Back to Rankings

HeinOnline Logo

HEINONLINE'S SCHOLARLY IMPACT RANKINGS


ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

How is this ranking calculated?
Last Updated: July 2026

Cited 0-5 Years Cited 5+ Years Past 12 Months
Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 13 27 749 2,811 1,365
2 University of California, Berkeley 12 20 570 2,144 1,226
3 University of Michigan 13 18 593 1,417 1,080
4 Stanford University 13 17 551 1,487 886
5 Georgetown University 10 18 479 1,154 1,423
6 Harvard University 9 17 361 1,667 1,137
7 Yale University 10 19 348 1,162 825
8 University of Florida 9 23 304 1,479 506
9 University of Pennsylvania 9 19 215 1,176 1,019
10 Vanderbilt University 11 15 314 1,003 606
11 Rutgers University 11 12 336 596 496
12 University of California, San Francisco 9 9 320 334 674
13 University of Minnesota 7 8 157 552 1,149
14 Loyola University Chicago 7 13 203 558 858
15 University of Virginia 8 11 244 646 552
16 Duke University 8 13 204 688 697
17 Washington University 10 15 253 602 512
18 Arizona State University 6 11 208 711 602
19 Ohio State University 9 10 260 321 568
20 Boston University 6 13 138 515 685
21 Columbia University School of Law 7 13 130 901 377
22 University of California, Los Angeles 7 14 156 627 493
23 University of Denver 7 12 203 522 303
24 George Washington University 7 15 153 629 336
25 Emory University 6 11 121 410 566
26 Northeastern University 5 12 121 597 392
27 Fordham University 7 14 114 618 353
28 University of Maryland 7 7 179 310 293
29 University of Missouri 8 10 176 280 313
30 University of California, Davis 6 11 109 516 412
31 University of Chicago 7 12 148 365 357
32 Northwestern University 6 11 110 471 445
33 American University 7 11 132 322 459
34 Texas A&M University 6 13 134 403 347
35 Cornell University 6 9 109 518 231
36 University of Kentucky 6 12 121 459 221
37 Indiana University Bloomington 5 10 116 380 285
38 University of California, Irvine 7 4 117 63 519
39 Wake Forest University 6 8 99 398 275
40 Pennsylvania State University 6 8 119 152 382
41 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 9 83 316 404
42 Georgia State University 8 6 142 126 268
43 Florida State University 5 9 90 335 283
44 University of Texas at Austin 4 9 87 299 330
45 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 5 7 98 145 369
46 University of Houston 5 10 76 387 252
47 Brooklyn Law School 5 11 83 475 122
48 Wayne State University 6 5 93 181 284
49 Saint Louis University 5 3 64 45 535
50 William & Mary Law School 6 9 101 250 145
51 Pace University 5 10 85 248 194
52 University of San Diego 5 8 73 309 175
53 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 7 75 173 286
54 University of Utah 6 3 78 18 385
55 Yeshiva University 5 4 60 101 363
56 Seattle University 5 9 55 241 251
57 University of Colorado Boulder 6 5 78 73 289
58 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 7 64 197 215
59 Temple University 4 8 63 215 179
60 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 7 56 110 299
61 George Mason University 3 11 45 303 173
62 Loyola Marymount University 4 6 62 221 160
63 University of Iowa 5 7 67 181 169
64 University of Oklahoma 4 4 67 56 274
65 Louisiana State University 4 7 55 193 182
66 University of Missouri-Kansas City 4 9 51 231 144
67 Syracuse University 5 5 56 133 206
68 Villanova University 4 6 64 91 204
69 Suffolk University 3 6 27 327 169
70 University of South Carolina 3 5 33 77 356
71 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 6 72 77 158
72 Drexel University 2 5 51 144 186
73 Drake University 4 7 43 114 246
74 Southern Methodist University 5 6 67 95 133
75 University of Pittsburgh 3 3 62 51 199
76 University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 7 48 156 150
77 Case Western Reserve University 3 9 31 235 156
78 Santa Clara University 4 5 41 213 106
79 St. John's University 5 6 54 63 174
80 University of Washington 5 6 56 106 104
81 University of Southern California 4 5 34 151 170
82 Northern Kentucky University 5 10 48 163 85
83 University of Richmond 4 4 43 63 201
84 University of Miami 3 5 49 125 103
85 DePaul University 3 6 27 111 219
86 Pepperdine University 3 10 32 223 85
87 University of Georgia 3 5 42 103 122
88 Michigan State University 3 8 26 179 121
89 Seton Hall University 4 5 31 78 172
90 Marquette University 3 7 23 188 107
91 University of Alabama 5 2 53 19 114
92 Southwestern Law School 4 5 31 85 155
93 University of St. Thomas 3 5 33 102 129
94 University of Louisville 3 5 24 136 136
95 Howard University 1 3 4 115 244
96 California Western School of Law 4 5 42 79 86
97 University of Kansas 3 6 35 111 87
98 Samford University 4 6 30 99 115
99 Hofstra University 2 4 16 126 151
100 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 4 5 25 81 145