MetaRank Comparison 2018-2023

The following tables shows the MetaRank for each journal included in the 2023 ranking over the past five years, including the calculated change in ranking from the 2018 to 2023 rankings. You can sort the table by whichever column you choose.

MetaRanking Comparison, 2018-2023

Journal	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Change 18-22	Change 22-23
Harvard Law Review	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0
Yale Law Journal	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	0
Stanford Law Review	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	0
Columbia Law Review	3	4	4	4	4	4	-1	0
California Law Review	7	8	7	5	5	5	2	0
University of Chicago Law Review	12	9	5	7	6	8	4	-2
University of Pennsylvania Law Review	5	5	6	6	7	9	-4	-2
Michigan Law Review	9	9	11	9	8	6	3	2
New York University Law Review	6	6	8	12	8	7	-1	1
Georgetown Law Journal	8	9	9	8	10	10	-2	0
Duke Law Journal	14	14	13	11	11	11	3	0
Northwestern University Law Review	19	19	20	15	12	13	6	-1
Texas Law Review	12	12	12	13	13	14	-2	-1
Virginia Law Review	10	6	10	10	13	17	-7	-4
Vanderbilt Law Review	17	17	15	17	15	12	5	3
UCLA Law Review	15	13	13	14	16	15	0	1
Notre Dame Law Review	22	21	16	19	17	19	3	-2
Minnesota Law Review	16	16	18	18	18	18	-2	0
Cornell Law Review	11	15	17	15	19	16	-5	3
Boston University Law Review	20	20	22	21	20	20	0	0
Southern California Law Review	25	22	23	25	21	23	2	-2
Iowa Law Review	18	18	19	20	22	22	-4	0
Washington University Law Review	26	25	21	22	23	24	2	-1
Emory Law Journal	23	24	24	24	24	31	-8	-7
George Washington Law Review	23	22	24	23	25	25	-2	0
Boston College Law Review	27	26	26	26	26	21	6	5
UC Davis Law Review	33	30	28	29	27	27	6	0
Fordham Law Review	21	27	29	28	28	26	-5	2
William & Mary Law Review	29	29	27	27	29	28	1	1
Indiana Law Journal	28	28	30	32	30	29	-1	1
North Carolina Law Review	32	31	35	31	31	30	2	1
Washington Law Review	36	33	30	30	32	36	0	-4
University of Illinois Law Review	31	33	34	32	33	32	-1	1
Wisconsin Law Review	30	32	32	32	34	35	-5	-1
Alabama Law Review	40	41	38	36	35	32	8	3
Ohio State Law Journal	34	37	33	35	36	38	-4	-2
Florida Law Review	36	36	36	38	37	34	2	3
Washington and Lee Law Review	34	35	37	36	38	48	-14	-10
Arizona State Law Journal	50	48	41	39	39	41	9	-2
UC Irvine Law Review	39	42	42	49	40	37	2	3
Arizona Law Review	41	40	39	41	41	45	-4	-4
Hastings Law Journal	38	39	40	40	42	41	-3	1
Georgia Law Review	52	50	48	45	43	40	12	3
Maryland Law Review	42	45	45	42	44	43	-1	1
University of Colorado Law Review	51	46	47	46	45	43	8	2
Cardozo Law Review	45	43	43	43	46	46	-1	0
Wake Forest Law Review	42	38	44	44	47	39	3	8
Brigham Young University Law Review	48	49	49	47	48	49	-1	-1
Utah Law Review	46	52	50	50	49	47	-1	2
American University Law Review	48	47	46	48	50	51	-3	-1
University of Richmond Law Review	77	62	55	54	51	53	24	-2
Houston Law Review	54	53	51	52	52	57	-3	-5
Tulane Law Review	55	55	56	55	53	51	4	2
Temple Law Review	65	63	57	58	54	56	9	-2
SMU Law Review	67	65	59	57	55	50	17	5
Connecticut Law Review	42	44	52	51	55	58	-16	-3
George Mason Law Review	47	51	53	53	57	55	-8	2
Denver Law Review	71	66	74	64	58	53	18	5
Chicago-Kent Law Review	69	71	67	64	59	61	8	-2
Lewis & Clark Law Review	57	59	61	62	59	67	-10	-8
Georgia State University Law Review	89	89	78	72	61	59	30	2
Brooklyn Law Review	60	63	59	66	62	74	-14	-12
University of Miami Law Review	58	56	57	67	62	79	-21	-17
Tennessee Law Review	76	75	76	59	64	63	13	1
Pepperdine Law Review	58	58	61	63	65	65	-7	0
