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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 24 56 2,498 11,432 5,696
2 Yale University 25 49 2,248 9,603 3,578
3 University of California, Los Angeles 23 44 2,058 7,621 6,062
4 Harvard University 21 55 1,727 10,679 4,150
5 University of California, Berkeley 19 37 1,579 5,147 3,764
6 Columbia University School of Law 21 35 1,559 5,152 3,299
7 Georgetown University 20 38 1,499 4,030 3,589
8 University of Minnesota 19 30 1,547 3,586 3,695
9 University of Pennsylvania 16 26 1,391 2,972 3,103
10 University of Michigan 23 27 1,493 2,733 2,576
11 University of Chicago 19 31 1,394 3,393 2,419
12 Washington University 17 32 1,161 3,232 2,831
13 University of Virginia 15 35 897 4,364 2,408
14 Stanford University 14 33 847 4,880 1,815
15 Cornell University 15 32 1,148 3,159 1,767
16 Duke University 13 27 1,077 2,881 2,101
17 Rutgers University 15 30 823 3,592 2,459
18 Emory University 14 23 773 2,047 3,022
19 Fordham University 14 28 759 2,600 2,192
20 University of Texas at Austin 13 24 833 2,044 1,323
21 Northwestern University 13 21 764 1,908 1,591
22 Boston University 14 23 662 2,031 1,758
23 University of California, Irvine 15 21 727 1,700 1,624
24 George Washington University 12 26 541 2,300 1,851
25 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 13 32 558 3,129 1,014
26 Vanderbilt University 13 22 614 1,924 1,749
27 University of San Diego 12 23 629 1,992 1,300
28 University of California, Davis 12 19 644 1,225 1,608
29 Ohio State University 11 25 478 2,391 1,309
30 Arizona State University 8 29 299 2,890 1,140
31 Texas A&M University 11 21 493 1,449 1,302
32 Loyola Marymount University 13 20 545 1,355 1,099
33 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 24 295 2,454 1,161
34 University of Southern California 11 22 479 1,591 1,034
35 Northeastern University 10 18 340 2,203 1,120
36 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 23 334 1,558 1,196
37 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 22 262 1,578 1,509
38 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 6 13 258 2,331 818
39 Temple University 11 18 372 931 1,507
40 University of Florida 11 20 382 1,555 875
41 Brooklyn Law School 10 16 492 928 792
42 Loyola University Chicago 9 17 442 966 896
43 William & Mary Law School 11 17 435 728 1,126
44 Indiana University Bloomington 11 20 353 1,265 1,024
45 University of Denver 11 16 388 1,085 1,004
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 19 423 1,052 849
47 Boston College 11 19 357 1,353 827
48 University of California, San Francisco 10 20 339 1,217 991
49 University of San Francisco 8 15 169 814 2,144
50 University of Washington 7 19 266 1,200 1,216
51 University of Missouri 10 18 408 1,020 666
52 University of Iowa 8 18 259 1,206 936
53 University of Georgia 9 15 341 686 972
54 Southern Methodist University 11 16 335 846 847
55 University of South Carolina 9 16 312 769 898
56 American University 7 14 249 743 1,098
57 University of Colorado Boulder 11 17 295 866 723
58 Yeshiva University 9 15 309 827 507
59 University of Connecticut 9 15 245 1,088 482
60 University of Pittsburgh 8 14 256 838 630
61 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 19 170 1,141 682
62 University of Miami 8 17 220 1,020 533
63 Suffolk University 8 15 213 844 638
64 St. John's University 7 14 214 576 859
65 Wayne State University 9 14 192 777 726
66 Syracuse University 6 15 177 718 823
67 Wake Forest University 7 17 167 1,121 500
68 University of St. Thomas 9 13 246 528 608
69 George Mason University 6 16 163 916 637
70 Case Western Reserve University 9 14 253 534 478
71 Florida State University 7 13 233 483 593
72 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 16 230 639 458
73 Seattle University 7 14 187 714 539
74 University of Oregon 8 10 225 333 692
75 Seton Hall University 7 13 205 705 439
76 University at Buffalo 8 9 187 797 436
77 University of Louisville 6 19 128 949 488
78 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 14 216 418 504
79 Lewis & Clark Law School 8 14 174 524 582
80 University of Baltimore 6 13 187 470 552
81 DePaul University 7 14 136 822 446
82 Chapman University 6 14 118 717 617
83 Drexel University 7 17 162 644 451
84 University of Houston 7 14 138 622 578
85 Georgia State University 7 15 147 676 479
86 Michigan State University 5 13 151 540 571
87 University of Maryland 7 13 183 516 417
88 Santa Clara University 5 14 128 704 453
89 University of Cincinnati 5 14 108 648 570
90 University of Utah 8 11 153 549 410
91 California Western School of Law 7 11 154 422 503
92 Pepperdine University 6 13 124 452 465
93 Louisiana State University 6 12 114 538 424
94 University of Richmond 6 12 133 352 419
95 Saint Louis University 6 10 136 298 452
96 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 11 115 422 424
97 University of Alabama 7 10 135 296 425
98 Indiana University Indianapolis 5 15 91 673 297
99 Florida International University 6 10 86 425 536
100 University of Illinois Chicago 6 12 104 395 454