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Last Updated: October 2026

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Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard Law Review 89 270 44,880 385,063 75,122
2 Yale Law Journal 77 237 37,493 312,189 78,671
3 Columbia Law Review 63 194 26,599 224,484 39,950
4 Stanford Law Review 60 173 21,510 146,614 47,321
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 50 163 18,923 142,649 29,289
6 Michigan Law Review 49 152 17,814 144,287 26,261
7 California Law Review 46 140 17,004 117,354 42,645
8 Virginia Law Review 46 151 15,781 127,141 23,842
9 University of Chicago Law Review 48 141 16,352 103,122 27,557
10 Texas Law Review 44 120 13,257 96,599 30,015
11 New York University Law Review 49 131 14,290 92,206 29,661
12 Georgetown Law Journal 46 117 12,862 82,334 32,859
13 UCLA Law Review 44 119 12,524 78,465 36,240
14 Northwestern University Law Review 38 109 10,807 80,448 28,796
15 Cornell Law Review 38 120 11,126 78,095 28,036
16 Minnesota Law Review 37 111 10,705 81,083 23,436
17 Vanderbilt Law Review 40 105 11,417 70,455 27,814
18 Fordham Law Review 33 81 12,973 62,555 29,973
19 Iowa Law Review 33 91 9,229 58,807 27,177
20 Duke Law Journal 41 107 11,306 63,655 18,797
21 Southern California Law Review 30 102 7,013 59,189 23,213
22 Boston University Law Review 35 84 10,083 48,719 28,370
23 Notre Dame Law Review 38 75 10,846 43,957 24,899
24 Wisconsin Law Review 26 85 5,755 50,441 18,847
25 North Carolina Law Review 27 83 6,488 48,783 18,551
26 George Washington Law Review 33 79 7,551 44,231 18,655
27 Indiana Law Journal 29 74 6,915 44,570 18,342
28 UC Law Journal 26 79 5,939 44,703 15,756
29 William & Mary Law Review 31 77 8,309 37,427 15,962
30 Cardozo Law Review 26 72 6,923 32,939 20,973
31 Tulane Law Review 18 65 3,731 40,801 15,624
32 University of Illinois Law Review 24 71 5,632 34,272 20,017
33 Ohio State Law Journal 24 73 5,315 41,808 12,313
34 Washington University Law Review 27 67 7,035 33,165 17,573
35 Emory Law Journal 27 71 5,458 33,490 18,309
36 Washington Law Review 26 72 5,737 34,409 14,293
37 Boston College Law Review 31 62 7,017 24,691 20,213
38 U.C. Davis Law Review 31 65 7,609 26,788 16,752
39 American University Law Review 24 65 4,632 30,010 12,946
40 Florida Law Review 28 56 4,988 25,305 16,057
41 Washington and Lee Law Review 23 58 5,016 26,168 12,128
42 University of Colorado Law Review 20 64 3,338 28,080 11,401
43 Connecticut Law Review 22 59 4,243 25,284 13,005
44 Arizona Law Review 20 60 4,067 26,528 11,640
45 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 55 2,987 25,295 12,006
46 Georgia Law Review 21 66 3,736 25,245 10,072
47 Chicago-Kent Law Review 16 56 3,199 22,510 12,142
48 Brooklyn Law Review 18 54 3,622 24,346 9,463
49 Wake Forest Law Review 22 51 3,941 19,169 13,863
50 Maryland Law Review 21 60 3,535 23,433 9,544
51 Hofstra Law Review 20 57 3,189 23,811 8,829
52 Houston Law Review 17 49 2,889 21,276 10,789
53 Louisiana Law Review 15 47 2,499 24,563 6,944
54 Utah Law Review 18 52 3,162 19,198 11,325
55 Buffalo Law Review 19 56 2,729 20,364 10,351
56 SMU Law Review 18 50 2,747 22,396 8,065
57 Rutgers University Law Review 15 56 2,320 22,138 8,488
58 Oregon Law Review 15 56 2,013 22,818 7,763
59 DePaul Law Review 16 48 2,861 21,190 8,167
60 Penn State Law Review 14 45 2,065 23,115 6,950
61 Case Western Reserve Law Review 17 53 3,017 21,512 6,711
62 Temple Law Review 16 48 2,320 21,010 7,841
63 University of Miami Law Review 11 50 1,374 21,611 7,812
64 Albany Law Review 12 44 1,974 19,240 9,206
65 San Diego Law Review 16 48 2,231 18,352 9,192
66 Villanova Law Review 17 50 2,382 18,880 7,674
67 Alabama Law Review 24 48 3,776 16,684 8,310
68 Missouri Law Review 13 45 2,175 18,195 8,048
69 Brigham Young University Law Review 21 50 3,590 16,928 7,724
70 Marquette Law Review 18 39 2,713 16,350 8,799
71 Tennessee Law Review 15 49 1,987 19,337 6,162
72 Arizona State Law Journal 18 41 3,087 15,046 9,234
73 Nebraska Law Review 17 45 2,409 18,592 6,186
74 Kentucky Law Journal 12 39 1,482 19,813 5,200
75 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 14 45 1,669 16,015 8,435
76 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 12 42 1,961 16,386 7,628
77 University of Kansas Law Review 16 46 2,095 17,257 6,478
78 Florida State University Law Review 15 48 2,495 15,445 6,264
79 Catholic University Law Review 12 39 1,861 16,151 4,864
80 Saint Louis University Law Journal 14 35 1,813 14,089 6,766
81 West Virginia Law Review 13 37 1,586 14,306 6,303
82 UMKC Law Review 14 32 1,892 10,937 9,192
83 St. John's Law Review 11 36 1,714 14,885 5,388
84 South Carolina Law Review 16 43 2,053 13,982 5,679
85 Seton Hall Law Review 15 37 2,194 11,750 7,395
86 Syracuse Law Review 11 37 1,319 13,838 5,944
87 Wayne Law Review 9 39 894 14,823 5,251
88 University of Richmond Law Review 15 35 1,932 11,535 6,778
89 Denver Law Review 14 33 1,567 10,733 7,905
90 Santa Clara Law Review 13 39 1,701 13,404 4,894
91 New York Law School Law Review 10 36 1,168 11,847 6,705
92 Howard Law Journal 12 36 1,376 10,454 7,732
93 University of San Francisco Law Review 9 39 963 12,251 6,048
94 Indiana Law Review 11 37 1,558 12,590 4,963
95 Oklahoma Law Review 16 33 1,741 10,747 6,603
96 Pepperdine Law Review 15 36 1,913 11,152 5,567
97 Cleveland State Law Review 11 35 1,420 10,974 6,130
98 Seattle University Law Review 14 31 2,225 7,777 8,078
99 Mercer Law Review 9 39 1,386 12,699 3,910
100 Mississippi Law Journal 12 32 1,254 12,557 4,101