Last week I posted my annual law review ranking for main law reviews based on Google Scholar Metrics. Google produces a ranking of journals based on the number of citations to recent articles in Google Scholar. This is an important complement to other citation ranking systems such as Washington and Lee's ranking, in part because Google picks up citations in more publications.
In this post, I have added specialty, secondary, and law-related peer-reviewed journals to the ranking. This allows for comparison of main law school reviews on the same scale as specialty and peer reviewed journals.
I have used the 2015 Google data to rank the journals using the average of Google's two measures, the H5 index and the H5 median, which seems to give more balanced and less volatile results than using either measure individually. For more details on these measures, see my original post on the Google Rankings. You can find last year's main law review rankings for 2014 here. You can find the 2014 ranking for all law reviews here.
The table is not a complete list as Google does not keep track of all journals. As a result, a journal that is listed low in this list or not listed at all is not necessary a "low-ranked journal," as there may be dozens or hundreds ranked lower that are not part of the dataset. I have tried to include as many law journals included by Google but I may have missed some, so please feel free to leave comments with any corrections or omissions, and please refrain from shooting the messenger.
Are you curious whether your article was one of the most cited in the journal in the last five years? You can click the blue number under the "H5 Index" column to see any journal's most cited articles for the last five years.
Rank |
Journal Name |
Average Score |
h5-index |
h5-median |
1 |
Harvard Law Review |
62 |
82 |
|
2 |
Yale Law Journal |
52.5 |
67 |
|
3 |
Columbia Law Review |
50 |
61 |
|
4 |
Stanford Law Review |
49.5 |
62 |
|
5 |
University of Pennsylvania Law Review |
47 |
58 |
|
6 |
Georgetown Law Journal |
43 |
50 |
|
7 |
Michigan Law Review |
43 |
56 |
|
8 |
Texas Law Review |
41 |
50 |
|
9 |
California Law Review |
40.5 |
47 |
|
10 |
Virginia Law Review |
39 |
47 |
|
11 |
New York University Law Review |
38.5 |
49 |
|
12 |
Minnesota Law Review |
38 |
47 |
|
13 |
Journal of Law & Economics |
36.5 |
47 |
|
14 |
Cornell Law Review |
35.5 |
41 |
|
15 |
Duke Law Journal |
35.5 |
42 |
|
16 |
American Journal of International Law |
35.5 |
46 |
|
17 |
UCLA Law Review |
35 |
41 |
|
18 |
Law and Human Behavior |
34 |
40 |
|
19 |
Vanderbilt Law Review |
34 |
41 |
|
20 |
University of Chicago Law Review |
34 |
42 |
|
21 |
Notre Dame Law Review |
32.5 |
38 |
|
22 |
William and Mary Law Review |
32 |
38 |
|
23 |
Iowa Law Review |
31.5 |
36 |
|
24 |
North Carolina Law Review |
30.5 |
35 |
|
25 |
Law & Society Review |
30.5 |
40 |
|
26 |
Florida Law Review |
30 |
35 |
|
27 |
Northwestern University Law Review |
30 |
35 |
|
28 |
Fordham Law Review |
30 |
36 |
|
29 |
Wisconsin Law Review |
30 |
39 |
|
30 |
Boston University Law Review |
29.5 |
32 |
|
31 |
Indiana Law Journal |
29.5 |
33 |
|
32 |
Boston College Law Review |
29.5 |
37 |
|
33 |
Harvard Law Review Forum |
29.5 |
39 |
|
34 |
European Journal of International Law |
29 |
33 |
|
35 |
University of Illinois Law Review |
28 |
32 |
|
36 |
Iowa Journal of Corporate Law |
28 |
39 |
|
37 |
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies |
27.5 |
32 |
|
38 |
Virginia Journal of International Law |
27 |
32 |
|
39 |
Emory Law Journal |
27 |
33 |
|
40 |
George Washington Law Review |
