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

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.11882.74
2University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.4186.05
3Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

3.85190.15
4London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

4.96267.68
5World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.71612.2
6Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

6.82130.06
7International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.1520.73
8National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

7.62132.9
9Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

10110.13
10University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

10.28142.06
11European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

10.47262.28
12Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

14.14104.44
13Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

16.82144.37
14Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

16.87186.09
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

18.62146.35
16Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

19.22101.22
17Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

19.83384.92
18Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

21.81239.83
19Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

22.34158.72
20Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

24.85171.93
21New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

24.91122.75
22University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

25.65134.48
23Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

25.97474.53
24Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

26.4696.77
25Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

28.32113.86
26Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

30.5156.86
27Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

33.12163.34
28Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

33.33157.37
29University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

34.17135.06
30Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

35.26111.76
31European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

35.66355.26
32Sciences Po

Paris, France

35.9995.11
33University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

36.31102.38
34Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

36.68169.12
35University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

37.2391.6
36University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

39.59141.69
37ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

41.24147.96
38University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

41.26130.78
39Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

43.05188.5
40Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

45.28166.22
41University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

45.565.5
42Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

46.33207.91
43Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

48.78112.77
44Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

48.84244.96
45Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

48.88210.48
46University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

49.8879.56
47Banque de France

Paris, France

51.11187.05
48Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

51.6995.59
49Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

51.95154.35
50International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

54.49193.43
51Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

56.96108.74
52"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

57.08224.49
53Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

5878.53
54Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

58.4458.09
55DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

59.03107.66
56Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

60.1763.36
57Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

62.5653.46
58University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

63.21123.93
59University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

63.875.82
60Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

67.53182.59
61University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

67.64120.65
62University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

68.1581.31
63KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

68.44135.32
64National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

70.0798.46
65Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

70.42112.61
66University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

70.6394.99
67Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

71.3741.38
68Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

72.33116
69Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

73.21102.64
70Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

73.95173.06
71Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

75.4565.38
72University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

78.6989.12
73London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

81.7129.23
74Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

84.66120.74
75Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

85.0789.73
76Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

85.12104.43
77Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

85.86155.53
78Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

87.27125.96
79Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

87.879.55
80Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

88.54125.31
81University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

92.0592.26
82Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

92.295.15
83University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

93.71118.68
84University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

94.33120.81
85Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

95.7787.15
86Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

97.93137.13
87University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

98.7674.5
88Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

102.8175.56
89Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

103.9888.39
90Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

105.5195.03
91Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

106.46108.76
92Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

106.92156.21
93Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

108.3453.06
94University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

109.55107.07
95Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

109.58134.34
96Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

110.05119.61
97Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

110.3227.01
98Xiamen University

Fujian, China

110.8550.26
99University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

113.37106.28
100University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

113.9273.07
101Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

113.96103.32
102UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

115.1681.93
103Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

116192.27
104Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

116.16117.82
105University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

116.9760.29
106Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

117.7389.49
107Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

118.5654.82
108Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

118.93135.48
109University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

121.5105.82
110Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

122.4576.91
111Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

122.4761.5
112WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

122.7196.17
113Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

124.64137.22
114Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

125.455.73
115Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

125.45138.43
116Peking University

Beijing, China

126.1185.83
117Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

126.7575.74
118Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

127.25143.32
119Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

128.39114.23
120Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

129141.92
121Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

130.7170.64
122Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

131.1631.58
123Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

131.5479.1
124Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

131.675.92
125Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

133.96146.76
126Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

135.659.58
127Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

136.8462.47
128Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

139.0599.81
129HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

140.0741.84
130National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

141.88475.43
131Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

143.152.02
132Montpellier Business School

Montpellier, France

144.459.1
133CESifo

München, Germany

144.6245.55
134University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa

145.7834.76
135Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

148.5774.56
136University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

149.3332.49
137University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

149.6840.67
138Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

150.3275.72
139Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

151.94107.94
140King's College London

London, United Kingdom

152.0269.69
141Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

152.1151.73
142University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

152.972.94
143Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

153.454.26
144Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

154100.3
145BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

154.8454.86
146University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

156.37109.24
147University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

157.2457.88
148Lebanese American University

Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon

162.2923.08
149University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

162.874.94
150University of York

York, United Kingdom

163.24111.68
151Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

164.58128.39
152Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

164.9112.38
153Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

165.12158.78
154Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

16652.12
155Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB)

Bern/Zürich, Switzerland

167.29141.53
156Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

167.8962.16
157Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)

Chengdu, China

168.3660.95
158Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

170.4259.32
159University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

171.1773
160Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

171.6323.53
161Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

173.0569.4
162University of Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom

17449.9
163Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

174.596.86
164Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

176.5250.56
165University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

176.66103.43
166Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

177.1366
167University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

178.3737.58
168Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

178.4766.91
169Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

179.6741.12
170Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

180.9833.35
171Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

182.5140.78
172University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

184.9345.85
173Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

187.3495.96
174Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

189.468.86
175Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

189.6159.86
176University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

190.1869.46
177Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

191.4775.88
178Fudan University

Shanghai, China

191.6855.72
179McGill University

Montréal, Canada

192.6844.75
180Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

194.9996.09
181Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

198.5262.77
182University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

200.0650.34
183Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

200.86143.46
184de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

201.277.89
185George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

201.391.97
186Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

201.6154.28
187Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

202.1850.84
188University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

205.4590.58
189Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

205.8138.21
190Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

206.0666.16
191European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

206.3544.75
192University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

207.4533.17
193Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

207.7770.12
194University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

209.0460.19
195Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Moscow, Russia

210.66184.11
196Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

211.62315.53
197University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

212.3662.73
198University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

212.795.2
199Universidad de Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain

213.488.99
200Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

215.13104.96
201Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

217.2171.97
202Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

220.0285.9
203Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

220.5745.34
204Lille Économie et Management (LEM)

Lille, France

221.01110.15
205Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

São Paulo, Brazil

221.8263.62
206African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

222.025.02
207Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

222.5367.23
208University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

223.4469.72
209University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)

22443.97
210Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

224.0692.06
211University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

224.3319.68
212University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

224.984.13
213Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

227.8262.45
214HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

228.5141.89
215Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

229.8286.65
216University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

230.3759.82
217City University of Macao

Macau, Macao

230.484
218The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

231.2952.1
219Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

232.7249.58
220University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

233.6866.02
221Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

239.1563.55
222University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

239.8243.41
223University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

240.7242.28
224University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

241.5249.23
225Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Moscow, Russia

242.5393.51
226Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

243.8354.93
227University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

244.351.1
228European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

245.43129.54
229Università Politecnica delle Marche

Ancona, Italy

247.5374.56
230Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

248.6838.15
231Università degli Studi Roma Tre

Roma, Italy

249.0469.74
232Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

249.5170.8
233City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

251.1884.87
234University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)

251.3253.96
235Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

252.8167.73
236Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

Warszawa, Poland

255.43114.17
237New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

257.1352.6
238Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

257.3212.36
239University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts (United States)

258.9438.89
240Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)

Beijing, China

261.5792.77
241Université du Luxembourg

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

262.964.38
242Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

262.9563.48
243University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

263.649.94
244Waseda University

Tokyo, Japan

265.4255.96

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