Most-Cited Legal Periodicals: U.S. General Periodicals
Ranked by Journals 1996-2003

Journals with title changes are listed under their current title

Rank	Journal Name	Journals 1996-2003	Journals 1995-2002	Cases 1996-2003	Cases 1995-2002
1	Harvard Law Review	6682	6557	319	324
2	Yale Law Journal	5582	5716	133	158
3	Columbia Law Review	4742	5057	205	228
4	Stanford Law Review	4262	4400	68	61
5	Michigan Law Review	4065	4173	109	141
6	Fordham Law Review	3511	3468	124	125
7	Georgetown Law Journal	3490	3525	136	137
8	California Law Review	3348	3120	45	51
9	Texas Law Review	3221	3179	129	130
10	New York University Law Review	3205	2931	131	138
11	University of Chicago Law Review	3107	3147	140	133
12	Virginia Law Review	3055	3160	72	74
13	UCLA Law Review	2976	2819	58	65
14	University of Pennsylvania Law Review	2923	3162	76	77
15	Cornell Law Review	2893	3014	76	90
16	Vanderbilt Law Review	2668	2756	114	130
17	Minnesota Law Review	2653	2470	74	69
18	Northwestern University Law Review	2470	2436	49	46
19	Notre Dame Law Review	2102	1902	88	79
20	Duke Law Journal	2066	2087	73	65
21	North Carolina Law Review	2055	2011	74	74
22	Southern California Law Review	2030	2151	38	40
23	William and Mary Law Review	2017	1986	56	53
24	Indiana Law Journal	1923	1901	52	57
25	Cardozo Law Review	1901	1782	41	38
26	Connecticut Law Review	1847	1762	54	45
27	Ohio State Law Journal	1824	1696	43	41
28	Arizona Law Review	1813	1764	56	54
29	Tulane Law Review	1784	1577	89	88
30	University of Colorado Law Review	1741	1774	44	51
31	Emory Law Journal	1666	1591	54	51
32	Iowa Law Review	1634	1669	52	61
33	American University Law Review	1569	1758	39	40
34	Albany Law Review	1560	1643	47	53
35	Wisconsin Law Review	1526	1588	38	46
36	Hastings Law Journal	1524	1631	41	43
37	Wake Forest Law Review	1506	1570	61	54
38	University of Illinois Law Review	1500	1409	53	52
39	Chicago-Kent Law Review	1486	1352	21	12
39	Washington University Law Quarterly	1486	1538	49	45
41	Boston University Law Review	1466	1632	43	49
42	Houston Law Review	1463	1327	134	121
43	U.C. Davis Law Review	1333	1315	28	23
44	Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review	1313	1338	22	24
45	George Washington Law Review	1237	1239	48	46
46	Oregon Law Review	1232	1203	11	21
47	University of Cincinnati Law Review	1226	1203	28	29
48	DePaul Law Review	1190	1157	44	49
49	Villanova Law Review	1182	1063	35	34
50	Washington & Lee Law Review	1149	1224	35	40
51	SMU Law Review	1137	1117	53	53
52	Washington Law Review	1136	1177	50	45
53	Boston College Law Review	1125	1027	40	41
54	Case Western Reserve Law Review	1124	1126	16	15
55	Georgia Law Review	1116	1173	49	46
56	University of Miami Law Review	1092	961	37	31
57	Buffalo Law Review	1078	1007	32	31
58	Arizona State Law Journal	1074	1076	28	34
59	Brigham Young University Law Review	1049	923	30	30
60	University of Pittsburgh Law Review	1023	908	33	30
61	Florida State University Law Review	1022	1001	59	54
62	South Texas Law Review	1021	1054	34	44
63	Saint Louis University Law Journal	993	962	27	27
64	Brooklyn Law Review	985	1099	53	59
65	Maryland Law Review	982	1220	34	54
66	Hofstra Law Review	974	900	31	30
67	Catholic University Law Review	926	905	21	26
68	Rutgers Law Review	905	1012	31	40
69	Temple Law Review	886	1075	61	64
70	San Diego Law Review	872	813	27	23
71	Indiana Law Review	854	810	50	40
72	Seton Hall Law Review	850	820	53	53
73	Florida Law Review	841	791	34	29
74	University of Kansas Law Review	839	809	24	37
75	Alabama Law Review	838	683	65	53
76	South Carolina Law Review	835	859	55	54
77	Marquette Law Review	834	781	44	60
77	University of Richmond Law Review	834	818	29	31
79	Denver University Law Review	814	828	24	19
80	Creighton Law Review	810	827	43	48
81	Tennessee Law Review	809	801	45	44
82	Santa Clara Law Review	787	869	29	27
83	Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal	764	760	39	39
84	John Marshall Law Review	753	810	18	20
85	Valparaiso University Law Review	734	764	32	29
86	George Mason Law Review	733	581	22	14
87	William Mitchell Law Review	724	581	58	52
88	Louisiana Law Review	707	662	93	103
89	Rutgers Law Journal	685	718	42	43
90	St. John's Law Review	682	650	35	27
91	Kentucky Law Journal	681	668	37	32
92	Tulsa Law Review	656	588	16	13
93	Georgia State University Law Review	655	586	27	27
93	McGeorge Law Review	655	610	17	22
