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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of September 2025
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This ranking is drawn from 4877 institutions. For more details about the methodology used for classifying institutions, see here.| Rank | Institution | Score | Authors | 1 | Federal Reserve System (United States) | 1.58 | 884.99 | 2 | Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 2.03 | 190.95 | 3 | University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois (United States) | 3.15 | 184.05 | 4 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 4.4 | 130.35 | 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 6.42 | 109.28 | 6 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California (United States) | 6.85 | 140.77 | 7 | World Bank Group Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 7.54 | 606.21 | 8 | London School of Economics (LSE) London, United Kingdom | 7.99 | 267.32 | 9 | Stanford University Stanford, California (United States) | 8.85 | 129.03 | 10 | Columbia University New York City, New York (United States) | 10.33 | 144.41 | 11 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 12.19 | 522.73 | 12 | New York University (NYU) New York City, New York (United States) | 12.77 | 124.99 | 13 | Yale University New Haven, Connecticut (United States) | 13.43 | 104.54 | 14 | Oxford University Oxford, United Kingdom | 16.33 | 238.46 | 15 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) | 16.36 | 145.85 | 16 | Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey (United States) | 16.72 | 57.82 | 17 | Paris School of Economics Paris, France | 18.36 | 186.29 | 18 | Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois (United States) | 20.17 | 96.27 | 19 | University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, California (United States) | 22.3 | 91.6 | 20 | European Central Bank Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 23.07 | 258.79 | 21 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, California (United States) | 25.49 | 129.72 | 22 | Cornell University Ithaca, New York (United States) | 26.71 | 112.16 | 23 | Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) Toulouse, France | 28.81 | 161.22 | 24 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States) | 28.91 | 101.88 | 25 | Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Milano, Italy | 29.75 | 157.72 | 26 | Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire (United States) | 30.01 | 53.46 | 27 | Government of the United States Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 30.93 | 476.02 | 28 | Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) Barcelona, Spain | 31.22 | 169.94 | 29 | University College London (UCL) London, United Kingdom | 31.51 | 135.02 | 30 | Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Bonn, Germany | 31.54 | 158.89 | 31 | Boston University Boston, Massachusetts (United States) | 32.04 | 110.31 | 32 | University of California-San Diego (UCSD) La Jolla, California (United States) | 33.93 | 65.5 | 33 | University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom | 36.34 | 142.44 | 34 | Duke University Durham, North Carolina (United States) | 38.38 | 78.53 | 35 | University of Toronto Toronto, Canada | 38.73 | 136.06 | 36 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin (United States) | 38.95 | 95.99 | 37 | University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada | 39.25 | 89.11 | 38 | Brown University Providence, Rhode Island (United States) | 39.94 | 62.36 | 39 | Australian National University Canberra, Australia | 40.01 | 189.03 | 40 | Banca d'Italia Roma, Italy | 45.09 | 379.92 | 41 | Monash University Melbourne, Australia | 45.74 | 160.6 | 42 | Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan (United States) | 46.15 | 116.95 | 43 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) London, United Kingdom | 46.18 | 58.31 | 44 | University of Maryland College Park, Maryland (United States) | 48.5 | 92.68 | 45 | University of California-Davis Davis, California (United States) | 48.77 | 82.78 | 46 | University of Warwick Coventry, United Kingdom | 48.84 | 118.65 | 47 | Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Basel, Switzerland | 49.78 | 100.27 | 48 | Universität Zürich Zürich, Switzerland | 50.77 | 168.37 | 49 | Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio (United States) | 53.14 | 93.15 | 50 | Sciences Po Paris, France | 53.38 | 94.56 | 51 | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri (United States) | 58.17 | 59.58 | 52 | Universiteit van Tilburg Tilburg, Netherlands | 59.18 | 136.33 | 53 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States) | 59.21 | 95.03 | 54 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland (United States) | 59.67 | 65.38 | 55 | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 61.95 | 194.63 | 56 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) Paris, France | 63.44 | 241.97 | 57 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace Stanford, California (United States) | 63.75 | 14.37 | 58 | University of Texas-Austin Austin, Texas (United States) | 65.75 | 79.56 | 59 | Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 65.86 | 75.56 | 60 | Brookings Institution Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 66.35 | 26.94 | 61 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna Bologna, Italy | 67.98 | 207.9 | 62 | Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana (United States) | 68.21 | 111.74 | 63 | Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands | 70.14 | 156.02 | 64 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States) | 71.89 | 124.83 | 64 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia (United States) | 71.89 | 72.07 | 66 | University of California-Irvine Irvine, California (United States) | 74.94 | 59.79 | 67 | University of Nottingham Nottingham, United Kingdom | 75.65 | 106.07 | 68 | Stockholms Universitet Stockholm, Sweden | 78.33 | 103.43 | 69 | University of Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana (United States) | 78.64 | 75.82 | 70 | ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V. München, Germany | 78.97 | 115.6 | 71 | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Groningen, Netherlands | 79.52 | 100.24 | 72 | KU Leuven Leuven, Belgium | 83.12 | 130.18 | 73 | Université Libre de Bruxelles Bruxelles, Belgium | 83.65 | 147.76 | 74 | Universiteit van Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands | 86.75 | 97.48 | 75 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee (United States) | 86.86 | 51.56 | 76 | Université Catholique de Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 87.81 | 118.32 | 77 | Københavns Universitet København, Denmark | 87.94 | 110.82 | 78 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands | 88.26 | 125.31 | 79 | University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) | 88.92 | 39.67 | 80 | Pennsylvania State University State College, Pennsylvania (United States) | 89.37 | 63.55 | 81 | Aarhus Universitet Aarhus, Denmark | 90.36 | 104.32 | 82 | Stockholm School of Economics Stockholm, Sweden | 90.46 | 51.67 | 83 | London Business School (LBS) London, United Kingdom | 90.74 | 29.23 | 84 | Banco de España Madrid, Spain | 91.93 | 152.35 | 85 | National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore, Singapore | 92.9 | 96.46 | 86 | Universitetet i Oslo Oslo, Norway | 93.3 | 77.75 | 87 | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST) Palaiseau, France | 93.43 | 94.09 | 88 | Bank of England London, United Kingdom | 95.1 | 211.33 | 89 | Università degli Studi di Torino Torino, Italy | 96.03 | 114.1 | 90 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) Madrid, Spain | 96.4 | 26.07 | 91 | University of Western Ontario London, Canada | 96.69 | 57.88 | 92 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) Berlin, Germany | 96.77 | 106.6 | 93 | Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE) Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 98.17 | 38.24 | 94 | Banco de la Republica de Colombia Bogotá, Colombia | 99.09 | 112.77 | 95 | Banque de France Paris, France | 100.19 | 185.66 | 96 | Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana (United States) | 100.8 | 71.47 | 97 | European Commission Sevilla, Spain | 101.02 | 355.76 | 98 | UNSW Sydney Sydney, Australia | 101.69 | 81.93 | 99 | University of Sydney Sydney, Australia | 102.88 | 118.68 | 100 | University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia | 104.75 | 109.24 | 101 | Texas A&M University College Station, Texas (United States) | 105.81 | 137.13 | 102 | University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia | 107.39 | 118.81 | 103 | University of York York, United Kingdom | 108.24 | 109.68 | 104 | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Madrid, Spain | 109.1 | 108.76 | 105 | Queen's University Kingston, Canada | 110.56 | 66.15 | 106 | University of Washington Seattle, Washington (United States) | 110.8 | 37.55 | 107 | Imperial College London, United Kingdom | 111 | 51.72 | 108 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel | 111.08 | 51.31 | 109 | Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona (United States) | 111.89 | 59.32 | 110 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München München, Germany | 114.05 | 85.14 | 111 | Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (United States) | 115.69 | 78.6 | 112 | University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom | 118.52 | 105.49 | 113 | University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) Santa Barbara, California (United States) | 118.7 | 33.17 | 114 | University of Essex Colchester, United Kingdom | 120.38 | 107.24 | 115 | Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands | 120.83 | 141.76 | 116 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States) | 122.56 | 50.92 | 117 | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Bonn, Germany | 123.21 | 78.06 | 118 | Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv, Israel | 125.53 | 26.5 | 119 | University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado (United States) | 125.96 | 42.28 | 120 | Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) Bergen, Norway | 126.38 | 120.84 | 121 | "Sapienza" Università di Roma Roma, Italy | 126.54 | 224.93 | 122 | George Washington University Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 128.93 | 91.98 | 123 | Aix-Marseille Université Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France | 128.94 | 115.14 | 124 | University of Rochester Rochester, New York (United States) | 129.3 | 38.58 | 125 | Inter-American Development Bank Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 129.34 | 170.64 | 126 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States) | 131.33 | 52.02 | 127 | University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) Santa Cruz, California (United States) | 133.42 | 45.85 | 128 | European University Institute Firenze, Italy | 136.51 | 43.75 | 129 | Bank of Canada Ottawa, Canada | 137.06 | 182.3 | 130 | Deutsche Bundesbank Frankfurt, Germany | 139.21 | 172.06 | 131 | HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) Jouy-en-Josas, France | 142.24 | 41.84 | 132 | University of Sussex Brighton, United Kingdom | 142.28 | 103.62 | 133 | Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 142.64 | 75.56 | 134 | CESifo München, Germany | 145 | 44.5 | 135 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States) | 147.28 | 73.89 | 136 | McGill University Montréal, Canada | 148.14 | 44.75 | 137 | Peking University Beijing, China | 151.79 | 85.66 | 138 | Queen Mary University of London London, United Kingdom | 152.81 | 87.73 | 139 | University of Florida Gainesville, Florida (United States) | 155.7 | 71.42 | 140 | Lunds Universitet Lund, Sweden | 155.75 | 135.48 | 141 | Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts (United States) | 155.95 | 40.78 | 142 | University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut (United States) | 158.42 | 93.2 | 143 | University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan | 160.59 | 62.63 | 144 | University of Georgia Athens, Georgia (United States) | 160.84 | 73.5 | 145 | City University of New York (CUNY) New York City, New York (United States) | 161.27 | 84.03 | 146 | Iowa State University Ames, Iowa (United States) | 164.86 | 56.55 | 147 | Universität St. Gallen Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 166.21 | 99.3 | 148 | University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona (United States) | 166.57 | 50.1 | 149 | Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF) Roma, Italy | 167.29 | 23.53 | 150 | WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien Wien, Austria | 167.46 | 97.17 | 151 | Universität Mannheim Mannheim, Germany | 168.02 | 78.8 | 152 | University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada | 168.44 | 84.13 | 153 | University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland | 169.25 | 71.94 | 154 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano, Italy | 172.42 | 90.3 | 154 | Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" Roma, Italy | 172.42 | 107.39 | 156 | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) Zürich, Switzerland | 172.78 | 88.49 | 157 | Tinbergen Instituut Amsterdam, Netherlands | 174.09 | 45.95 | 158 | Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) Paris, France | 175 | 159.78 | 159 | Université de Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland | 176.33 | 54.26 | 160 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China | 176.5 | 53.24 | 161 | Universidad de Chile Santiago, Chile | 176.67 | 68.45 | 162 | Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain | 176.81 | 136.68 | 163 | Tsinghua University Beijing, China | 178.61 | 61.5 | 164 | Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States) | 180.01 | 28.02 | 165 | King's College London London, United Kingdom | 180.13 | 69.69 | 166 | Universität Wien Wien, Austria | 181.07 | 61.05 | 167 | Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) Paris, France | 181.5 | 128.69 | 168 | Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO) Wien, Austria | 181.64 | 54.82 | 169 | University of Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom | 182.31 | 68.46 | 170 | University of Technology Sydney Sydney, Australia | 183.82 | 90.58 | 171 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California (United States) | 185.2 | 15.88 | 172 | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) Napoli, Italy | 187.28 | 54.71 | 173 | University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky (United States) | 187.67 | 66.01 | 174 | Universiteit Utrecht Utrecht, Netherlands | 188.61 | 75.92 | 175 | North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina (United States) | 189.75 | 55.75 | 176 | Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal | 190.89 | 143.82 | 177 | Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) Stockholm, Sweden | 191.12 | 74.91 | 178 | Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) Mannheim, Germany | 192.27 | 157.51 | 179 | Resources for the Future (RFF) Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 192.79 | 49.58 | 180 | Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) Athens, Greece | 192.94 | 96.81 | 181 | Emory University Atlanta, Georgia (United States) | 