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Comprehensive Rankings

Most-Cited Journals (U.S.)

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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard Law Review 95 275 51,583 404,871 97,808
2 Yale Law Journal 85 252 46,880 347,882 104,108
3 Columbia Law Review 71 207 35,370 253,292 57,422
4 Stanford Law Review 65 185 29,136 174,040 68,153
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 58 171 25,970 157,469 45,184
6 California Law Review 54 156 23,174 144,464 61,713
7 Michigan Law Review 54 154 21,363 154,708 36,997
8 Virginia Law Review 51 161 19,810 146,268 33,781
9 University of Chicago Law Review 50 149 20,953 115,096 42,069
10 Texas Law Review 49 135 17,451 108,803 42,312
11 Cornell Law Review 49 131 17,534 101,926 46,109
12 Georgetown Law Journal 52 124 17,362 95,604 50,519
13 New York University Law Review 52 138 17,543 102,998 40,975
14 UCLA Law Review 51 127 16,619 90,066 54,174
15 Northwestern University Law Review 41 112 14,047 89,249 41,509
16 Vanderbilt Law Review 43 110 14,615 79,681 39,214
17 Minnesota Law Review 42 115 13,774 87,849 34,630
18 Fordham Law Review 37 83 15,882 67,166 44,254
19 Duke Law Journal 45 114 14,402 70,845 28,994
20 Iowa Law Review 37 95 11,725 63,237 38,927
21 Boston University Law Review 39 85 12,206 51,630 41,367
22 Notre Dame Law Review 39 76 13,563 48,192 35,063
23 Southern California Law Review 35 104 9,628 65,181 33,749
24 International Legal Materials 31 138 5,824 110,106 7,409
25 Foreign Affairs 5 20 421 4,548 130,736
26 American Journal of International Law 26 93 6,034 63,850 35,383
27 George Washington Law Review 37 81 9,415 48,874 29,972
28 North Carolina Law Review 28 84 8,057 52,607 30,946
29 Wisconsin Law Review 30 92 7,403 57,379 28,830
30 Business Lawyer (ABA) 21 82 6,652 68,211 18,589
31 Indiana Law Journal 31 75 8,243 46,977 26,335
32 Journal of Legal Studies 35 116 7,968 59,172 15,049
33 William & Mary Law Review 34 77 10,124 39,874 23,096
34 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 30 61 6,879 30,347 45,927
35 Law and Human Behavior 15 53 3,381 24,125 68,162
36 UC Law Journal 27 80 7,336 49,098 23,950
37 Cardozo Law Review 29 72 8,413 35,671 30,739
38 University of Illinois Law Review 27 73 7,377 37,850 32,527
39 Journal of Law & Economics 27 86 6,166 48,020 25,922
40 Washington University Law Review 31 69 8,478 35,577 26,192
41 Boston College Law Review 36 65 9,015 26,492 32,246
42 Emory Law Journal 28 76 7,287 39,170 26,810
43 Law and Contemporary Problems 22 66 5,538 46,647 26,819
44 U.C. Davis Law Review 30 65 9,199 28,392 24,465
45 Ohio State Law Journal 26 76 6,436 44,625 17,449
46 ABA Journal 7 56 1,964 62,884 20,724
47 Washington Law Review 27 74 6,944 37,252 19,683
48 Tulane Law Review 20 69 4,110 43,387 25,745
49 Journal of Legal Education 22 71 5,152 40,571 19,374
50 Criminology/Criminologica 18 33 2,883 10,577 58,922
51 Florida Law Review 29 55 6,048 27,254 24,675
52 American University Law Review 26 67 5,745 33,512 19,857
53 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 31 70 6,255 25,392 21,899
54 Criminal Justice and Behavior 9 14 1,413 3,393 66,079
55 Washington and Lee Law Review 25 57 6,142 27,504 17,649
56 Connecticut Law Review 24 60 5,064 26,830 23,011
57 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 26 69 4,501 28,439 21,831
58 Arizona Law Review 24 63 5,194 29,115 17,737
59 American Criminal Law Review 20 55 4,137 22,474 28,551
60 Wake Forest Law Review 24 51 5,259 22,249 21,371
61 University of Colorado Law Review 21 64 3,892 29,494 17,796
62 American Journal of Comparative Law 20 55 3,772 25,266 18,345
63 Chicago-Kent Law Review 19 57 3,973 24,176 17,754
64 Georgia Law Review 22 66 4,299 26,450 13,679
65 Brooklyn Law Review 20 56 4,276 26,090 13,670
66 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 24 52 4,672 20,248 17,211
67 Maryland Law Review 24 62 4,278 25,627 13,739
68 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 57 3,349 26,595 17,177
69 Fordham Urban Law Journal 20 42 4,231 17,455 21,550
70 Antitrust Law Journal 26 52 4,911 21,788 13,737
71 Law & Society Review 15 60 3,188 23,153 20,348
72 Judicature 10 54 2,004 26,899 22,132
73 Supreme Court Review 35 92 4,924 31,130 3,985
74 Environmental Law Reporter 14 22 3,497 14,463 26,649
75 Journal of Corporation Law 25 56 4,633 18,509 17,172
76 Administrative Law Review 29 56 5,314 21,057 11,342
77 Hofstra Law Review 21 58 3,939 26,148 12,668
78 Criminology & Public Policy 12 14 1,794 1,913 44,193
79 Utah Law Review 18 53 3,632 20,451 16,846
80 Houston Law Review 19 51 3,323 22,740 15,555
81 Buffalo Law Review 21 60 3,317 23,071 15,203
82 SMU Law Review 18 52 3,273 25,582 11,841
83 DePaul Law Review 17 50 3,496 23,288 12,867
84 Albany Law Review 16 45 2,975 21,701 16,844
85 Justice Quarterly 14 17 2,030 3,785 38,477
86 Harvard International Law Journal 17 56 2,121 15,578 26,480
87 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 16 27 3,297 12,313 23,978
88 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 6 39 1,042 10,492 36,410
89 Yale Journal on Regulation 21 55 2,911 12,892 24,979
90 Alabama Law Review 24 48 4,491 17,894 12,343
91 Case Western Reserve Law Review 18 55 3,560 22,887 11,565
92 Rutgers University Law Review 17 58 2,983 24,715 12,488
93 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 13 41 1,901 13,075 28,616
94 Arizona State Law Journal 20 43 4,024 16,446 15,044
95 Virginia Journal of International Law 18 60 2,328 22,301 17,077
96 Temple Law Review 17 50 3,015 23,364 12,300
97 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 21 48 3,322 15,329 18,068
98 Louisiana Law Review 16 47 2,770 26,125 10,085
99 Journal of Democracy 14 16 1,479 1,803 38,978
100 Brigham Young University Law Review 21 51 4,045 18,281 10,803