabama Law Review 24 48 4,434 17,894 12,664
91 Rutgers University Law Review 17 58 2,940 24,713 13,150
92 Case Western Reserve Law Review 18 55 3,513 22,887 11,985
93 Virginia Journal of International Law 18 60 2,310 22,300 18,334
94 Arizona State Law Journal 20 43 3,965 16,447 15,580
95 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 13 41 1,832 12,995 29,006
96 Temple Law Review 17 50 2,977 23,363 12,598
97 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 21 48 3,275 15,317 18,786
98 Louisiana Law Review 16 47 2,737 26,123 10,592
99 Brigham Young University Law Review 20 51 3,995 18,281 11,293
100 Human Rights Quarterly 11 38 1,929 18,089 21,555