| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 2.63 | [1] | Anjan V. Thakor | Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 2. | 2.98 | [4] | David Knudsen Levine | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 3. | 3.35 | [2] | Robert A. Pollak | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 4. | 5.03 | [6] | Edward Nelson | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
| 5. | 5.69 | [7] | Costas Azariadis | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 6. | 5.76 | [3] | Douglass C. North | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 7. | 6.93 | [5] | William Poole | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
| 8. | 7.02 | [9] | Michele Boldrin | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 9. | 7.9 | [11] | Philip H. Dybvig | Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 10. | 8.75 | [10] | Stephen D. Williamson | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 11. | 9.34 | [8] | Daniel L Thornton | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
| 12. | 10.86 | [12] | Ping Wang | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 13. | 10.97 | [15] | Bruce Clayton Petersen | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 14. | 11.2 | [13] | Robert H. Rasche | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
| 15. | 12.4 | [14] | James Bullard | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
| 16. | 15.52 | [16] | Christopher J. Neely | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
| 17. | 15.81 | [17] | Todd Clark | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City |
| 18. | 16.47 | [18] | Glenn MacDonald | Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 19. | 16.82 | [19] | Steven Mark Fazzari | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 20. | 17 | [21] | Jeroen Swinkels | Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 21. | 18.46 | [20] | William Thomas Gavin | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |