For Africa, these are 264 institutions and 862 authors.
Rank | W.Rank | Institution | Score | Authors | Author shares |
1 | [2] | School of Economics, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa | 1.34 | 58 | 46.03 |
--- | [---] | Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa | 3.05 | 28 | 21.05 |
2 | [3] | Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa | 3.08 | 28 | 21.05 |
3 | [1] | Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa | 3.12 | 68 | 56.47 |
--- | [---] | Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa | 3.81 | 27 | 15.86 |
--- | [---] | Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa | 4.36 | 61 | 49.07 |
4 | [4] | Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg Auckland Park, South Africa | 7.08 | 25 | 21.8 |
4 | [6] | Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa | 7.08 | 4 | 3.5 |
6 | [5] | Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa | 9.54 | 18 | 12.92 |
7 | [7] | African Development Bank Abidjan (temporarily Tunis, Tunisia), Côte d'Ivoire | 9.99 | 22 | 18.22 |
8 | [8] | Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) Cape Town, South Africa | 12.28 | 47 | 16.5 |
9 | [10] | Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Économiques et Politiques, Université de la Réunion St-Denis, Réunion | 13.35 | 10 | 8.19 |
--- | [---] | Centre d'Économie et de Management de l'Océan Indien (CEMOI), Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Économiques et Politiques, Université de la Réunion St-Denis, Réunion | 13.35 | 10 | 8.19 |
10 | [13] | Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana Legon, Ghana | 15.77 | 4 | 4 |
--- | [---] | School of Economic and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa | 16.07 | 12 | 8.09 |
11 | [9] | African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) Yaoundé, Cameroun | 16.08 | 4 | 2.58 |
12 | [12] | Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Université de Tunis El Manar Tunis, Tunisia | 16.5 | 32 | 25.09 |
13 | [11] | École Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis, Université de la Manouba Manouba, Tunisia | 17.31 | 26 | 25 |
--- | [---] | Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA) Pretoria, South Africa | 18.23 | 8 | 6.83 |
--- | [---] | Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa | 19.94 | 11 | 9.19 |
14 | [14] | Economic Research Forum (ERF) Cairo, Egypt | 19.96 | 22 | 5.43 |
--- | [---] | Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa | 20.69 | 4 | 2.83 |
15 | [16] | World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Nairobi, Kenya | 21.21 | 4 | 2.7 |
--- | [---] | Institutions and Political Economy Group (IPEG), School of Economic and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa | 22.66 | 2 | 1.5 |
16 | [17] | Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) Lusaka, Zambia | 24.57 | 10 | 10 |
17 | [18] | Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa | 26.04 | 3 | 2.4 |
18 | [20] | Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar Tunis, Tunisia | 27.29 | 19 | 15.41 |
19 | [19] | Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Pretoria, South Africa | 28.5 | 5 | 4.75 |
20 | [24] | Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 29.96 | 10 | 7.7 |
21 | [15] | Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AERI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC) Giza, Egypt | 30.36 | 1 | 1 |
22 | [21] | Department of Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria | 31.7 | 7 | 7 |
23 | [22] | Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion de Sousse, Université du Centre Sousse, Tunisia | 31.92 | 15 | 12.6 |
--- | [---] | Laboratoire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative du Développement (LAREQUAD), Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Université de Tunis El Manar Tunis, Tunisia | 34.66 | 8 | 5.08 |
24 | [23] | College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA) Pretoria, South Africa | 35.08 | 10 | 7.97 |
--- | [---] | Bureau for Economic Research, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa | 35.53 | 7 | 4.98 |
25 | [26] | Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Université de Carthage Nabeul, Tunisia | 36.96 | 7 | 5.84 |
26 | [25] | Faculté d'Économie, Université de Kinshasa Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 38.11 | 4 | 3 |
27 | [27] | International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Nairobi, Kenya | 39.78 | 4 | 3.8 |
28 | [31] | Faculty of Management Technology, German University Cairo, Egypt | 40.89 | 3 | 2.5 |
29 | [28] | École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) Tunis, Tunisia | 41.54 | 9 | 8.65 |
30 | [33] | Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa | 41.57 | 2 | 0.81 |
31 | [32] | OCP Policy Center Rabat, Morocco | 43.37 | 3 | 2.5 |
32 | [30] | Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa | 43.41 | 1 | 1 |
33 | [29] | Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Université de Sfax pour le Sud Sfax, Tunisia | 44.18 | 23 | 22.5 |
Rank | W.Rank | Author | Score |
1 | [4] | Hans Peter Binswanger-Mkhize College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa | 2.8 |
2 | [1] | Rangan Gupta Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa | 3.67 |
3 | [11] | Augustin Kwasi Fosu Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana | 3.85 |
4 | [3] | Simplice Anutechia Asongu African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé, Cameroun | 4.99 |
5 | [14] | John Dunne Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 6.84 |
6 | [26] | Frank Place World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya | 9.99 |
7 | [18] | Nicholas M. Odhiambo Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa | 10.65 |
