| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Institution |
1 | 1 | [1] | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus | 2 | 2.37 | [2] | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland | 3 | 2.65 | [3] | Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus | (4) | 4.09 | [3] | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland | (4) | 4.78 | [3] | Charles A. Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus | (3) | 4.78 | [3] | Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus | 4 | 8.16 | [5] | Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland | 5 | 8.32 | [4] | Department of Economics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green | 6 | 9.73 | [6] | Economics Department, Cleveland State University, Cleveland |
| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.1 | [1] | René M. Stulz | Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus Charles A. Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 2. | 2.94 | [2] | David Schmeidler | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 3. | 4.43 | [5] | Timothy Dunne | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland |
| 4. | 4.88 | [4] | Lung-Fei Lee | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 5. | 5.05 | [7] | Michael Steven Weisbach | Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 6. | 5.29 | [3] | Joseph Haubrich | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland |
| 7. | 5.86 | [6] | John H. Kagel | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 8. | 6.5 | [9] | Timothy S. Fuerst | Department of Economics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green |
| 9. | 7.43 | [8] | David Blau | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 10. | 8.2 | [10] | Stanley E. Zin | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland |
| 11. | 9.21 | [11] | G. Andrew Karolyi | Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 12. | 11.37 | [12] | Charles Carlstrom | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland |
| 13. | 12.19 | [13] | Masao Ogaki | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 14. | 12.83 | [15] | James B. Thomson | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland Economics Department, Cleveland State University, Cleveland |
| 15. | 14.28 | [14] | Aubhik Khan | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 16. | 15.33 | [16] | James B. Rebitzer | Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Department of Economics, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland |
| 17. | 15.48 | [17] | Donald Richard Haurin | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |