| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.91 | [1] | Carmen M. Reinhart | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 2. | 2.02 | [2] | John Haltiwanger | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 3. | 2.48 | [3] | Christopher Carroll | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 4. | 2.76 | [4] | Robert Moffitt | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 5. | 6.45 | [5] | Allan Drazen | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 6. | 7.89 | [7] | Enrique Mendoza | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 7. | 8.45 | [6] | Carlos A. Végh | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 8. | 8.61 | [8] | Peter Cramton | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 9. | 9.4 | [9] | Vojislav Maksimovic | Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 10. | 9.73 | [11] | Wallace E. Oates | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 11. | 9.81 | [12] | John Rust | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 12. | 10.09 | [13] | Marc Nerlove | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 13. | 10.27 | [10] | Katharine Gail Abraham | University of Maryland |
| 14. | 10.47 | [14] | Joseph E. Harrington Jr. | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 15. | 14.17 | [15] | Maureen L. Cropper | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 16. | 15.08 | [16] | Peter Murrell | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS), University of Maryland, College Park |
| 17. | 15.87 | [17] | Richard E. Just | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 18. | 18.87 | [18] | Louis John Maccini | Johns Hopkins University |