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Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 25 53 1,936 11,252 3,593
2 Yale University 18 46 1,232 7,982 2,495
3 Northwestern University 14 41 1,074 5,958 3,934
4 New York University 16 46 1,161 6,350 2,600
5 Georgetown University 18 37 1,198 4,807 2,714
6 Stanford University 18 34 1,061 4,395 1,772
7 Columbia University School of Law 16 29 913 4,961 1,834
8 Vanderbilt University 18 28 1,030 3,288 2,457
9 University of Michigan 11 32 661 4,676 2,376
10 University of Chicago 14 32 898 3,977 1,691
11 University of Pennsylvania 16 30 992 2,598 1,988
12 Duke University 17 27 855 2,665 2,468
13 George Washington University 16 27 913 3,017 1,723
14 University of Virginia 12 28 793 3,143 1,994
15 Cornell University 13 30 736 3,378 1,878
16 University of California, Davis 12 29 706 3,208 1,660
17 University of California, San Francisco 14 30 640 3,313 1,161
18 University of California, Berkeley 13 23 645 2,221 1,742
19 University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 24 398 2,168 2,764
20 University of California, Los Angeles 13 32 601 2,819 1,232
21 Fordham University 13 22 659 1,689 1,491
22 Arizona State University 8 26 305 2,897 1,121
23 University of San Francisco 11 19 307 1,839 1,870
24 Case Western Reserve University 7 23 260 2,471 1,146
25 Boston University 12 16 467 1,124 1,314
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 22 357 1,463 1,151
27 University of Florida 10 17 331 1,337 1,149
28 Texas A&M University 11 14 419 714 1,283
29 Rutgers University 10 19 312 1,319 878
30 Emory University 10 14 342 653 1,160
31 University of California, Irvine 10 17 290 682 1,210
32 University of Houston 9 19 268 1,179 853
33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 21 210 1,552 721
34 University of Minnesota 8 16 254 1,113 895
35 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 12 285 1,204 613
36 George Mason University 9 22 251 1,407 570
37 University of St. Thomas 9 15 274 1,090 687
38 University of Oklahoma 10 14 364 626 621
39 University of San Diego 8 18 231 1,029 719
40 Indiana University Bloomington 8 17 227 1,056 686
41 Brooklyn Law School 9 15 277 774 648
42 University of Utah 8 16 184 1,182 669
43 Washington University 8 14 187 957 750
44 Florida State University 9 12 224 611 677
45 University of Southern California 6 15 171 907 634
46 American University 7 11 143 573 959
47 Wake Forest University 7 13 187 680 620
48 William & Mary Law School 8 13 236 517 521
49 Yeshiva University 9 14 168 759 597
50 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 14 172 702 630
51 Seattle University 5 16 118 1,357 258
52 University of Colorado Boulder 7 16 159 772 555
53 University of Alabama 9 12 258 422 374
54 Georgia State University 7 13 164 661 574
55 DePaul University 7 12 158 597 647
56 University of Georgia 7 9 182 310 723
57 Southern Methodist University 7 9 193 350 637
58 Hofstra University 7 15 170 839 293
59 Loyola Marymount University 6 16 158 724 447
60 University of Miami 5 9 97 969 483
61 University of Connecticut 8 10 193 325 609
62 Villanova University 5 12 118 823 477
63 University of Pittsburgh 6 15 128 832 408
64 University of Arizona 6 10 149 375 682
65 Northeastern University 7 11 157 637 409
66 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 13 162 621 387
67 Pace University 6 12 132 594 542
68 Boston College 8 14 162 580 387
69 University of Maryland 6 12 162 484 427
70 Temple University 6 9 137 380 633
71 University of Washington 6 12 121 484 549
72 Pennsylvania State University 7 13 151 561 327
73 Ohio State University 7 13 132 684 299
74 Pepperdine University 6 11 108 760 238
75 University of South Carolina 6 12 135 420 394
76 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 10 83 640 359
77 University of Denver 5 9 81 284 625
78 Seton Hall University 6 10 121 293 388
79 Drexel University 6 11 96 415 360
80 Florida International University 5 12 82 416 389
81 Michigan State University 6 9 99 276 397
82 Quinnipiac University 5 9 87 396 337
83 University of Oregon 5 10 83 509 247
84 Catholic University of America 4 9 48 286 594
85 University of Kansas 5 9 72 334 399
86 Loyola University Chicago 5 8 111 184 334
87 Santa Clara University 4 8 71 223 389
88 Suffolk University 4 12 41 625 165
89 University at Buffalo 4 7 81 188 365
90 University of Notre Dame 5 12 86 430 117
91 Duquesne University 5 12 75 273 304
92 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 11 72 351 228
93 Drake University 4 9 70 404 182
94 University of Richmond 5 7 86 325 165
95 Tulane University 4 10 48 494 183
96 California Western School of Law 6 8 88 170 270
97 University of Louisville 4 11 50 370 263
98 University of Mississippi 5 8 107 143 187
99 University of Cincinnati 4 11 48 438 151
100 University of Iowa 4 9 54 355 197