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Top 25% Agricultural Economics Departments, as of August 2025

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Top 25% Agricultural Economics Departments, all authors, all publication years

All institutions in this category.
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

1.26187175.62
2Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.52924.21
3Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

3.084035.12
4Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

4.734842.7
5Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

4.93125122.15
6Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

6.756458.08
7Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

7.322624.22
8Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

8.122827.25
9Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

8.73330.7
10Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

9.825753.52
11Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

10.514441.9
12Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

12.695246.91
13Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

14.078581.48
14Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

14.182928.5
15Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

15.613632.28
16Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

16.233021.46
17Département ECOSOCIO - Économie et Sciences Sociales pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (SAE2), Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE)

Rennes, France

17.958065.96
18Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

187967.28
19Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

19.484644.65
20Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

20.682827.99
21Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

22.312422.84
22Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

23.573434
23Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

25.282625.19
24Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

27.213935.4
25Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

27.482421.94
26Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

27.732726
27Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

28.281312.5
28Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

29.031916.93
29Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

31.132723.58
30Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

31.623735.61
31Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

32.952625
32China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

33.611412.56
33College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

33.823230.6
34Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

34.892114.97
35Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

35.91515
36Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

39.214540.41
37Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

40.211613.59
38Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

40.214039.34
39Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

41.551210.51
40Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

42.011010
41Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

42.191817.23
42Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

42.322120.5
43Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

42.487672.94
44Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

44.711313
45Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

45.672019.5
46Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

47.72321.81
47Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

49.32323
48Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

49.591715.97
49Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

49.661815.38
50Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

49.951414
51Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

50.199
52Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

50.52135.44
53Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

54.811110.51
54Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

55.161412.51
55China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

59.732321.97
56Morrison School of Agribusiness & Resource Management, Arizona State University Polytechnic

Mesa, Arizona (USA)

60.2487.5
57Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

60.3955
58Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

61.072826.83
59School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

62.042625.9
60Departamento de Economia Agraria, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

62.0699
61Afdeling Ontwikkelings Economie, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

63.5842.49
62Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

64.3107.71
63Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

65.04158.7
64Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

68.232.45
65Landbouw-Economisch Institut (LEI), Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

69.4176.48
66Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing, China

69.8544
67Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

70.121211.98
68Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia

71.761313
69World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Nairobi, Kenya

72.6765.2
70International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations

Roma, Italy

75.261110.49
71Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

77.2186.7
72Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

79.11119.19
73Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

79.377
74Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

79.66107.64
75Office of the Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

79.9365.15
76Dipartimento di Economia Agro-alimentare, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Piacenza, Italy

81.6555
77Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

81.9754.5
78Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

82.021010
79Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

82.697.5
80Fachgebiet Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik im ländlichen Raum, Institut für Tropische Agrarwissenschaften (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institut), Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

83.5585.74
81Institut für Agrarpolitik und Marktforschung, Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Gießen, Germany

85.0352.45
82Leerstoelgroep Agrarische economie en plattelandsbeleid, Sectie Economie, Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

88.6843.24

The rankings

Top 25% institutions in Agricultural Economics Departments, 10 best authors in each, 10 last publication years

All institutions in this category.
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

2.17140129.12
2Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

2.273631.12
3Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.432623.55
4Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

7.884643.77
5Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

7.954640.58
6Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

8.662825.7
7Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

9.152316.86
8Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

9.223732.2
9Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

10.712220.44
10Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

12.013329.27
11Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

12.816251.47
12Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

13.122423.25
13Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

13.332623.9
14Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

13.348481.44
15Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

14.961817.07
16Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

15.888178.67
17Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

16.023935.46
18Département ECOSOCIO - Économie et Sciences Sociales pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (SAE2), Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE)

Rennes, France

18.516552.86
19Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

21.12019.5
20Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

21.72420.4
21Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

21.763131
22Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

21.91919
23Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

24.032726.99
24Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

26.06119.49
25China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

27.71412.56
26Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

28.263937.65
27College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

29.092826.8
28Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

29.172221.19
29China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

30.092220.97
30Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

30.941715.61
31Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

32.921711.47
32Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

34.06109.51
33Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

36.083126.9
34Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

36.83433.34
35Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

38.422118.32
36Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

39.511716.23
37Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

40.632322
38Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

40.861614.15
39Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

40.932928.12
40Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

41.11414
41Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

42.156763.95
42Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

42.191110.5
43Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

42.651716.5
44Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

43.7899
45Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

50.191918.5
46Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

50.551513.97
47Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

50.842524
48School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

51.432221.9
49Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

52.091412.51
50Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

55.92626
51Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

58.281211.98
52Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

59.31816.81
53Lietuvos Agrarinės Ekonomikos Institutas (LAEI)

Vilnius, Lithuania

59.3610.96
54Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

61.582323
55Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

63.5488
56Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

63.9797.51
57Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

64.7533
58Provoznì Ekonomická Fakulta, Česká Zemìdìlská Univerzita

Praha, Czech Republic

66.5876.4
59Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia

69.961111
60Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

70.0544
61Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

70.396.64
62Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

70.344
63Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

70.8693.7
64Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

71.6586.61
65Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

72.1966
66International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations

Roma, Italy

72.961110.49
67Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

73.591111
68Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

73.7197.2
69Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

79.8376
70Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

80.66124.45
71Leerstoelgroep Agrarische economie en plattelandsbeleid, Sectie Economie, Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

84.743.24
72Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

87.9432.45
73Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

88.1655
74Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA)

89.2155
75Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

89.2611
76Institut für Agrarwissenschaft und Ernährungswissenschaft, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle

Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

90.1442.62
77Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware (USA)

92.710.98
78Agricultural and Resource Economics, West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia (USA)

93.1544
79Department of Applied Economics, National Chung-Hsing University

Taichung, Taiwan

93.4743
80Division of Social Science and Economics, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Laguna/Los Baños, Philippines

93.6243.1
81Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

94.7343.5
82Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Betriebslehre, Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

97.4211

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