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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 36 87 6,070 31,021 13,037
2 Columbia University School of Law 40 87 6,482 30,172 11,410
3 New York University 35 77 5,411 25,147 10,820
4 Yale University 30 81 4,053 25,593 8,979
5 University of Chicago 32 72 4,395 20,584 7,791
6 University of Pennsylvania 29 59 4,273 12,363 8,120
7 Georgetown University 30 63 4,047 13,875 7,656
8 University of Virginia 24 49 3,129 9,762 6,427
9 University of California, Berkeley 24 48 2,994 10,431 6,172
10 University of California, Los Angeles 21 55 2,224 10,585 6,452
11 Duke University 23 48 2,376 8,690 6,408
12 Vanderbilt University 22 42 2,272 6,862 4,938
13 Stanford University 22 49 2,090 8,730 3,871
14 University of Michigan 20 41 2,005 6,830 5,753
15 Boston University 22 37 2,225 5,274 5,043
16 George Washington University 16 42 1,415 6,704 3,966
17 University of Florida 18 37 1,445 5,686 3,992
18 Northwestern University 17 36 1,389 5,355 4,153
19 Cornell University 17 39 1,397 5,274 3,595
20 University of Texas at Austin 17 41 1,345 6,283 2,375
21 Fordham University 18 32 1,386 3,933 3,263
22 Washington University 17 35 1,434 4,067 2,914
23 University of Minnesota 17 33 1,310 4,370 2,653
24 University of Southern California 17 38 1,129 4,980 2,488
25 University of California, Irvine 20 26 1,269 2,176 4,162
26 Yeshiva University 14 34 996 4,084 3,304
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 17 29 1,102 3,392 2,540
28 Rutgers University 15 31 951 4,108 2,615
29 Texas A&M University 16 25 1,089 2,217 2,672
30 University of Colorado Boulder 14 23 868 2,555 2,194
31 University of California, Davis 15 22 992 1,698 2,327
32 Temple University 13 26 828 2,008 2,542
33 Southern Methodist University 12 29 719 3,095 1,951
34 University of San Diego 14 30 689 3,462 1,652
35 Indiana University Bloomington 15 27 796 2,755 1,645
36 Brooklyn Law School 13 23 861 1,947 1,837
37 Boston College 14 26 741 2,459 1,773
38 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 14 27 716 2,774 1,544
39 American University 13 21 677 1,821 2,255
40 University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 27 586 2,900 1,599
41 George Mason University 9 28 479 3,180 1,313
42 University of California, San Francisco 12 21 644 1,846 1,661
43 Loyola University Chicago 12 22 612 1,805 1,634
44 Florida State University 10 24 522 2,223 1,315
45 University of Notre Dame 13 21 597 1,533 1,536
46 Ohio State University 10 23 433 2,230 1,608
47 Loyola Marymount University 12 22 539 1,693 1,474
48 University of Richmond 10 20 481 1,316 1,723
49 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 24 410 1,735 1,653
50 University of Georgia 11 25 521 1,646 1,096
51 University of Miami 10 22 428 1,916 1,248
52 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 24 455 1,720 1,218
53 University of Washington 8 20 393 1,427 1,601
54 Case Western Reserve University 10 18 465 1,351 1,202
55 University of Utah 12 21 447 1,380 1,181
56 Arizona State University 11 19 446 1,184 1,285
57 University of Kansas 9 23 373 1,571 1,161
58 University of Pittsburgh 8 26 282 1,979 1,184
59 William & Mary Law School 10 22 366 1,483 1,122
60 Suffolk University 8 22 322 1,842 966
61 Emory University 9 19 353 940 1,498
62 University of Houston 9 20 345 1,342 1,087
63 University of Arizona 8 21 337 1,435 1,039
64 University of Iowa 8 19 284 1,650 1,096
65 University of Missouri 11 19 411 1,088 919
66 Seton Hall University 10 18 378 1,117 1,044
67 Pepperdine University 9 22 267 1,825 774
68 Villanova University 7 23 279 1,496 964
69 Wake Forest University 8 18 300 1,257 1,029
70 Pennsylvania State University 7 17 317 1,134 946
71 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 18 315 1,170 895
72 University of Maryland 9 18 317 1,114 914
73 University of Oregon 9 16 337 916 976
74 Florida International University 7 24 218 1,377 1,128
75 Georgia State University 7 20 228 1,458 992
76 Pace University 10 14 338 594 1,195
77 University of St. Thomas 8 17 252 1,364 869
78 Wayne State University 8 17 256 1,229 911
79 University of Baltimore 8 16 231 820 1,264
80 University of Denver 8 19 276 991 879
81 University of Alabama 9 16 256 1,001 941
82 Tulane University 7 15 229 814 1,062
83 University of Connecticut 9 16 277 901 693
84 St. John's University 8 17 204 1,109 856
85 University of Kentucky 8 21 225 1,210 472
86 New York Law School 6 16 167 1,073 811
87 Albany Law School 8 16 240 856 638
88 Drexel University 8 16 200 744 920
89 DePaul University 8 18 180 1,270 543
90 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 18 183 903 840
91 Seattle University 7 18 190 1,076 617
92 University of South Carolina 10 11 260 356 870
93 Santa Clara University 8 18 217 1,057 409
94 University at Buffalo 8 12 183 599 845
95 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8 13 252 588 516
96 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 16 141 871 765
97 Catholic University of America 7 15 193 764 600
98 Hofstra University 6 16 187 813 575
99 Washington and Lee University 9 8 258 265 709
100 Creighton University 6 20 122 1,374 315