| Rank | Institution | Score | Authors | Author shares |
| 1 | Department of Economics, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1.06 | 77 | 63.37 |
| 2 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2.21 | 51 | 41.42 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California (USA) | 3.27 | 54 | 44.4 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4.33 | 57 | 49.59 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4.66 | 58 | 44.63 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Stanford University Stanford, California (USA) | 6.76 | 52 | 41.38 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University New York City, New York (USA) | 8.18 | 47 | 38.52 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 8.94 | 55 | 51.98 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 10.34 | 49 | 36.37 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, New York University (NYU) New York City, New York (USA) | 10.47 | 50 | 37.59 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Boston University Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 11.52 | 56 | 51.27 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD) La Jolla, California (USA) | 14.55 | 48 | 40.38 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 14.87 | 36 | 32.09 |
| 14 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 15.47 | 33 | 31.56 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 17.54 | 42 | 36.82 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, California (USA) | 17.89 | 56 | 45.88 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 19 | 53 | 47.62 |
| 18 | Economics Department, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 19.01 | 60 | 50.51 |
| 19 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 19.18 | 38 | 31.66 |
| 20 | Finance and Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University New York City, New York (USA) | 19.32 | 27 | 20.91 |
| 21 | Economics Department, University of California-Davis Davis, California (USA) | 20.43 | 50 | 45.37 |
| 22 | Economics Department, Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 21.21 | 57 | 52.6 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California (USA) | 21.87 | 50 | 42.82 |
| 24 | Economics Department, Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 23.38 | 47 | 41.69 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 26.23 | 39 | 37.01 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland (USA) | 28.19 | 46 | 36.13 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Duke University Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 28.8 | 42 | 34.22 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Cornell University Ithaca, New York (USA) | 28.87 | 39 | 24.56 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of California-Irvine Irvine, California (USA) | 28.95 | 45 | 42.23 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 29.2 | 33 | 31.8 |
| 31 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU) New York City, New York (USA) | 31.65 | 23 | 19.62 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 31.85 | 43 | 42.06 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia (USA) | 33.87 | 47 | 41.38 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin Austin, Texas (USA) | 36.31 | 57 | 49.04 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 37.46 | 38 | 36.43 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 38.26 | 39 | 36.4 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 38.28 | 27 | 22.52 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 38.61 | 36 | 30.72 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana (USA) | 41.28 | 41 | 37.79 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 41.7 | 39 | 36.29 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 43.02 | 26 | 23.05 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 44.25 | 16 | 11.45 |
| 43 | Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 44.35 | 26 | 22.63 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 46.4 | 70 | 55.69 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) | 46.52 | 19 | 17 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, George Washington University Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 47.07 | 64 | 42.84 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University Ames, Iowa (USA) | 50.64 | 49 | 44.28 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 51.15 | 42 | 39.54 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Texas A&M University College Station, Texas (USA) | 51.41 | 32 | 29.48 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 52.65 | 20 | 16.54 |
| 51 | Economics Department, Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts (USA) | 52.7 | 30 | 25.96 |
| 52 | Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University Orange, California (USA) | 53.06 | 48 | 30.38 |
| 53 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California (USA) | 53.55 | 17 | 14.7 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 58.72 | 48 | 40.13 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon (USA) | 59.65 | 23 | 21.55 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 59.67 | 29 | 25.26 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana (USA) | 60.31 | 27 | 23.1 |
| 58 | John E. Walker Department of Economics, College of Business and Behavioral Science, Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina (USA) | 61.25 | 34 | 31.89 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts (USA) | 63.45 | 24 | 20.92 |
| 60 | Economics Department, University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri (USA) | 63.46 | 24 | 21 |
| 61 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 63.74 | 32 | 30.02 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, International Business School, Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 64.01 | 29 | 25.13 |
| 63 | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California (USA) | 64.75 | 14 | 12.71 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 66.44 | 46 | 41.79 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Houston Houston, Texas (USA) | 67.31 | 21 | 19.6 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 69.67 | 33 | 31.89 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, Maxwell School, Syracuse University Syracuse, New York (USA) | 70.14 | 18 | 14.08 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of California-Riverside Riverside, California (USA) | 71.36 | 26 | 25.34 |
| 69 | Economics Department, University of Rochester Rochester, New York (USA) | 72.7 | 18 | 15.64 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Emory University Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 72.79 | 23 | 18.78 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, Rice University Houston, Texas (USA) | 73.15 | 18 | 15.44 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA) | 75.81 | 19 | 15.55 |
