| Rank | Score | Institution |
1 | 1 | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA) | 2 | 2.48 | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (USA) | 3 | 2.97 | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (USA) | 4 | 4.19 | McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA) | (5) | 4.5 | Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA) | 5 | 4.92 | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston, Texas (USA) | 6 | 6.44 | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (USA) |
| Rank | Author | Score | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | Daniel Hamermesh | 1.39 | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA) |
| 2. | Eric A. Hanushek | 2.05 | University of Texas-Dallas |
| 3. | Sheridan Titman | 3.6 | Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA) McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA) |
| 4. | Herve Moulin | 4.24 | Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston, Texas (USA) |
| 5. | Don Fullerton | 4.76 | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA) |
| 6. | David H. Papell | 6.54 | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (USA) |
| 7. | Chinhui Juhn | 8.05 | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (USA) |
| 8. | Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan | 10.02 | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (USA) |
| 9. | Stephen J. Trejo | 11.77 | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA) |
| 10. | Kamal Saggi | 11.91 | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (USA) |
| 11. | Thomas H. Noe | 12.32 | A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) |
| 12. | Valerie R. Bencivenga | 12.43 | Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA) Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA) |
| 13. | Nathan Balke | 13.46 | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (USA) |
| 14. | P. Dean Corbae | 13.46 | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA) |
| 15. | Bent E. Sorensen | 13.76 | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (USA) |
| 16. | Esfandiar Maasoumi | 14.96 | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (USA) |
| 17. | Mark Wynne | 14.99 | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (USA) Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (USA) |
| 18. | John V. Duca | 15.32 | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (USA) Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (USA) |