| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 11324 | 200 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 6996 | 147 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 3450 | 145 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2026 | 65 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1856 | 33 |
| 6 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1743 | 86 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1416 | 25 |
| 8 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1377 | 36 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1306 | 25 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1169 | 19 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1021 | 20 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1019 | 24 |
| (12) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1015 | 19 |
| (12) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 988 | 27 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 987 | 27 |
| 14 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 979 | 31 |
| 15 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 975 | 38 |
| 16 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 969 | 12 |
| 17 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 960 | 22 |
| 18 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 935 | 54 |
| 19 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 920 | 27 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 913 | 21 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 878 | 22 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 878 | 17 |
| (22) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 852 | 12 |
| (22) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 815 | 17 |
| 23 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 814 | 19 |
| 24 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 804 | 19 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 791 | 20 |
| 26 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 778 | 26 |
| 27 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 774 | 42 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 750 | 10 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 743 | 21 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 738 | 24 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 717 | 16 |
| 32 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 712 | 15 |
| 33 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 694 | 23 |
| 34 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 693 | 34 |
| 35 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 690 | 25 |
| 36 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 686 | 11 |
| 37 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 681 | 37 |
| 38 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 677 | 15 |
| 39 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 664 | 16 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 661 | 15 |
| 41 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 650 | 24 |
| 42 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 647 | 28 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 639 | 19 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 632 | 16 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 598 | 11 |
| 46 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 586 | 21 |
| 47 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 585 | 31 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 581 | 21 |
| 49 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 577 | 10 |
| 50 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 567 | 15 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 551 | 10 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 550 | 27 |
| 53 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 543 | 15 |
| 54 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 534 | 14 |
| 55 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 527 | 18 |
| 55 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 527 | 30 |
| (56) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 524 | 21 |
| (56) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 520 | 11 |
| 57 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 517 | 16 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 505 | 19 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 497 | 29 |
| 60 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 490 | 14 |
| 61 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 488 | 49 |
| (61) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 487 | 12 |
| 62 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 478 | 28 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 475 | 27 |
| 64 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 472 | 11 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 467 | 18 |
| 66 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 466 | 6 |
| 67 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 459 | 17 |
| 68 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 446 | 7 |
| (68) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 446 | 14 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 444 | 17 |
| 70 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 440 | 16 |
| 71 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 434 | 7 |
| 72 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 433 | 13 |
| 73 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 428 | 17 |
| (73) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 426 | 15 |
| 74 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 417 | 15 |
| 75 | Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE) | Montréal/Québec, Canada | 414 | 14 |
| 76 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 413 | 7 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 412 | 24 |
| 78 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 394 | 21 |
| (78) | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 393 | 14 |
| 79 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 392 | 12 |
| 80 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 390 | 17 |
| 80 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 390 | 8 |
| 82 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 389 | 17 |
| 83 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 388 | 13 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 386 | 23 |
| (84) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 386 | 6 |
| 85 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 380 | 14 |
| 85 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 380 | 10 |
| (86) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 379 | 12 |
| 86 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 379 | 37 |
| 88 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 377 | 25 |
| 88 | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 377 | 4 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 371 | 13 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 371 | 13 |
| 92 | Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA) | Madrid, Spain | 368 | 11 |
| 92 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 368 | 8 |
| (92) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 368 | 8 |
| 94 | Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 362 | 9 |
| (94) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 361 | 3 |
| 95 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 357 | 18 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 356 | 9 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 356 | 17 |
| (97) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 354 | 3 |
| (97) | Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 350 | 17 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 349 | 13 |
| 99 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 348 | 17 |
| 100 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 347 | 8 |
| 101 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 342 | 37 |
| (101) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 338 | 29 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 337 | 8 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 337 | 18 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 336 | 12 |
| 104 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 336 | 13 |
| 104 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 336 | 13 |
| 107 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 331 | 9 |
| 108 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 329 | 18 |
| 108 | Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 329 | 21 |
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