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| Rank | Institution | Score | Authors | Author shares |
| 1 | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2.1 | 31 | 26 |
| 2 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU) New York City, New York (USA) | 2.77 | 16 | 13.5 |
| 3 | Tinbergen Instituut Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3.28 | 122 | 42.23 |
| 4 | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3.63 | 18 | 14.56 |
| 5 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) Napoli, Italy | 5.06 | 55 | 36.42 |
| 6 | Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China | 6.77 | 35 | 34.24 |
| 7 | Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 8.41 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 9.17 | 9 | 6.69 |
| 9 | Swiss Finance Institute Genève/Zürich, Switzerland | 10.47 | 24 | 9.87 |
| 10 | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 10.98 | 10 | 8.5 |
| 11 | Finance Department, London School of Economics (LSE) London, United Kingdom | 11.47 | 12 | 9.39 |
| 12 | Dipartimento di Finanza, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Milano, Italy | 13.14 | 28 | 21.26 |
| 13 | Finance Department, Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 16.17 | 11 | 9.75 |
| 14 | Department of Finance, College of Management, Asia University Wufeng, Taiwan | 16.86 | 7 | 5.99 |
| 15 | Centre d'Économie de l'Université Paris-Nord (CEPN), Université Paris-13 Paris, France | 18.89 | 77 | 70.16 |
| 16 | Finance Department, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland (USA) | 21.03 | 9 | 8.5 |
| 17 | Department of Finance, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden | 21.2 | 9 | 8.22 |
| 18 | Finance Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, California (USA) | 21.31 | 6 | 5 |
| 19 | Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University Shanghai, China | 21.48 | 5 | 4.47 |
| 20 | School of Banking and Finance, UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney Sydney, Australia | 21.48 | 9 | 8.82 |
| 21 | Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin Austin, Texas (USA) | 21.54 | 6 | 5 |
| 22 | Department of Finance, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 22.39 | 8 | 6 |
| 23 | School of Finance, Universität St. Gallen Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 22.61 | 33 | 32.29 |
| 24 | Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus Piraeus, Greece | 22.98 | 19 | 16.5 |
| 25 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 23.27 | 6 | 4.01 |
| 26 | Department of Economics and Finance, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University Logan, Utah (USA) | 23.47 | 22 | 20.38 |
| 27 | Department of Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana (USA) | 30.8 | 4 | 4 |
| 28 | Department of Finance, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah (USA) | 31.66 | 8 | 7 |
| 29 | Finance Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick Coventry, United Kingdom | 31.73 | 13 | 12.34 |
| 30 | Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), Université de Genève Genève, Switzerland | 32.18 | 8 | 3.76 |
| 31 | Institut de Finance de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France | 32.24 | 26 | 20.63 |
| 32 | Institut für Banking und Finance (Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich Zürich, Switzerland | 33.26 | 14 | 9.15 |
| 33 | Abteilung Finanzen, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 33.44 | 12 | 9.64 |
| 34 | Finance, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Toronto, Canada | 33.45 | 12 | 11 |
| 35 | Department of Finance, Rotterdam School of Management (RSM Erasmus University), Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands | 33.93 | 11 | 10.5 |
| 36 | Facultatea de Finante, Asigurari, Banci şi Burse de Valori, Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti Bucureşti, Romania | 34.22 | 65 | 59.77 |
| 37 | Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands | 35.37 | 12 | 9.36 |
| 38 | ICMA Centre for Financial Markets, Henley Business School, University of Reading Reading, United Kingdom | 37.82 | 14 | 13 |
| 39 | Faculty of Finance, Cass Business School, City University London, United Kingdom | 38.65 | 15 | 13.46 |
| 40 | Department of Risk Management and Insurance, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 38.66 | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) | 41.03 | 5 | 5 |
| 42 | Institutt for finans, BI Handelshøyskolen Oslo, Norway | 41.5 | 22 | 21.43 |
| 43 | Department of Finance, Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance, Université du Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 42.51 | 26 | 23.67 |
| 44 | Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 42.81 | 6 | 5 |
| 45 | PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University Beijing, China | 43.39 | 9 | 8.58 |
