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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 50 117 11,326 50,339 17,358
2 Yale University 51 118 11,100 48,103 16,625
3 New York University 39 83 6,698 28,659 11,910
4 University of Virginia 37 70 6,283 18,273 10,299
5 University of Chicago 37 62 6,573 14,714 10,437
6 Georgetown University 35 67 5,907 16,990 9,848
7 Columbia University School of Law 41 68 5,597 15,837 6,966
8 Stanford University 34 64 4,995 17,255 6,760
9 University of California, Los Angeles 35 62 4,956 13,246 7,122
10 University of California, Berkeley 28 64 3,449 17,503 6,852
11 Northwestern University 27 59 3,565 13,550 5,906
12 University of Michigan 30 43 4,296 8,267 5,425
13 George Washington University 28 61 3,179 12,161 6,399
14 University of Texas at Austin 26 49 3,035 11,590 5,361
15 University of Pennsylvania 26 50 3,110 8,142 5,390
16 Duke University 28 41 2,808 6,864 5,087
17 Vanderbilt University 23 47 2,232 8,104 3,681
18 Rutgers University 19 43 1,797 7,450 3,425
19 Cornell University 20 37 1,665 6,115 3,650
20 University of Florida 20 35 1,876 5,156 3,261
21 University of San Diego 19 47 1,567 6,673 2,785
22 Fordham University 17 34 1,658 5,131 3,324
23 Boston University 19 28 1,823 3,137 4,115
24 University of California, Davis 23 35 1,778 4,194 2,816
25 University of Minnesota 19 34 1,497 3,591 3,864
26 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 17 35 1,370 4,783 2,302
27 William & Mary Law School 18 32 1,393 3,353 3,075
28 Washington University 21 26 1,446 2,544 3,539
29 University of Notre Dame 19 34 1,375 3,435 2,889
30 Florida State University 17 23 1,389 2,364 3,632
31 Emory University 16 32 1,060 4,097 3,438
32 George Mason University 13 36 1,002 4,826 2,284
33 Ohio State University 17 33 1,140 4,149 2,085
34 Texas A&M University 18 23 1,167 1,883 2,423
35 University of Colorado Boulder 15 28 895 3,176 1,821
36 University of Maryland 14 33 895 3,055 1,879
37 Brooklyn Law School 17 24 994 2,300 1,636
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 15 22 921 1,785 2,249
39 Indiana University Bloomington 13 29 729 3,201 1,835
40 Pepperdine University 15 30 789 2,833 1,702
41 University of Georgia 13 27 770 2,552 1,855
42 University of California, San Francisco 14 20 909 1,682 1,953
43 Yeshiva University 14 27 828 2,245 1,632
44 Southern Methodist University 16 21 851 1,365 1,967
45 University of St. Thomas 13 28 603 2,823 1,402
46 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 26 591 2,268 1,861
47 University of California, Irvine 16 19 769 1,249 1,736
48 Pennsylvania State University 11 23 629 1,731 1,669
49 Temple University 13 25 627 2,027 1,326
50 University of Utah 13 23 637 1,454 1,722
51 University of Pittsburgh 10 29 534 2,492 1,253
52 University of Arizona 14 25 599 1,742 1,500
53 Boston College 13 22 630 1,537 1,474
54 University of Richmond 14 24 645 1,831 1,050
55 Catholic University of America 14 19 750 1,038 1,204
56 University of Denver 11 22 568 1,719 1,309
57 Seattle University 7 22 348 2,959 1,150
58 University of Baltimore 11 18 547 1,256 1,698
59 Lewis & Clark Law School 11 22 585 1,514 1,239
60 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 23 498 1,924 1,096
61 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 12 22 479 1,889 1,135
62 University of Iowa 12 20 485 1,120 1,681
63 University of Houston 9 24 412 2,042 1,169
64 Arizona State University 11 24 431 1,836 1,222
65 University of Southern California 13 17 521 1,198 1,170
66 University of South Carolina 11 17 537 844 1,401
67 Loyola Marymount University 10 18 494 1,281 1,080
68 University of Oklahoma 11 14 573 947 993
69 University of Alabama 10 23 442 1,620 891
70 Northeastern University 9 18 407 1,293 1,275
71 Georgia State University 13 16 461 984 1,213
72 American University 9 22 330 1,498 1,316
73 Seton Hall University 10 21 424 1,452 925
74 South Texas College of Law Houston 12 15 513 676 1,135
75 Wake Forest University 9 28 351 1,905 764
76 University at Buffalo 10 16 427 1,312 892
77 Michigan State University 9 17 411 1,124 1,112
78 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 19 445 1,035 1,035
79 University of Miami 10 19 295 1,793 962
80 Santa Clara University 9 25 322 1,853 764
81 University of Cincinnati 10 24 345 1,797 685
82 University of Washington 8 15 416 735 1,310
83 Loyola University Chicago 10 16 403 1,034 1,070
84 Hofstra University 8 24 366 1,582 684
85 New York Law School 9 20 290 1,560 1,019
86 Tulane University 10 21 345 1,408 831
87 Samford University 8 23 302 1,647 705
88 Wayne State University 7 20 258 2,002 588
89 University of Kansas 10 23 343 1,296 788
90 Albany Law School 9 19 311 1,117 908
91 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 22 306 1,416 592
92 University of San Francisco 8 18 317 990 892
93 Chapman University 9 21 314 1,036 842
94 Syracuse University 9 11 286 596 1,365
95 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 10 17 340 905 814
96 Case Western Reserve University 9 21 301 1,318 579
97 Willamette University College of Law 11 19 375 943 522
98 University of Kentucky 9 18 361 815 612
99 Florida International University 8 17 284 1,103 696
100 University of Connecticut 12 14 383 595 695