2018 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews

Update:  2023 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews

Bryce Clayton Newell (Kentucky), 2018 Meta-Ranking of Flagship US Law Reviews:

This is an updated ranking of flagship law reviews at US law schools (updated as of March 20, 2018, including the 2019 US News numbers). ... The ranking table below includes all of the law reviews that ranked in the top 150 in in the MetaRanking, including all journals that ranked in the top 100 at least one of the following rankings: US News Peer Reputation Score Ranking (avg., 2010-2019), US News Overall Ranking (avg., 2010-2019), the Washington & Lee University ranking (current version, 2009-2016; default weighting), the Google Scholar ranking (index as of June 2017), and the W&L Impact Factor Ranking (not included in the MetaRank). ...

prRank = US News Peer Reputation score ranking;
usnRank = Overall US News school ranking;
wluRank = Washington & Lee Law Journal Ranking;
gRank = Google Scholar Metrics ranking;
wlu(IF)Rank = Washington & Lee Law Journal Impact Factor Ranking.

Journal	MetaRank	prRank	usnRank	wluRank	gRank	wlu(IF)Rank
Harvard Law Review	1	1	2	1	1	25
The Yale Law Journal	2	1	1	2	2	3
Stanford Law Review	3	3	3	4	5	1
Columbia Law Review	3	4	4	5	2	9
Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review	5	9	7	3	5	4
Michigan Law Review	6	8	10	7	12	7
New York University Law Review	7	6	6	13	14	13
California Law Review	7	7	8	14	10	15
Georgetown Law Journal	9	13	14	8	7	10
Virginia Law Review	10	9	9	16	9	20
Cornell Law Review	11	12	13	11	8	6
UCLA Law Review	12	16	16	6	11	2
Duke Law Journal	13	11	11	10	18	5
Univ. of Chicago Law Review	14	5	5	24	17	31
Texas Law Review	14	15	15	17	4	23
Northwestern Univ. Law Review	16	14	12	18	21	16
Minnesota Law Review	17	20	20	12	15	14
Vanderbilt Law Review	18	17	17	21	15	11
Iowa Law Review	19	28	25	9	19	8
Boston Univ. Law Review	20	25	24	23	21	44
Notre Dame Law Review	21	27	22	19	29	18
Fordham Law Review	22	34	38	14	12	36
Washington Univ. Law Review	23	18	19	29	34	17
Southern Calif. Law Review	24	19	18	37	29	29
Emory Law Journal	24	21	21	33	28	26
Boston College Law Review	26	29	30	22	23	21
G. Washington Law Review	27	23	23	34	26	40
William & Mary Law Review	27	32	31	19	24	11
Indiana Law Journal	29	31	27	24	26	24
North Carolina Law Review	30	21	39	32	20	33
Wisconsin Law Review	31	24	32	30	36	22
U.C. Davis Law Review	32	26	36	36	31	30
Washington & Lee Law Review	33	36	35	38	24	39
Univ. of Illinois Law Review	34	33	40	27	34	26
Washington Law Review	35	37	29	51	31	49
Florida Law Review	36	40	48	26	36	19
Ohio State Law Journal	37	30	37	40	47	32
Alabama Law Review	38	41	28	45	46	46
Hastings Law Journal	39	37	51	35	38	34
Wake Forest Law Review	40	44	41	41	39	44
Cardozo Law Review	41	53	58	28	31	43
Arizona Law Review	42	42	43	43	49	42
Maryland Law Review	43	47	46	47	39	48
Connecticut Law Review	44	52	55	30	45	28
George Mason Law Review	45	55	45	44	39	38
Georgia Law Review	46	39	33	46	66	35
UC Irvine Law Review	47	35	26	79	49	66
American Univ. Law Review	48	48	64	42	39	41
Utah Law Review	49	51	46	50	53	67
Colorado Law Review	50	43	44	58	66	58
Tulane Law Review	51	46	50	60	58	77
Arizona State Law Journal	52	45	34	76	61	88
BYU Law Review	53	50	42	52	74	77
Houston Law Review	54	66	54	49	55	54
Pepperdine Law Review	55	69	56	48	55	51
Case Western Reserve Law Review	56	61	62	72	49	85
Florida State Univ. Law Review	57	49	52	65	80	55
Temple Law Review	58	59	57	69	66	52
Seton Hall Law Review	59	83	65	59	53	61
Univ. of Miami Law Review	60	54	68	67	74	63
Brooklyn Law Review	61	67	81	54	64	63
Lewis & Clark Law Review	61	81	82	39	64	37
Univ. of Richmond Law Review	63	80	60	62	66	57
Penn State Law Review	64	92	70	60	48	71
Oregon Law Review	65	56	88	64	66	58
Loyola Univ. Chicago Law Journal	66	75	78	68	55	58
