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Top Law Research Institutions

Diponegoro University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 431 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia · Semarang 100.0 14.5% 867 774#4
2 University of IndonesiaIndonesia · Depok 88.6 15.8% 1.1k 894#14
3 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia · Bandung 81.9 13.4% 553 547#52
4 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia · Bengkulu 77.1 12.3% 1.3k 1k#38
5 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia · Bandung 73.5 19.0% 735 770#8
6 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia · Surakarta 70.5 15.0% 870 690#42
7 State University of SemarangIndonesia · Semarang 67.9 17.5% 545 453#31
8 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 65.7 21.4% 460 490#65
9 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan 63.8 15.3% 601 452—
10 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 62.0 18.7% 233 458#2
11 Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia · Jakarta 60.5 10.8% 1k 407—
12 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia · Makassar 59.0 14.1% 384 296#67
13 Pelita Harapan UniversityIndonesia · Tangerang 57.7 13.8% 394 215—
14 University of South AfricaSouth Africa · Pretoria 56.5 25.5% 176 229#23
15 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia · Surabaya 55.4 18.1% 561 548#28
16 Islamic University of IndonesiaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 54.3 19.3% 510 503#90
17 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan 53.3 10.2% 857 453—
18 Universitas Muslim IndonesiaIndonesia · Makassar 52.4 17.0% 245 253#47
19 University of BrawijayaIndonesia · Malang 51.5 16.6% 593 515#60
20 Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University BandungIndonesia · Bandung 50.6 17.2% 430 406—
21 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa · Johannesburg 49.8 32.0% 155 254#66
22 Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran JakartaIndonesia · Jakarta 49.0 13.6% 656 342—
23 University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 48.3 27.3% 102 368#9
24 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador · Ambato 47.6 11.1% 640 223—
25 Leiden UniversityNetherlands · Leiden 46.9 25.7% 112 330#36
26 International University of BatamIndonesia · Batam 46.3 29.9% 208 377—
27 State University of GorontaloIndonesia · Gorontalo 45.7 15.1% 517 260—
28 Lampung UniversityIndonesia · Bandar Lampung 45.1 12.3% 360 221—
29 Udayana UniversityIndonesia · Denpasar 44.5 13.1% 395 289#72
30 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 43.9 13.8% 484 418#79
31 University of MataramIndonesia · Mataram 43.4 10.2% 648 327—
32 UIN Sunan Ampel SurabayaIndonesia · Surabaya 42.9 14.7% 341 240—
33 Universitas BorobudurIndonesia · Jakarta 42.4 13.4% 486 192—
34 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom · London 41.9 26.7% 97 233#3
35 Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia · Samarinda 41.4 19.1% 242 214—
36 University of PattimuraIndonesia · Ambon City 40.9 10.6% 535 285#98
37 Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta RayaIndonesia · Jakarta 40.5 17.3% 335 278—
38 North Sumatra Islamic UniversityIndonesia · Medan 40.0 12.7% 215 208—
39 Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 SemarangIndonesia · Semarang 39.6 12.8% 256 243—
40 Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityRussia · Moscow 39.2 14.5% 341 254—
41 Pakuan UniversityIndonesia · Bogor 38.8 21.9% 171 120—
42 Jambi UniversityIndonesia · Jambi City 38.4 15.1% 453 273—
43 Muhammadiyah University of YogyakartaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 38.0 20.3% 249 255—
44 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia · Makassar 37.6 11.6% 435 235—
45 Universitas Wijaya PutraIndonesia · Surabaya 37.2 24.4% 174 202—
46 Universitas PasundanIndonesia · Bandung 36.9 21.1% 183 158—
47 Universitas Pendidikan GaneshaIndonesia · Singaraja 36.5 17.7% 268 220—
48Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador?? · Durán 36.2 20.9% 174 68—
49 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 35.8 19.1% 117 177#6
50 University of WarsawPoland · Warsaw 35.5 13.1% 256 175—
51 Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador · Cuenca 35.2 16.2% 295 202—
52 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom · Glasgow 34.9 23.1% 86 193#57
53 Universidad IndoaméricaEcuador · Ambato 34.5 20.3% 306 229—
54 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 34.2 17.3% 165 174#18
55 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 33.9 26.5% 110 195#29
56 Universitas Kristen IndonesiaIndonesia · Jakarta 33.6 16.9% 200 143—
