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Top 5% Top Level Institutions (Last 10 Years Publications), as of January 2026

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.12888.54
2University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.23176.26
3Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.3189.96
4London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

4.81268.73
5Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

6.05133.06
6World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.78599.8
7International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.85537.36
8National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

8.7127.85
9Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

9.03111.63
10University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

9.86146
11European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

10.71263.77
12Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

13.24110.53
13Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

16.59153.04
14Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

16.92190.05
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

18.63142.53
16Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

20.51101.22
17Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

21.02393.47
18Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

21.35100.42
19Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

21.96237.72
20Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

23.32173.93
21Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

25.21155
22Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

27.4465.07
23University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

28.16131.51
24New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

28.33120
25Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

31.48119.08
26University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

31.7692.6
27Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

32.55170.8
28University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

33.28134.09
29Sciences Po

Paris, France

33.889.82
30Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

34.4565.12
31University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

34.48103.32
32Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

35.66159.96
33Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

37.72109.31
34Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

38.55170.07
35University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

40.93140.62
36ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

41.34152.98
37European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

42.8348.28
38University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

43.18140.7
39University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

44.1466.5
40University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

44.680.06
41Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

45.79218.77
42Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

48.01210.78
43Banque de France

Paris, France

48.64196.66
44Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

49.21158.22
45Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

51.9290.4
46Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

53.53179.94
47"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

53.57219.95
48Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

54.66161.78
49Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

56.5661.37
50Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

58.0382.02
51Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

59.1844.68
52Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

59.78252.47
53Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

61.2660.68
54Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

61.42103.19
55University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

61.5375.1
56KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

61.54141.15
57International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

61.62186.93
58University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

63.6898.98
59DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

63.91104.25
60Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

65.1754.47
61University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

65.66114.43
62Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

66116.51
63University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

67.1786.57
64University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

68.32123.65
65Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

69.27177.59
66National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

70.3298.33
67Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

74.17114.62
68University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

75.2790.13
69Lebanese American University

Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon

76.948.07
70Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

77.57180.56
71Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

78.2564.38
72London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

78.8628.22
73Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

80.16125.97
74Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

80.3496.55
75Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

80.686.04
76Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

83.38122.76
77Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

90.5190.43
78University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

91.49125.19
79University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

91.7175.5
80University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

91.8116.06
81Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

92.26107.93
82Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

93.91151.51
83Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

95.54127.64
84University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

98.2691.77
85Xiamen University

Fujian, China

98.5151.75
86Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

99.1988.65
87Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

99.3296.16
88Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

100.66139.38
89Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

103.4726.01
90Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

104.7776.44
91Montpellier Business School

Montpellier, France

104.9310.91
92Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

106.0190.08
93Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

108.3693.27
94University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

110.0757.8
95University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

111.2372.07
96Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

111.97146.46
97University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

112.2100.07
98Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

113.7361.5
99Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

114.0158.79
100Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

114.2691.99
101UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

114.7285.93
102Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

115.2135.58
103Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

115.28107.46
104Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

116.7256.6
105Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

118.32102.32
106King's College London

London, United Kingdom

120.177.41
107Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

120.3361.93
108University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

120.7896.48
109Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

121.54124.61
110Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

122.1160.58
111Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

122.53114.55
112Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

122.58156.66
113BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

122.7756.86
114Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

125.52141.72
115Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

126.774.75
116Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

127.01188.28
117Peking University

Beijing, China

127.2791.33
118Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

128.26120.03
119Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

130.11139.21
120Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

132.16141.42
121University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

132.25109.5
122Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

132.2977.42
123HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

134.4941.34
124Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

135.8276.92
125Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

135.87128.03
126WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

135.8989.67
127Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

138.2279.11
128Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

141.3457.23
129University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

142.8840.67
130Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

143.350.76
131Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

144.35170.56
132University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

144.6660.88
133University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

144.6733.49
134Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

146.98139.22
135University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa

147.7736.75
136Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

149.06110.76
137Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

150.09148.65
138Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)

Chengdu, China

151.2557.95
139Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

151.6552.22
140Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

152.0273.56
141University of Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom

152.5246.05
142Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

155.18103.82
143National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

156.39474.93
144Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

156.7453.01
145University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

157.3777.27
146Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

158.7124.87
147Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

159.53100.35
148Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

160.4155.32
149University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

165.68107.14
150Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

166.5477.78
151University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

166.5775
152Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

167.33107.95
153CESifo

München, Germany

167.6551.21
154University of York

York, United Kingdom

168.9107.87
155Fudan University

Shanghai, China

169.8256.65
156University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

169.8466.99
157Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

169.94158.4
158Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

170.4965.36
159Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

172.2311.54
160Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

172.3868.66
161Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

174.3550.55
162Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

176.268.67
163Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

176.9592.75
164Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

177.764.16
165Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

177.7851.02
166Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

179.19130.39
167Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

179.6698.75
168Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

180.7294.87
169University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

181.3646.85
170Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB)

Bern/Zürich, Switzerland

181.73145.53
171University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

182.6240.6
172University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

182.82102.42
173George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

183.9294.68
174University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

184.5532.17
175Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

187.5567.36
176Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

187.9340.78
177University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

188.4320.62
178McGill University

Montréal, Canada

190.3247.7
179Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

190.7367.14
180City University of Macao

Macau, Macao

196.374
181Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

196.5660.93
182Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

197.8741.62
183University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

199.2670.45
184de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

199.3678.89
185European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

201.4844.74
186University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

205.8751.34
187University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

205.9689.68
188Universidad de Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain

208.1289.99
189Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

208.87143.46
190University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)

209.5439.49
191University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

213.360.19
192Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

216.2469.97
193University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

216.9671.22
194University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

217.8982.99
195Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

218.5858.77
196Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

218.6249.34
197Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

219.553.79
198African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

219.734.01
199Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

220.6453.45
200Lille Économie et Management (LEM)

Lille, France

221.94110.21
201Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

224.2969.55
202HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

225.7339.89
203Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

226.5950.93
204Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

226.9546.33
205University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

227.0760.35
206Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

228.0438.21
207Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

228.2785.9
208University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

229.9154.23
209University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

230.2960.83
210Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

São Paulo, Brazil

230.7463.62
211University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

232.3254.1
212University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

232.3441.71
213Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

233.0561.13
214Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

235.6986.07
215Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

236.8669.8
216Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

236.9515.36
217Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

237.01158.46
218Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Moscow, Russia

238.26191.71
219Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

242.8109.96
220Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

244.9164.55
221Heinriche-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf, Germany

245.4756.46
222Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

247.6199.09
223University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

247.9155.82
224Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA)

Nancy/Strasbourg, France

249.0194.63
225Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

250.1263.3
226University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

251.1145.78
227University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts (United States)

251.3835.89
228Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

251.4735.35
229Lincoln University

Canterbury, New Zealand

254.0213.3
230The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

257.3650.56
231University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

259.6246.89
232Universytet Vizja

Warszawa, Poland

262.1929.49
233Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya (IIMBG)

Gaya, India

263.3610
234New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

263.6643.59
235Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

263.8767.8
236Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

263.9667.66
237Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

264.3141.16
238Université du Luxembourg

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

264.8365.87
239Universitetet i Stavanger

Stavanger, Norway

265.5932.42
240Università Politecnica delle Marche

Ancona, Italy

265.877.56
241Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

266.3826.1
242European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

268.8120.36
243University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

268.8391.21
244Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

269.94114.54
245Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing, China

270.569.6

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