Univ. of Kansas Law Review	67	60	75	81	61	83
Denver Univ. Law Review	67	63	71	63	80	71
Loyola of L.A. Law Review	69	67	66	75	71	89
Santa Clara Law Review	70	76	103	57	44	50
Seattle Univ. Law Review	71	88	101	53	49	67
Tennessee Law Review	72	62	63	80	88	62
Univ. of Cincinnati Law Review	73	79	67	70	80	84
South Carolina Law Review	74	91	98	73	39	70
San Diego Law Review	75	57	71	88	95	85
SMU Law Review	76	64	49	95	104	117
Georgia State Univ. Law Review	76	73	59	103	77	125
Nevada Law Journal	78	90	73	90	61	75
Buffalo Law Review	79	98	93	54	71	46
Chicago-Kent Law Review	80	70	79	84	88	103
Missouri Law Review	81	65	76	78	104	98
Marquette Law Review	81	89	102	74	58	77
Indiana Law Review	83	74	90	81	80	110
DePaul Law Review	84	99	107	54	71	53
Nebraska Law Review	85	77	77	95	95	76
Rutgers Univ. Law Review	86	72	83	65	126	56
Kentucky Law Journal	87	71	61	97	121	82
Louisiana Law Review	88	102	87	84	80	81
Univ. of Pittsburgh Law Review	89	58	80	108	1000	74
Michigan State Law Review	90	101	94	91	80	103
Villanova Law Review	91	85	84	105	104	114
Catholic Univ. Law Review	92	94	97	87	104	71
Hofstra Law Review	92	97	106	92	87	94
Saint Louis Univ. Law Journal	94	99	96	94	95	114
West Virginia Law Review	95	110	99	101	77	95
Oklahoma Law Review	96	78	69	135	112	145
Albany Law Review	97	124	119	77	77	103
Vermont Law Review	98	108	129	83	88	77
Howard Law Journal	99	96	122	105	88	103
Arkansas Law Review	100	95	85	131	104	166
Baylor Law Review	101	87	53	132	146	120
Mississippi Law Journal	101	104	109	93	112	85
Mitchell Hamline Law Review	103	148	138	88	58	120
Drake Law Review	104	129	110	99	95	103
New York Law School Law Review	105	122	130	84	104	98
Akron Law Review	106	145	131	70	95	63
UMKC Law Review	107	106	114	97	126	117
Syracuse Law Review	108	93	95	139	118	162
Gonzaga Law Review	109	111	111	112	1000	95
Texas Tech Law Review	110	134	112	109	92	113
Maine Law Review	111	105	118	125	104	135
Univ. of San Francisco Law Review	112	118	136	100	1000	90
Pace Law Review	113	132	140	103	80	90
St. John’s Law Review	114	103	89	136	130	148
Univ. of Louisville Law Review	115	107	92	133	135	129
Mercer Law Review	116	114	113	121	121	148
Washburn Law Journal	117	136	132	107	95	103
Idaho Law Review	118	117	123	139	92	120
New Mexico Law Review	119	84	74	157	1000	148
Cleveland State Law Review	120	138	117	101	119	69
Creighton Law Review	121	128	121	117	112	132
Southwestern Law Review	122	135	145	110	95	92
Willamette Law Review	123	123	137	113	1000	92
Tulsa Law Review	124	124	100	125	141	139
Duquesne Law Review	125	151	141	127	74	147
Suffolk Univ. Law Review	126	129	152	118	95	139
Wyoming Law Review	127	116	119	139	121	136
Univ. of the Pacific Law Review	127	127	134	122	112	157
Univ. of Hawaii Law Review	129	82	91	178	146	181
Univ. of St. Thomas Law Journal	130	140	124	130	104	114
Drexel Law Review	131	119	116	133	1000	125
The Wayne Law Review	132	115	104	144	141	157
Univ. of Baltimore Law Review	133	124	128	127	1000	101
Quinnipiac Law Review	133	131	127	124	1000	98
Loyola Law Review	135	113	143	138	119	144
Univ. of Arkansas Law Review	136	109	133	155	126	153
Univ. of Toledo Law Review	137	142	144	119	121	139
Univ. of Memphis Law Review	138	141	146	113	130	102
New England Law Review	139	165	161	113	92	125
Chapman Law Review	139	143	126	127	135	119
Capital Univ. Law Review	141	166	161	111	95	95
Valparaiso Univ. Law Review	142	152	161	113	112	136
Stetson Law Review	143	112	105	168	155	187
South Dakota Law Review	144	143	146	120	138	109
John Marshall Law Review	145	152	153	122	121	139
Northeastern Univ. Law Journal	146	86	86	190	1000	188
Texas A&M Law Review	147	139	139	1000	138	1000
Montana Law Review	148	121	124	176	146	175
Touro Law Review	149	169	160	143	112	170
Southern Illinois Univ. Law Journal	150	149	156	152	130	157

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