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Comprehensive Rankings

Most-Cited Journals (U.S.)

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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard Law Review 87 280 44,411 421,476 90,347
2 Yale Law Journal 79 255 39,895 356,213 96,378
3 Columbia Law Review 64 211 30,176 262,457 52,407
4 Stanford Law Review 60 187 24,716 179,108 63,066
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 52 177 21,973 166,130 41,189
6 California Law Review 50 157 19,481 148,650 57,103
7 Michigan Law Review 49 157 18,250 158,354 33,787
8 Virginia Law Review 46 163 16,765 149,791 30,023
9 University of Chicago Law Review 46 152 17,618 118,899 39,259
10 Texas Law Review 44 138 14,853 111,832 38,593
11 Cornell Law Review 42 135 14,864 104,944 42,183
12 Georgetown Law Journal 45 125 14,558 98,812 46,666
13 New York University Law Review 46 139 14,912 106,044 37,090
14 UCLA Law Review 47 128 13,920 93,129 49,467
15 Northwestern University Law Review 40 113 11,886 91,726 38,042
16 Minnesota Law Review 37 117 11,681 90,274 31,895
17 Vanderbilt Law Review 39 111 12,494 82,169 34,664
18 Fordham Law Review 34 86 13,429 69,967 40,021
19 Duke Law Journal 41 116 12,215 73,373 26,080
20 Iowa Law Review 33 98 9,993 65,278 35,724
21 Boston University Law Review 37 86 10,453 53,622 37,984
22 Notre Dame Law Review 35 78 11,546 50,498 32,410
23 Southern California Law Review 33 105 8,166 66,859 31,655
24 Foreign Affairs 4 20 284 4,698 123,301
25 International Legal Materials 27 138 4,690 111,331 6,813
26 American Journal of International Law 23 95 5,169 65,709 31,698
27 George Washington Law Review 34 82 8,079 50,425 28,366
28 Wisconsin Law Review 28 94 6,281 58,674 26,639
29 North Carolina Law Review 26 87 6,739 54,248 28,032
30 Indiana Law Journal 28 76 7,009 48,414 24,321
31 Business Lawyer (ABA) 19 83 4,760 70,403 16,781
32 William & Mary Law Review 30 80 8,588 41,641 21,070
33 Journal of Legal Studies 30 119 6,608 60,750 13,813
34 Law and Human Behavior 12 53 2,758 24,791 64,637
35 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 28 61 5,559 31,700 42,658
36 UC Law Journal 24 80 6,174 50,407 21,906
37 Cardozo Law Review 26 74 7,104 37,156 28,557
38 University of Illinois Law Review 23 74 6,078 39,312 29,804
39 Washington University Law Review 28 71 7,303 36,980 24,196
40 Boston College Law Review 34 66 7,668 28,123 29,754
41 Journal of Law & Economics 24 88 4,955 49,394 23,600
42 Emory Law Journal 26 77 6,118 40,468 25,048
43 Law and Contemporary Problems 21 67 4,612 47,726 24,765
44 U.C. Davis Law Review 28 66 7,857 29,920 22,410
45 Ohio State Law Journal 23 77 5,388 45,812 16,023
46 Washington Law Review 25 76 5,857 39,091 17,845
47 Tulane Law Review 17 70 3,623 44,163 24,212
48 ABA Journal 7 56 1,482 61,703 18,901
49 Criminology/Criminologica 16 33 2,263 11,265 56,062
50 Journal of Legal Education 20 71 4,370 41,474 17,979
51 Florida Law Review 28 56 5,227 28,210 22,494
52 American University Law Review 23 68 4,905 34,466 17,769
53 Criminal Justice and Behavior 8 14 1,112 3,719 60,918
54 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 26 73 5,196 26,570 19,153
55 Washington and Lee Law Review 22 59 5,092 28,655 16,278
56 Connecticut Law Review 22 60 4,337 27,789 20,541
57 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 23 69 3,865 29,165 20,267
58 Arizona Law Review 21 64 4,375 30,044 16,272
59 American Criminal Law Review 17 56 3,435 23,269 25,664
60 Wake Forest Law Review 21 53 4,368 23,243 19,609
61 University of Colorado Law Review 20 65 3,276 30,194 16,221
62 Georgia Law Review 21 67 3,727 27,143 12,699
63 American Journal of Comparative Law 18 56 3,052 26,071 17,084
64 Chicago-Kent Law Review 16 57 3,234 25,005 16,530
65 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 23 53 3,991 21,011 15,821
66 Brooklyn Law Review 17 56 3,603 26,868 12,490
67 Maryland Law Review 21 63 3,621 26,408 12,753
68 University of Cincinnati Law Review 15 58 2,832 27,184 15,844
69 Fordham Urban Law Journal 17 43 3,553 18,218 19,847
70 Law & Society Review 13 60 2,615 23,780 19,311
71 Supreme Court Review 33 94 4,258 31,929 3,681
72 Environmental Law Reporter 14 23 3,038 14,994 24,525
73 Judicature 10 53 1,714 26,895 20,741
74 Antitrust Law Journal 24 54 3,992 22,880 12,361
75 Journal of Corporation Law 22 58 3,885 19,361 15,768
76 Administrative Law Review 27 57 4,587 22,045 9,752
77 Hofstra Law Review 19 59 3,278 26,906 11,590
78 Criminology & Public Policy 9 15 1,446 2,301 41,569
79 Utah Law Review 17 52 3,150 20,779 15,446
80 Justice Quarterly 13 19 1,652 4,206 37,291
81 Houston Law Review 17 51 2,832 23,293 14,249
82 Buffalo Law Review 19 60 2,833 23,631 13,919
83 SMU Law Review 16 53 2,739 26,178 11,067
84 Albany Law Review 15 46 2,419 22,347 15,722
85 Alabama Law Review 22 48 3,904 18,580 11,264
86 DePaul Law Review 15 51 2,930 23,924 11,626
87 Harvard International Law Journal 16 56 1,756 16,024 24,203
88 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 14 27 2,923 12,862 20,423
89 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 11 42 1,583 13,433 26,699
90 Arizona State Law Journal 18 43 3,406 17,137 13,872
91 Yale Journal on Regulation 17 55 2,260 13,621 22,655
92 Case Western Reserve Law Review 16 55 3,012 23,523 10,178
93 Rutgers University Law Review 14 59 2,472 25,293 11,370
94 Temple Law Review 15 50 2,487 23,946 11,347
95 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 18 48 2,777 15,955 16,642
96 Louisiana Law Review 14 47 2,367 26,659 9,351
97 Virginia Journal of International Law 15 61 1,889 22,775 14,897
98 Brigham Young University Law Review 20 52 3,512 18,908 9,883
99 Journal of Democracy 11 18 1,263 2,052 35,959
100 Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 1 6 33 308 43,165