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

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.11882.74
2University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.4185.05
3Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

3.84190.15
4London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

5.12267.93
5World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.63611.21
6Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

6.66129.06
7International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.17521.73
8National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

7.81130.75
9Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

9.61110.13
10University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

10.36142.03
11European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

10.59261.8
12Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

13.79104.54
13Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

16.47144.41
14Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

17.01186.29
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

18.73145.85
16Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

19.95100.22
17Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

19.97381.92
18Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

21.84237.45
19Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

21.92158.72
20New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

24.34123.75
21Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

24.95169.94
22University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

25.67135.48
23Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

25.82475.54
24Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

26.0596.77
25Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

29.8656.86
26Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

31.33111.91
27Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

32.94157.26
28Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

33.59160.65
29University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

34.57136.06
30European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

35.08358.26
31University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

35.21102.38
32Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

35.23109.26
33Sciences Po

Paris, France

35.6594.56
34Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

36.07168.87
35University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

36.9891.6
36University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

40.43141.64
37University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

41.2129.72
38ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

42.28147.62
39Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

43.09187.03
40Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

45166.22
41Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

46.1112.77
42Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

46.32207.9
43University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

46.4365.5
44Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

48.86210.48
45Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

48.93244.47
46University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

49.5479.56
47Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

51.6894.09
48Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

52.18154.35
49Banque de France

Paris, France

52.24186.66
50International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

55.72193.43
51Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

56.158.77
52"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

57.21224.49
53Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

57.48108.74
54Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

57.7278.53
55DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

59.86107.66
56Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

60.5762.36
57Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

61.2853.46
58University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

61.78123.93
59University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

63.0275.82
60University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

66.79118.65
61University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

66.8581.5
62Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

66.9942.68
63Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

67.85182.59
64KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

69.69133.59
65University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

70.2995.99
66National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

70.8298.46
67Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

71.89112.62
68Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

73.25101.64
69Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

74.38114.1
70Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

74.48172.06
71Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

74.7165.38
72University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

77.0889.11
73Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

81.87156.03
74Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

82.42104.43
75London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

82.7729.23
76Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

83.0488.73
77Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

85.19120.74
78Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

88.7125.96
79Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

89.56125.31
80Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

90.0178.55
81University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

91.7391.76
82University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

92.6118.68
83Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

92.7495.15
84University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

94.6118.81
85Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

96.4386.82
86Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

97.36137.13
87University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

99.4974.5
88Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

100.0275.56
89Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

102.3290.8
90Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

106.78108.76
91Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

107.1895.03
92Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

107.98157.21
93Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

109.5453.06
94Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

110.49136.34
95University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

110.58107.07
96Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

111.52119.61
97University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

111.8872.07
98Xiamen University

Fujian, China

112.9750.26
99University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

114.66106.28
100Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

115103.32
101Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

116.3826.07
102UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

116.9981.93
103University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

117.0573.89
104Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

117.5188.49
105Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

119.06118.32
106Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

119.6754.82
107Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

119.72191.27
108Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

120.03135.48
109Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

120.9577.81
110University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

121.2259.79
111University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

122.79105.49
112WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

123.2597.17
113Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

123.2761.5
114Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

124.85136.22
115Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

125.0255.73
116Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

126.55139.43
117Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

126.61115.23
118Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

128.0775.74
119Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

128.4831.58
120Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

128.56143.32
121Peking University

Beijing, China

129.4385.66
122Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

130.5379.1
123Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

130.8141.92
124Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

132.7259.58
125Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

132.82169.64
126Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

134.375.92
127Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

136.99147.76
128Montpellier Business School

Montpellier, France

139.0710.11
129Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

139.2297.81
130HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

139.6241.84
131Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

141.852.02
132National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

142.6474.43
133Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

142.7875.56
134University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa

146.8534.76
135University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

146.9940.67
136CESifo

München, Germany

147.9245.21
137University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

149.7332.49
138University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

150.35109.24
139Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

151.3375.72
140Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

151.34107.94
141Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

152.3851.73
142King's College London

London, United Kingdom

152.7169.69
143Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

153.1554.26
144University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

155.7957.88
145BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

155.9554.86
146Lebanese American University

Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon

158.6223.08
147Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

160.6361.57
148Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

162.1652.12
149Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

162.7551.56
150Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

163.7814.37
151Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

16459.32
152University of York

York, United Kingdom

165.17109.68
153Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB)

Bern/Zürich, Switzerland

165.27140.53
154Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

166.6128.69
155Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

166.81158.78
156Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

167.0999.3
157University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

167.5238.58
158University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

168.6772.44
159Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)

Chengdu, China

169.460.95
160Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

169.6262.16
161Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

169.9923.53
162University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

171.2973
163University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

173.89103.43
164University of Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom

174.8749.9
165Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

175.0469.4
166Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

177.2596.81
167Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

177.3766.91
168Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

180.1766
169Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

181.7540.78
170Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

183.8740.1
171Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

186.1533.35
172Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

186.4768.86
173Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

188.6295.96
174Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

189.9575.88
175Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

190.3596.09
176University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

191.7969.46
177Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

194.29159.86
178University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

196.1345.85
179McGill University

Montréal, Canada

197.5844.75
180Fudan University

Shanghai, China

197.8755.22
181George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

200.0491.98
182University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

200.3250.34
183de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

200.6777.89
184Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

200.8138.24
185Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

200.8762.77
186Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

200.954.28
187Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

202.0950.84
188University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

202.2233.17
189Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

204.1266.16
190University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

204.1690.58
191Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

205.96142.82
192Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

209.4370.12
193University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

210.262.73
194Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

213.62315.53
195University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

214.4994.2
196European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

214.6643.75
197University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

215.359.19
198Universidad de Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain

215.688.99
199Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Moscow, Russia

216.24183.11
200Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

216.66105.46
201African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

221.055.02
202Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

22245.34
203Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

223.0485.9
204University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

223.1169.72
205Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

224.1165.73
205Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

224.1162.45
207Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

São Paulo, Brazil

224.5263.62
208Lille Économie et Management (LEM)

Lille, France

225.22109.15
209Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

225.5586.65
210University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

225.8584.13
211University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

225.9619.68
212Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

227.893.06
213University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)

228.0843.97
214The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

230.1252.1
215University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

230.6959.72
216HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

230.8541.89
217Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

232.371.47
218University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

233.4566.02
219Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

234.449.58
220Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

235.5863.55
221Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

235.9254.93
222University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

236.2642.28
223University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

238.9451.1
224University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

239.8243.41
225City University of Macao

Macau, Macao

240.944
226University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

244.0749.23
227Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Moscow, Russia

244.2893.51
228European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

246.85130.04
229Università degli Studi Roma Tre

Roma, Italy

249.7269.74
230Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

250.6538.15
231Università Politecnica delle Marche

Ancona, Italy

251.8774.55
232Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

252.870.8
233City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

253.6983.87
234Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

254.4667.73
235University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts (United States)

254.7338.89
236New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

255.6452.6
237University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)

257.0654.11
238Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

258.312.61
239Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

Warszawa, Poland

258.66114.16
240Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

260.7963.48
241Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)

Beijing, China

26592.77
242University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

265.1248.94
243Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA)

Nancy/Strasbourg, France

265.9596.12
244Université du Luxembourg

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

266.4663.38

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