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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 19 44 1,814 6,278 5,450
2 New York University 23 34 1,798 5,302 4,866
3 University of California, Los Angeles 25 27 2,077 2,397 3,596
4 Georgetown University 19 27 1,924 2,658 3,904
5 Columbia University School of Law 17 33 1,021 3,641 4,239
6 University of California, Berkeley 16 24 846 2,850 5,229
7 University of Pennsylvania 15 30 1,108 3,035 2,852
8 George Washington University 18 25 1,145 2,528 2,930
9 Harvard University 16 28 952 3,904 2,357
10 University of Chicago 17 24 1,035 2,526 2,182
11 University of Virginia 18 25 985 2,170 2,339
12 Stanford University 19 27 987 2,578 1,938
13 Vanderbilt University 15 21 712 1,827 2,701
14 University of Minnesota 13 20 765 1,587 2,504
15 Duke University 17 20 763 1,847 1,944
16 Northwestern University 14 21 681 1,740 2,228
17 Brooklyn Law School 16 17 1,024 711 1,388
18 University of California, Davis 13 22 578 1,750 1,908
19 University of San Francisco 11 23 374 2,116 2,551
20 University of Michigan 15 16 738 1,413 1,315
21 Washington University 12 14 500 767 2,564
22 Fordham University 13 18 650 1,156 1,404
23 University of Texas at Austin 10 16 769 738 904
24 University of California, Irvine 14 17 542 993 1,620
25 Loyola University Chicago 12 13 526 634 1,689
26 University of Maryland 12 15 426 836 1,493
27 University of Florida 11 18 449 1,358 833
28 Rutgers University 10 18 432 929 1,217
29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 16 492 899 950
30 Yeshiva University 13 11 506 341 1,168
31 Boston University 11 9 399 388 1,551
32 Cornell University 9 12 353 819 1,209
33 Ohio State University 10 13 327 733 1,371
34 University of Pittsburgh 8 18 260 1,456 881
35 University of California, San Francisco 12 10 352 401 812
36 University of South Carolina 8 7 314 243 1,119
37 William & Mary Law School 9 12 257 531 1,124
38 Southern Methodist University 9 12 253 364 1,280
39 University of Washington 7 15 255 674 990
40 Loyola Marymount University 10 14 251 485 997
41 Texas A&M University 11 8 325 333 775
42 Northeastern University 9 13 194 959 818
43 University of Denver 9 14 218 529 966
44 University of Miami 7 9 92 228 1,791
45 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 12 215 530 873
46 Arizona State University 7 13 189 701 814
47 Pennsylvania State University 8 15 254 604 582
48 Drexel University 7 11 216 409 853
49 Florida State University 6 9 112 334 1,386
50 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 17 174 772 684
51 Emory University 8 12 202 746 551
52 American University 8 12 216 533 613
53 Case Western Reserve University 8 13 178 645 633
54 Wake Forest University 8 13 218 490 559
55 University of Utah 8 12 165 966 355
56 University at Buffalo 9 8 238 151 666
57 Indiana University Bloomington 8 10 192 293 716
58 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 9 195 228 699
59 University of Arizona 7 9 231 289 458
60 University of Colorado Boulder 6 8 169 342 704
61 University of Houston 8 13 176 399 590
62 University of St. Thomas 8 7 210 159 588
63 University of Oklahoma 6 8 160 239 752
64 George Mason University 6 11 127 445 686
65 University of Baltimore 7 12 134 474 552
66 Hofstra University 7 10 166 385 451
67 Washington and Lee University 8 5 209 141 458
68 Temple University 7 9 158 282 556
69 Seattle University 6 12 115 558 464
70 Wayne State University 7 9 128 308 609
71 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 6 89 399 675
72 Georgia State University 6 9 141 286 517
73 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 11 98 361 583
74 St. John's University 7 7 128 248 508
75 University of Georgia 6 6 114 158 649
76 University of Southern California 5 9 112 245 543
77 University of Connecticut 7 6 154 138 421
78 Catholic University of America 4 10 125 375 324
79 Seton Hall University 6 9 111 220 459
80 University of Kansas 5 8 91 251 510
81 University of Notre Dame 6 11 88 477 306
82 California Western School of Law 7 7 133 159 350
83 Boston College 7 10 138 184 259
84 Pepperdine University 7 10 119 271 272
85 Tulane University 6 6 115 199 351
86 University of Alabama 7 8 128 192 275
87 University of Iowa 5 7 77 210 502
88 University of San Diego 5 12 79 421 298
89 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 5 6 70 99 539
90 DePaul University 5 10 66 317 338
91 Howard University 6 8 90 190 332
92 Florida International University 5 10 65 256 388
93 Stetson University 5 7 79 229 337
94 University of Mississippi 7 9 108 231 189
95 University of Cincinnati 4 9 59 267 357
96 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 6 59 241 381
97 University of Missouri 4 8 52 332 304
98 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5 8 101 165 211
99 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 6 72 168 343
100 Pace University 4 10 66 297 215