| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Institution |
1 | 1 | [1] | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus | 2 | 2.19 | [2] | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland | 3 | 2.98 | [3] | Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus | (4) | 3.6 | [3] | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland | (4) | 5.49 | [3] | Charles A. Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus | (3) | 5.49 | [3] | Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus | 4 | 7.71 | [4] | Department of Economics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green | 5 | 8.28 | [5] | Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland | 6 | 9.14 | [6] | Richard T. Farmer School of Business, Miami University, Oxford |
| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.16 | [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. | 2.98 | [4] | David Schmeidler | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 3. | 4.55 | [5] | Timothy Dunne | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland |
| 4. | 4.74 | [6] | Michael Steven Weisbach | Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 5. | 4.94 | [3] | Joseph Haubrich | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland |
| 6. | 5.08 | [2] | Lung-Fei Lee | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 7. | 5.93 | [7] | John H. Kagel | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 8. | 6.31 | [9] | Timothy S. Fuerst | Department of Economics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green |
| 9. | 6.78 | [8] | David Blau | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 10. | 8.33 | [10] | G. Andrew Karolyi | Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 11. | 10.35 | [12] | Charles Carlstrom | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland |
| 12. | 10.63 | [13] | Masao Ogaki | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 13. | 12.23 | [14] | James B. Thomson | Economics Department, Cleveland State University, Cleveland Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland |
| 14. | 13.64 | [15] | Aubhik Khan | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 15. | 14.1 | [17] | Donald Richard Haurin | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 16. | 16.47 | [18] | James Peck | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 17. | 16.75 | [19] | Bruce A. Weinberg | Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 18. | 17.32 | [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 |