| 46 | Department of Banking and Finance, Monash Business School, Monash University Caulfield, Australia | 43.88 | 20 | 19.39 |
| 47 | Volatility Institute, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU) New York City, New York (USA) | 44.11 | 2 | 0.69 |
| 48 | Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics and Finance (CeNDEF), Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands | 45.65 | 10 | 7.22 |
| 49 | Risk and Sustainable Management Group (RSMG), School of Economics, University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia | 48.55 | 6 | 4.51 |
| 50 | Leibniz-Institut für Finanzmarktforschung SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe) Germany | 48.59 | 15 | 9.48 |
| 51 | International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 49.55 | 27 | 25.5 |
| 52 | Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas e Empresariais (NIPE), Escola de Economia e Gestão, Universidade do Minho Braga, Portugal | 49.56 | 26 | 13.28 |
| 53 | Financial Markets Group (FMG), London School of Economics (LSE) London, United Kingdom | 49.59 | 13 | 7.27 |
| 54 | Department of Finance, Graduate School of Business, DePaul University Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 50.62 | 6 | 4.67 |
| 55 | Finance Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada | 51.4 | 6 | 6 |
| 56 | Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 51.76 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 57 | Finance Group, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California (USA) | 52.27 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 58 | Institutt for Industriell Økonomi, Risikostyring og Planlegging, Universitetet i Stavanger Stavanger, Norway | 53.15 | 8 | 8 |
| 59 | Department of Finance, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 54.72 | 2 | 2 |
| 60 | Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Recherche Économiques et Finance Internationales (LAREFI), Université de Bordeaux Bordeaux, France | 55.52 | 22 | 17.6 |
| 61 | Department of Finance and Economics, Business, Rutgers University-Newark Newark, New Jersey (USA) | 57.06 | 6 | 6 |
| 62 | Institut de Banque et Finance (IBF), Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland | 59.21 | 7 | 4.47 |
| 63 | Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 61.04 | 8 | 3.19 |
| 64 | Department of Finance, Business School, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Kowloon, Hong Kong | 62.07 | 4 | 4 |
| 65 | Department of Finance, Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, Hong Kong | 62.83 | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | BAFFI CAREFIN Centre for Applied Research on International Markets, Money Banking and Regulation, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Milano, Italy | 64.72 | 18 | 5.62 |
| 67 | Department of Finance, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 65.61 | 1 | 1 |
| 68 | Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Prospective Économique (LAPE), Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Économiques, Université de Limoges Limoges, France | 65.73 | 10 | 10 |
| 69 | Department of Finance, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana (USA) | 66.69 | 7 | 6.39 |
| 70 | Department of Accounting and Finance, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) Athens, Greece | 67.51 | 17 | 16.5 |
| 71 | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business and Administration, University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) | 70.52 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 72 | Departamentul Finante, Facultatea de Finante, Asigurari, Banci şi Burse de Valori, Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti Bucureşti, Romania | 72.31 | 45 | 38.84 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, Georgia (USA) | 72.72 | 11 | 11 |
| 74 | Discipline of Finance, Business School, University of Sydney Sydney, Australia | 74.96 | 6 | 6 |
| 75 | Capaciteitsgroep Bedrijfseconomie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands | 75.23 | 15 | 11.94 |
| 76 | Money and Finance Research group (Mo.Fi.R.) Ancona, Italy | 75.53 | 16 | 3.01 |
| 77 | Department of Finance, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 75.54 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 78 | Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering (ORFE), Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 75.85 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 79 | Department of Finance, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA) | 75.97 | 7 | 6.44 |
| 80 | Department of Finance, Questrom School of Business, Boston University Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 76.29 | 6 | 5.48 |
| 81 | Stratégie et Dynamiques Financiès (SDFi), Laboratoire d'Économie de Dauphine (LEDa), Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) Paris, France | 76.69 | 13 | 11.5 |
