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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.

Comprehensive Rankings

Global Rankings

These rankings include all authors and journals in HeinOnline, regardless of affiliation.

  • Most-Cited Articles (view methodology)
    Ranked by cumulative citations only (no Z-score).

  • Most-Cited Authors (view methodology)
    ScholarRank is applied across all journal articles.

  • Most-Cited Authors by Subject (view methodology)
    ScholarRank is applied across all articles, filtered by one of 25 subjects.

  • Most-Cited Journals (Non-U.S.) (view methodology)
    ScholarRank is applied separately to non-U.S. journals.

  • Most-Cited Journals (U.S.) (view methodology)
    ScholarRank is applied separately to U.S. journals.

  • Most Recently Accessed Authors (Past 12 Months) (view methodology)
    Ranked by access frequency only in the past year.