26.5 |
30 |
|
41 |
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics |
26 |
33 |
|
42 |
Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy |
26 |
29 |
|
43 |
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology |
26 |
29 |
|
44 |
Hastings Law Journal |
26 |
30 |
|
45 |
American Journal of Comparative Law |
26 |
31 |
|
46 |
Berkeley Technology Law Journal |
26 |
32 |
|
47 |
Cardozo Law Review |
25.5 |
29 |
|
48 |
Lewis & Clark Law Review |
25.5 |
31 |
|
49 |
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization |
25 |
41 |
|
50 |
Arizona Law Review |
25 |
29 |
|
51 |
Washington University Law Review |
25 |
31 |
|
52 |
Southern California Law Review |
24.5 |
27 |
|
53 |
European Law Journal |
24.5 |
31 |
|
54 |
Chicago Journal of International Law |
24 |
31 |
|
55 |
Seattle University Law Review |
23.5 |
27 |
|
56 |
International and Comparative Law Quarterly |
23.5 |
30 |
|
57 |
Wake Forest Law Review |
23.5 |
30 |
|
58 |
American University Law Review |
23 |
26 |
|
59 |
Connecticut Law Review |
23 |
27 |
|
60 |
Vermont Law Review |
23 |
30 |
|
61 |
Psychology, Crime & Law |
22.5 |
24 |
|
62 |
Antitrust Law Journal |
22.5 |
25 |
|
63 |
UC Davis Law Review |
22.5 |
25 |
|
64 |
Ohio State Law Journal |
22.5 |
27 |
|
65 |
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics |
22.5 |
28 |
|
66 |
Behavioral Sciences & the Law |
22 |
35 |
|
67 |
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry |
22 |
29 |
|
68 |
Maryland Law Review |
22 |
25 |
|
69 |
Journal of Competition Law and Economics |
21.5 |
25 |
|
70 |
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law |
21.5 |
26 |
|
71 |
Law & Social Inquiry |
21.5 |
27 |
|
72 |
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review |
21.5 |
27 |
|
73 |
Journal of International Economic Law |
21 |
28 |
|
74 |
Washington & Lee Law Review |
21 |
24 |
|
75 |
George Mason Law Review |
20.5 |
22 |
|
76 |
Alabama Law Review |
20.5 |
25 |
|
77 |
American Journal of Law & Medicine |
20.5 |
25 |
|
78 |
New York University Journal of International Law & Policy |
20.5 |
25 |
|
79 |
Washington Law Review |
20.5 |
25 |
|
80 |
Fordham Urban Law Journal |
20 |
23 |
|
81 |
German Law Journal |
20 |
23 |
|
82 |
The Modern Law Review |
20 |
24 |
|
83 |
American University of International Law Review |
20 |
26 |
|
84 |
Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law |
20 |
26 |
|
85 |
Brigham Young University Law Review |
19.5 |
22 |
|
86 |
Crime, Law and Social Change |
19.5 |
22 |
|
87 |
Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics |
19.5 |
23 |
|
88 |
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online |
19.5 |
23 |
|
89 |
Pepperdine Law Review |
19.5 |
23 |
|
90 |
International Journal of Constitutional Law |
19.5 |
24 |
|
91 |
Journal on Telecommunications & High Technology Law |
19.5 |
24 |
|
92 |
Seton Hall Law Review |
19.5 |
24 |
|
93 |
Law and Contemporary Problems |
19 |
21 |
|
94 |
Missouri Law Review |
19 |
22 |
|
95 |
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law |
19 |
23 |
|
96 |
Georgia Law Review |
19 |
24 |
|
97 |
Business Lawyer (ABA) |
19 |
24 |
|
98 |
Howard Law Journal |
19 |
26 |
|
99 |
Houston Law Review |
18.5 |
21 |
|
100 |
New York Law School Law Review |
18.5 |
21 |
|
101 |
Pennsylvania State Law Review |
18.5 |
21 |
|
102 |
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law |
18.5 |
21 |
|
103 |
Buffalo Law Review |
18.5 |
22 |
|
104 |
Chicago-Kent Law Review |
18.5 |
22 |
|
105 |
Albany Law Review |
18.5 |
23 |
|
106 |
Environmental Law |
18 |
20 |
|
107 |
