| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 14920 | 238 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 9964 | 197 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 8761 | 239 |
| 4 | CESifo | München, Germany | 2792 | 56 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2753 | 87 |
| 6 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2478 | 121 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2302 | 37 |
| 8 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1930 | 84 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 1878 | 29 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1842 | 31 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1819 | 28 |
| 12 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1675 | 28 |
| (12) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1623 | 25 |
| 13 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1560 | 59 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1521 | 78 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1507 | 32 |
| 16 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1464 | 13 |
| 17 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 1379 | 86 |
| 18 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1366 | 23 |
| (18) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1353 | 35 |
| (18) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1288 | 27 |
| 19 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1261 | 44 |
| 20 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1253 | 33 |
| 21 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1246 | 38 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1240 | 26 |
| 23 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1232 | 22 |
| 24 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1228 | 21 |
| 25 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1220 | 49 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1193 | 30 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1191 | 24 |
| 28 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1168 | 24 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1142 | 28 |
| 30 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1140 | 44 |
| 31 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1132 | 20 |
| 32 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1125 | 26 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1115 | 31 |
| 34 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 1086 | 46 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1084 | 30 |
| (35) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1082 | 21 |
| 36 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1039 | 36 |
| 37 | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 1029 | 7 |
| 38 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1028 | 17 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 991 | 26 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 988 | 22 |
| 40 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 988 | 23 |
| (41) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 985 | 17 |
| (41) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 981 | 15 |
| 42 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 963 | 29 |
| 43 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 955 | 24 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 934 | 19 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 924 | 21 |
| 46 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 915 | 17 |
| 47 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 907 | 33 |
| 48 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 885 | 26 |
| 49 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 882 | 24 |
| 50 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 869 | 28 |
| 51 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 860 | 37 |
| 52 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 858 | 19 |
| 53 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 844 | 25 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 824 | 15 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 819 | 19 |
| 56 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 813 | 14 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 810 | 22 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 799 | 38 |
| 59 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 792 | 19 |
| 60 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 778 | 22 |
| 61 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 760 | 28 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 758 | 34 |
| 63 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 754 | 19 |
| 64 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 740 | 26 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 735 | 30 |
| (65) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 721 | 21 |
| 65 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 721 | 19 |
| 67 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 718 | 29 |
| 68 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 717 | 11 |
| 69 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 712 | 48 |
| 69 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 712 | 22 |
| 71 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 708 | 11 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 696 | 20 |
| 73 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 695 | 17 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, McMaster University | Hamilton, Canada | 690 | 27 |
| 75 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 678 | 35 |
| (75) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 678 | 27 |
| 76 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 656 | 22 |
| 77 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 650 | 21 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 648 | 21 |
| (78) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 638 | 9 |
| (78) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 634 | 13 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 630 | 22 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 617 | 11 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 614 | 22 |
| (81) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 608 | 16 |
| 82 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 603 | 30 |
| 83 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 598 | 34 |
| 84 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 583 | 56 |
| 85 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 582 | 9 |
| (85) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 571 | 21 |
| 85 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 571 | 21 |
| 87 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 562 | 27 |
| 88 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 559 | 22 |
| 89 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 556 | 21 |
| 90 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 550 | 9 |
| 91 | Département d'Économique, Université Laval | Ste-Foy, Canada | 546 | 17 |
| 92 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 544 | 25 |
| 93 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität | Berlin, Germany | 541 | 34 |
| 93 | Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 541 | 21 |
| 95 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 538 | 8 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 537 | 21 |
| 97 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 529 | 30 |
| 97 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 529 | 17 |
| 99 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 528 | 21 |
| 100 | Resources for the Future (RFF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 527 | 24 |
| 101 | Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 517 | 39 |
| 102 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 512 | 53 |
| 103 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 511 | 26 |
| (103) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 511 | 7 |
| 104 | Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo | Oslo, Norway | 508 | 15 |
| 105 | Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 493 | 27 |
| (105) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 487 | 14 |
| 106 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 485 | 15 |
| 107 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 484 | 23 |
| 108 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 473 | 15 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 470 | 6 |
| 110 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 466 | 27 |
| (110) | Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 464 | 14 |
| 111 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 463 | 11 |
| 112 | Faculteit Economische en toegepaste economische wetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Leuven, Belgium | 457 | 36 |
| 113 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 453 | 9 |
| 114 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 452 | 23 |
| 115 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 451 | 10 |
| 116 | Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application (THEMA), Université de Cergy-Pontoise | Cergy-Pontoise, France | 450 | 28 |
| 117 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 449 | 15 |
| 117 | United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) | | 449 | 14 |
| (118) | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 446 | 13 |
| 119 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 445 | 10 |
| 120 | Business School, Brunel University | Uxbridge, United Kingdom | 444 | 14 |
| 121 | Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA) | Madrid, Spain | 439 | 9 |
| (121) | Department of Economics and Finance, Business School, Brunel University | Uxbridge, United Kingdom | 435 | 13 |
| 122 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 433 | 12 |
| 123 | Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne | Melbourne, Australia | 429 | 16 |
| 123 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 429 | 15 |
| 125 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 425 | 18 |
| 126 | Banca d'Italia | Roma, Italy | 422 | 45 |
| 126 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 422 | 13 |
| (127) | Maastricht research school of Economics of TEchnology and ORganizations (METEOR), Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 420 | 12 |
| (127) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 416 | 4 |
| 128 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 413 | 14 |
| 129 | Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE) | Montréal/Québec, Canada | 412 | 15 |
| 129 | Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 412 | 3 |
| 129 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 412 | 9 |
| 132 | Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet | København, Denmark | 411 | 20 |
| (132) | Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 408 | 20 |
| 132 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 408 | 13 |
| 134 | School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol | Bristol, United Kingdom | 407 | 15 |
| 135 | Department of Economics, University of St. Andrews | Fife, United Kingdom | 405 | 15 |
| 136 | Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain | 404 | 17 |
| 137 | Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | Jena, Germany | 401 | 21 |
| 138 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 396 | 14 |
| 138 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 396 | 15 |
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