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Comprehensive Rankings

Most-Cited Journals (U.S.)

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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard Law Review 89 280 46,207 421,621 90,992
2 Yale Law Journal 82 255 41,429 356,231 97,427
3 Columbia Law Review 65 211 31,375 262,485 52,318
4 Stanford Law Review 62 186 25,804 179,082 63,063
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 53 177 22,814 166,167 40,877
6 California Law Review 52 157 20,227 148,688 57,203
7 Michigan Law Review 50 157 19,015 158,347 33,314
8 Virginia Law Review 47 163 17,468 149,795 31,055
9 University of Chicago Law Review 47 152 18,483 118,892 39,729
10 Texas Law Review 46 139 15,455 112,128 38,724
11 Cornell Law Review 43 135 15,282 104,923 42,085
12 Georgetown Law Journal 47 125 15,167 98,832 45,695
13 New York University Law Review 47 139 15,528 106,015 37,012
14 UCLA Law Review 47 128 14,494 93,131 49,525
15 Northwestern University Law Review 41 113 12,377 91,718 38,608
16 Vanderbilt Law Review 41 111 13,043 82,073 34,903
17 Minnesota Law Review 38 117 12,238 90,250 31,677
18 Fordham Law Review 36 86 13,940 69,846 39,185
19 Duke Law Journal 42 116 12,683 73,300 25,194
20 Iowa Law Review 33 98 10,409 65,270 35,611
21 Boston University Law Review 38 86 10,939 53,560 37,249
22 Notre Dame Law Review 37 78 11,987 50,450 33,043
23 Southern California Law Review 33 105 8,516 66,869 31,169
24 Foreign Affairs 4 20 279 4,669 127,153
25 International Legal Materials 27 138 4,864 111,326 6,511
26 American Journal of International Law 23 95 5,332 65,730 30,903
27 George Washington Law Review 35 82 8,370 50,399 27,848
28 North Carolina Law Review 26 87 6,996 54,111 28,175
29 Wisconsin Law Review 29 94 6,511 58,660 26,019
30 Indiana Law Journal 29 76 7,326 48,444 24,414
31 Business Lawyer (ABA) 19 83 4,833 70,400 15,925
32 William & Mary Law Review 30 80 8,890 41,621 20,287
33 Law and Human Behavior 11 53 2,787 24,788 64,537
34 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 28 61 5,756 31,700 41,992
35 UC Law Journal 25 81 6,385 50,433 21,567
36 Cardozo Law Review 26 74 7,371 37,144 27,912
37 Journal of Legal Studies 27 117 6,213 59,758 13,337
38 University of Illinois Law Review 24 74 6,340 39,298 29,088
39 Washington University Law Review 30 71 7,627 36,976 24,255
40 Boston College Law Review 35 66 8,001 28,025 29,447
41 Emory Law Journal 26 77 6,360 40,411 25,289
42 Journal of Law & Economics 25 88 5,181 49,395 21,469
43 Law and Contemporary Problems 21 68 4,789 47,590 24,128
44 U.C. Davis Law Review 30 66 8,202 29,912 22,236
45 Ohio State Law Journal 23 77 5,607 45,816 16,014
46 Tulane Law Review 18 70 3,794 44,247 24,158
47 Washington Law Review 26 76 6,035 38,506 17,840
48 ABA Journal 7 56 1,553 61,583 18,886
49 Criminology/Criminologica 16 33 2,354 11,256 54,122
50 Journal of Legal Education 20 71 4,498 41,440 16,489
51 Florida Law Review 29 57 5,433 28,192 22,373
52 American University Law Review 23 68 5,093 34,467 17,692
53 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 27 73 5,388 26,566 19,729
54 Criminal Justice and Behavior 8 14 1,141 3,719 60,762
55 Washington and Lee Law Review 23 59 5,262 28,662 15,934
56 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 25 69 4,129 29,284 20,465
57 Connecticut Law Review 23 60 4,500 27,783 19,353
58 Arizona Law Review 22 64 4,572 30,021 16,044
59 Wake Forest Law Review 22 53 4,556 23,244 19,915
60 American Criminal Law Review 19 56 3,576 23,249 24,657
61 University of Colorado Law Review 20 64 3,413 30,190 15,694
62 American Journal of Comparative Law 18 56 3,255 26,070 17,039
63 Georgia Law Review 21 67 3,878 27,139 12,926
64 Chicago-Kent Law Review 17 57 3,370 25,016 16,989
65 Environmental Law Reporter 14 23 3,157 14,988 26,303
66 Law & Society Review 14 60 2,727 23,772 20,426
67 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 23 53 4,155 20,998 15,556
68 Brooklyn Law Review 17 57 3,727 26,873 12,283
69 Maryland Law Review 21 63 3,782 26,400 12,353
70 Supreme Court Review 35 94 4,469 31,929 3,801
71 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 58 2,945 27,172 15,660
72 Fordham Urban Law Journal 17 43 3,640 18,191 19,767
73 Judicature 10 54 1,768 27,253 20,598
74 Administrative Law Review 28 57 4,756 21,931 9,826
75 Antitrust Law Journal 25 54 4,146 22,915 11,654
76 Journal of Corporation Law 22 58 4,034 19,365 15,284
77 Hofstra Law Review 19 59 3,387 26,877 11,428
78 Utah Law Review 17 53 3,270 21,020 15,382
79 Justice Quarterly 13 19 1,693 4,206 37,606
80 Criminology & Public Policy 9 15 1,491 2,301 39,952
81 Buffalo Law Review 19 60 2,924 23,620 13,538
82 Houston Law Review 17 51 2,940 23,289 13,693
83 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 14 27 3,197 12,905 21,528
84 SMU Law Review 16 53 2,853 26,167 11,040
85 Alabama Law Review 22 48 4,054 18,576 11,021
86 DePaul Law Review 16 51 3,045 23,906 11,340
87 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 11 42 1,654 13,472 27,483
88 Albany Law Review 15 46 2,479 22,344 15,448
89 Harvard International Law Journal 17 56 1,830 16,008 24,157
90 Arizona State Law Journal 18 43 3,557 17,127 13,513
91 Yale Journal on Regulation 18 55 2,392 13,578 22,327
92 Rutgers University Law Review 15 59 2,552 25,286 11,043
93 Case Western Reserve Law Review 17 55 3,130 23,512 9,476
94 Journal of Democracy 14 18 1,422 2,048 36,415
95 Brigham Young University Law Review 21 52 3,662 18,907 10,099
96 Louisiana Law Review 15 47 2,477 26,789 9,087
97 Temple Law Review 15 50 2,569 23,941 11,061
98 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 19 48 2,895 15,811 16,574
99 Virginia Journal of International Law 16 61 1,964 22,768 14,745
100 Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 1 6 22 287 43,380