| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 94344 | 233 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 54264 | 195 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 43154 | 233 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 17350 | 85 |
| 5 | CESifo | München, Germany | 15953 | 55 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 15008 | 37 |
| 7 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 12405 | 116 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 12301 | 76 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 12191 | 29 |
| 10 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 11903 | 84 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 11772 | 32 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 10326 | 31 |
| 13 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 9846 | 59 |
| 14 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 9284 | 27 |
| (14) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 9017 | 25 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 9001 | 24 |
| 16 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 8771 | 22 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8607 | 26 |
| (17) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 8505 | 35 |
| 18 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8495 | 23 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 8234 | 21 |
| 20 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 8148 | 13 |
| 21 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 8119 | 21 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 8108 | 29 |
| (22) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 7999 | 26 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 7676 | 25 |
| (23) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 7625 | 15 |
| 24 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7622 | 27 |
| 25 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7541 | 48 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 7451 | 31 |
| 27 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 7412 | 37 |
| 28 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 7309 | 31 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 6973 | 30 |
| (29) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 6660 | 21 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 6586 | 23 |
| 31 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 6510 | 28 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 6458 | 37 |
| 33 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 6350 | 46 |
| 34 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 6336 | 14 |
| 35 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 6217 | 17 |
| 36 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 6157 | 19 |
| 37 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 6106 | 33 |
| 38 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5995 | 45 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 5965 | 19 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 5813 | 19 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 5758 | 22 |
| 42 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5750 | 27 |
| 43 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5719 | 11 |
| 44 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 5583 | 25 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 5460 | 22 |
| 46 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 5452 | 22 |
| 47 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 5424 | 22 |
| 48 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 5379 | 16 |
| 49 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 5325 | 34 |
| 50 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 5299 | 32 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 5244 | 15 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 4946 | 23 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4889 | 21 |
| 54 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 4715 | 19 |
| 55 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 4540 | 26 |
| 56 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 4463 | 21 |
| (56) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4360 | 21 |
| (56) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4300 | 13 |
| 57 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4242 | 9 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 4199 | 22 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 4153 | 9 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 4144 | 28 |
| 61 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 4122 | 23 |
| 62 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 4110 | 28 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4090 | 21 |
| 64 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 4056 | 29 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 4053 | 21 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 4041 | 34 |
| 67 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 4025 | 19 |
| 68 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 3971 | 25 |
| 69 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 3939 | 41 |
| 70 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 3875 | 21 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 3854 | 21 |
| 72 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 3795 | 20 |
| (72) | Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 3727 | 10 |
| 72 | Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 3727 | 11 |
| 74 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3717 | 15 |
| 75 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 3686 | 19 |
| 76 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 3632 | 17 |
| 77 | Resources for the Future (RFF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3621 | 24 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 3560 | 28 |
| 79 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3530 | 11 |
| 80 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 3498 | 8 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 3481 | 25 |
| 82 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 3473 | 27 |
| 83 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 3465 | 19 |
| 84 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 3437 | 45 |
| (84) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 3432 | 16 |
| 85 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3424 | 21 |
| (85) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3418 | 16 |
| 86 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 3391 | 70 |
| 87 | Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 3372 | 27 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 3372 | 15 |
| 89 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 3363 | 7 |
| (89) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 3356 | 6 |
| 90 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 3352 | 8 |
| 91 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 3349 | 7 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 3305 | 16 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 3270 | 10 |
| 94 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 3253 | 9 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 3241 | 10 |
| 95 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 3241 | 14 |
| 97 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 3201 | 15 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 3189 | 14 |
| 99 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3176 | 15 |
| 100 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 3161 | 22 |
| (100) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3156 | 26 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3150 | 6 |
| (101) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3147 | 7 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, McMaster University | Hamilton, Canada | 3144 | 21 |
| 103 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 3127 | 10 |
| 104 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 3112 | 34 |
| (104) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 3100 | 19 |
| 104 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 3100 | 19 |
| 106 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3083 | 13 |
| 107 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 3045 | 25 |
| 108 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 3022 | 25 |
| 109 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 3015 | 9 |
| (109) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 3005 | 8 |
| 110 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 2995 | 10 |
| (110) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 2993 | 6 |
| 111 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2965 | 11 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 2917 | 15 |
| 113 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2876 | 36 |
| 114 | Department of Economics, University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 2839 | 9 |
| 115 | Warrington College of Business, University of Florida | Gainesville, Florida (USA) | 2835 | 7 |
| 116 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2832 | 10 |
| 117 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2829 | 11 |
| (117) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 2825 | 12 |
| 118 | Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University | Cardiff, United Kingdom | 2801 | 21 |
| 119 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 2796 | 35 |
| (119) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 2792 | 9 |
| 120 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 2788 | 17 |
| 121 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2783 | 3 |
| 122 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 2781 | 18 |
| 123 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2765 | 13 |
| 124 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2683 | 14 |
| 125 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 2671 | 13 |
| 126 | Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo | Oslo, Norway | 2638 | 15 |
| 127 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2595 | 11 |
| 128 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 2590 | 15 |
| (128) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2583 | 13 |
| 129 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 2579 | 20 |
| 130 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 2473 | 15 |
| (130) | Economics Section, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University | Cardiff, United Kingdom | 2449 | 18 |
| 131 | College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 2445 | 4 |
| (131) | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 2445 | 4 |
| 132 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 2436 | 27 |
| 133 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 2408 | 14 |
| 134 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 2405 | 18 |
| 135 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 2388 | 8 |
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