57 Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-RaniryIndonesia · Banda Aceh 33.4 17.6% 205 213—
58 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 33.1 23.0% 102 180#40
59 Masaryk UniversityCzechia · Brno 32.8 21.3% 85 151—
60 Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador · Quito 32.5 22.3% 171 189—
61 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 32.2 20.1% 93 188#12
62 University of PretoriaSouth Africa · Pretoria 32.0 21.7% 121 247#30
63 Universitas PekalonganIndonesia · Pekalongan 31.7 13.5% 156 121—
64 Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia · Surakarta 31.4 16.9% 259 243—
65 Warmadewa UniversityIndonesia · Denpasar 31.2 13.3% 411 255—
66 Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 SurabayaIndonesia · Surabaya 30.9 12.5% 382 279—
67 Universitas JemberIndonesia · Jember 30.7 17.7% 365 278—
68 Tshwane University of TechnologySouth Africa · Pretoria 30.4 34.8% 61 132—
69 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia · Surabaya 30.2 10.7% 386 201—
70 Universitas Bandar LampungIndonesia · Bandar Lampung 30.0 12.8% 338 153—
71 Universitas PamulangIndonesia · Tangerang 29.7 12.8% 248 160—
72 Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa UniversityIndonesia · Serang 29.5 11.5% 260 141—
73 Jenderal Soedirman UniversityIndonesia · Purwokerto 29.3 17.3% 279 181—
74 Universitas Muhammadiyah MalangIndonesia · Malang 29.0 21.0% 156 167—
75 Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University JakartaIndonesia · Ciputat 28.8 15.7% 259 262—
76 Andalas UniversityIndonesia · Padang 28.6 13.9% 365 260—
77 Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam 28.4 26.4% 64 174#80
78 Universitas Muhammadiyah JemberIndonesia · Jember 28.2 15.8% 226 234—
79 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland · Krakow 28.0 10.8% 241 144#81
80 University of Bangka BelitungIndonesia · Pangkalpinang 27.8 18.4% 122 149—
81 Pancasila UniversityIndonesia · Jakarta 27.6 19.1% 181 134—
82 Universitas TrisaktiIndonesia · Jakarta 27.4 8.1% 518 222—
83 Universitas Pembangunan Panca Budi MedanIndonesia · Medan 27.2 14.2% 265 122—
84 Universidad César VallejoPeru · Lima 27.0 11.2% 271 223—
85 University of Nusa CendanaIndonesia · Kupang 26.8 9.7% 386 101—
86 University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 26.6 30.9% 83 206—
87 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 26.4 9.6% 284 194—
88 Universitas KrisnadwipayanaIndonesia · Jakarta 26.2 20.7% 155 139—
89 Financial UniversityRussia · Moscow 26.0 20.1% 111 118—
90 University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa · Durban 25.8 22.0% 89 132#61
91 University of ŁódźPoland · Lodz 25.6 14.6% 170 130—
92 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 25.5 17.2% 164 196#20
93 Trunojoyo UniversityIndonesia · Bangkalan 25.3 12.0% 248 116—
94 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 25.1 10.6% 112 269#5
95 University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa · Johannesburg 24.9 22.5% 113 129#13
96 Tilburg UniversityNetherlands · Tilburg 24.8 21.8% 102 184#63
97 University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 24.6 12.2% 140 110—
98 Islamic University of RiauIndonesia · Pekanbaru 24.4 17.2% 145 137—
99 European University InstituteItaly · Florence 24.2 23.6% 83 189#46
100 University of VirginiaUnited States · Charlottesville 24.1 25.6% 65 131#37

institutions ranked worldwide in Law (431). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

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One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 1.3k works
  2. 2 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 1.1k works
  3. 3 Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia 1k works
  4. 4 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 870 works
  5. 5 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 867 works
  6. 6 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 857 works
  7. 7 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 735 works
  8. 8 Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran JakartaIndonesia 656 works
  9. 9 University of MataramIndonesia 648 works
  10. 10 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 640 works
  11. 11 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 601 works
  12. 12 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 593 works
  13. 13 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 561 works
  14. 14 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 553 works
  15. 15 State University of SemarangIndonesia 545 works

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