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Top 25% Agricultural Economics Departments, as of January 2026

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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)

1.34187175.92
2Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.52924.42
3Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

3.044035.11
4Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

4.694842.7
5Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

5.37125122.15
6Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

5.87165.89
7Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

7.022624.22
8Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

7.543028.38
9Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

8.563330.21
10Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

10.565551.52
11Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

10.674441.9
12Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

12.515246.9
13Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

13.862928.5
14Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

14.688581.48
15Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

15.493632.28
16Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

15.643222.21
17Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

17.948573.3
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

19.538266.96
19Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

20.022827.99
20Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

21.62422.84
21Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

23.273434
22Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

24.592725.44
23Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

24.953937.65
24Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

26.782928
25Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

27.171312.5
26Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

27.941816.34
27Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

28.382522.44
28Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

28.854036.39
29Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

31.092824.56
30College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

32.573332.1
31China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

32.841412.55
32Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

33.222725.5
33Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

33.253632.73
34Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

35.422114.97
35Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

35.431312.7
36Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

35.871515
37Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

39.834540.21
38Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

40.381211.5
39Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

41.181613.59
40Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

41.491210.51
41Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

42.962120.5
42Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

44.611918.22
43Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

44.681212
44Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

44.957874.95
45Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

44.993433.34
46Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

45.32120.5
47Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

49.862323
48Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

50.121715.97
49Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

50.271414
50Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

50.672422.31
51Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

50.91135.45
52Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

50.971714.83
53Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

51.5499
54Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

56.191412.51
55China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

59.192321.97
56Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

59.455
57Morrison School of Agribusiness & Resource Management, Arizona State University Polytechnic

Mesa, Arizona (USA)

61.0787.5
58Afdeling Ontwikkelings Economie, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

61.7342.49
59School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

62.552625.9
60Departamento de Economia Agraria, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

62.7299
61Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

63.222826.83
62Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

63.391312.97
63Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

64.25107.7
64Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

64.81158.79
65Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

66.8432.45
66Landbouw-Economisch Institut (LEI), Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

67.3386.98
67Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing, China

69.2444
68World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Nairobi, Kenya

72.3755
69Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics, Adelaide University

Adelaide, Australia

75.561212
70Office of the Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

77.0765.16
71Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

77.59107.64
72Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

78.2686.7
73Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

79.9277
74Dipartimento di Economia Agro-alimentare, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Piacenza, Italy

80.9855
75Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

82.0354.5
76Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

82.399
77Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

82.66119.19
78Fachgebiet Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik im ländlichen Raum, Institut für Tropische Agrarwissenschaften (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institut), Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

82.9385.74
79Institut für Agrarpolitik und Marktforschung, Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Gießen, Germany

83.1763.45
80Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

85.3697.5
81Leerstoelgroep Agrarische economie en plattelandsbeleid, Sectie Economie, Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

88.0443.24
82Food and Resource Economics Group, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

88.1933

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
1Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

1.753530.12
2Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.472623.76
3International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

2.89136125.42
4Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

6.344743.33
5Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

8.642517.61
6Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

10.163429.69
7Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

10.272522.21
8Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

10.383835.76
9Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

10.542523.54
10Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

10.83329.28
11Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

12.692220.44
12Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

13.171211.7
13Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

13.756555.47
14Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

14.323632.45
15Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

14.652320.9
16Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

17.177472.2
17Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

19.257370.44
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

20.786248.86
19Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

21.431716.57
20Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

21.682828
21China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

22.662220.97
22Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

23.031818
23College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

23.712827.3
24Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

23.72119.49
25Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

26.452625.99
26Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

27.121615.5
27Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

27.312220.43
28China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

27.75109.5
29Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

29.192420.39
30Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

29.871514.01
31Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

31.823130.5
32Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

35.142924.71
33Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

37.083029.34
34Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

37.261817.5
35Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

37.812219.3
36Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

38.221510.42
37Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

38.962524
38Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

38.991514.23
39Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

40.011311.6
40Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

42.299
41Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

42.232623.23
42Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

45.91313
43Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

48.076662.95
44Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

48.21110.97
45School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

49.112221.9
46Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

51.81412.51
47Lietuvos Agrarinės Ekonomikos Institutas (LAEI)

Vilnius, Lithuania

53.5410.96
48Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

54.351312.5
49Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

54.822523.5
50Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

56.4933
51Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

57.631817.5
52Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

60.272626
53Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

61.7997.51
54Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

62.0277
55Provoznì Ekonomická Fakulta, Česká Zemìdìlská Univerzita

Praha, Czech Republic

63.9276.4
56Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

64.212222
57Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

64.9666
58Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

65.8544
59Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

66.2298.5
60Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

68.4296.64
61Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

69.244
62Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

69.241715.51
63Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

70.5183.72
64Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

71.7586.61
65Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics, Adelaide University

Adelaide, Australia

74.821010
66Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

77.4597.2
67Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

81.84124.45
68Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

82.0165.5
69Leerstoelgroep Agrarische economie en plattelandsbeleid, Sectie Economie, Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

82.3343.24
70International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations

Roma, Italy

84.24109.49
71Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

85.1211
72Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

86.3388
73Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Betriebslehre, Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

89.0411
74Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

89.3343.5
75Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

89.4944
76Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA)

90.8755
77Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

92.5321.95
78Institut für Agrarwissenschaft und Ernährungswissenschaft, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle

Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

93.1742.62
79Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware (USA)

94.1710.98
80Department of Applied Economics, National Chung-Hsing University

Taichung, Taiwan

94.2343
81Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Government of Germany

Braunschweig, Germany

94.7966
82Landbouw-Economisch Institut (LEI), Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

95.1875.98

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