Top 25% Think Tanks, as of December 2020

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Top 25% Think Tanks, all authors, all publication years

All institutions in this category.

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author shares
1	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	1.06	440	87.59
2	Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Bonn, Germany	2.23	934	131.62
3	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) London, United Kingdom	3.56	332	33.25
4	Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	4.72	41	30.9
5	DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) Berlin, Germany	5.54	149	100.92
6	Brookings Institution Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	5.64	37	25.01
7	ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V. München, Germany	5.68	166	127.75
8	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) Stockholm, Sweden	8.95	98	61.86
9	Resources for the Future (RFF) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	9.67	46	33.96
10	Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research Wellington, New Zealand	10.53	24	19.84
11	Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Dublin, Ireland	12.42	64	52.41
12	Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII) Paris, France	14.66	47	25.92
13	RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Essen, Germany	14.83	73	51.04
14	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) Nürnberg, Germany	14.84	62	48.16
15	Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) Halle, Germany	15.66	61	42.03
16	American Enterprise Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	16.15	18	17.45
17	Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing, China	17.01	26	22.67
18	W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Kalamazoo, Michigan (USA)	18.29	11	10.34
19	Bruegel Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	18.87	18	12.15
20	National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) London, United Kingdom	19.41	39	28.12
21	Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) Tokyo, Japan	20.5	49	26.54
22	Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Moscow, Russia	20.74	104	62.84
23	Geary Institute, University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland	21.15	25	11.06
24	Urban Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	22.83	25	21.8
25	Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) Rimini, Italy	24.07	40	7.48
26	Levy Economics Institute, Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (USA)	25.11	23	14.97
27	Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) México, Mexico	25.38	36	32.37
28	Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government of Finland Helsinki, Finland	27.15	26	19.07
29	Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) Lima, Peru	27.38	26	21.64
30	Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research (PIER) Bangkok, Thailand	29.68	13	9.5
31	Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	32.39	17	12.62
32	Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Den Haag, Netherlands	33.4	18	13.99
33	Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)	34.23	1	1
34	Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo) Colombia	35.94	25	20.66
35	Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft Köln, Germany	36.4	13	12.59
36	Cato Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	38.07	5	3.5
37	C. D. Howe Institute Toronto, Canada	38.25	10	4.98
38	Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) Helsinki, Finland	39.17	15	11.97
39	Centro de Estudios Públicos Santiago, Chile	39.39	6	5.84
40	Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) Waterloo, Canada	40.47	38	3.44
41	Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	41.06	14	11.72
42	Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) Jakarta, Indonesia	43.77	16	14.3
43	Nordisk Institutt for studier av innovasjon, forskning og utdanning (NIFU) Oslo, Norway	46.18	13	11.7
44	Economic Policy Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	46.4	5	2.45
45	The Conference Board New York City, New York (USA)	47.08	3	1.53
46	Group for Research in Applied Economics (GRAPE) Warszawa, Poland	49.27	15	5.43
47	Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) San Francisco, California (USA)	51.99	3	1.5
48	Instytut Badań Strukturalnych Warszawa, Poland	52.71	23	18.55
49	Centre for Policy Research and International Studies (CENPRIS), Universiti Sains Malaysia Minden, Malaysia	52.93	1	1
50	CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research Warszawa, Poland	53.34	23	15.21
51	Prometeia Bologna, Italy	53.84	9	6.85
52	Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI) Bratislava, Slovakia	54.73	14	8.67
53	Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	55	14	12.55
54	Overseas Development Institute London, United Kingdom	55.64	13	10.65
55	Resolution Foundation London, United Kingdom	56.47	1	0.75

The rankings

Top 25% institutions in Think Tanks, 10 best authors in each, 10 last publication years

All institutions in this category.

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author shares
1	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	1.36	439	10
2	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) London, United Kingdom	3.44	331	10
3	DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) Berlin, Germany	4.03	141	10
4	ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V. München, Germany	4.39	162	10
5	Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Bonn, Germany	4.71	924	10
6	Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing, China	6.04	26	10
7	Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	7.26	40	10
8	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) Stockholm, Sweden	9.64	97	10
9	Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII) Paris, France	12	46	10
10	Resources for the Future (RFF) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	12.16	39	10
11	Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) Halle, Germany	12.74	57	10
12	Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Dublin, Ireland	13.3	63	10
13	Brookings Institution Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	13.64	34	10
14	RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Essen, Germany	14.76	72	10
15	Bruegel Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	16	18	10
16	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) Nürnberg, Germany	17.2	58	10
17	Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Moscow, Russia	17.61	97	10
18	Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research Wellington, New Zealand	19.57	24	10
19	National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) London, United Kingdom	22.17	36	10
20	Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) Tokyo, Japan	22.52	49	10
21	American Enterprise Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	22.73	14	10
22	Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government of Finland Helsinki, Finland	24.89	24	10
23	Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) Lima, Peru	26.11	23	10
24	Levy Economics Institute, Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (USA)	26.29	21	10
25	Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	27.63	17	10
26	W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Kalamazoo, Michigan (USA)	27.94	8	6.34
27	Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research (PIER) Bangkok, Thailand	28.5	13	9.49
28	Urban Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	28.52	23	10
29	Geary Institute, University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland	28.91	24	10
30	Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) Rimini, Italy	29.39	40	7.48
31	Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft Köln, Germany	31.05	13	10
32	Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Den Haag, Netherlands	31.67	15	10
33	Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) México, Mexico	31.84	34	10
34	Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) Helsinki, Finland	36.55	13	10
35	Group for Research in Applied Economics (GRAPE) Warszawa, Poland	38.79	15	5.43
36	Centre for Policy Research and International Studies (CENPRIS), Universiti Sains Malaysia Minden, Malaysia	39.27	1	1
37	Instytut Badań Strukturalnych Warszawa, Poland	42.82	23	10
38	Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) Jakarta, Indonesia	42.93	15	10
39	Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	43.59	13	10
40	Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI) Bratislava, Slovakia	46.87	14	8.67
41	Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	48.38	12	9.72
42	Istituto Nazionale per l'Analisi delle Politiche Pubbliche (INAPP) Roma, Italy	50.48	5	3.76
43	Prometeia Bologna, Italy	51.03	9	6.85
44	Palkansaajien tutkimuslaitos Helsinki, Finland	51.65	4	2.4
45	Nordisk Institutt for studier av innovasjon, forskning og utdanning (NIFU) Oslo, Norway	52.39	9	7.7
46	Economic Policy Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	52.81	5	2.45
47	Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)	53.13	1	1
48	C. D. Howe Institute Toronto, Canada	54.63	10	4.98
49	CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research Warszawa, Poland	55.4	19	7.81
50	Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo) Colombia	55.55	25	10
51	Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) Waterloo, Canada	56.15	37	3.34
52	Resolution Foundation London, United Kingdom	56.86	1	0.75
53	Overseas Development Institute London, United Kingdom	60.07	12	9.65
54	The Conference Board New York City, New York (USA)	60.31	3	1.53
55	Milken Institute Santa Monica, California (USA)	60.66	5	4.05

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