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Comprehensive Rankings

Most-Cited Journals (U.S.)

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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 93 280 49,066 421,727 87,427
2 Yale Law Journal 84 255 43,979 356,352 95,974
3 Columbia Law Review 67 211 33,389 262,575 51,410
4 Stanford Law Review 66 187 27,470 179,168 61,590
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 55 177 24,248 166,019 39,081
6 California Law Review 52 157 21,453 147,038 56,848
7 Michigan Law Review 53 157 20,170 158,411 32,021
8 Virginia Law Review 48 163 18,547 149,847 30,702
9 University of Chicago Law Review 48 152 19,774 118,963 38,691
10 Texas Law Review 48 139 16,414 112,165 39,022
11 New York University Law Review 49 139 16,526 106,090 37,621
12 Georgetown Law Journal 49 125 16,113 98,886 43,822
13 Cornell Law Review 45 135 15,711 105,368 39,673
14 UCLA Law Review 48 128 15,336 93,182 49,143
15 Northwestern University Law Review 42 113 13,182 91,749 37,583
16 Vanderbilt Law Review 43 111 13,902 82,180 36,681
17 Minnesota Law Review 40 116 12,980 89,022 31,082
18 Fordham Law Review 37 86 14,827 70,010 37,590
19 Duke Law Journal 43 116 13,526 73,422 24,585
20 Iowa Law Review 34 98 11,098 65,298 35,340
21 Boston University Law Review 39 86 11,638 53,643 36,081
22 Notre Dame Law Review 39 78 12,813 50,507 32,236
23 Southern California Law Review 34 105 9,011 66,900 31,033
24 International Legal Materials 28 138 5,062 111,350 6,177
25 Foreign Affairs 4 20 306 4,690 120,394
26 George Washington Law Review 36 82 8,906 50,446 26,684
27 American Journal of International Law 23 95 5,676 65,730 28,284
28 North Carolina Law Review 28 87 7,494 54,184 27,765
29 Wisconsin Law Review 31 94 6,951 58,689 25,268
30 Indiana Law Journal 31 76 7,788 48,433 23,894
31 Law and Human Behavior 13 53 3,272 24,797 64,627
32 William & Mary Law Review 32 80 9,407 41,654 19,792
33 Business Lawyer (ABA) 19 83 5,044 70,519 14,705
34 Journal of Legal Studies 30 117 7,120 58,759 13,350
35 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 29 61 6,169 31,744 41,487
36 UC Law Journal 26 81 6,764 50,457 21,083
37 Cardozo Law Review 28 74 7,822 37,169 27,012
38 Washington University Law Review 30 71 8,198 37,001 23,736
39 University of Illinois Law Review 25 74 6,753 39,347 28,152
40 Boston College Law Review 35 66 8,574 28,051 29,000
41 Journal of Law & Economics 25 88 5,497 49,407 20,153
42 Law and Contemporary Problems 21 67 5,055 47,632 23,198
43 Emory Law Journal 27 76 6,445 37,971 25,094
44 U.C. Davis Law Review 32 66 8,763 29,926 21,107
45 Ohio State Law Journal 25 77 5,925 45,842 15,339
46 Washington Law Review 27 76 6,365 38,541 17,646
47 Tulane Law Review 19 70 4,020 44,294 23,196
48 ABA Journal 7 56 1,616 61,751 17,810
49 Journal of Legal Education 21 71 4,745 41,581 15,854
50 Florida Law Review 30 57 5,844 28,221 21,597
51 American University Law Review 24 68 5,435 34,492 17,492
52 Criminology/Criminologica 16 33 2,465 11,270 51,169
53 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 28 73 5,714 26,571 18,684
54 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 26 69 4,430 29,298 20,414
55 Washington and Lee Law Review 23 59 5,562 28,672 15,429
56 Connecticut Law Review 24 60 4,751 27,826 18,481
57 Criminal Justice and Behavior 8 14 1,269 3,719 56,309
58 Arizona Law Review 23 64 4,868 30,062 15,388
59 Wake Forest Law Review 23 53 4,842 23,266 19,216
60 American Criminal Law Review 19 56 3,777 23,334 23,858
61 University of Colorado Law Review 20 65 3,594 30,199 15,202
62 Georgia Law Review 23 67 4,155 27,154 12,694
63 Chicago-Kent Law Review 17 57 3,548 25,029 16,747
64 American Journal of Comparative Law 18 56 3,481 25,754 16,384
65 Environmental Law Reporter 15 23 3,352 14,988 26,198
66 Law & Society Review 15 60 2,954 23,784 20,057
67 Supreme Court Review 37 94 4,783 31,948 3,827
68 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 24 53 4,422 21,021 15,163
69 Brooklyn Law Review 19 57 3,952 26,888 12,073
70 Maryland Law Review 22 63 3,976 26,414 11,926
71 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 58 3,123 27,199 15,218
72 Fordham Urban Law Journal 17 43 3,841 18,238 19,281
73 Judicature 10 54 1,913 27,283 20,052
74 Administrative Law Review 28 57 5,052 21,943 9,385
75 Journal of Corporation Law 23 58 4,240 19,378 14,795
76 Hofstra Law Review 20 59 3,547 26,914 11,179
77 Antitrust Law Journal 26 54 4,383 22,917 10,630
78 Utah Law Review 17 53 3,457 21,029 15,441
79 Buffalo Law Review 20 60 3,102 23,635 13,275
80 Houston Law Review 17 51 3,081 23,299 13,332
81 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 14 27 3,429 12,977 20,671
82 SMU Law Review 18 53 3,036 26,183 10,723
83 Criminology & Public Policy 9 15 1,562 2,301 38,727
84 Alabama Law Review 24 48 4,312 18,593 10,718
85 Justice Quarterly 13 19 1,759 4,212 35,538
86 DePaul Law Review 17 51 3,227 23,931 10,962
87 Harvard International Law Journal 17 56 1,961 16,006 23,931
88 Albany Law Review 16 46 2,631 22,329 14,740
89 Arizona State Law Journal 19 43 3,783 17,139 13,127
90 Rutgers University Law Review 15 59 2,706 25,304 10,683
91 Case Western Reserve Law Review 18 55 3,319 23,531 9,074
92 Yale Journal on Regulation 19 55 2,540 13,625 21,478
93 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 12 42 1,751 13,436 25,332
94 Brigham Young University Law Review 21 52 3,925 18,920 9,808
95 Temple Law Review 16 50 2,719 23,956 10,994
96 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 20 48 3,083 15,976 16,130
97 Louisiana Law Review 15 47 2,597 26,806 8,482
98 Virginia Journal of International Law 16 61 2,079 22,777 14,148
99 Journal of Democracy 14 18 1,573 2,052 34,984
100 Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 1 6 33 309 43,026