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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 New York University 17 46 1,385 8,874 6,723
2 Yale University 19 40 1,334 8,091 5,850
3 Harvard University 16 42 1,068 8,392 5,039
4 Columbia University School of Law 12 25 964 2,924 4,792
5 Georgetown University 15 29 826 3,090 2,903
6 University of Chicago 13 26 695 3,242 2,895
7 University of Michigan 11 25 544 2,404 3,566
8 University of Virginia 14 20 807 2,432 1,886
9 George Washington University 11 21 642 2,102 2,588
10 University of California, Berkeley 13 22 578 1,833 3,043
11 Rutgers University 12 24 576 1,990 1,825
12 University at Buffalo 8 18 260 1,146 3,495
13 Stanford University 12 18 530 979 2,148
14 American University 8 20 304 1,840 2,444
15 University of Texas at Austin 10 23 398 1,877 1,650
16 University of California, Los Angeles 11 25 454 1,803 1,385
17 Duke University 11 20 380 1,666 1,493
18 University of Pennsylvania 11 21 361 1,237 1,837
19 University of Colorado Boulder 6 14 274 767 2,050
20 Loyola University Chicago 7 14 261 508 1,786
21 Emory University 5 20 160 1,607 1,288
22 Temple University 8 16 257 927 1,239
23 Fordham University 8 18 232 1,041 1,247
24 University of California, San Francisco 7 20 214 1,209 1,078
25 Northeastern University 8 11 217 849 1,368
26 Arizona State University 7 15 222 1,056 1,047
27 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 14 222 705 1,298
28 Texas A&M University 9 15 250 776 1,054
29 Loyola Marymount University 4 11 169 1,051 1,195
30 University of Maryland 8 13 245 1,238 641
31 University of Florida 5 19 194 1,076 910
32 Cornell University 8 16 194 979 983
33 University of Connecticut 8 8 213 338 1,461
34 University of Notre Dame 7 17 219 814 980
35 Northwestern University 8 17 267 961 605
36 Indiana University Bloomington 8 14 223 623 1,101
37 Boston University 9 13 303 498 806
38 Ohio State University 8 11 282 543 769
39 Washington University 10 12 275 496 832
40 University of Arizona 8 13 171 827 969
41 Seattle University 5 16 123 728 1,282
42 University of Miami 7 19 167 840 874
43 University of Utah 8 11 141 462 1,315
44 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 178 593 1,012
45 Vanderbilt University 6 12 236 594 676
46 University of Minnesota 7 16 169 658 928
47 University of California, Irvine 8 12 216 587 678
48 University of Pittsburgh 8 13 217 571 579
49 University of Baltimore 8 8 210 288 760
50 New York Law School 4 12 84 639 1,045
51 William & Mary Law School 7 12 200 465 639
52 University of California, Davis 7 13 176 543 604
53 Pennsylvania State University 4 11 130 506 815
54 University of San Francisco 7 13 146 635 541
55 Florida State University 8 14 148 524 613
56 Santa Clara University 7 12 185 576 381
57 George Mason University 5 14 95 766 619
58 University of Iowa 4 17 99 842 528
59 University of Southern California 6 12 140 592 528
60 Georgia State University 6 12 144 396 634
61 Brooklyn Law School 7 11 158 405 523
62 Hofstra University 4 14 87 797 416
63 Boston College 7 13 134 463 475
64 University of Washington 5 11 98 402 696
65 Wake Forest University 6 7 96 246 841
66 Washington and Lee University 6 10 138 456 450
67 Pace University 6 11 108 306 713
68 University of Richmond 8 7 145 386 440
69 Albany Law School 6 9 106 343 655
70 Case Western Reserve University 4 12 66 495 691
71 Syracuse University 6 9 103 281 645
72 Yeshiva University 5 17 76 667 354
73 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 11 92 408 502
74 University of San Diego 5 10 109 411 394
75 New England Law Boston 4 11 111 399 381
76 University of Oklahoma 6 7 145 197 359
77 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 4 11 58 487 489
78 University of Illinois Chicago 4 11 84 303 482
79 University of St. Thomas 5 5 142 240 256
80 Wayne State University 5 10 83 407 351
81 Drexel University 6 8 124 245 279
82 Nova Southeastern University 4 10 58 311 533
83 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 11 73 299 471
84 Chapman University 3 10 65 376 437
85 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 111 161 373
86 St. John's University 5 9 82 252 410
87 Michigan State University 5 5 133 88 307
88 Seton Hall University 5 8 103 206 324
89 University of South Carolina 6 7 106 125 351
90 Tulane University 4 9 58 283 435
91 Southern Methodist University 6 9 92 327 229
92 Pepperdine University 6 9 89 263 290
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 3 10 38 318 487
94 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4 8 65 254 414
95 California Western School of Law 4 10 66 332 328
96 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 11 55 478 238
97 Villanova University 4 10 40 292 446
98 Loyola University New Orleans 5 8 58 182 367
99 Florida International University 4 7 54 193 358
100 University of Houston 3 8 47 263 327