| 82 | Department of Finance, School of Business, University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida (USA) | 78.75 | 3 | 3 |
| 83 | Finance Department, School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg Tilburg, Netherlands | 79.57 | 6 | 2.37 |
| 84 | Department of Accounting and Finance, Management School, Lancaster University Lancaster, United Kingdom | 79.78 | 9 | 7.01 |
| 85 | Department of Finance, College of Business, Auburn University Auburn, Alabama (USA) | 80.86 | 1 | 1 |
| 86 | Louvain Finance, Louvain Institute of data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Université Catholique de Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 81.05 | 19 | 18.28 |
| 87 | Centre for Monetary and Financial Economics (CMFE), Department of Economics, Carleton University Ottawa, Canada | 82.79 | 11 | 3.64 |
| 88 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Financera i Comptabilitat (CREFC), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) Barcelona, Spain | 86.78 | 5 | 3.25 |
| 89 | Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany | 89.4 | 33 | 16.56 |
| 90 | Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi) Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium | 89.48 | 23 | 9.12 |
| 91 | Division of International Banking & Finance Studies, Texas A&M International University Laredo, Texas (USA) | 93.83 | 2 | 2 |
| 92 | Centre for Economics and Financial Econometrics Research (CEFER), Business School, Deakin University Melbourne, Australia | 94.48 | 4 | 4 |
| 93 | Finance and Private Sector Research, World Bank Group Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 94.59 | 10 | 7.11 |
| 94 | Essex Finance Center, Essex Business School, University of Essex Colchester, United Kingdom | 94.85 | 5 | 4.45 |
| 95 | School of Finance and Management (SFM), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) London, United Kingdom | 95.6 | 8 | 7.8 |
| 96 | Institutt for finans, Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) Bergen, Norway | 96.54 | 5 | 4.18 |
| 97 | ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney Sydney, Australia | 96.68 | 9 | 2.66 |
| 98 | Frank J. Petrilli Center for Research in International Finance (CRIF), Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University New York City, New York (USA) | 97.04 | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | Centro Studi di Banca e Finanza (CEFIN), Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia Modena, Italy | 97.5 | 17 | 13.33 |
| 100 | Département finance, assurance et immobilier, Faculté des sciences de l'administration, Université Laval Québec, Canada | 97.67 | 5 | 4.63 |
| 101 | Centre for Endowment Asset Management, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom | 99.45 | 1 | 0.99 |
| 102 | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business and Entrepreneurship, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas (USA) | 100.54 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 103 | Kansantaloustieteen laitos, Johtamisen ja talouden tiedekunta, Tampereen Yliopisto Tampere, Finland | 100.72 | 5 | 3.93 |
| 104 | Department of Finance, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University College Station, Texas (USA) | 102.29 | 4 | 3.92 |
| 105 | Center for Research in Finance and Management (CeReFiM), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de Gestion (FSESG), Université de Namur Namur, Belgium | 105 | 7 | 4.41 |
| 106 | Finance Department, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas (USA) | 105.91 | 2 | 2 |
| 107 | Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, University of Akron Akron, Ohio (USA) | 107.3 | 3 | 2.13 |
| 108 | Department of Finance, College of Business, Iowa State University Ames, Iowa (USA) | 107.77 | 2 | 2 |
| 109 | Centre for Finance, Credit and Macroeconomics (CFCM), School of Economics, University of Nottingham Nottingham, United Kingdom | 108.16 | 12 | 1.35 |
| 110 | Befektetések és Vállalati Pénzügy Tanszék, Gazdálkodástudományi Kar, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem Budapest, Hungary | 109.02 | 26 | 22.41 |
| 111 | Department of Quantitative Finance, National Tsing Hua University Hsin-Chu, Taiwan | 109.41 | 12 | 11.12 |
| 112 | College of Finance, Feng Chia University Taichung, Taiwan | 109.64 | 2 | 2 |
| 113 | Cambridge Finance, University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom | 115.71 | 5 | 2.79 |
| 114 | Department of Finance, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado (USA) | 116.94 | 2 | 2 |
| 115 | Institut de Science Financière et d'Assurances (École ISFA), Université Claude Bernard (Lyon 1) Lyon, France | 118.72 | 9 | 9 |
| 116 | Department of Finance - Real Estate, College of Business, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio (USA) | 119.01 | 2 | 2 |