Nevada Law Journal	73	67	66	68	66	64	9	2
Case Western Reserve Law Review	53	54	54	56	67	71	-18	-4
Oklahoma Law Review	86	80	73	73	68	60	26	8
Florida State University Law Review	56	56	63	61	68	61	-5	7
University of Kansas Law Review	75	71	70	69	70	66	9	4
Missouri Law Review	73	70	64	60	71	75	-2	-4
Seton Hall Law Review	66	60	64	74	72	68	-2	4
Nebraska Law Review	84	75	71	74	73	78	6	-5
Villanova Law Review	91	87	80	79	74	69	22	5
Penn State Law Review	68	78	75	78	75	76	-8	-1
Kentucky Law Journal	81	83	84	80	76	76	5	0
Michigan State Law Review	72	67	69	70	76	81	-9	-5
Buffalo Law Review	85	86	87	82	78	80	5	-2
South Carolina Law Review	93	91	82	84	79	72	21	7
Seattle University Law Review	78	77	77	76	80	85	-7	-5
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal	64	74	72	71	81	84	-20	-3
Oregon Law Review	70	73	101	93	82	89	-19	-7
Saint Louis University Law Journal	97	95	88	83	83	69	28	14
San Diego Law Review	63	61	68	77	83	87	-24	-4
University of Cincinnati Law Review	61	67	80	85	85	86	-25	-1
Texas A&M Law Review	125	122	101	105	86	73	52	13
City University of New York (CUNY) Law Review	135	132	121	99	87	100	35	-13
Hofstra Law Review	89	99	85	86	88	102	-13	-14
Marquette Law Review	82	88	89	89	89	82	0	7
Rutgers University Law Review	94	82	90	87	90	83	11	7
Santa Clara Law Review	87	84	94	90	91	92	-5	-1
Baylor Law Review	101	104	90	98	92	106	-5	-14
University of Pittsburgh Law Review	92	90	106	93	93	97	-5	-4
Indiana Law Review	80	81	78	88	93	87	-7	6
Arkansas Law Review	98	97	93	91	95	96	2	-1
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review	62	84	100	99	96	94	-32	2
New Mexico Law Review	116	118	107	95	97	93	23	4
UMKC Law Review	108	103	95	92	97	95	13	2
Louisiana Law Review	82	92	96	96	99	105	-23	-6
Syracuse Law Review	106	100	103	103	100	91	15	9
St. John's Law Review	111	107	97	97	101	100	11	1
Howard Law Journal	104	102	98	99	101	98	6	3
DePaul Law Review	79	79	83	81	103	104	-25	-1
Northeastern University Law Review	144	137	116	107	104	90	54	14
Dickinson Law Review	68	78	75	109	105	102	-34	3
West Virginia Law Review	95	97	86	99	106	108	-13	-2
Montana Law Review	146	143	122	118	107	127	19	-20
Drake Law Review	113	117	103	104	108	119	-6	-11
University of St. Thomas Law Journal	127	140	129	122	109	107	20	2
Wayne Law Review	120	127	127	126	110	112	8	-2
Drexel Law Review	139	133	132	113	111	117	22	-6
Washburn Law Journal	129	129	115	118	111	99	30	12
Vermont Law Review	107	108	112	111	113	121	-14	-8
Mercer Law Review	124	124	118	111	114	115	9	-1
Akron Law Review	103	106	119	121	115	114	-11	1
Cleveland State Law Review	117	116	111	108	116	111	6	5
Albany Law Review	96	94	92	110	116	113	-17	3
University of Louisville Law Review	114	114	113	115	118	124	-10	-6
Mississippi Law Journal	100	101	110	114	118	116	-16	2
FIU Law Review	150	149	137	127	120	109	41	11
Catholic University Law Review	88	95	99	106	121	110	-22	11
Chapman Law Review	128	130	108	115	122	133	-5	-11
University of Hawaii Law Review	119	115	119	118	123	123	-4	0
Texas Tech Law Review	99	110	109	117	124	125	-26	-1
Maine Law Review	101	112	117	127	125	122	-21	3
Suffolk University Law Review	135	139	135	136	126	132	3	-6
Stetson Law Review	139	134	125	131	127	125	14	2
Pace Law Review	122	119	130	127	128	131	-9	-3
Loyola Law Review	130	138	135	133	129	130	0	-1
Tulsa Law Review	137	126	122	125	130	128	9	2
Idaho Law Review	109	105	105	123	131	128	-19	3
University of San Francisco Law Review	123	120	114	124	132	147	-24	-15
