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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 New York University 17 46 1,434 8,867 6,461
2 Yale University 19 40 1,398 8,101 5,856
3 Harvard University 16 42 1,119 8,389 4,852
4 Columbia University School of Law 12 25 1,008 2,905 4,848
5 Georgetown University 14 28 842 3,058 2,749
6 University of Chicago 14 26 751 3,214 2,812
7 University of Michigan 11 25 564 2,327 3,340
8 George Washington University 11 21 685 2,122 2,593
9 University of Virginia 14 20 760 2,411 1,776
10 University of California, Berkeley 13 23 604 1,892 2,816
11 University at Buffalo 8 18 274 1,146 3,646
12 Rutgers University 12 24 531 1,973 1,718
13 Stanford University 12 18 574 979 2,116
14 American University 9 21 317 1,905 2,367
15 University of California, Los Angeles 11 25 487 1,803 1,374
16 University of Texas at Austin 10 23 410 1,877 1,593
17 Duke University 12 20 456 1,666 1,477
18 University of Pennsylvania 11 21 370 1,237 1,798
19 University of Colorado Boulder 6 14 290 767 1,984
20 Loyola University Chicago 8 13 284 474 1,799
21 Emory University 5 20 170 1,603 1,231
22 Temple University 8 16 270 929 1,168
23 Fordham University 9 18 240 1,041 1,163
24 Northeastern University 9 11 228 849 1,330
25 University of California, San Francisco 8 20 219 1,195 996
26 Arizona State University 7 15 225 1,057 1,005
27 Boston University 9 13 356 498 863
28 Texas A&M University 9 15 262 776 998
29 Loyola Marymount University 4 11 172 1,052 1,154
30 University of Connecticut 7 8 189 336 1,701
31 University of Florida 6 19 203 1,076 909
32 Indiana University Bloomington 8 14 242 667 1,088
33 University of Notre Dame 7 17 233 814 959
34 Cornell University 8 16 197 925 940
35 Northwestern University 8 17 260 952 575
36 Ohio State University 8 11 298 542 770
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 14 168 706 1,177
38 Washington University 11 12 291 495 797
39 Seattle University 6 16 140 728 1,278
40 University of Arizona 8 13 180 827 915
41 University of Miami 8 19 177 840 843
42 University of Utah 9 11 147 462 1,268
43 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 185 593 967
44 University of Minnesota 7 16 174 658 929
45 University of California, Irvine 8 12 226 587 681
46 Vanderbilt University 7 13 200 695 702
47 University of Maryland 8 13 200 702 632
48 William & Mary Law School 7 12 222 539 668
49 University of Pittsburgh 8 13 225 579 578
50 University of Baltimore 8 8 224 338 749
51 New York Law School 4 12 87 662 1,016
52 Pennsylvania State University 4 11 138 512 849
53 University of California, Davis 7 13 184 542 589
54 University of San Francisco 7 13 150 635 529
55 Florida State University 8 14 151 524 616
56 Santa Clara University 7 12 189 576 362
57 University of Iowa 4 17 103 842 506
58 George Mason University 5 14 99 766 582
59 Brooklyn Law School 7 11 169 402 561
60 University of Southern California 6 11 142 591 505
61 Georgia State University 6 12 151 396 622
62 University of Washington 5 11 119 402 705
63 Hofstra University 4 14 92 797 411
64 Boston College 7 13 141 469 475
65 Pace University 6 11 115 306 715
66 Wake Forest University 6 7 102 242 818
67 Washington and Lee University 6 10 143 456 418
68 Albany Law School 6 9 112 343 631
69 Syracuse University 6 9 110 281 679
70 Case Western Reserve University 4 12 71 497 663
71 University of Richmond 8 7 155 379 370
72 Yeshiva University 5 17 78 667 366
73 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 11 93 408 480
74 University of San Diego 5 9 117 401 367
75 New England Law Boston 4 11 115 399 362
76 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 4 11 65 487 481
77 University of Oklahoma 7 7 150 197 328
78 University of St. Thomas 5 5 153 240 226
79 University of Illinois Chicago 4 11 87 303 457
80 Chapman University 4 10 71 376 431
81 Drexel University 7 8 128 245 277
82 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 11 77 297 457
83 Pepperdine University 6 9 118 263 295
84 Nova Southeastern University 4 10 59 311 513
85 Wayne State University 5 10 84 401 312
86 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 114 161 373
87 St. John's University 5 9 83 251 396
88 Seton Hall University 5 8 107 206 316
89 Michigan State University 5 5 137 88 283
90 Tulane University 4 9 61 283 432
91 University of South Carolina 6 7 109 125 353
92 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 8 67 254 415
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 3 10 38 318 487
94 California Western School of Law 4 10 70 332 323
95 Southern Methodist University 6 9 94 321 210
96 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 11 58 478 229
97 Villanova University 4 10 43 292 433
98 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 10 58 251 318
99 Florida International University 4 7 60 195 348
100 University of Houston 3 8 52 263 321