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Comprehensive Rankings

Most-Cited Journals (U.S.)

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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 95 280 50,549 421,776 89,830
2 Yale Law Journal 86 255 45,182 356,364 97,487
3 Columbia Law Review 68 211 33,918 262,576 51,223
4 Stanford Law Review 66 187 28,210 179,164 62,523
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 56 177 24,877 166,329 39,474
6 California Law Review 53 157 22,079 148,844 56,589
7 Michigan Law Review 53 157 20,630 158,416 32,219
8 Virginia Law Review 49 163 19,036 149,848 30,754
9 University of Chicago Law Review 48 152 20,408 118,962 38,954
10 Texas Law Review 48 139 16,837 112,181 38,549
11 New York University Law Review 50 139 16,981 106,087 37,592
12 Georgetown Law Journal 50 125 16,561 98,852 44,053
13 Cornell Law Review 45 135 15,855 105,411 41,056
14 UCLA Law Review 49 128 15,704 93,184 48,957
15 Northwestern University Law Review 42 113 13,596 91,748 37,644
16 Vanderbilt Law Review 44 111 14,217 82,173 37,110
17 Minnesota Law Review 41 117 13,312 90,323 30,919
18 Fordham Law Review 37 86 15,256 70,016 37,753
19 Duke Law Journal 44 116 13,879 73,388 24,366
20 Iowa Law Review 35 98 11,361 65,294 35,339
21 Boston University Law Review 40 86 11,928 53,641 35,792
22 Notre Dame Law Review 40 78 13,182 50,506 32,250
23 Southern California Law Review 34 105 9,255 66,900 31,147
24 Foreign Affairs 4 20 315 4,701 128,490
25 International Legal Materials 29 138 5,162 111,366 6,140
26 George Washington Law Review 37 82 9,145 50,444 26,704
27 American Journal of International Law 23 95 5,815 65,737 27,756
28 North Carolina Law Review 29 87 7,687 54,164 27,254
29 Wisconsin Law Review 32 94 7,136 58,687 25,378
30 Indiana Law Journal 31 76 7,985 48,428 23,881
31 Law and Human Behavior 14 53 3,322 24,791 65,234
32 Business Lawyer (ABA) 19 83 5,308 70,515 14,785
33 Journal of Legal Studies 32 119 7,459 60,770 13,244
34 William & Mary Law Review 32 80 9,650 41,633 19,840
35 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 29 61 6,233 31,719 41,915
36 UC Law Journal 27 81 6,927 50,459 20,972
37 Cardozo Law Review 28 74 8,050 37,167 26,792
38 Washington University Law Review 30 71 8,448 36,997 23,497
39 University of Illinois Law Review 25 74 6,942 39,322 28,350
40 Boston College Law Review 35 66 8,806 28,049 28,881
41 Emory Law Journal 28 77 6,896 40,492 25,173
42 Journal of Law & Economics 25 88 5,622 49,403 20,054
43 U.C. Davis Law Review 32 66 8,974 29,925 21,454
44 Law and Contemporary Problems 21 68 5,160 47,816 23,129
45 Ohio State Law Journal 25 77 6,070 45,851 15,337
46 Washington Law Review 27 76 6,516 38,507 17,804
47 Tulane Law Review 20 70 4,152 44,314 23,144
48 ABA Journal 7 56 1,635 61,513 18,444
49 Journal of Legal Education 21 71 4,850 41,586 15,643
50 American University Law Review 25 68 5,573 34,490 17,472
51 Florida Law Review 30 57 5,900 28,218 21,473
52 Criminology/Criminologica 16 33 2,517 11,269 51,039
53 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 30 73 5,851 26,573 18,604
54 Washington and Lee Law Review 24 59 5,701 28,668 15,421
55 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 25 69 4,452 29,172 20,275
56 Connecticut Law Review 24 60 4,866 27,804 18,586
57 Arizona Law Review 23 64 5,006 30,058 15,298
58 Criminal Justice and Behavior 8 14 1,301 3,723 55,750
59 Wake Forest Law Review 23 53 4,949 23,260 19,120
60 American Criminal Law Review 19 56 3,858 23,336 23,429
61 University of Colorado Law Review 20 65 3,697 30,201 15,360
62 Georgia Law Review 24 67 4,267 27,152 12,697
63 American Journal of Comparative Law 19 56 3,550 26,099 16,182
64 Chicago-Kent Law Review 17 57 3,618 25,037 16,814
65 Supreme Court Review 38 94 4,926 31,946 3,865
66 Environmental Law Reporter 15 23 3,403 14,988 26,068
67 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 25 53 4,579 21,017 15,118
68 Law & Society Review 15 60 3,034 23,783 19,714
69 Brooklyn Law Review 19 57 4,058 26,889 12,012
70 Maryland Law Review 22 63 4,087 26,414 12,058
71 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 58 3,218 27,197 15,152
72 Fordham Urban Law Journal 18 43 3,938 18,223 19,258
73 Judicature 11 54 1,966 27,284 19,946
74 Administrative Law Review 29 57 5,160 21,943 9,387
75 Hofstra Law Review 20 59 3,631 26,914 11,241
76 Journal of Corporation Law 23 58 4,312 19,379 14,470
77 Antitrust Law Journal 26 54 4,455 22,928 10,368
78 Utah Law Review 17 53 3,510 21,035 15,500
79 Buffalo Law Review 22 60 3,186 23,633 13,208
80 Houston Law Review 17 51 3,125 23,302 13,363
81 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 14 27 3,524 12,972 20,374
82 Alabama Law Review 25 48 4,439 18,591 10,820
83 Criminology & Public Policy 9 15 1,587 2,301 38,476
84 DePaul Law Review 17 51 3,330 23,931 10,902
85 Harvard International Law Journal 17 56 2,012 16,009 24,014
86 Albany Law Review 17 46 2,711 22,331 14,796
87 Arizona State Law Journal 19 43 3,872 17,138 13,077
88 Rutgers University Law Review 15 59 2,773 25,304 10,624
89 Case Western Reserve Law Review 18 55 3,400 23,531 9,132
90 Yale Journal on Regulation 19 55 2,592 13,667 21,512
91 Brigham Young University Law Review 21 52 4,050 18,919 9,708
92 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 21 48 3,175 15,985 16,334
93 Louisiana Law Review 15 47 2,737 26,803 8,676
94 Temple Law Review 16 50 2,783 23,958 10,983
95 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 12 42 1,790 13,436 24,513
96 Virginia Journal of International Law 16 61 2,128 22,780 14,077
97 Journal of Democracy 14 18 1,609 2,052 34,884
98 Marquette Law Review 19 42 3,147 18,637 12,317
99 Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 1 6 33 305 42,951
100 SMU Law Review 18 49 2,676 22,303 10,756