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ABA-Approved Law Schools

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 Columbia University School of Law 20 37 2,462 7,406 20,459
2 Yale University 30 65 3,587 14,648 6,721
3 New York University 23 48 2,299 9,135 7,084
4 University of Virginia 21 40 2,429 5,826 5,853
5 Harvard University 18 53 1,481 11,883 4,692
6 Georgetown University 22 39 1,963 5,748 6,222
7 University of Pennsylvania 21 36 1,783 5,129 4,965
8 University of Michigan 17 35 1,111 5,612 6,530
9 University of California, Berkeley 19 36 1,477 5,432 4,902
10 University of California, Los Angeles 19 33 1,177 4,253 2,672
11 Rutgers University 14 28 1,052 3,704 3,628
12 Emory University 14 33 799 3,972 4,436
13 Northwestern University 15 31 998 3,379 3,394
14 University of California, Davis 16 27 1,182 2,211 3,595
15 Duke University 15 29 918 4,050 3,137
16 University of Chicago 18 32 1,020 3,897 2,780
17 George Washington University 17 28 1,145 2,864 2,957
18 University of Texas at Austin 15 23 1,193 1,825 3,155
19 University of Minnesota 13 27 939 2,758 3,253
20 Cornell University 15 24 868 3,095 2,838
21 Washington University 15 26 926 2,139 3,039
22 Ohio State University 13 33 789 3,871 2,045
23 University of California, Irvine 15 25 756 3,194 2,181
24 Brooklyn Law School 15 24 687 2,829 2,024
25 Boston University 13 22 679 2,096 2,447
26 University of Southern California 15 23 784 2,213 1,831
27 Fordham University 13 26 681 1,990 2,207
28 University of California, San Francisco 11 30 475 3,615 1,671
29 University of Florida 11 24 540 2,196 2,201
30 American University 10 27 419 2,094 2,763
31 Seattle University 11 26 468 3,069 1,530
32 University of Miami 10 22 413 3,128 1,541
33 Loyola Marymount University 14 20 680 1,293 1,796
34 University of Baltimore 11 15 402 654 3,541
35 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 24 522 1,933 1,823
36 Indiana University Bloomington 13 21 532 1,900 1,641
37 Vanderbilt University 10 22 404 2,836 1,206
38 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 563 1,438 1,721
39 University of Iowa 11 24 452 1,757 1,846
40 Georgia State University 10 19 426 1,192 1,950
41 William & Mary Law School 9 15 266 694 3,043
42 University of Colorado Boulder 14 17 501 935 1,739
43 University of Denver 11 16 346 1,270 2,118
44 Southwestern Law School 13 14 548 805 1,595
45 Arizona State University 10 23 383 1,731 1,279
46 Stanford University 12 19 441 1,421 1,268
47 Texas A&M University 9 14 485 700 1,702
48 University of Pittsburgh 9 18 401 1,143 1,587
49 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 17 399 980 1,639
50 University of Maryland 11 18 408 1,182 1,409
51 Northeastern University 9 20 278 1,595 1,592
52 Wake Forest University 11 17 417 919 1,446
53 Pace University 11 13 334 491 2,089
54 Santa Clara University 7 25 259 2,055 865
55 Temple University 10 20 366 1,027 1,260
56 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 16 231 1,483 1,281
57 Southern Methodist University 11 18 410 948 853
58 University of San Diego 10 18 373 1,100 696
59 Loyola University Chicago 9 15 344 625 1,250
60 St. John's University 11 15 354 758 1,057
61 Yeshiva University 7 19 276 1,237 977
62 City University of New York (CUNY) 9 16 238 1,040 1,198
63 University of Utah 10 16 245 798 1,292
64 University at Buffalo 8 17 170 1,451 1,044
65 Drexel University 8 13 310 523 1,225
66 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 13 240 848 1,240
67 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 18 235 998 1,019
68 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 231 657 1,297
69 University of Arizona 8 13 267 690 887
70 Catholic University of America 8 13 330 534 728
71 University of San Francisco 9 15 220 842 951
72 New York Law School 4 16 117 1,281 1,006
73 University of Notre Dame 8 19 167 1,141 884
74 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 14 274 604 823
75 Hofstra University 7 18 172 1,229 700
76 Florida State University 9 13 282 576 757
77 University of Richmond 7 13 201 492 1,055
78 University of New Mexico 6 17 164 896 618
79 University of South Carolina 8 12 213 339 878
80 University of Kansas 8 14 223 530 659
81 Florida International University 7 12 172 604 787
82 Pennsylvania State University 7 15 178 605 671
83 Washington and Lee University 7 10 245 385 546
84 Case Western Reserve University 8 14 189 628 572
85 Capital University 4 19 100 1,169 416
86 California Western School of Law 7 14 177 501 633
87 University of Missouri 7 10 184 362 707
88 Pepperdine University 6 12 165 403 747
89 Widener University Delaware Law School 6 15 110 682 737
90 University of Washington 7 12 142 446 781
91 University of St. Thomas 9 12 182 482 556
92 University of Cincinnati 6 11 118 499 789
93 Western New England University 8 9 175 277 699
94 Cleveland State University 6 13 121 508 728
95 University of Oregon 7 9 180 332 580
96 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 10 146 284 773
97 George Mason University 6 14 126 857 352
98 Suffolk University 5 13 111 602 637
99 Quinnipiac University 8 13 171 539 415
100 Wayne State University 7 12 135 523 579