Citation Ranking of UK Universities (Law)

1. University of Oxford (1258)
2. University of Cambridge (1250)
3. London School of Economics (1168)
4. University College London (494)
5. University of Edinburgh (345)
6. University of Nottingham (259)
7. Kings College London (247)
8. University of Manchester (240)
9. University of Warwick (192)
10. Queen Mary University (174)
11. University of Birmingham (173)
12. University of Bristol (161)
13. University of Kent (152)
14. University of Glasgow (148)
15. University of Essex (144)
16. University of Leicester (140)
17. University of Durham (139)
18. Cardiff University (University of Wales, Cardiff) (135)
19. University of Sussex (135)
20. University of Sheffield (126)
21. University of Leeds (125)
22. University of Dundee (122)
23. School of Oriental and African Studies (120)
24. University of Reading (117)
25. University of Newcastle (107)
26. Queen's University of Belfast (101)
27. University of Strathclyde (96)
28. University of Aberdeen (94)
29. Keele University (81)
30. University of Hull (79)
30. University of East Anglia (79)
32. University of Southampton (77)
33. Birkbeck College (73)
34. University of Exeter (72)
35. University of Ulster (70)
36. University of Liverpool (69)
37. Brunel University (60)
38. Lancaster University (55)
39. University of Westminster (52)
40. Aberystwyth University (University of Wales, Aberystwyth) (49)
40. Middlesex University (49)
42. University of Stirling (48)
43. Oxford Brookes University (47)
44. Nottingham Trent University (45)
45. Swansea University (University of Wales, Swansea) (44)
46. University of East London (40)
47. London Metropolitan University (36)
48. City University London (34)
49. University of Central Lancaster (26)
50. University of the West of England (21)
50. De Montfort University (21)
52. University of Glamorgan (20)
53. University of Wolverhampton (18)
53. Sheffield Hallam University (18)
55. Glasgow Caledonian University (15)
55. Kingston University (15)
55. Coventry University (15)
58. Robert Gordon University (14)
59. University of Salford (13)
59. University of Greenwich (13)
61. University of Lincoln (12)
61. University of Sunderland (12)
63. Napier University (6)
63. Bournemouth University (6)
65. University of Abertay Dundee (3)
66. University of the West of Scotland (1)
67. Southampton Solent University (0)

Basis: number of times these universities are mentioned in US law reviews between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2009, using Westlaw’s JLR database (see numbers in brackets). It does not look too wrong but there are various problems with such an approach, for instance, it does not take into account the number of academics per law school/faculty. I will therefore post another ranking in the next few days.