University of Memphis Law Review	138	136	128	130	133	119	19	14
Touro Law Review	156	148	151	137	134	134	22	0
University of New Hampshire Law Review	165	157	143	140	135	137	28	-2
University of Baltimore Law Review	134	124	134	137	136	118	16	18
University of Toledo Law Review	141	146	141	139	137	143	-2	-6
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review	132	142	142	142	137	140	-8	-3
Mitchell Hamline Law Review	104	93	147	134	137	138	-34	-1
Creighton Law Review	130	128	124	135	140	134	-4	6
University of the Pacific Law Review	118	131	143	131	141	139	-21	2
Wyoming Law Review	121	121	131	143	142	136	-15	6
Gonzaga Law Review	109	109	138	141	143	141	-32	2
South Dakota Law Review	142	141	147	147	144	144	-2	0
New York Law School Law Review	112	111	139	146	145	148	-36	-3
Quinnipiac Law Review	126	123	126	144	146	149	-23	-3
University of Detroit Mercy Law Review	174	174	155	149	147	152	22	-5
Southwestern Law Review	144	134	140	145	148	142	2	6
Willamette Law Review	147	145	150	148	149	150	-3	-1
Ohio Northern University Law Review	152	151	145	155	150	153	-1	-3
St. Mary's Law Journal	162	155	146	150	151	146	16	5
Campbell Law Review	151	152	153	151	152	151	0	1
Duquesne Law Review	115	112	132	151	153	145	-30	8
Southern Illinois University Law Journal	158	160	159	157	154	154	4	0
UIC Law Review	149	150	154	153	154	155	-6	-1
Roger Williams University Law Review	162	160	158	158	156	156	6	0
North Dakota Law Review	159	162	155	156	156	157	2	-1
Capital University Law Review	143	143	149	153	158	162	-19	-4
South Texas Law Review	167	164	157	164	159	166	1	-7
Charleston Law Review	155	154	183	173	160	174	-19	-14
Cumberland Law Review	173	167	160	159	161	159	14	2
University of Dayton Law Review	166	163	162	160	162	158	8	4
Northern Illinois University Law Review	157	153	163	161	163	164	-7	-1
Widener Law Review	176	158	161	163	164	160	16	4
Widener Commonwealth Law Review	160	170	163	161	165	167	-7	-2
Belmont Law Review	1000	175	170	165	166	162	13	4
Elon Law Review	181	179	167	165	167	160	21	7
Nova Law Review	164	170	166	167	168	169	-5	-1
Northern Kentucky Law Review	153	158	152	168	169	165	-12	4
California Western Law Review	172	168	170	170	170	172	0	-2
Mississippi College Law Review	154	166	173	170	171	170	-16	1
Golden Gate University Law Review	170	172	169	169	172	179	-9	-7
Oklahoma City University Law Review	175	177	170	172	173	168	7	5
University of Massachusetts Law Review	186	186	174	173	174	179	7	-5
University of the District of Columbia Law Review	186	184	176	177	175	177	9	-2
North Carolina Central Law Review	189	187	175	176	176	176	13	0
New England Law Review	132	146	165	175	177	173	-41	4
Florida A & M University Law Review	193	190	177	178	178	178	15	0
Southern University Law Review	179	180	182	181	179	183	-4	-4
Thurgood Marshall Law Review	184	182	179	179	180	184	0	-4
St. Thomas Law Review	169	165	179	180	181	185	-16	-4
Western New England Law Review	177	173	178	182	182	186	-9	-4
John Marshall Law Journal	180	178	181	183	183	181	-1	2
Regent University Law Review	160	156	167	185	183	170	-10	13
Faulkner Law Review	192	191	184	184	185	182	10	3
Appalachian Journal of Law	185	185	186	186	186	187	-2	-1
Liberty University Law Review	191	189	187	188	187	174	17	13
Barry Law Review	168	176	188	189	188	188	-20	0
Lincoln Memorial University Law Review	1000	1000	1000	190	189	192	-2	-3
Thomas M. Cooley Law Review	194	192	189	191	190	190	4	0
Ave Maria Law Review	190	187	191	193	191	189	1	2
Western State Law Review	186	183	189	191	192	191	-5	1