95	New England Law Review	645	614	14	15
96	Mercer Law Review	637	761	29	27
97	Utah Law Review	636	665	21	17
98	Nebraska Law Review	633	578	30	28
99	Texas Tech Law Review	624	634	39	44
100	University of San Francisco Law Review	620	637	15	14
101	Cumberland Law Review	605	634	34	30
102	Stetson Law Review	602	617	23	26
103	St. Mary's Law Journal	600	683	136	128
104	Missouri Law Review	593	602	36	43
105	Drake Law Review	579	514	63	63
106	Akron Law Review	568	521	13	13
107	Baylor Law Review	565	635	111	98
108	Seattle University Law Review	558	560	41	33
109	Vermont Law Review	537	577	11	16
110	UMKC Law Review	532	468	27	30
111	Syracuse Law Review	526	516	22	18
112	Penn State Law Review	516	539	33	32
113	Willamette Law Review	514	505	23	21
114	Duquesne Law Review	511	595	18	26
115	Whittier Law Review	499	524	9	11
116	New York Law School Law Review	498	431	23	19
117	University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review	494	433	21	20
118	University of Dayton Law Review	490	535	12	15
119	University of Memphis Law Review	485	595	54	57
120	Pepperdine Law Review	480	561	18	28
121	Capital University Law Review	473	399	2	5
122	Washburn Law Journal	445	416	13	13
123	St. Thomas Law Review	441	526	17	20
124	University of Toledo Law Review	435	556	11	29
125	Wayne Law Review	425	425	21	25
126	New Mexico Law Review	420	393	17	19
127	California Western Law Review	416	395	2	2
128	Howard Law Journal	406	493	2	4
129	Southern Illinois University Law Journal	402	434	19	20
130	University of Detroit Mercy Law Review	399	425	10	17
131	Nova Law Review	388	486	10	17
132	Gonzaga Law Review	383	357	21	30
132	Oklahoma Law Review	383	368	23	22
134	Wyoming Law Review	379	394	30	26
135	North Dakota Law Review	369	416	26	28
136	West Virginia Law Review	366	352	27	31
137	Brandeis Law Journal	365	331	20	22
138	Idaho Law Review	361	380	14	12
139	Arkansas Law Review	360	438	35	34
140	Southwestern University Law Review	358	385	14	14
141	Oklahoma City University Law Review	349	265	16	12
142	Golden Gate University Law Review	341	325	6	9
143	Suffolk University Law Review	334	378	20	20
144	Ohio Northern University Law Review	331	340	6	8
145	Hamline Law Review	326	304	8	8
146	Loyola Law Review	321	267	20	19
147	Northern Kentucky Law Review	318	331	7	5
148	Northern Illinois University Law Review	293	303	9	10
149	University of Hawaii Law Review	290	243	21	11
150	Pace Law Review	288	321	13	17
151	Maine Law Review	281	254	25	27
152	Roger Williams University Law Review (1996- )	267	208	10	8
152	South Dakota Law Review	267	244	24	22
152	Thomas M. Cooley Law Review	267	244	8	9
155	Cleveland State Law Review	264	256	8	11
156	Campbell Law Review	250	243	8	15
157	Montana Law Review	244	439	17	24
158	Touro Law Review	239	241	22	18
159	QLR [Quinnipiac Law Review]	237	215	9	11
160	Mississippi Law Journal	227	241	31	26
161	Western New England Law Review	217	199	13	12
162	Regent University Law Review	203	190	3	8
163	Michigan State DCL Law Review	197	192	0	2
164	Revista Juridica Universidad de Puerto Rico	196	180	8	9
165	Chapman Law Review (1998- )	164	113	5	3
166	Thomas Jefferson Law Review	155	129	4	2
167	Alaska Law Review	146	136	5	5
168	Texas Wesleyan Law Review	138	133	11	9
169	Mississippi College Law Review	134	132	3	4
170	Southern University Law Review	130	116	1	2
171	Widener Law Journal	109	127	0	0
172	University of Baltimore Law Review	82	75	10	9
173	Western State University Law Review	63	53	3	3
174	Delaware Law Review (1998- )	52	33	12	7
175	Thurgood Marshall Law Review	51	57	2	3
176	UWLA Law Review [University of West Los Angeles]	41	23	1	1
177	New York City Law Review (1996- )	34	23	1	1
178	Revista Juridica de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico	28	16	4	3
179	North Carolina Central Law Journal	25	81	2	5
180	Florida Coastal Law Journal (1999- )	23	9	1	1
181	Nevada Law Journal (2001- )	18	2	2	1
182	Journal of the Suffolk Academy of Law	15	13	0	1
183	Barry Law Review (2000- )	12	0	0	0
184	Ave Maria Law Review (2002- )	6	0	0	0
185	Revista de Derecho Puertorriqueno	5	5	0	0
186	University of the District of Columbia Law Review	3	4	0	0
187	Lincoln Law Review	1	2	0	0
187	San Francisco Law Review	1	1	0	0
189	Appalachian Journal of Law (2002- )	0	0	0	0
189	Pierce Law Review (2002- )	0	0	0	0
189	Revista de Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico	0	1	0	0

 191 Journals