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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Author Affiliation

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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 924 1,929 39,616 203,798 83,229
2 Yale University 764 1,589 33,904 175,351 73,193
3 New York University 866 1,816 29,355 137,267 69,647
4 Columbia University School of Law 703 1,304 25,974 99,786 65,021
5 University of Chicago 500 966 21,989 93,407 43,687
6 Georgetown University 793 1,490 20,873 74,684 51,136
7 University of Virginia 639 1,192 19,996 66,278 43,634
8 University of California, Berkeley 633 1,247 18,088 76,616 50,122
9 Stanford University 464 884 16,349 71,077 31,980
10 University of California, Los Angeles 629 1,145 17,942 62,423 41,662
11 University of Pennsylvania 557 1,045 18,689 56,383 41,552
12 University of Michigan 556 1,001 15,034 46,624 35,842
13 George Washington University 517 1,053 12,625 48,027 36,186
14 Vanderbilt University 388 740 11,810 42,416 26,534
15 Northwestern University 409 857 10,746 46,597 27,926
16 Duke University 412 791 11,157 41,664 29,084
17 University of Texas at Austin 400 813 10,734 42,346 21,999
18 Cornell University 331 665 9,532 36,097 26,926
19 University of Minnesota 352 693 8,861 28,481 25,630
20 Fordham University 376 693 8,702 28,038 21,264
21 Boston University 395 744 8,953 26,112 22,408
22 Rutgers University 427 865 7,292 29,588 22,623
23 Washington University 325 603 7,599 22,316 21,672
24 University of Florida 320 628 6,969 24,794 20,566
25 University of California, Davis 278 495 7,503 20,938 20,299
26 University of California, Irvine 264 467 6,117 19,141 18,504
27 Texas A&M University 308 529 6,370 16,000 18,193
28 University of California, San Francisco 302 618 5,286 22,155 15,997
29 University of Wisconsin-Madison 253 552 4,924 23,420 16,064
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 288 532 5,788 17,662 14,543
31 Emory University 229 469 5,100 19,049 19,913
32 University of San Diego 195 425 4,505 22,060 11,306
33 Brooklyn Law School 249 455 5,576 15,457 11,575
34 University of Colorado Boulder 267 515 5,439 16,339 16,467
35 George Mason University 227 488 3,969 20,003 10,963
36 Ohio State University 233 449 4,614 16,217 12,572
37 Indiana University Bloomington 248 523 4,251 18,332 13,706
38 Yeshiva University 250 486 4,502 16,665 13,286
39 William & Mary Law School 227 401 4,955 13,459 13,880
40 Arizona State University 267 582 4,095 19,284 15,808
41 Seattle University 170 380 3,437 21,574 10,440
42 University of Southern California 200 400 4,121 15,399 11,161
43 American University 257 514 3,883 15,550 15,678
44 Temple University 230 438 4,022 11,941 12,914
45 Florida State University 193 384 4,034 11,698 13,456
46 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 215 435 3,540 14,398 9,634
47 University of Notre Dame 211 406 3,789 12,897 11,280
48 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 182 413 3,004 16,420 12,445
49 Wake Forest University 175 352 3,233 12,876 10,755
50 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 154 350 2,927 12,805 9,022
51 Loyola Marymount University 197 375 3,405 10,576 10,060
52 University of Maryland 179 347 3,110 11,610 8,692
53 Boston College 209 391 3,171 11,506 8,135
54 Southern Methodist University 193 353 3,501 9,355 9,735
55 University of Pittsburgh 169 377 2,799 12,832 9,679
56 University of Denver 193 352 3,243 9,273 9,865
57 Loyola University Chicago 182 369 3,203 9,490 11,474
58 University of Miami 168 379 2,476 12,641 10,483
59 University of Utah 170 303 3,097 8,737 10,948
60 University of Arizona 163 319 2,764 10,772 9,638
61 University of St. Thomas 115 235 2,606 10,399 7,760
62 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 134 260 2,517 11,185 8,287
63 Pennsylvania State University 185 369 2,925 8,784 9,767
64 University of Georgia 166 303 2,951 8,070 7,973
65 University of Richmond 155 279 2,617 9,008 7,713
66 Case Western Reserve University 138 291 2,235 10,589 7,224
67 University of Iowa 153 309 2,558 8,804 9,223
68 Northeastern University 155 300 2,219 10,925 9,525
69 Pepperdine University 153 337 2,379 9,712 7,079
70 University of Washington 157 335 2,633 7,705 9,841
71 Lewis & Clark Law School 130 275 2,226 9,002 7,815
72 University of Houston 172 382 2,134 9,917 7,812
73 University of South Carolina 155 293 2,554 6,974 7,834
74 University of Kansas 105 242 2,054 9,294 6,812
75 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 149 282 2,422 7,239 6,287
76 Georgia State University 172 354 2,254 7,984 8,383
77 Santa Clara University 122 273 1,877 9,108 6,068
78 Seton Hall University 144 269 2,148 6,899 6,333
79 Hofstra University 124 263 1,754 8,432 5,433
80 University of Missouri 133 269 1,980 6,900 5,212
81 University of Baltimore 166 307 2,076 6,448 9,405
82 Michigan State University 140 253 2,143 6,039 5,679
83 University at Buffalo 131 254 1,985 6,937 9,176
84 University of Connecticut 135 238 2,218 5,337 7,268
85 Wayne State University 139 289 1,708 7,886 5,724
86 Suffolk University 147 321 1,821 7,773 6,669
87 University of Alabama 129 221 2,111 5,330 5,944
88 St. John's University 128 227 1,990 5,429 6,308
89 Villanova University 121 256 1,580 7,133 5,919
90 DePaul University 97 211 1,371 7,603 5,672
91 University of Oklahoma 127 209 2,170 3,204 5,959
92 University of San Francisco 98 202 1,469 6,778 8,141
93 Pace University 113 245 1,606 5,820 6,904
94 Albany Law School 114 232 1,653 5,573 6,178
95 University of Cincinnati 102 220 1,326 7,178 4,386
96 Indiana University Indianapolis 103 242 1,425 6,544 5,318
97 New York Law School 116 255 1,384 7,224 6,760
98 Drexel University 110 217 1,733 4,366 6,674
99 Tulane University 122 271 1,422 6,208 6,292
100 Catholic University of America 115 238 1,609 5,073 4,349