| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 14977 | 239 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 9999 | 200 |
| 3 | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 8919 | 241 |
| 4 | CESifo | München, Germany | 2835 | 57 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2792 | 88 |
| 6 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2588 | 122 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 2566 | 36 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2309 | 37 |
| 9 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1960 | 85 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1843 | 31 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1822 | 29 |
| 12 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1589 | 28 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1560 | 79 |
| 14 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1556 | 60 |
| (14) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1541 | 25 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1508 | 32 |
| 16 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1481 | 13 |
| 17 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1379 | 23 |
| (17) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1354 | 35 |
| 18 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 1345 | 84 |
| (18) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1330 | 28 |
| 19 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1283 | 39 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1262 | 26 |
| 21 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1260 | 44 |
| 22 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1257 | 33 |
| 23 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1251 | 21 |
| 24 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1239 | 22 |
| 25 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1221 | 49 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1204 | 30 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1195 | 24 |
| 28 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1173 | 24 |
| 29 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1163 | 20 |
| 30 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1145 | 44 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1143 | 28 |
| 32 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1132 | 26 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1128 | 31 |
| (33) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1121 | 22 |
| 34 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 1116 | 45 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1104 | 30 |
| 36 | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 1056 | 7 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1056 | 27 |
| 38 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1039 | 17 |
| 39 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1030 | 36 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1003 | 22 |
| 41 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 994 | 23 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 991 | 22 |
| (42) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 987 | 17 |
| (42) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 981 | 15 |
| 43 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 973 | 29 |
| 44 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 957 | 24 |
| 45 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 918 | 17 |
| 46 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 910 | 33 |
| 47 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 885 | 24 |
| 48 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 882 | 26 |
| 49 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 871 | 19 |
| 50 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 870 | 28 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 858 | 18 |
| 51 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 858 | 37 |
| 53 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 853 | 25 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 837 | 19 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 829 | 24 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 825 | 15 |
| 57 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 811 | 14 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 800 | 38 |
| 59 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 799 | 19 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 782 | 21 |
| 61 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 772 | 22 |
| 62 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 767 | 28 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 759 | 34 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 757 | 19 |
| 65 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 744 | 26 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 735 | 30 |
| 67 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 731 | 48 |
| (67) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 728 | 21 |
| 68 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 721 | 19 |
| (68) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 719 | 27 |
| 68 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 719 | 29 |
| 68 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 719 | 11 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, McMaster University | Hamilton, Canada | 714 | 28 |
| 72 | Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, Sweden | 712 | 36 |
| 73 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 711 | 11 |
| 74 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 710 | 22 |
| 75 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 696 | 17 |
| 76 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 672 | 22 |
| 77 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 651 | 21 |
| (77) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 651 | 9 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 647 | 21 |
| (78) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 644 | 13 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 637 | 23 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 619 | 11 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 615 | 22 |
| (81) | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 607 | 16 |
| 82 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" | Roma, Italy | 605 | 30 |
| 83 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 595 | 56 |
| 84 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 592 | 34 |
| 85 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 583 | 9 |
| 86 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 577 | 23 |
| (86) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 567 | 21 |
| 86 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 567 | 21 |
| 88 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 562 | 18 |
| 88 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 562 | 22 |
| 90 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 554 | 9 |
| 90 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 554 | 27 |
| 92 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität | Berlin, Germany | 552 | 34 |
| 93 | Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 551 | 22 |
| 94 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 547 | 8 |
| 95 | Département d'Économique, Université Laval | Ste-Foy, Canada | 546 | 17 |
| 96 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 545 | 53 |
| 96 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 545 | 25 |
| 98 | Resources for the Future (RFF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 543 | 25 |
| 99 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 540 | 21 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 539 | 21 |
| (100) | Centre d'Analyse Thérique des Organisations et des Marchés (ATOM), Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 538 | 51 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 534 | 11 |
| 102 | Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 531 | 40 |
| 103 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 529 | 30 |
| 104 | Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application (THEMA), Université de Cergy-Pontoise | Cergy-Pontoise, France | 524 | 29 |
| 105 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 523 | 26 |
| (105) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 509 | 7 |
| 106 | Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo | Oslo, Norway | 507 | 15 |
| 107 | Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 501 | 27 |
| 108 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 487 | 23 |
| (108) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 486 | 14 |
| 109 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 483 | 15 |
| 110 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 477 | 15 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 472 | 6 |
| 111 | Economics Department, University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 472 | 20 |
| 113 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 467 | 11 |
| 113 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 467 | 27 |
| (114) | Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 465 | 14 |
| 115 | Faculteit Economische en toegepaste economische wetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Leuven, Belgium | 459 | 36 |
| 116 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 457 | 10 |
| 117 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 454 | 23 |
| 118 | Business School, Brunel University | Uxbridge, United Kingdom | 452 | 14 |
| 118 | Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne | Melbourne, Australia | 452 | 17 |
| 120 | Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) | Basel/Zürich, Switzerland | 451 | 5 |
| 120 | United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) | | 451 | 14 |
| 120 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 451 | 9 |
| 123 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 449 | 15 |
| (123) | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 448 | 13 |
| (123) | Department of Economics and Finance, Business School, Brunel University | Uxbridge, United Kingdom | 443 | 13 |
| 124 | Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | Jena, Germany | 439 | 24 |
| 125 | Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA) | Madrid, Spain | 436 | 9 |
| 126 | Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 433 | 3 |
| 127 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 432 | 12 |
| 128 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 426 | 18 |
| 129 | Department of Economics, University of St. Andrews | Fife, United Kingdom | 425 | 16 |
| 129 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 425 | 15 |
| 131 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 424 | 13 |
| 132 | Banca d'Italia | Roma, Italy | 423 | 45 |
| (132) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 422 | 4 |
| (132) | Maastricht research school of Economics of TEchnology and ORganizations (METEOR), Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 420 | 12 |
| 133 | Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE) | Montréal/Québec, Canada | 418 | 15 |
| 134 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 416 | 15 |
| 135 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 413 | 9 |
| 136 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 411 | 13 |
| (136) | 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 |
| (136) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 408 | 34 |
| 137 | Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain | 407 | 17 |
| 138 | Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet | København, Denmark | 406 | 19 |
| 139 | Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 400 | 22 |
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