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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of October 2012

This page shows one of the many rankings computed with RePEc data. They are based on data about authors who have registered with the RePEc Author Service, institutions listed on EDIRC, bibliographic data collected by RePEc, citation analysis performed by CitEc and popularity data compiled by LogEc. To find more rankings, historical data and detailed methodology, click here. Or see the ranking FAQ. This ranking is drawn from 3051 institutions. For more details about the methodology used for classifying institutions, see here.

RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

1.2143.82
2Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.74444.13
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.23109.65
4University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

4.2799.95
5Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

5.52107.81
6Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.3487.57
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.42310.38
8Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

7.9854.73
9Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

8.5657.11
10New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

9.5697.37
11Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

10.8182.9
12Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

11.4164.28
13National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

12.0465.7
14International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

12.28272.57
15London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

12.92171.5
16University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

14.0884.02
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

14.5774.11
18University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

18.3164.91
19University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

19.4499.62
20Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

23.3770.6
21Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

23.8871.82
22Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

23.96136.98
23Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

24.82129.69
24Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

25.58153.34
25University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

27.3659.83
26Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

27.73130.99
27University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

28.281.75
28University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

28.9764.03
29University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

30.4947.6
30University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

30.5576.31
31University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

32.1884.62
32Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

33.8857.97
33Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

34.1932.4
34Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

35.5799.35
35Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

36137.23
36University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

36.79107.88
37Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

37.438.6
38Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

39.71267.64
39European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

39.87131.92
40Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

40.0354.6
41Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

40.8758.8
42University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

41.469.7
43Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

42.27127.84
44Washington University

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

42.4940.73
45Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

42.5103.08
46Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

43.4540.7
47Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

43.9883.69
48University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

46.4354.07
49Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

48.4970.8
50Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

49.52162
51Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

52.344.73
52Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

54.4990.84
53Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

56.3137.33
54University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

57.234.53
55Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

57.3471.21
56University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

59.8133.66
57Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

60.5828.36
58Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

60.8218.43
59Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

60.87116.57
60University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

60.9745.06
61Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

61.86106.02
62Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

63.0633.41
63Erasmus Universiteit

Rotterdam, Netherlands

63.37109.96
64University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

63.6275.21
65Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

63.6439.64
66Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

63.8778.1
67University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

64.3332.15
68Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

64.7794.64
69Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

65.859.25
70Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

67.7428.4
71Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

67.9248.1
72University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

67.9562.44
73Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

68.6689.1
74University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

69.839.31
75Sciences Po

Paris, France

73.257.01
76Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

73.6135.81
77Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

74.33100.26
78Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

74.932.09
79University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

77.4991.46
80University of New South Wales

Sydney, Australia

78.4672.64
81University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

78.9335.94
82University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

79.3442.87
83University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

82.7868.68
84ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

83.73113
85University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

83.7827.72
86University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

84.0839.14
87George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

84.2459.2
88University of York

York, United Kingdom

86.0379.65
89Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

86.5450.13
90CESifo

München, Germany

88.3336.47
91Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

91.9522.61
92Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

91.98114.04
93Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

92.7685.62
94DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

94.6692.77
95Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

95.2962.36
96Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

96.5255.59
97Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

97.84125.18
98Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

99.714.02
99Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

100.5244.91
100Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

101.9554.71
101London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

103.7819.53
102University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

105.2326.73
103Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

105.3854.47
104Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

105.8559.54
105Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

105.8757.03
106University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

106.9425
107University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

107.236.17
108Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

107.7718.15
109Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

109.26118.84
110Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

110.6439.82
111University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

110.7676.95
112Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

111.221.02
113University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

112.1959.85
114Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

113.16107.97
115Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

113.625.5
116City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

114.1147.96
117University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

114.2730.99
118University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

117.8762.74
119Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE)

Marseille, France

120.1640.91
120Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et Statistique (GENES)

Paris, France

120.4133.78
121University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

121.2322.6
122Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

121.847.78
123University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

121.9524.74
124University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

123.1571.25
125Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

München, Germany

123.3847.27
126The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

125.2236.95
127Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

125.6254.79
128Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

127.3629.45
129Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

127.529.81
130Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

128.3415.17
131Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

128.6229.48
132Sveriges Riksbank

Stockholm, Sweden

129.4330.31
133University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

131.4575.25
134University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

134.8830.89
135Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

135.2542.36
136University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

135.5925.17
Roma, Italy">137Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

136.1184.17
138City University

London, United Kingdom

136.6645.91
139University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

138.4322.37
140Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

142.4913.73
141University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

142.8927.52
142RAND

Santa Monica, California (United States)

143.1526.27
143Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

143.3365.11
144Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

144.5771.68
145Korea University

Seoul, South Korea

145.227.74
146University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

146.8452.77
147McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

146.9339.43
148Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

147.6339.56
149Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

148.0922.01
150Banque de France

Paris, France

149.572.76
151George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

150.9429.89
152Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

152.7337.58

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