194.74 | 31.58 | 182 | University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States) | 197.52 | 49.94 | 183 | Universität zu Köln Köln, Germany | 198.11 | 61.57 | 184 | Universiteit Gent Gent, Belgium | 199.75 | 140.52 | 185 | University of Calgary Calgary, Canada | 202.01 | 59.48 | 186 | University of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom | 202.37 | 73 | 187 | Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland | 204.53 | 53.73 | 188 | SKEMA Business School Lille, France | 205.42 | 49.97 | 189 | Fudan University Shanghai, China | 205.85 | 55.22 | 190 | University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong | 208.04 | 32.49 | 191 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) London, United Kingdom | 209.33 | 33.49 | 192 | Simon Fraser University Burnaby, Canada | 210 | 54.93 | 193 | Göteborgs Universitet Göteborg, Sweden | 210.98 | 60.18 | 194 | Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW) Kiel, Germany | 212.38 | 63.07 | 195 | New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 212.39 | 52.6 | 196 | Uppsala Universitet Uppsala, Sweden | 212.59 | 62.97 | 197 | McMaster University Hamilton, Canada | 213.74 | 62.15 | 198 | Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Venezia, Italy | 215.1 | 142.32 | 199 | BI Handelshøyskolen Oslo, Norway | 215.2 | 53.86 | 200 | Univerzita Karlova v Praze Praha, Czech Republic | 215.58 | 117.61 | 201 | Universität Bern Bern, Switzerland | 215.68 | 45.34 | 202 | Deakin University Melbourne, Australia | 217.89 | 74.88 | 203 | University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon (United States) | 218.13 | 29.42 | 204 | University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom | 218.19 | 59.19 | 205 | Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) Bogotá, Colombia | 220.63 | 95.75 | 206 | Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti Bucureşti, Romania | 220.83 | 315.53 | 207 | Uniwersytet Warszawski Warszawa, Poland | 221.2 | 189.26 | 208 | The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Genève, Switzerland | 221.54 | 53.44 | 209 | National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) Moscow, Russia | 224.53 | 472.43 | 210 | University of Reading Reading, United Kingdom | 227.51 | 69.22 | 211 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal | 227.95 | 87.65 | 212 | Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States) | 228.18 | 63.85 | 213 | City St George's London, United Kingdom | 229.45 | 68.44 | 214 | Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina (United States) | 230.82 | 42.98 | 215 | Università degli Studi di Padova Padova, Italy | 231.18 | 66 | 216 | Chapman University Orange, California (United States) | 231.78 | 40.28 | 217 | University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 232.6 | 49.24 | 218 | George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia (United States) | 234.86 | 32.19 | 219 | University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois (United States) | 236.37 | 35.77 | 220 | University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida (United States) | 236.97 | 31.66 | 221 | Université de Genève Genève, Switzerland | 238.15 | 38.15 | 222 | Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS) Roma, Italy | 239.61 | 51.12 | 223 | Carleton University Ottawa, Canada | 241.87 | 62.48 | 224 | Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) | 242.47 | 33.35 | 225 | INSEAD Fontainebleau, France | 242.97 | 22.7 | 226 | Humboldt-Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany | 243.77 | 98.57 | 227 | Copenhagen Business School København, Denmark | 244.18 | 40.89 | 228 | Università degli Studi di Firenze Firenze, Italy | 244.26 | 93.06 | 229 | Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts (United States) | 244.69 | 30.22 | 230 | Syracuse University Syracuse, New York (United States) | 244.94 | 34.65 | 231 | Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa, Italy | 245.47 | 40.1 | 232 | Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research Wellington, New Zealand | 245.75 | 19.13 | 233 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia (United States) | 246.22 | 41.02 | 234 | Université de Bordeaux Bordeaux, France | 246.79 | 105.46 | 235 | University of Surrey Guildford, United Kingdom | 247.62 | 47.23 | 236 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile | 247.91 | 73.4 | 237 | Keio University Tokyo, Japan | 248.88 | 65.78 | 238 | Université d'Ottawa Ottawa, Canada | 248.99 | 68.86 | 239 | University of Texas-Dallas Dallas, Texas (United States) | 252.27 | 32.96 | 240 | Seoul National University Seoul, South Korea | 253.11 | 45.46 | 241 | Università degli Studi di Milano Milano, Italy | 253.23 | 66.9 | 242 | Kobe University Kobe, Japan | 254.44 | 93.39 | 243 | Korea University Seoul, South Korea | 254.64 | 44.59 |
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- Abstract views and downloads statistics from LogEc project by Sune Karlsson, Örebro University, Sweden.
- Author registration, institution database, and ranking computations by Christian Zimmermann.
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