| 73 | Economics Department, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona (USA) | 78.03 | 9 | 8 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas (USA) | 78.09 | 29 | 24.9 |
| 75 | Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware Newark, Delaware (USA) | 78.24 | 37 | 34.01 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) New York City, New York (USA) | 78.48 | 33 | 19.38 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 80.21 | 24 | 19.91 |
| 78 | Economics Department, George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 80.68 | 35 | 25.24 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, College of Business, University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 81.55 | 14 | 13.9 |
| 80 | Economics Department, Stony Brook University - SUNY Stony Brook, New York (USA) | 83.36 | 25 | 21.96 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina (USA) | 84.79 | 26 | 24.45 |
| 82 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA) | 85.54 | 16 | 16 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts (USA) | 85.66 | 18 | 15.9 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies, Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa, Alabama (USA) | 87.39 | 20 | 18.18 |
| 85 | International Economics Department, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 89.37 | 17 | 13.65 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) | 89.85 | 23 | 20.51 |
| 87 | Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 90.73 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 88 | School of Economics, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 91.45 | 27 | 25.8 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, Brigham Young University Provo, Utah (USA) | 92.84 | 22 | 21.35 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa Manoa, Hawaii (USA) | 93.09 | 31 | 25.85 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia Athens, Georgia (USA) | 93.48 | 18 | 16.54 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, American University Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 95.78 | 26 | 22.85 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of Texas-Dallas Dallas, Texas (USA) | 96.2 | 10 | 10 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, State University of New York-Albany (SUNY) Albany, New York (USA) | 96.49 | 21 | 19.72 |
| 95 | Economics Department, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida (USA) | 97.25 | 10 | 10 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina (USA) | 98.67 | 17 | 13.71 |
| 97 | Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana (USA) | 100.27 | 16 | 14.76 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, State University of New York-Binghamton (SUNY) Binghamton, New York (USA) | 100.76 | 16 | 14.75 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, Middlebury College Middlebury, Vermont (USA) | 100.8 | 15 | 13.79 |
| 100 | Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, Claremont McKenna College Claremont, California (USA) | 100.8 | 23 | 21.48 |
| 101 | Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 101.56 | 13 | 11.28 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Auburn University Auburn, Alabama (USA) | 104.73 | 24 | 22.45 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia (USA) | 106.6 | 25 | 22.49 |
| 104 | Economics Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 107.77 | 7 | 5.75 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York (USA) | 108.07 | 14 | 12.54 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, School of Business, University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida (USA) | 108.83 | 14 | 13.34 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia (USA) | 109.23 | 22 | 19.77 |
| 108 | Economics Department, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina (USA) | 112.87 | 14 | 13.2 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California (USA) | 114.54 | 16 | 14.36 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 114.58 | 16 | 15.8 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA) | 115.23 | 15 | 15 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas (USA) | 115.84 | 10 | 8.96 |
| 113 | Economics Department, Barnard College, Columbia University New York City, New York (USA) | 120.26 | 8 | 7.3 |
| 114 | Department of Economics and Finance, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University Logan, Utah (USA) | 120.84 | 19 | 17.49 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, Indiana University-Purdue University (IUPUI) Indianapolis, Indiana (USA) | 121.38 | 18 | 17.89 |
| 116 | Economics Department, Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut (USA) | 121.47 | 16 | 14.8 |
| 117 | Department of Economics, University of California-Merced Merced, California (USA) | 123.6 | 13 | 12.9 |
| 118 | Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts (USA) | 124.19 | 21 | 16.29 |
| 119 | Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina-Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina (USA) | 125.7 | 15 | 11.45 |
| 120 | Department of Economics, Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado (USA) | 127.4 | 15 | 14.01 |
| 121 | Department of Economics, Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY) New York City, New York (USA) | 127.83 | 17 | 10.81 |
| 122 | Department of Economics and Legal Studies in Business, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA) | 128.24 | 22 | 21.99 |
| 123 | Economics Department, University of Nevada-Reno Reno, Nevada (USA) | 129.6 | 28 | 26.83 |
| 124 | Economics Department, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 130.42 | 20 | 17.46 |
| 125 | Department of Economics, University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma (USA) | 130.94 | 18 | 17.39 |
| 126 | Department of Economics, New School for Social Research, The New School New York City, New York (USA) | 131.3 | 19 | 15.84 |
| 127 | Department of Economics, College of Business, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee (USA) | 131.86 | 20 | 12.94 |
| 128 | Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colorado (USA) | 131.91 | 12 | 11.9 |
| 129 | Department of Economics, Hamilton College Clinton, New York (USA) | 132.17 | 12 | 12 |
| 130 | Department of Economics, State University of New York-Buffalo (SUNY) Buffalo, New York (USA) | 132.99 | 12 | 9.36 |
| 131 | Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado (USA) | 134.65 | 21 | 20.1 |
| 132 | Economics Department, University of Richmond Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 137.11 | 14 | 13.95 |