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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 Yale University 18 39 1,332 5,390 3,333
2 University of California, Los Angeles 21 34 1,453 4,050 3,112
3 University of California, Davis 17 44 1,162 5,157 3,417
4 Georgetown University 12 22 950 2,557 2,143
5 Stanford University 15 18 886 1,351 3,298
6 Harvard University 15 28 761 3,520 1,851
7 New York University 17 24 912 2,150 2,211
8 University of Virginia 13 24 1,038 1,941 1,782
9 University of California, Berkeley 12 18 466 1,572 3,001
10 Rutgers University 12 22 522 1,675 1,918
11 Duke University 14 17 623 1,272 1,722
12 Lewis & Clark Law School 11 15 432 1,164 2,446
13 University of San Francisco 10 19 320 1,230 2,727
14 Temple University 10 15 539 1,497 1,487
15 Columbia University School of Law 13 19 599 1,629 728
16 University of Michigan 12 16 433 1,094 1,926
17 Fordham University 11 17 510 997 886
18 Texas A&M University 10 14 425 889 1,190
19 University of California, Irvine 13 14 440 807 1,025
20 University of California, San Francisco 10 18 423 927 878
21 Yeshiva University 13 12 405 692 1,164
22 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 16 377 876 1,028
23 Boston College 12 19 412 936 788
24 Boston University 11 9 448 438 872
25 Pennsylvania State University 10 18 380 849 711
26 Ohio State University 8 13 353 517 1,090
27 University of Colorado Boulder 12 14 371 531 926
28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 11 371 566 779
29 Vanderbilt University 8 12 354 612 415
30 University of Chicago 9 10 242 665 697
31 Arizona State University 8 15 210 729 769
32 George Washington University 9 12 278 507 592
33 University of Minnesota 6 8 197 242 1,192
34 Brooklyn Law School 9 10 279 335 589
35 University of Pennsylvania 8 12 226 591 499
36 University of Texas at Austin 7 14 184 632 633
37 Northwestern University 7 10 225 451 520
38 Seattle University 6 13 154 578 623
39 Pepperdine University 9 8 245 294 423
40 University of Iowa 7 10 173 324 698
41 University of Miami 7 10 174 332 675
42 Cornell University 8 10 187 409 481
43 Emory University 7 10 147 628 409
44 American University 6 10 144 278 733
45 University of Washington 5 10 181 272 558
46 University of Georgia 9 11 190 375 406
47 Loyola Marymount University 6 11 120 358 742
48 University of Baltimore 8 8 184 209 534
49 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 9 144 412 466
50 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 7 133 248 651
51 Washington University 8 7 200 142 386
52 Michigan State University 7 12 111 603 260
53 Tulane University 7 4 141 49 592
54 Georgia State University 7 8 124 436 310
55 University of Florida 7 12 125 399 319
56 University of Denver 3 3 117 116 599
57 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 9 9 153 251 300
58 Seton Hall University 6 11 93 343 487
59 Southern Methodist University 7 10 102 478 311
60 Florida State University 4 9 59 349 609
61 Wake Forest University 6 10 82 557 304
62 University of Maryland 5 6 137 144 403
63 University at Buffalo 6 7 127 167 426
64 Roger Williams University 7 9 105 294 398
65 University of Alabama 7 6 153 87 362
66 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 8 142 228 257
67 Loyola University Chicago 7 5 116 207 376
68 University of Arizona 6 8 96 236 426
69 Drexel University 5 6 117 208 344
70 University of South Carolina 5 8 117 169 350
71 Hofstra University 7 8 107 412 161
72 Washburn University 6 7 107 208 234
73 University of Houston 4 9 75 226 360
74 University of Oklahoma 6 7 92 133 344
75 Willamette University College of Law 5 8 51 315 340
76 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 11 62 418 164
77 Indiana University Bloomington 6 8 89 174 255
78 Northeastern University 5 8 86 206 241
79 William & Mary Law School 6 8 96 181 207
80 Howard University 6 7 88 190 225
81 DePaul University 5 5 77 213 255
82 Albany Law School 5 5 83 54 365
83 New York Law School 4 10 51 363 225
84 Southwestern Law School 4 6 56 207 317
85 California Western School of Law 6 6 89 90 263
86 University of Oregon 4 8 62 151 319
87 Florida International University 4 6 48 164 366
88 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 7 54 252 227
89 Loyola University New Orleans 4 7 56 244 225
90 University of New Mexico 5 7 75 132 233
91 Case Western Reserve University 6 3 87 37 240
92 Syracuse University 5 6 67 88 283
93 George Mason University 4 8 54 189 241
94 University of Southern California 3 3 73 113 217
95 University of Cincinnati 3 5 63 195 173
96 University of Connecticut 5 5 77 120 150
97 University of Idaho 6 6 70 139 151
98 St. John's University 5 4 56 164 193
99 University of Toledo 4 6 55 184 167
100 University of Notre Dame 4 7 64 200 95