8 | [46] | Patrizio Piraino School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 11.31 |
9 | [24] | Eric Schaling Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town, South Africa | 11.57 |
10 | [5] | Servaas van der Berg Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa | 11.95 |
11 | [34] | Alexander Zimper Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa | 12.31 |
12 | [31] | Basil J. Moore Bureau for Economic Research, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa | 12.89 |
13 | [16] | Frank Riedel Institut für Mathematische Wirtschaftsforschung, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany | 13.4 |
14 | [9] | Richard Normand Langlois Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut (USA) Institutions and Political Economy Group (IPEG), School of Economic and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa | 14.02 |
15 | [37] | Lawrence Edwards School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 15.6 |
16 | [27] | Ingrid Woolard Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 16.16 |
17 | [56] | Cally Ardington Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 16.47 |
18 | [2] | Emad Abd Elmessih Shehata Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AERI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt | 17.37 |
19 | [7] | Ulrich Schmidt Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW), Kiel, Germany | 18.99 |
20 | [35] | Nicola Viegi Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa | 19.07 |
21 | [25] | Haroon Bhorat Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 20.51 |
22 | [41] | Dominique Lepelley Centre d'Économie et de Management de l'Océan Indien (CEMOI), Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Économiques et Politiques, Université de la Réunion, St-Denis, Réunion | 21.2 |
23 | [33] | Alain Kabundi Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town, South Africa | 21.26 |
24 | [22] | Johann Frederick Kirsten Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa | 23.85 |
25 | [36] | John C. Anyanwu African Development Bank, Abidjan (temporarily Tunis, Tunisia), Côte d'Ivoire | 24.33 |
26 | [20] | Johan Fourie Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa | 27.65 |
27 | [62] | Martin Wittenberg School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 28.28 |
28 | [55] | Antony Chapoto Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI), Lusaka, Zambia | 29.82 |
29 | [51] | Anthony Enisan Akinlo Department of Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria | 30.56 |
30 | [32] | Stan Du Plessis Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa | 31.99 |
31 | [79] | Co-Pierre Georg Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 32.26 |
32 | [21] | Murray Leibbrandt Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany | 32.51 |
33 | [53] | Abebe Shimeles Abebe African Development Bank, Abidjan (temporarily Tunis, Tunisia), Côte d'Ivoire | 32.54 |
34 | [71] | Désiré Vencatachellum African Development Bank, Abidjan (temporarily Tunis, Tunisia), Côte d'Ivoire | 33.13 |
35 | [58] | Martine Visser Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 33.18 |
36 | [69] | Nicolas Moreau Centre d'Économie et de Management de l'Océan Indien (CEMOI), Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Économiques et Politiques, Université de la Réunion, St-Denis, Réunion | 36.42 |
37 | [49] | Fiona Tregenna Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa | 36.62 |
38 | [12] | Sahra Khaleel Mickaiel Department of Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt | 37.24 |
39 | [60] | John Manuel Luiz Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 38.98 |
40 | [65] | Mohamed Safouane Ben Aissa Ministère des Finances, Government of Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia | 39.46 |
41 | [47] | Manoel Bittencourt Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa | 39.88 |
42 | [66] | Christian R. Richter Faculty of Management Technology, German University, Cairo, Egypt | 40.99 |
43 | [39] | Derek Yu Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa | 41.59 |
44 | [42] | Godwin Chukwudum Nwaobi Quantitative Economic Research Bureau (Quanterb), Aba, Nigeria | 41.95 |
45 | [44] | Steven Fredric Koch Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa | 42.38 |
46 | [117] | Alexis Parmentier Centre d'Économie et de Management de l'Océan Indien (CEMOI), Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Économiques et Politiques, Université de la Réunion, St-Denis, Réunion | 42.59 |
47 | [73] | Kalu Ojah Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa | 42.98 |
48 | [95] | Rim Lahmandi-Ayed École Supérieure de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information (ESSAI), Université de Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia | 46.77 |
49 | [68] | Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu Financial and Fiscal Commission, Government of South Africa, Midrand, South Africa | 46.9 |
50 | [80] | Neil Andrew Rankin Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa | 47.35 |
51 | [67] | Roula Inglesi-Lotz Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa | 47.93 |
52 | [40] | Oasis Kodila-Tedika Faculté d'Économie, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 49.27 |
53 | [63] | Anis Omri Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Université de Carthage, Nabeul, Tunisia | 49.27 |
54 | [57] | Nick Vink Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa | 51.87 |
55 | [70] | Ivan Nicholas Turok Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa | 52.67 |
56 | [81] | Ben W. Smit Bureau for Economic Research, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa | 53.37 |
57 | [114] | Vimal Ranchhod Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 54.26 |