European Journal of Migration and Law |
18 |
20 |
|
108 |
Santa Clara Law Review |
18 |
20 |
|
109 |
Tulane Law Review |
18 |
20 |
|
110 |
Journal of Environmental Law |
18 |
21 |
|
111 |
Denver University Law Review |
18 |
22 |
|
112 |
Louisiana Law Review |
18 |
23 |
|
113 |
Kansas Law Review |
17.5 |
19 |
|
114 |
European Journal of Law and Economics |
17.5 |
20 |
|
115 |
University of Cincinnati Law Review |
17.5 |
20 |
|
116 |
Election Law Journal |
17.5 |
21 |
|
117 |
European Law Review |
17.5 |
21 |
|
118 |
South Carolina Law Review |
17.5 |
21 |
|
119 |
Florida State University Law Review |
17.5 |
22 |
|
120 |
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law |
17.5 |
22 |
|
121 |
Tax Law Review |
17 |
22 |
|
122 |
Administrative Law Review |
17 |
19 |
|
123 |
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology |
17 |
19 |
|
124 |
Oregon Law Review |
17 |
19 |
|
125 |
Akron Law Review |
17 |
20 |
|
126 |
Fordham International Law Journal |
17 |
20 |
|
127 |
Georgia State University Law Review |
17 |
20 |
|
128 |
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform |
17 |
20 |
|
129 |
University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law |
17 |
20 |
|
130 |
Utah Law Review |
17 |
20 |
|
131 |
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal |
17 |
21 |
|
132 |
Indiana Law Review |
17 |
21 |
|
133 |
Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts |
17 |
22 |
|
134 |
University of Miami Law Review |
16.5 |
18 |
|
135 |
Washington University Journal of Law & Policy |
16.5 |
18 |
|
136 |
Arkansas Law Review |
16.5 |
19 |
|
137 |
Brooklyn Law Review |
16.5 |
19 |
|
138 |
Georgetown Journal of International Law |
16.5 |
19 |
|
139 |
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies |
16.5 |
19 |
|
140 |
University of Richmond Law Review |
16.5 |
19 |
|
141 |
Cornell International Law Journal |
16.5 |
21 |
|
142 |
Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law |
16.5 |
24 |
|
143 |
DePaul Law Review |
16 |
18 |
|
144 |
Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal |
16 |
18 |
|
145 |
Case Western Reserve Law Review |
16 |
20 |
|
146 |
Brooklyn Journal International Law |
15.5 |
18 |
|
147 |
Washburn Law Journal |
15.5 |
18 |
|
148 |
UC Irvine Law Review |
15.5 |
18 |
|
149 |
American Criminal Law Review |
15.5 |
19 |
|
150 |
Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal |
15.5 |
19 |
|
151 |
Columbia Journal of Gender and Law |
15.5 |
19 |
|
152 |
Pace Law Review |
15 |
17 |
|
153 |
San Diego Law Review |
15 |
17 |
|
154 |
Nevada Law Journal |
15 |
18 |
|
155 |
UMKC Law Review |
15 |
18 |
|
156 |
Villanova Law Review |
15 |
18 |
|
157 |
Creighton Law Review |
15 |
18 |
|
158 |
Rutgers Law Review |
15 |
20 |
|
159 |
Arizona State Law Journal |
14.5 |
16 |
|
160 |
Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review |
14.5 |
16 |
|
161 |
Denver Journal of International Law & Policy |
14.5 |
18 |
|
162 |
New York University Review of Law & Social Change |
14.5 |
18 |
|
163 |
Northwestern Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property |
14.5 |
18 |
|
164 |
Tennessee Law Review |
14.5 |
18 |
|
165 |
Review of European Community & International Environmental Law |
14.5 |
19 |
|
166 |
Hastings constitutional law quarterly |
14 |
15 |
|
167 |
Marquette Law Review |
14 |
15 |
|
168 |
Temple Law Review |
14 |
15 |
|
169 |
William Mitchell Law Review |
14 |
15 |
|
170 |
Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal |
14 |
16 |
|
171 |
St. Louis Law Journal |
14 |
16 |
|
172 |
Boston College International and Comparative Law Review |
