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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 55 124 12,526 59,682 23,424
2 Yale University 51 116 9,866 42,490 17,683
3 University of Chicago 39 76 6,148 21,051 10,247
4 Georgetown University 34 70 5,202 18,988 12,023
5 Columbia University School of Law 35 70 4,727 17,999 14,418
6 New York University 29 71 4,146 20,835 10,141
7 University of Virginia 30 63 3,850 13,447 7,793
8 University of California, Berkeley 24 59 2,866 13,971 7,357
9 Cornell University 23 51 2,904 10,103 7,559
10 University of Pennsylvania 26 54 2,886 10,245 6,688
11 Stanford University 27 53 2,566 10,344 4,395
12 University of California, Los Angeles 27 51 2,298 9,163 4,708
13 George Washington University 21 47 2,099 8,251 3,767
14 Duke University 22 39 2,004 7,215 4,087
15 Northwestern University 21 52 1,973 7,329 4,093
16 Vanderbilt University 21 45 1,801 8,488 3,441
17 University of Michigan 20 38 1,818 6,483 4,358
18 University of Texas at Austin 18 41 1,704 5,816 3,625
19 Fordham University 17 44 1,596 6,350 3,524
20 Seattle University 11 43 1,153 9,199 2,709
21 University of San Diego 17 45 1,337 6,506 3,000
22 Boston University 16 36 1,305 5,634 2,783
23 Rutgers University 14 38 1,076 5,606 3,443
24 University of Minnesota 12 29 1,394 3,560 3,160
25 Washington University 18 33 1,116 3,380 3,942
26 University of Florida 16 36 1,096 4,249 2,874
27 University of California, Irvine 15 38 1,060 4,246 2,524
28 Emory University 14 30 834 3,874 3,372
29 University of Notre Dame 17 25 1,035 2,177 3,478
30 University of California, Davis 15 24 988 2,294 3,141
31 George Mason University 14 33 964 3,337 2,090
32 Yeshiva University 13 35 598 4,524 2,446
33 University of Wisconsin-Madison 14 32 669 4,133 1,690
34 University of California, San Francisco 14 32 724 3,258 2,127
35 University of Colorado Boulder 15 31 689 3,771 1,826
36 Texas A&M University 12 24 814 2,347 2,345
37 Ohio State University 13 34 678 3,220 2,112
38 Brooklyn Law School 14 22 886 2,277 1,512
39 University of Southern California 16 27 696 2,695 1,866
40 Indiana University Bloomington 12 29 585 2,740 2,032
41 William & Mary Law School 14 27 785 2,299 1,467
42 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 25 622 2,828 1,690
43 Florida State University 14 24 766 1,937 1,741
44 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 11 31 497 3,154 1,873
45 Loyola Marymount University 11 25 633 2,164 2,055
46 Northeastern University 12 21 472 2,472 2,399
47 University at Buffalo 10 22 408 1,602 3,362
48 University of Pittsburgh 11 21 729 1,635 1,826
49 Temple University 12 27 633 1,989 1,680
50 Arizona State University 12 23 552 1,861 2,081
51 American University 13 22 565 2,081 1,669
52 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 29 459 2,548 1,692
53 University of Maryland 10 25 547 2,537 1,232
54 University of St. Thomas 12 26 518 2,447 1,401
55 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 15 453 2,408 1,196
56 University of Miami 8 27 382 2,404 1,403
57 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 24 485 2,072 1,138
58 University of Arizona 11 20 432 1,823 1,575
59 University of Denver 11 24 435 2,107 1,263
60 University of Iowa 11 20 430 1,727 1,492
61 Boston College 11 25 445 2,176 1,000
62 University of Utah 11 14 440 722 1,832
63 University of Washington 8 16 481 829 1,483
64 Drexel University 8 15 481 665 1,362
65 Case Western Reserve University 10 22 367 1,635 924
66 Georgia State University 9 17 295 1,185 1,630
67 Southern Methodist University 10 20 433 1,144 1,020
68 University of Georgia 10 18 426 1,183 848
69 Catholic University of America 9 16 465 755 906
70 University of Kansas 9 20 321 1,650 673
71 New York Law School 8 23 228 1,780 920
72 Santa Clara University 8 17 261 1,553 948
73 Pennsylvania State University 9 19 288 1,243 1,046
74 Pepperdine University 10 20 328 1,349 758
75 University of Houston 6 21 228 1,580 867
76 Tulane University 8 19 234 1,193 1,159
77 Loyola University Chicago 7 21 283 1,240 844
78 Suffolk University 9 20 238 1,157 1,108
79 Hofstra University 8 23 253 1,591 639
80 Michigan State University 8 14 325 757 1,030
81 University of Connecticut 9 18 289 968 1,006
82 University of Alabama 9 15 303 839 976
83 University of Richmond 10 15 346 855 692
84 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 18 293 1,002 783
85 Wake Forest University 7 19 232 1,123 950
86 Florida International University 7 19 223 1,453 668
87 Lewis & Clark Law School 9 18 308 1,011 599
88 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 19 291 1,039 629
89 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 14 254 659 1,103
90 Louisiana State University 8 16 249 972 766
91 University of South Carolina 7 19 224 1,242 604
92 Wayne State University 7 20 170 1,616 471
93 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 16 232 976 746
94 University of Baltimore 9 17 228 998 695
95 Stetson University 9 18 269 796 657
96 Pace University 6 18 177 917 958
97 Washington and Lee University 8 13 256 727 713
98 Seton Hall University 6 17 181 761 827
99 Southwestern Law School 8 13 259 654 554
100 Touro University 7 19 160 1,075 619