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Top 5% Top Level Institutions (Last 10 Years Publications), as of May 2025

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.14878.15
2University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.2184.13
3Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

3.95190.94
4London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

5.05269.28
5International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.54520.62
6World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.56605.58
7Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.56129.53
8National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

8.57124.57
9Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

9.1109.49
10University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

9.65142.62
11European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

11.1257.63
12Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

14.45104.57
13Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

15.78187.39
14Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

16.05143.84
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

20.06143.34
16Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

20.6372.52
17Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

20.6199.22
18Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

21.6660.07
19Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

22.53156.14
20Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

22.54232.18
21Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

23.2197.22
22Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

24.52476.35
23Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

25.31165.95
24New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

25.52123.67
25University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

25.72135.43
26Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

29.7111.24
27Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

31.85161.14
28Sciences Po

Paris, France

33.4695.03
29University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

33.79100.89
30University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

34.21138.31
31Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

34.46159.1
32European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

34.75352.75
33Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

36.57167.2
34University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

39.2789.78
35Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

40.63109.81
36University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

40.74140.34
36University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

40.74128.88
38Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

43.76159.19
39Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

43.99188.57
40University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

44.9566.67
41Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

45.39206
42Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

47.1210.83
43Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

49.4591
44ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

49.53115.04
45Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

50.84237.97
46University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

51.7678.56
47Banque de France

Paris, France

54.91182.86
48International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

55.64193.08
49Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

55.88112.77
50Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

57.0177.53
51"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

58.23224.58
52Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

58.3452.46
53Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

58.7151.98
54Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

59.4855.98
55University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

59.99124.83
56University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

61.52115.71
57Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

62.3864.36
58DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

62.39104.95
59University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

65.1480.96
60University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

66.3371.31
61Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

66.44182.27
62KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

70.58129.46
63Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

71.47115.8
64University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

71.5788.11
65Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

71.6109.63
66National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

72.0296.46
67Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

72.84173.06
68Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

73.0789.71
69Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

74.842.43
70Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

74.85100.24
71University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

75.2293.18
72London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

78.3729.73
73Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

80.47157.12
74Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

81.37102.95
75Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

81.8765.23
76Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

83.97120.84
77Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

84.95106.79
78University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

87.2892.04
79Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

89.7492.49
80University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

91.11119.68
81University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

91.15117.31
82Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

91.9783.54
83Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

92.9122.51
84Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

93.8116.95
85Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

98.5990.6
86Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

99.1476.44
87Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

99.51109.26
88University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

100.3873.5
89Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

100.54135.62
90Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

100.5977.75
91University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

100.92107.74
92Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

104.4274.21
93Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

106.1754.36
94Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

106.392.78
95University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

107.776.34
96University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

109.78105.66
97University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

111.472.07
98Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

111.4679.3
99Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

111.59157.46
100Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

112.6951.72
101Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

114.53118.61
102Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

115.16103.32
103Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

115.3133.56
104Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

115.3127.87
105UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

115.4481.93
106Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

116.34118.29
107Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

118.49135.51
108Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

118.54188.26
109Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

118.7584.49
110University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

119.6959.3
111Xiamen University

Fujian, China

121.3649.76
112Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

121.4462.73
113Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

121.58130.59
114Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

122.8114.32
115WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

124.7395.16
116Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

125.6168.14
117Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

127.278.41
118Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

127.2431.84
119Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

129.2955.2
120Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

130.16133.88
121Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

131.7261.2
122Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

131.8673.66
123Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

132.07140.7
124Peking University

Beijing, China

132.5883.84
125Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

132.9997.77
126Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

133.14151.26
127University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

134.69105.34
128Montpellier Business School

Montpellier, France

137.110.11
129Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

137.9675.56
130HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

138.0241.84
131Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

142.2452.27
132University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

142.7758.88
133Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

142.88107.79
134Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

145.77142.81
135Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

145.9451.6
136National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

146.76471.37
137Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

147.63159.76
138University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

148.42109.24
139University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa

149.4634.76
140University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

149.8332.49
141Lebanese American University

Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon

152.7522.28
142Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

154.8454.26
143University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

154.8739.67
144Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

159.3675.31
145Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

159.4959.48
146CESifo

München, Germany

161.3143.41
147Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

162.2299.79
148Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB)

Bern/Zürich, Switzerland

163.72140.53
149Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

164.123.84
150King's College London

London, United Kingdom

164.3568.3
151Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

164.6651.45
152Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

165.4368.41
153University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

167.7238.58
154University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

168.271.27
155Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

168.2167.91
156Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

168.5659.07
157Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

168.5714.12
158University of York

York, United Kingdom

169.25107.48
159University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

169.94105.62
160University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

170.9846.85
161Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

171.2126.19
162BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

174.9253.86
163University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

175.3872.16
164Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

178.6961.07
165Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

178.7941.09
166Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

181.649.12
167Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)

Chengdu, China

181.6859.95
168University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

182.268.96
169Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

182.3240.1
170University of Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom

182.8350.9
171Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

183.6162.01
172Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

185.3763.1
173Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

187.5395.81
174Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

188.9475.08
175Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

188.9851.92
176Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

190.6533.35
177Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

191.2866.13
178University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

194.0150.34
179Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

19555.13
180Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

195.1761.58
181McGill University

Montréal, Canada

195.644.26
182Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

196.1596.22
183George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

197.7991.64
184University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

198.7733.67
185University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

198.7991.59
186de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

200.9377.61
187Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

202.5766.16
188Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

203.1595.46
189Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

205.8846.02
190Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

208.4636.24
191European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

208.8543.75
192Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

210.4264.59
193Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

210.88105.46
194University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

211.0763.63
195African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

211.215.02
196Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

212.35315.03
197Fudan University

Shanghai, China

213.4452.87
198Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

217.21141.32
199Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

217.5464.78
200Universidad de Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain

221.0287.99
201University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

221.6451.1
202The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

222.1153.44
203University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

224.4683.13
204University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

224.8587.8
205Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

225.0660.97
206University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

225.2269.22
207Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

225.3171.8
208Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

226.4194.05
209University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

227.5457.72
210University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

228.0958.19
211University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

228.564.52
212Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

228.7762.55
213Lille Économie et Management (LEM)

Lille, France

228.95108.87
214Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

São Paulo, Brazil

229.3560.62
215Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

229.686.65
216Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Moscow, Russia

234.64186.1
217University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)

234.8443.97
218Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

235.0485.67
219University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

235.1843.41
220Università degli Studi Roma Tre

Roma, Italy

235.2470.74
221Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

235.3652.93
222HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

235.441.89
223University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

237.8819.68
224University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

239.5540.78
225Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Moscow, Russia

241.5896.83
226Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

241.8769.98
227New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

242.9152.1
228Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

245.5262.08
229Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

246.9448.48
230University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

247.4347.23
231University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)

247.8354.11
232Università Politecnica delle Marche

Ancona, Italy

249.774.34
233Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

252.766.72
234Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

253.2212.62
235University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

255.7668.2
236Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

Warszawa, Poland

256.9114.31
237European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

257.37125.61
238Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

259.2562.98
239City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

259.6386.1
240Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

260.7237.65
241Universität Basel

Basel, Switzerland

264.4647.12

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