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Comprehensive Rankings

Most-Cited Journals (U.S.)

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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 91 280 47,033 421,721 89,384
2 Yale Law Journal 83 255 42,334 356,332 96,452
3 Columbia Law Review 65 211 31,938 262,557 51,493
4 Stanford Law Review 63 187 26,357 179,162 61,902
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 54 177 23,358 166,282 40,018
6 California Law Review 52 157 20,597 148,814 56,744
7 Michigan Law Review 51 157 19,424 158,404 32,656
8 Virginia Law Review 48 163 17,833 149,845 30,583
9 University of Chicago Law Review 47 152 18,947 118,962 39,386
10 Texas Law Review 47 139 15,789 112,171 39,023
11 Cornell Law Review 44 135 15,436 104,981 41,535
12 New York University Law Review 48 139 15,873 106,086 36,541
13 Georgetown Law Journal 47 125 15,475 98,865 44,785
14 UCLA Law Review 47 128 14,784 93,177 48,839
15 Northwestern University Law Review 41 113 12,637 91,768 38,371
16 Vanderbilt Law Review 42 111 13,325 82,170 34,496
17 Minnesota Law Review 38 117 12,512 90,306 31,275
18 Fordham Law Review 36 86 14,187 70,006 37,979
19 Duke Law Journal 42 116 12,923 73,346 24,725
20 Iowa Law Review 33 98 10,608 65,315 35,242
21 Boston University Law Review 38 86 11,159 53,645 36,295
22 Notre Dame Law Review 38 78 12,249 50,509 32,537
23 Southern California Law Review 33 105 8,692 66,895 30,896
24 Foreign Affairs 4 20 285 4,669 126,358
25 International Legal Materials 27 138 4,929 111,341 6,288
26 American Journal of International Law 23 95 5,401 65,736 29,599
27 George Washington Law Review 35 82 8,527 50,436 27,190
28 North Carolina Law Review 26 87 7,150 54,250 28,001
29 Wisconsin Law Review 30 94 6,645 58,685 25,453
30 Indiana Law Journal 29 76 7,450 48,432 24,078
31 Business Lawyer (ABA) 19 83 4,950 70,494 15,352
32 William & Mary Law Review 31 80 9,069 41,653 19,811
33 Law and Human Behavior 12 53 2,957 24,799 64,775
34 Journal of Legal Studies 29 118 6,658 60,228 13,122
35 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 28 61 5,870 31,720 41,694
36 UC Law Journal 25 81 6,465 50,465 21,236
37 Cardozo Law Review 26 74 7,510 37,170 27,146
38 Washington University Law Review 30 71 7,841 37,001 23,913
39 University of Illinois Law Review 25 74 6,488 39,318 28,568
40 Boston College Law Review 35 66 8,168 28,051 28,987
41 Emory Law Journal 26 77 6,467 40,495 25,161
42 Journal of Law & Economics 25 88 5,318 49,407 20,537
43 U.C. Davis Law Review 30 66 8,352 29,926 21,733
44 Law and Contemporary Problems 20 67 4,674 46,522 23,504
45 Ohio State Law Journal 23 77 5,702 45,825 15,629
46 Washington Law Review 26 76 6,174 39,166 17,594
47 ABA Journal 7 56 1,568 63,117 18,827
48 Tulane Law Review 19 70 3,883 44,291 23,617
49 Journal of Legal Education 20 71 4,589 41,475 15,941
50 Florida Law Review 29 57 5,556 28,220 21,843
51 Criminology/Criminologica 16 33 2,366 11,238 52,462
52 American University Law Review 24 68 5,193 34,492 17,598
53 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 27 73 5,460 26,572 18,998
54 Criminal Justice and Behavior 8 14 1,203 3,719 59,267
55 Washington and Lee Law Review 23 59 5,365 28,672 15,558
56 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 24 69 4,129 29,171 20,345
57 Connecticut Law Review 24 60 4,567 27,794 18,841
58 Arizona Law Review 22 64 4,642 30,061 15,612
59 Wake Forest Law Review 22 53 4,663 23,262 19,436
60 American Criminal Law Review 19 56 3,662 23,335 23,975
61 University of Colorado Law Review 20 65 3,495 30,200 15,394
62 Georgia Law Review 23 67 3,970 27,154 12,813
63 American Journal of Comparative Law 18 56 3,322 26,075 16,596
64 Chicago-Kent Law Review 17 57 3,416 25,024 16,713
65 Environmental Law Reporter 14 23 3,259 14,988 26,269
66 Law & Society Review 15 60 2,806 23,782 20,415
67 Maryland Law Review 22 63 3,861 26,398 12,330
68 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 24 53 4,232 21,021 15,209
69 Supreme Court Review 35 94 4,579 31,944 3,778
70 Brooklyn Law Review 17 57 3,795 26,866 12,168
71 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 58 3,005 27,195 15,463
72 Fordham Urban Law Journal 17 43 3,690 18,224 19,054
73 Judicature 10 54 1,802 27,261 20,219
74 Administrative Law Review 28 57 4,854 21,951 9,709
75 Antitrust Law Journal 25 54 4,238 22,924 11,229
76 Journal of Corporation Law 22 58 4,111 19,378 14,854
77 Hofstra Law Review 19 59 3,444 26,914 11,203
78 Utah Law Review 17 53 3,334 21,029 15,303
79 Buffalo Law Review 19 60 2,976 23,633 13,321
80 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 14 27 3,299 12,928 21,149
81 Justice Quarterly 13 19 1,710 4,211 36,640
82 Houston Law Review 17 51 2,974 23,297 13,383
83 Criminology & Public Policy 9 15 1,518 2,301 39,117
84 SMU Law Review 17 53 2,906 26,183 10,848
85 Alabama Law Review 23 48 4,133 18,591 10,813
86 DePaul Law Review 17 51 3,100 23,933 11,137
87 Harvard International Law Journal 17 56 1,869 16,006 23,976
88 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 11 42 1,688 13,435 27,001
89 Albany Law Review 15 46 2,513 22,331 14,991
90 Arizona State Law Journal 19 43 3,634 17,139 13,177
91 Rutgers University Law Review 15 59 2,601 25,302 10,843
92 Yale Journal on Regulation 19 55 2,468 13,667 21,758
93 Case Western Reserve Law Review 17 55 3,191 23,532 9,123
94 Brigham Young University Law Review 21 52 3,759 18,920 9,890
95 Temple Law Review 16 50 2,631 23,955 10,984
96 Louisiana Law Review 15 47 2,520 26,802 8,813
97 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 19 48 2,951 15,975 16,210
98 Journal of Democracy 14 18 1,439 2,048 35,674
99 Virginia Journal of International Law 16 61 2,016 22,776 14,365
100 Marquette Law Review 19 42 2,956 18,619 12,379