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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard Law Review 87 270 42,318 384,925 72,620
2 Yale Law Journal 74 237 35,162 312,084 76,513
3 Columbia Law Review 61 197 25,761 233,007 39,838
4 Stanford Law Review 57 173 20,185 146,586 45,834
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 48 163 17,757 142,595 29,062
6 Michigan Law Review 47 152 16,831 144,247 26,552
7 California Law Review 45 148 16,760 125,956 42,867
8 Virginia Law Review 44 151 14,821 127,116 23,606
9 University of Chicago Law Review 45 140 15,196 102,023 27,389
10 Texas Law Review 42 120 12,458 96,585 29,782
11 New York University Law Review 47 131 13,422 92,174 29,525
12 Georgetown Law Journal 44 117 12,181 82,394 33,512
13 UCLA Law Review 42 119 11,793 78,430 36,487
14 Cornell Law Review 39 122 11,396 85,031 28,466
15 Northwestern University Law Review 37 109 10,177 80,431 28,993
16 Minnesota Law Review 35 111 10,074 81,057 23,650
17 Vanderbilt Law Review 38 105 10,630 70,408 26,347
18 Fordham Law Review 32 81 12,210 62,529 29,903
19 Iowa Law Review 32 91 8,702 58,781 27,268
20 Duke Law Journal 39 107 10,670 63,669 18,831
21 Southern California Law Review 29 102 6,598 59,165 23,122
22 Boston University Law Review 34 84 9,501 48,698 28,711
23 Notre Dame Law Review 36 75 10,121 43,741 24,906
24 Wisconsin Law Review 25 85 5,401 50,410 19,103
25 North Carolina Law Review 26 83 6,061 48,593 18,981
26 George Washington Law Review 31 79 7,126 44,227 18,693
27 Indiana Law Journal 28 74 6,503 44,527 18,468
28 UC Law Journal 25 79 5,598 44,675 15,830
29 Tulane Law Review 18 65 3,473 40,774 19,060
30 William & Mary Law Review 30 77 7,802 37,384 15,944
31 Cardozo Law Review 25 72 6,500 32,915 20,939
32 University of Illinois Law Review 23 71 5,274 34,222 20,514
33 Ohio State Law Journal 24 73 5,038 41,784 12,409
34 Washington University Law Review 26 67 6,509 33,149 17,858
35 Emory Law Journal 26 71 5,161 33,471 18,679
36 Washington Law Review 25 72 5,414 34,393 14,086
37 Boston College Law Review 29 62 6,580 24,772 20,099
38 U.C. Davis Law Review 30 65 7,162 26,780 17,085
39 American University Law Review 23 65 4,337 30,001 13,085
40 Florida Law Review 27 56 4,645 25,276 16,728
41 Washington and Lee Law Review 23 58 4,724 26,146 12,116
42 University of Colorado Law Review 19 64 3,135 28,071 11,585
43 Connecticut Law Review 21 59 4,020 25,259 13,128
44 Arizona Law Review 20 60 3,817 26,508 11,598
45 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 55 2,798 25,280 12,001
46 Georgia Law Review 21 66 3,519 25,226 10,056
47 Brooklyn Law Review 18 54 3,388 24,330 9,537
48 Chicago-Kent Law Review 16 56 3,031 22,498 11,718
49 Wake Forest Law Review 21 50 3,710 19,155 13,989
50 Maryland Law Review 20 60 3,313 23,409 9,775
51 Hofstra Law Review 18 57 3,022 23,794 8,787
52 Houston Law Review 17 49 2,774 21,255 10,933
53 Louisiana Law Review 14 47 2,302 24,540 7,085
54 Buffalo Law Review 18 56 2,571 20,346 10,374
55 Utah Law Review 17 52 2,979 19,163 11,135
56 Rutgers University Law Review 14 56 2,173 22,114 8,438
57 SMU Law Review 16 50 2,548 22,371 7,753
58 Oregon Law Review 14 56 1,904 22,801 7,884
59 DePaul Law Review 16 48 2,672 21,175 8,383
60 Penn State Law Review 13 45 1,938 23,092 6,723
61 Temple Law Review 15 48 2,186 20,999 7,966
62 University of Miami Law Review 10 49 1,320 21,589 8,106
63 Case Western Reserve Law Review 17 53 2,842 21,482 6,643
64 Albany Law Review 12 44 1,842 19,216 9,240
65 San Diego Law Review 15 48 2,156 18,338 9,247
66 Villanova Law Review 16 50 2,254 18,864 7,870
67 Alabama Law Review 21 48 3,536 16,664 8,385
68 Missouri Law Review 12 45 2,051 18,165 8,189
69 Brigham Young University Law Review 20 50 3,359 16,912 7,774
70 Marquette Law Review 17 39 2,541 16,329 8,758
71 Tennessee Law Review 15 49 1,888 19,366 6,319
72 Nebraska Law Review 16 45 2,270 18,566 6,341
73 Arizona State Law Journal 17 41 2,904 15,037 9,223
74 Kentucky Law Journal 11 39 1,388 19,794 5,333
75 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 13 45 1,573 15,999 8,693
76 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 12 42 1,844 16,379 7,844
77 University of Kansas Law Review 15 46 1,982 17,232 6,656
78 Florida State University Law Review 14 48 2,332 15,437 6,336
79 Catholic University Law Review 12 39 1,762 16,128 4,971
80 Saint Louis University Law Journal 13 35 1,702 14,081 6,873
81 West Virginia Law Review 13 38 1,531 14,530 6,394
82 UMKC Law Review 13 32 1,755 10,917 9,390
83 St. John's Law Review 11 36 1,598 14,861 5,279
84 South Carolina Law Review 15 43 1,949 13,960 5,748
85 Seton Hall Law Review 14 37 2,040 11,742 7,402
86 Wayne Law Review 9 39 847 14,786 5,398
87 Syracuse Law Review 11 37 1,226 13,807 5,886
88 University of Richmond Law Review 14 35 1,794 11,489 6,842
89 Denver Law Review 13 33 1,479 10,725 7,917
90 Santa Clara Law Review 13 39 1,603 13,390 4,807
91 Howard Law Journal 12 36 1,311 10,427 7,915
92 New York Law School Law Review 10 36 1,097 11,807 6,559
93 University of San Francisco Law Review 9 39 911 12,245 6,123
94 Indiana Law Review 11 37 1,453 12,576 5,046
95 Oklahoma Law Review 15 33 1,617 10,724 6,346
96 Pepperdine Law Review 15 36 1,794 11,140 5,727
97 Cleveland State Law Review 11 35 1,340 10,967 6,166
98 Seattle University Law Review 14 31 2,085 7,765 8,260
99 Mississippi Law Journal 12 32 1,169 12,542 4,108
100 Mercer Law Review 9 39 1,281 12,664 3,824