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Scholarly Impact Rankings

HeinOnline’s Scholarly Impact Rankings spotlight the most influential authors, journals, and institutions in legal scholarship through a transparent, citation-based methodology updated monthly.

ABA-Approved Law School Rankings

ABA Rankings

These rankings include only authors or journals affiliated with ABA-accredited law schools.

  • Most-Cited Authors (view methodology)
    ScholarRank is applied to authors affiliated with ABA institutions.

  • Most-Cited Authors by Subject (view methodology)
    ScholarRank is applied to ABA authors and filtered by one of 25 subject areas.

  • Most-Cited Flagship Journals (view methodology)
    ScholarRank is applied to flagship journals at ABA-accredited law schools.

  • Most-Cited Institutions by Author Affiliation (view methodology)
    ScholarRank is applied by aggregating citation metrics from affiliated authors.

  • Most-Cited Institutions by Subject (view methodology)
    ScholarRank is applied to institution-affiliated authors filtered by subject.

Author Eligibility for ABA Rankings

Author Affiliation and Eligibility for ABA Rankings

To appear in the ABA-Approved Law Schools ranking category, authors must have an enhanced Author Profile Page in HeinOnline that includes a confirmed affiliation with an ABA-accredited institution. Basic profile pages are generated automatically for any author with articles indexed in HeinOnline, but these pages do not include institutional affiliations unless they have been enhanced.

Authors, or their representatives, can request an enhancement to their profile page, including adding an affiliation, photograph, biography, and other professional details. Doing so ensures that the author's work is accurately represented and properly counted within the ABA rankings.

A HeinOnline Support representative will update the profile according to the information provided.

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