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Comprehensive Rankings

Most-Cited Journals (U.S.)

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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard Law Review 95 277 52,491 412,667 97,485
2 Yale Law Journal 85 252 47,253 348,014 103,801
3 Columbia Law Review 71 207 35,825 256,309 56,755
4 Stanford Law Review 66 185 29,370 174,086 67,983
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 58 172 26,329 161,441 44,660
6 California Law Review 55 156 23,329 144,508 61,668
7 Michigan Law Review 55 154 21,526 154,771 36,589
8 Virginia Law Review 51 161 19,937 146,316 32,657
9 University of Chicago Law Review 50 149 21,091 115,165 42,114
10 Texas Law Review 50 135 17,595 108,854 41,821
11 Cornell Law Review 49 131 17,645 101,954 45,801
12 Georgetown Law Journal 52 124 17,426 95,652 50,128
13 New York University Law Review 52 138 17,655 103,046 40,716
14 UCLA Law Review 51 127 16,718 90,089 53,651
15 Northwestern University Law Review 41 112 14,150 89,266 41,216
16 Vanderbilt Law Review 44 110 14,734 79,712 38,520
17 Fordham Law Review 37 83 16,011 67,175 44,050
18 Minnesota Law Review 43 115 13,892 87,876 34,366
19 Duke Law Journal 45 114 14,550 70,955 28,691
20 Iowa Law Review 37 95 11,828 63,269 38,598
21 Boston University Law Review 39 85 12,299 51,636 41,264
22 Notre Dame Law Review 39 76 13,654 48,208 35,122
23 Southern California Law Review 35 105 9,706 65,190 33,846
24 International Legal Materials 31 138 5,872 110,115 7,280
25 Foreign Affairs 5 20 426 4,548 131,879
26 American Journal of International Law 26 94 6,155 64,500 34,137
27 George Washington Law Review 37 81 9,491 48,939 30,283
28 North Carolina Law Review 28 84 8,133 52,881 30,917
29 Wisconsin Law Review 30 92 7,459 57,390 28,884
30 Business Lawyer (ABA) 21 82 6,600 68,274 17,618
31 Journal of Legal Studies 35 116 8,041 59,191 14,848
32 William & Mary Law Review 34 77 10,198 39,878 22,968
33 Indiana Law Journal 30 75 7,858 46,912 26,197
34 Law and Human Behavior 15 53 3,388 24,127 68,780
35 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 30 61 6,825 30,348 45,935
36 UC Law Journal 28 80 7,394 49,115 23,809
37 Cardozo Law Review 29 72 8,483 35,681 30,668
38 University of Illinois Law Review 27 73 7,449 37,847 32,198
39 Journal of Law & Economics 27 86 6,227 48,032 25,458
40 Washington University Law Review 31 69 8,570 35,586 26,198
41 Boston College Law Review 36 65 9,066 26,506 32,109
42 Emory Law Journal 28 76 7,329 39,177 26,710
43 Law and Contemporary Problems 22 66 5,611 46,629 26,778
44 U.C. Davis Law Review 30 65 9,269 28,393 24,318
45 Ohio State Law Journal 26 76 6,481 44,639 17,356
46 Washington Law Review 27 74 6,983 37,259 19,306
47 ABA Journal 7 56 1,878 61,274 20,249
48 Tulane Law Review 20 69 4,295 43,400 25,646
49 Criminology/Criminologica 18 33 2,911 10,594 59,604
50 Journal of Legal Education 22 71 5,183 40,580 19,308
51 American University Law Review 26 67 5,786 33,515 19,553
52 Florida Law Review 29 55 6,079 27,259 22,919
53 Criminal Justice and Behavior 9 14 1,418 3,393 65,456
54 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 31 70 6,296 25,393 21,472
55 Washington and Lee Law Review 26 57 6,179 27,512 17,544
56 Connecticut Law Review 24 60 5,096 26,860 22,512
57 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 26 69 4,522 28,443 21,948
58 Arizona Law Review 24 63 5,238 29,124 17,562
59 American Criminal Law Review 20 55 4,175 22,487 27,817
60 Wake Forest Law Review 25 51 5,306 22,253 21,395
61 University of Colorado Law Review 21 64 3,929 29,497 17,645
62 American Journal of Comparative Law 20 55 3,819 25,279 18,451
63 Chicago-Kent Law Review 19 57 4,015 24,195 17,777
64 Georgia Law Review 22 66 4,353 26,457 13,639
65 Brooklyn Law Review 20 56 4,315 26,094 13,449
66 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 24 52 4,695 20,256 17,051
67 Maryland Law Review 24 62 4,316 25,637 13,716
68 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 57 3,375 26,602 17,042
69 Fordham Urban Law Journal 20 42 4,256 17,461 21,525
70 Law & Society Review 15 60 3,209 23,161 20,637
71 Antitrust Law Journal 26 52 4,960 21,788 13,437
72 Judicature 10 54 2,027 26,932 22,208
73 Environmental Law Reporter 14 22 3,544 14,468 26,499
74 Supreme Court Review 35 92 4,957 31,140 3,943
75 Journal of Corporation Law 25 56 4,654 18,517 17,011
76 Administrative Law Review 29 56 5,360 21,057 10,523
77 Hofstra Law Review 21 58 3,973 26,156 12,131
78 Criminology & Public Policy 12 14 1,816 1,913 44,213
79 Buffalo Law Review 21 60 3,340 23,080 15,063
80 Houston Law Review 19 51 3,341 22,732 15,381
81 Utah Law Review 18 50 3,650 19,022 16,564
82 Justice Quarterly 14 17 2,051 3,786 38,501
83 SMU Law Review 19 52 3,299 25,585 11,827
84 Albany Law Review 16 45 2,999 21,701 16,881
85 DePaul Law Review 17 50 3,516 23,294 12,770
86 Harvard International Law Journal 17 56 2,138 15,578 26,292
87 Yale Journal on Regulation 21 55 2,930 12,913 24,755
88 Alabama Law Review 24 48 4,529 17,897 12,178
89 Rutgers University Law Review 17 58 3,000 24,728 12,348
90 Case Western Reserve Law Review 18 55 3,583 22,896 11,007
91 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 6 39 1,047 10,498 34,728
92 Arizona State Law Journal 20 43 4,051 16,448 14,864
93 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 13 41 1,922 13,075 27,735
94 Temple Law Review 18 50 3,028 23,372 12,247
95 Virginia Journal of International Law 18 60 2,348 22,303 16,152
96 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 21 48 3,366 15,337 17,822
97 Louisiana Law Review 16 47 2,789 26,116 10,007
98 Journal of Democracy 14 16 1,493 1,803 39,195
99 Brigham Young University Law Review 21 51 4,083 18,281 10,726
100 Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 1 6 50 289 46,711