58 | [75] | Kevin Nell Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa | 54.63 |
59 | [108] | Habib Zitouna | 56.71 |
60 | [29] | Mohammad A. Jabbar International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Nairobi, Kenya | 56.76 |
61 | [54] | Sami Bibi Economic Research Forum (ERF), Cairo, Egypt | 57.51 |
62 | [133] | Joseph Atta-Mensah Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 58.78 |
63 | [50] | Hussein Elasrag Ministry of Trade and Industry, Government of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt | 59.34 |
64 | [92] | Karim El Aynaoui OCP Policy Center, Rabat, Morocco | 59.56 |
65 | [121] | Riadh Aloui Laboratoire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative du Développement (LAREQUAD), Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia | 60.57 |
66 | [103] | El-hadj M. Bah African Development Bank, Abidjan (temporarily Tunis, Tunisia), Côte d'Ivoire | 60.96 |
67 | [100] | Vasco Molini Mozambique Resident Mission, World Bank, Maputo, Mozambique | 61.29 |
68 | [19] | Ibrahim Soliman Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt | 62.94 |
69 | [119] | Mike Morris School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 63.31 |
70 | [13] | Jan Luiten van Zanden Centre for Global Economic History (CGEH), Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands | 63.5 |
71 | [90] | Margaret Mabugu Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa | 64.13 |
72 | [77] | Paul Alagidede Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa | 64.14 |
73 | [113] | AbdelRahmen El Lahga Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia | 65.32 |
74 | [86] | James Blignaut Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town, South Africa Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa | 67.82 |
75 | [15] | Johannes Wolfgang Fedderke Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town, South Africa | 67.83 |
76 | [124] | Merle G. Holden Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town, South Africa | 68.25 |
77 | [110] | Ruthira Naraidoo Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town, South Africa | 68.97 |
78 | [96] | Ronelle Burger Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa | 75.6 |
79 | [45] | Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Department of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia (USA) | 75.73 |
80 | [127] | Philip Kofi Adom Faculty of Accounting, Banking and Finance, University of Professional Studies Accra, Accra, Ghana | 79.75 |
81 | [138] | Asha Sundaram School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 80.12 |
82 | [91] | Slim Ben Youssef École Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis, Université de la Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia | 80.81 |
83 | [122] | Lahcen Achy Institut National de Statistique et d'Économie Appliquée (INSEA), Rabat, Morocco | 84.33 |
84 | [111] | Ahdi Noomen Ajmi École Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis, Université de la Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia | 84.38 |
85 | [8] | Mehmet Balcilar Ekonomi Bölümü, İşletme ve Ekonomi Fakültesi, Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus | 85.47 |
86 | [106] | Arden Finn Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 85.65 |
87 | [82] | Joshua Abor Business School, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana | 86.29 |
88 | [88] | Ahmed Driouchi Institute of Economic Analysis and Prospective Studies (IEAPS), Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco | 86.99 |
89 | [107] | Jean-François Hoarau Centre d'Économie et de Management de l'Océan Indien (CEMOI), Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Économiques et Politiques, Université de la Réunion, St-Denis, Réunion | 87.56 |
90 | [87] | Jorge M. Agüero Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE), Lima, Peru | 88.33 |
91 | [142] | Hatem M'Henni École Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis, Université de la Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia | 88.48 |
92 | [156] | Rachidi Kotchoni Institut de Recherche Empirique en Économie Politique (IREEP), African School of Economics, Cotonou, Benin | 89.25 |
93 | [72] | Dieter von Fintel Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa | 90.25 |
94 | [74] | Andrew Phiri | 91.31 |
95 | [149] | Don Ross Research Unit for Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics (RUBEN), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | 91.6 |
96 | [140] | Guangling Liu Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa | 91.86 |
97 | [112] | Renee van Eyden Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa | 91.92 |
98 | [17] | Andreas Freytag Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany | 93.46 |
99 | [161] | Witness Simbanegavi African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya | 94.49 |
100 | [174] | Sonali Das | 95.88 |
101 | [146] | Walid Chkili Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia | 96.74 |
102 | [130] | Alemayehu Geda Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 99.09 |
103 | [162] | Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa African Development Bank, Abidjan (temporarily Tunis, Tunisia), Côte d'Ivoire | 99.33 |
104 | [84] | Shehu Usman Rano Aliyu Department of Economics, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria | 100.24 |
105 | [83] | Rulof P. Burger Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa | 100.31 |
106 | [109] | Mahmoud Sami Nabi Laboratoire d'Économie et de Gestion Industrielle (LEGI), École Polytechnique de Tunisie, Tunis, Tunisia | 100.91 |
107 | [120] | Guy Blaise Ngassam Nkamleu African Development Bank, Abidjan (temporarily Tunis, Tunisia), Côte d'Ivoire | 101.06 |
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