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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard Law Review 88 270 42,875 384,939 73,578
2 Yale Law Journal 74 237 35,621 312,122 78,228
3 Columbia Law Review 61 197 26,115 233,023 40,906
4 Stanford Law Review 58 173 20,479 146,597 46,977
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 48 163 18,007 142,337 29,361
6 Michigan Law Review 47 152 17,047 144,264 26,917
7 California Law Review 45 148 16,977 125,864 43,855
8 Virginia Law Review 44 151 15,056 127,127 24,493
9 University of Chicago Law Review 46 141 15,477 103,108 28,054
10 Texas Law Review 42 120 12,639 96,581 30,532
11 New York University Law Review 47 131 13,611 92,178 30,587
12 Georgetown Law Journal 44 117 12,330 82,429 34,090
13 UCLA Law Review 42 119 11,946 78,447 37,337
14 Cornell Law Review 39 123 11,443 84,964 28,295
15 Northwestern University Law Review 37 109 10,314 80,428 29,372
16 Minnesota Law Review 35 111 10,219 81,077 24,359
17 Vanderbilt Law Review 39 105 10,833 70,443 28,113
18 Fordham Law Review 32 81 12,407 62,540 30,639
19 Iowa Law Review 32 91 8,852 58,789 27,869
20 Duke Law Journal 39 107 10,801 63,647 19,221
21 Southern California Law Review 30 102 6,697 59,175 23,625
22 Boston University Law Review 35 84 9,652 48,712 29,387
23 Notre Dame Law Review 37 75 10,286 43,753 25,411
24 Wisconsin Law Review 25 85 5,503 50,431 19,427
25 North Carolina Law Review 26 83 6,160 48,520 19,275
26 George Washington Law Review 32 79 7,236 44,225 19,080
27 Indiana Law Journal 29 74 6,620 44,537 18,921
28 UC Law Journal 25 79 5,698 44,695 16,092
29 Tulane Law Review 18 65 3,523 40,798 19,304
30 William & Mary Law Review 30 77 7,907 37,417 16,319
31 Cardozo Law Review 25 72 6,596 32,941 21,475
32 University of Illinois Law Review 23 71 5,363 34,278 20,836
33 Ohio State Law Journal 24 73 5,096 41,803 12,576
34 Washington University Law Review 26 67 6,640 33,163 18,319
35 Emory Law Journal 26 71 5,252 33,478 19,019
36 Washington Law Review 25 72 5,489 34,438 14,426
37 Boston College Law Review 29 62 6,710 24,692 20,771
38 U.C. Davis Law Review 30 65 7,280 26,788 17,294
39 American University Law Review 24 65 4,426 30,004 13,376
40 Florida Law Review 27 56 4,731 25,297 17,019
41 Washington and Lee Law Review 23 58 4,788 26,161 12,357
42 University of Colorado Law Review 19 64 3,168 28,078 11,753
43 Connecticut Law Review 21 59 4,080 25,289 13,339
44 Arizona Law Review 20 60 3,902 26,529 11,853
45 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 55 2,832 25,291 12,213
46 Georgia Law Review 21 66 3,579 25,241 10,256
47 Chicago-Kent Law Review 16 56 3,082 22,510 12,463
48 Brooklyn Law Review 18 54 3,466 24,340 9,730
49 Wake Forest Law Review 21 51 3,774 19,172 14,262
50 Maryland Law Review 20 60 3,350 23,428 9,775
51 Hofstra Law Review 19 57 3,056 23,808 8,935
52 Houston Law Review 17 49 2,802 21,264 11,164
53 Louisiana Law Review 14 47 2,332 24,562 7,135
54 Buffalo Law Review 18 56 2,619 20,359 10,635
55 Utah Law Review 17 52 3,016 19,182 11,376
56 Rutgers University Law Review 14 56 2,206 22,131 8,607
57 SMU Law Review 17 50 2,599 22,387 7,893
58 Oregon Law Review 15 56 1,940 22,799 7,985
59 DePaul Law Review 16 48 2,718 21,180 8,555
60 Penn State Law Review 13 45 1,971 23,112 7,198
61 Temple Law Review 15 48 2,220 21,005 8,119
62 Case Western Reserve Law Review 17 53 2,895 21,497 6,833
63 University of Miami Law Review 10 49 1,327 21,591 8,195
64 Albany Law Review 12 44 1,886 19,230 9,412
65 San Diego Law Review 15 48 2,172 18,343 9,398
66 Villanova Law Review 16 50 2,284 18,871 7,964
67 Alabama Law Review 22 48 3,601 16,680 8,516
68 Missouri Law Review 12 45 2,078 18,191 8,384
69 Brigham Young University Law Review 20 50 3,408 16,923 7,929
70 Marquette Law Review 17 39 2,582 16,352 8,986
71 Tennessee Law Review 15 49 1,905 19,329 6,500
72 Arizona State Law Journal 17 41 2,955 15,047 9,493
73 Nebraska Law Review 17 45 2,309 18,585 6,410
74 Kentucky Law Journal 11 39 1,407 19,808 5,407
75 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 13 45 1,592 16,014 8,775
76 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 12 42 1,876 16,386 8,025
77 University of Kansas Law Review 15 46 2,008 17,250 6,780
78 Florida State University Law Review 14 48 2,384 15,445 6,540
79 Catholic University Law Review 12 39 1,787 16,139 5,045
80 Saint Louis University Law Journal 14 35 1,728 14,084 6,973
81 West Virginia Law Review 13 38 1,545 14,550 6,607
82 UMKC Law Review 13 32 1,779 10,895 9,426
83 St. John's Law Review 11 36 1,618 14,877 5,373
84 South Carolina Law Review 15 43 1,979 13,977 5,872
85 Seton Hall Law Review 14 37 2,074 11,749 7,450
86 Syracuse Law Review 11 37 1,250 13,831 6,008
87 Wayne Law Review 9 39 860 14,802 5,336
88 University of Richmond Law Review 14 35 1,829 11,526 7,006
89 Denver Law Review 14 33 1,505 10,742 8,055
90 Santa Clara Law Review 13 39 1,628 13,404 4,996
91 New York Law School Law Review 10 36 1,115 11,842 7,033
92 Howard Law Journal 12 36 1,327 10,429 8,050
93 University of San Francisco Law Review 9 39 930 12,248 6,217
94 Indiana Law Review 11 37 1,475 12,587 5,084
95 Oklahoma Law Review 15 33 1,642 10,747 6,452
96 Pepperdine Law Review 15 36 1,823 11,151 5,771
97 Cleveland State Law Review 11 35 1,371 10,968 6,256
98 Seattle University Law Review 14 31 2,108 7,777 8,450
99 Mercer Law Review 9 39 1,295 12,695 3,919
100 Mississippi Law Journal 12 32 1,196 12,482 4,175