| Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | Dermot Hayes | Department of Finance, College of Business, Iowa State University, Ames Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames College of Business, Iowa State University, Ames |
| 2. | Bruce Alan Babcock | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University, Ames Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames |
| 3. | Helen H. Jensen | Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames |
| 4. | John Christopher Beghin | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University, Ames Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), Iowa State University, Ames |
| 5. | David A. Hennessy | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University, Ames Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames |
| 6. | Leigh S Tesfatsion | Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames |
| 7. | Harvey E. Lapan | Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames |
| 8. | Charles H. Whiteman | Department of Economics, University of Iowa, Iowa City |
| 9. | B Ravikumar | Department of Economics, University of Iowa, Iowa City |
| 10. | Peter Orazem | Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames |
| 11. | Raymond G. Riezman | Department of Economics, University of Iowa, Iowa City |