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Comprehensive Rankings

Most-Cited Journals (U.S.)

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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 97 280 52,231 421,758 89,728
2 Yale Law Journal 88 255 46,745 356,351 93,940
3 Columbia Law Review 70 206 34,731 252,992 50,146
4 Stanford Law Review 68 187 29,118 179,152 61,559
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 57 177 25,691 166,331 38,074
6 California Law Review 52 153 21,918 139,248 53,608
7 Michigan Law Review 53 157 21,263 158,415 31,027
8 Virginia Law Review 51 163 19,692 149,850 29,590
9 University of Chicago Law Review 50 152 21,038 118,962 37,643
10 Texas Law Review 49 139 17,376 112,169 37,005
11 New York University Law Review 51 139 17,494 106,087 36,259
12 Georgetown Law Journal 52 125 17,116 98,833 41,991
13 UCLA Law Review 49 128 16,209 93,187 46,605
14 Cornell Law Review 44 127 15,566 97,313 39,337
15 Northwestern University Law Review 43 113 14,055 91,757 36,339
16 Vanderbilt Law Review 45 111 14,822 82,177 35,602
17 Minnesota Law Review 42 117 13,746 90,322 29,249
18 Fordham Law Review 38 86 15,769 70,019 36,461
19 Duke Law Journal 45 116 14,385 73,492 23,147
20 Iowa Law Review 35 98 11,761 65,298 33,298
21 Notre Dame Law Review 40 78 13,637 51,132 31,122
22 Boston University Law Review 40 86 12,344 53,646 33,650
23 Southern California Law Review 35 105 9,515 66,900 29,726
24 International Legal Materials 29 138 5,344 111,371 5,827
25 Foreign Affairs 4 20 335 4,746 122,128
26 George Washington Law Review 37 82 9,429 50,473 25,578
27 American Journal of International Law 24 95 6,000 65,734 26,313
28 North Carolina Law Review 29 87 7,971 54,329 25,904
29 Wisconsin Law Review 32 94 7,348 58,092 23,471
30 Indiana Law Journal 31 76 8,300 48,428 22,442
31 Journal of Legal Studies 32 119 7,650 60,772 13,412
32 Business Lawyer (ABA) 20 83 5,451 70,519 13,848
33 William & Mary Law Review 34 80 9,985 41,634 19,048
34 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 29 61 6,376 31,719 39,704
35 Cardozo Law Review 29 74 8,319 37,167 25,823
36 UC Law Journal 27 80 6,982 49,785 20,245
37 Law and Human Behavior 15 53 3,418 24,791 57,645
38 Washington University Law Review 31 71 8,810 36,998 22,717
39 University of Illinois Law Review 25 74 7,167 39,325 26,373
40 Boston College Law Review 36 66 9,141 28,070 27,048
41 Emory Law Journal 29 77 7,109 40,486 23,779
42 Journal of Law & Economics 25 88 5,747 49,402 19,808
43 Law and Contemporary Problems 21 67 5,324 47,714 22,138
44 U.C. Davis Law Review 33 66 9,288 29,926 20,159
45 Ohio State Law Journal 26 77 6,245 45,934 14,448
46 Washington Law Review 28 76 6,735 38,584 17,031
47 ABA Journal 7 56 1,682 61,732 17,109
48 Tulane Law Review 20 70 4,305 44,295 18,106
49 Journal of Legal Education 22 71 5,043 41,583 14,361
50 American University Law Review 25 68 5,772 34,493 16,443
51 Florida Law Review 31 57 6,215 28,219 19,742
52 Criminology/Criminologica 17 33 2,577 11,272 49,421
53 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 30 73 6,007 26,571 17,484
54 Washington and Lee Law Review 24 59 5,874 28,669 14,801
55 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 25 69 4,592 29,169 19,386
56 Connecticut Law Review 24 60 5,030 27,810 17,328
57 Arizona Law Review 23 64 5,124 29,962 14,638
58 Wake Forest Law Review 24 53 5,085 23,261 18,336
59 American Criminal Law Review 20 56 3,957 23,338 21,966
60 Criminal Justice and Behavior 9 14 1,328 3,719 50,925
61 University of Colorado Law Review 21 65 3,820 30,201 14,128
62 Georgia Law Review 24 67 4,411 27,154 12,118
63 American Journal of Comparative Law 20 56 3,679 26,085 15,440
64 Chicago-Kent Law Review 17 57 3,733 25,027 16,016
65 Supreme Court Review 38 94 5,077 31,945 3,880
66 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 25 53 4,753 21,020 14,455
67 Law & Society Review 15 60 3,109 23,784 19,014
68 Brooklyn Law Review 20 57 4,178 26,891 11,314
69 Maryland Law Review 22 63 4,236 26,408 11,206
70 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 58 3,314 27,199 14,404
71 Environmental Law Reporter 15 23 3,493 14,988 24,347
72 Fordham Urban Law Journal 18 43 4,065 18,224 18,116
73 Administrative Law Review 30 57 5,311 21,943 9,147
74 Judicature 11 54 2,044 27,284 18,602
75 Hofstra Law Review 21 59 3,723 26,914 10,669
76 Journal of Corporation Law 24 58 4,510 19,379 13,399
77 Antitrust Law Journal 26 54 4,648 22,890 9,557
78 Utah Law Review 18 53 3,651 21,043 14,877
79 SMU Law Review 18 53 3,235 26,185 10,542
80 Buffalo Law Review 23 60 3,288 23,633 12,441
81 Houston Law Review 17 51 3,227 23,306 12,632
82 Alabama Law Review 25 48 4,578 18,591 10,203
83 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 14 27 3,664 12,970 19,111
84 Harvard International Law Journal 17 56 2,088 16,006 23,289
85 DePaul Law Review 18 51 3,447 23,937 10,074
86 Albany Law Review 18 46 2,805 22,334 13,744
87 Arizona State Law Journal 19 43 4,014 17,136 12,286
88 Rutgers University Law Review 15 59 2,850 25,308 10,134
89 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 21 48 3,265 15,985 16,478
90 Criminology & Public Policy 9 15 1,615 2,301 35,867
91 Case Western Reserve Law Review 19 55 3,498 23,534 8,535
92 Justice Quarterly 14 18 1,770 3,981 33,398
93 Brigham Young University Law Review 22 52 4,196 18,919 9,227
94 Louisiana Law Review 15 47 2,806 26,805 8,242
95 Temple Law Review 17 50 2,870 23,955 10,330
96 Yale Journal on Regulation 19 55 2,686 13,625 19,907
97 Virginia Journal of International Law 17 61 2,192 22,776 12,916
98 Marquette Law Review 20 42 3,250 18,640 11,812
99 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 12 42 1,851 13,435 22,194
100 Oregon Law Review 17 58 2,420 24,672 9,552