14 |
17 |
|
173 |
Drake Law Review |
14 |
17 |
|
174 |
Mississippi Law Journal |
14 |
17 |
|
175 |
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology |
14 |
17 |
|
176 |
Duquesne Law Review |
14 |
17 |
|
177 |
New England Law Review |
14 |
17 |
|
178 |
SMU Law Review |
14 |
18 |
|
179 |
Vermont Journal of Environmental Law |
14 |
18 |
|
180 |
New Criminal Law Review |
13.5 |
15 |
|
181 |
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law |
13.5 |
16 |
|
182 |
Hofstra Law Review |
13.5 |
16 |
|
183 |
Maine Law Review |
13.5 |
16 |
|
184 |
Pace Environmental Law Review |
13.5 |
16 |
|
185 |
Texas Tech Law Review |
13.5 |
16 |
|
186 |
Syracuse Law Review |
13.5 |
17 |
|
187 |
Theoretical Inquiries in Law |
13.5 |
17 |
|
188 |
Southwestern Law Review |
13 |
15 |
|
189 |
Family Law Quarterly |
13 |
16 |
|
190 |
Suffolk University Law Review |
13 |
16 |
|
191 |
Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems |
13 |
16 |
|
192 |
Oklahoma City University Law Review |
13 |
19 |
|
193 |
University of St. Thomas Law Journal |
12.5 |
13 |
|
194 |
Catholic University Law Review |
12.5 |
14 |
|
195 |
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law |
12.5 |
14 |
|
196 |
Capital University Law Review |
12.5 |
14 |
|
197 |
European Business Organization Law Review |
12.5 |
15 |
|
198 |
International Criminal Law Review |
12.5 |
15 |
|
199 |
John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law |
12.5 |
15 |
|
200 |
Nebraska Law Review |
12.5 |
15 |
|
201 |
Ohio Northern University Law Review |
12.5 |
17 |
|
202 |
Stanford Law & Policy Review |
12 |
17 |
|
203 |
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law |
12 |
13 |
|
204 |
John Marshall Law Review |
12 |
13 |
|
205 |
Michigan State Law Review |
12 |
13 |
|
206 |
North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation |
12 |
13 |
|
207 |
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law |
12 |
14 |
|
208 |
William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review |
12 |
14 |
|
209 |
McGeorge Law Review |
12 |
14 |
|
210 |
Kentucky Law Journal |
12 |
15 |
|
211 |
George Washington International Law Review |
11.5 |
13 |
|
212 |
Valparaiso University Law Review |
11.5 |
13 |
|
213 |
European Review of Private Law |
11.5 |
15 |
|
214 |
West Virginia Law Review |
11 |
12 |
|
215 |
Cleveland State Law Review |
11 |
13 |
|
216 |
University of Toledo Law Review |
11 |
13 |
|
217 |
European Company and Financial Law Review |
11 |
14 |
|
218 |
European Constitutional Law Review |
11 |
14 |
|
219 |
Marquette Sports Law Review |
11 |
14 |
|
220 |
Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law |
10.5 |
11 |
|
221 |
Mercer Law Review |
10.5 |
11 |
|
222 |
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal |
10.5 |
13 |
|
223 |
University of Memphis Law Review |
10.5 |
13 |
|
224 |
Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary |
10.5 |
16 |
|
225 |
International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice |
10 |
11 |
|
226 |
Wisconsin International Law Journal |
10 |
11 |
|
227 |
Wyoming Law Review |
10 |
11 |
|
228 |
Criminal Law and Philosophy |
10 |
12 |
|
229 |
Mississippi College Law Review |
10 |
12 |
|
230 |
Touro Law Review |
10 |
12 |
|
231 |
Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law |
10 |
15 |
|
232 |
Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law |
10 |
15 |
|
233 |
Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution |
9.5 |
10 |
|
234 |
Loyola Law Review |
9.5 |
11 |
|
235 |
Northern Kentucky Law Review |
9.5 |
11 |
|
236 |
