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

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.14879.25
2University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.26182.96
3Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.01191.95
4London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

5.1270.8
5World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.61606.81
6International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.85521.97
7Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.05130.03
8National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

8.39128.68
9Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

9.48109.43
10University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

9.7143.6
11European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

10.97260.19
12Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

14.08103.87
13Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

16.12144.53
14Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

16.43187.4
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

19.25142.35
16Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

20.19378.12
17Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

20.7398.21
18Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

21.94236.15
19Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

22.43155.24
20Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

24.0597.22
21Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

24.48476.02
22New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

24.52122.67
23Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

24.5758.82
24Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

25.53165.47
25University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

25.95135.48
26Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

29.95111.16
27Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

32.06162.25
28Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

33.34160.6
29University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

34.08137.31
30European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

34.39355.75
31Sciences Po

Paris, France

35.295.13
32University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

36.6198.89
33Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

36.97166.22
34Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

37.15109.81
35University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

40.43128.71
36University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

41.22142.34
37Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

44.22160.19
38University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

44.4989.27
39University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

44.7866.5
40Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

45.24187.57
41Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

46.5205.5
42ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

48.59115.65
43Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

48.88209.83
44University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

49.4879.56
45Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

49.7490.99
46Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

50.18242.97
47Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

55.04150.91
48International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

55.05193.08
49Banque de France

Paris, France

55.45182.86
50Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

56.18113.77
51Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

57.0377.53
52"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

57.61224.78
53Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

58.78109.74
54University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

59.68124.83
55Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

59.9853.46
56DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

62.56106.6
57Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

63.4263.36
58Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

63.5155.79
59University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

63.54115.66
60University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

63.7872.31
61University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

64.0682.31
62Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

65.15182.27
63Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

66.4743.43
64National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

70.1696.46
65Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

72.63109.83
66Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

72.87115.8
67KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

73.51130.46
68Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

73.6865.22
69Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

74.31172.56
70University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

74.588.11
71Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

75.5100.24
72Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

75.8989.71
73University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

79.2392.18
74London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

81.0429.23
75Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

81.29157.03
76Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

83.77102.95
77Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

86.18120.84
78University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

88.5492.04
79University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

89.69119.68
80Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

90.7592.49
81Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

91.43122.51
82University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

93.55119.31
83Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

9485.04
84Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

94.66116.95
85Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

98.9974.56
86Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

100.4190.6
87Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

101.21136.12
88Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

101.34109.26
89University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

101.573.5
90Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

102.276.44
91University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

103.72108.24
92Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

106.1676.75
93Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

109.07118.61
94Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

109.1392.78
95Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

109.41156.51
96Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

110.4451.72
97Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

111.05134.78
98University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

111.43106.07
99Xiamen University

Fujian, China

111.6350.26
100Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

112.5254.86
101University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

114.3572.07
102University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

114.5575.84
103UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

114.8181.93
104Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

114.86188.26
105Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

115.9278.8
105Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

115.92103.32
107Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

116.928.02
108Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

118.2486.49
109Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

118.7134.17
110Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

119.34118.32
111Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

119.46141.42
112University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

122.2259.79
113Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

123.3861.5
114Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

124.3954.7
115Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

124.6661.73
116Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

125.33115.12
117WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

125.4195.26
118Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

125.5131.59
119Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

127.97168.14
120Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

128.6478.41
121Peking University

Beijing, China

129.784.66
122Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

131.15141.37
123Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

131.37133.68
124Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

132.6374.92
125Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

134.2197.28
126University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

134.59104.49
127Montpellier Business School

Montpellier, France

135.7910.11
128Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

136.84149.76
129HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

139.3841.84
130Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

142.0875.56
131University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

144.6632.49
132Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

144.9752.02
133Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

145.08143.82
134University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

145.158.88
135University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa

147.0234.76
135Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

147.02106.49
137University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

147.72109.24
138Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

148.8851.6
139Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

149.11158.87
140National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

151.99472.43
141Lebanese American University

Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon

153.0523.08
142Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

157.3154.26
143University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

159.0539.67
144Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

160.5475.31
145Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

160.8199.79
146Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

161.8559.48
147Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB)

Bern/Zürich, Switzerland

162.34141.03
148CESifo

München, Germany

163.6644.25
149Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

164.858.82
150Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

165.6852.55
151Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

166.4123.94
152King's College London

London, United Kingdom

167.3768.19
153University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

168.84104.62
154University of York

York, United Kingdom

168.98109.48
155Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)

Chengdu, China

169.6659.95
156University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

169.7572.27
157Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

170.3168.41
158University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

170.8772
159Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

170.8968.91
160University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

171.1246.85
161University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

171.6738.08
162Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

172.41127.69
163Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

173.8714.12
164University of Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom

176.8450.9
165Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

177.9562.07
166Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

178.9140.78
167BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

179.5152.86
168Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

181.7540.1
169Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

183.3249.12
170University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

183.6568.96
171Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

183.9764.91
172Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

184.9896.81
173Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

186.8275.88
174Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

189.2161.01
175Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

189.2133.35
176Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

191.8167.06
177Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

193.6795.46
178University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

193.9350.34
179Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

195.7595.72
180Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

196.7438.24
181Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

197.1354.98
182University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

197.1591.58
183George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

197.7291.64
184McGill University

Montréal, Canada

198.7444.26
185Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

198.7950.92
186University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

200.5333.17
187Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

201.3161.53
188Fudan University

Shanghai, China

201.8354.22
189Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

203.8466.16
190de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

203.9177.39
191Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

207.5244.84
192University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

209.6863.63
193European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

213.2543.75
194Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

213.99105.46
195Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

214.4566.09
196Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

219.35141.32
197Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

220.465.78
198Universidad de Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain

220.4987.99
199African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

221.185.02
200Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

222.1314.53
201University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

222.5619.68
202University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

222.691.7
203The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

223.8453.44
203University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

223.8483.13
205Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Moscow, Russia

224.28179.11
206University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

224.369.22
207University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)

224.9742.97
208Lille Économie et Management (LEM)

Lille, France

225.71109.21
209University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

226.1951.1
210University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

227.2459.72
211Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

227.8693.06
212Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

228.3471.8
213Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

229.461.97
214Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

229.4463.55
215Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

229.8885.65
216University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

230.3864.52
217University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

230.9158.19
218Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

São Paulo, Brazil

231.0861.62
219University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

234.0743.41
220Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

235.1453.93
221Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

235.5385.67
222HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

235.6741.89
223City University of Macao

Macau, Macao

235.963
224University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

237.4841.78
225Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

241.1548.58
226Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

242.569.98
227University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

245.2747.23
228New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

246.3652.1
229University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)

246.4854.11
230University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

246.5669.2
231Università degli Studi Roma Tre

Roma, Italy

248.1668.74
232Università Politecnica delle Marche

Ancona, Italy

250.3474.34
233Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

253.8462.05
233Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

253.8437.65
235Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Moscow, Russia

253.9693.51
236Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

256.4912.61
237Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

257.5566.72
238Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

Warszawa, Poland

258.05114.26
239City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

258.1983.53
240Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)

Beijing, China

258.2891.27
241European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

262.21125.61
242Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

262.4862.48

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