Southern Illinois University Law Journal |
9.5 |
11 |
|
237 |
Campbell Law Review |
9.5 |
11 |
|
238 |
Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender |
9 |
10 |
|
239 |
European Journal of Law and Technology |
9 |
10 |
|
240 |
ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law |
9 |
10 |
|
241 |
Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review |
9 |
10 |
|
242 |
University of Louisville Law Review |
9 |
10 |
|
243 |
Georgia Journal of Law & Public Policy |
9 |
11 |
|
244 |
South Dakota Law Review |
9 |
11 |
|
245 |
Hamline Law Review |
9 |
12 |
|
246 |
European Journal of Health Law |
8.5 |
9 |
|
247 |
European Review of Contract Law |
8.5 |
9 |
|
248 |
Journal of International Commercial Law & Technology |
8.5 |
9 |
|
249 |
Oklahoma Law Review |
8.5 |
9 |
|
250 |
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal |
8.5 |
9 |
|
251 |
Southwestern Journal of International Law |
8.5 |
9 |
|
252 |
Texas Wesleyan Law Review |
8.5 |
9 |
|
253 |
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law |
8.5 |
10 |
|
254 |
Michigan State University College of Law Journal of International Law |
8.5 |
10 |
|
255 |
Rutgers Law Journal |
8.5 |
10 |
|
256 |
St. John's Law Review |
8.5 |
10 |
|
257 |
Suffolk Transnational Law Review |
8.5 |
10 |
|
258 |
Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts |
8.5 |
10 |
|
259 |
Widener Law Journal |
8.5 |
10 |
|
260 |
IIC-International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law |
8.5 |
11 |
|
261 |
Stetson Law Review |
8.5 |
11 |
|
262 |
Albany Government Law Review |
8 |
9 |
|
263 |
Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law |
8 |
9 |
|
264 |
International Review of Law, Computers & Technology |
8 |
9 |
|
265 |
Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues |
8 |
9 |
|
266 |
Roger Williams University Law Review |
8 |
9 |
|
267 |
Tulane Journal International & Comparative Law |
8 |
9 |
|
268 |
Tulane Maritime Law Journal |
8 |
9 |
|
269 |
Tulsa Law Review |
8 |
9 |
|
270 |
Washington University Global Studies Law Review |
8 |
9 |
|
271 |
Wayne Law Review |
8 |
9 |
|
272 |
University of Arkansas Little Rock Law Review |
8 |
10 |
|
273 |
Baylor Law Review |
7.5 |
8 |
|
274 |
Child and Family Law Quarterly |
7.5 |
8 |
|
275 |
Phoenix Law Review |
7.5 |
8 |
|
276 |
Indiana Health Law Review |
7.5 |
9 |
|
277 |
Yale Law Journal Online |
7 |
8 |
|
278 |
European Public Law |
7 |
8 |
|
279 |
Journal of European Competition Law & Practice |
7 |
8 |
|
280 |
Montana Law Review |
7 |
8 |
|
281 |
South Texas Law Review |
7 |
9 |
|
282 |
Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine |
6.5 |
7 |
|
283 |
Yearbook of European Law |
6.5 |
7 |
|
284 |
University of Detroit Mercy Law Review |
6.5 |
7 |
|
285 |
European Business Law Review |
6.5 |
8 |
|
286 |
North Dakota Law Review |
6.5 |
8 |
|
287 |
University of Pennsylvania Law Review PENNumbra |
6.5 |
8 |
|
288 |
University of Hawaii Law Review |
6.5 |
8 |
|
289 |
Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities |
6.5 |
5 |
8 |
290 |
Environmental Law Review |
6 |
8 |
|
291 |
Yearbook of International Environmental Law |
6 |
8 |
|
292 |
American Society of International Law |
5.5 |
6 |
|
293 |
European Company Law |
5.5 |
6 |
|
294 |
Georgetown Journal of Gender & Law |
5.5 |
6 |
|
295 |
Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics |
5 |
9 |
|
296 |
European Food and Feed Law Review |
5 |
5 |
|
297 |
Environmental Policy and Law |
5 |
6 |
|
298 |
Family Law |
5 |
6 |
|
299 |
US-China Law Review |
5 |
6 |
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