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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Neuroeconomics, as of March 2026

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  • For Neuroeconomics, these are 314 institutions and 261 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)131.12
2University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)2.0610.28
3Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland3.1771.64
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland4.2661.30
4University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)4.6210.12
5Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany5.3230.84
6Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg6.35521.05
7California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)6.9821.11
8University of Sydney → Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia7.3520.57
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg7.85520.81
9Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)9.8220.73
10Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden9.8920.24
11UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia10.8710.07
-Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden10.9020.24
-UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia11.9710.07
12University of Southern California → Center for Economic and Social Research, Los Angeles, California (United States)12.0020.26
-Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)12.7520.53
12Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)12.7520.53
14London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom13.7350.16
15Lancaster University → Management School, Lancaster, United Kingdom15.1551.89
16University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom15.8741.31
17Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany16.1730.34
18Paris School of Economics, Paris, France17.0850.94
19Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands18.7040.94
20Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis and Research Centre (SPEAR), Canberra, Australia19.5110.02
21University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)19.8610.15
22California Institute of Technology → Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience, Pasadena, California (United States)20.8810.06
23Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)21.5610.10
-Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Maastricht, Netherlands22.8830.91
-California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences → Laboratory for Experimental Economics and Political Science, Pasadena, California (United States)22.9410.06
24University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)25.5010.04
25Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz → Gutenberg School of Management and Economics, Mainz, Germany26.0930.82
26New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)26.5610.15
27Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia26.7931.09
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Centre for Health Economics, Melbourne, Australia27.7931.09
28Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)28.1410.04
29University of Arizona → Eller College of Management, Tucson, Arizona (United States)29.7710.12
-University of Arizona → Eller College of Management → Economics Department, Tucson, Arizona (United States)29.7710.12
30Virginia Commonwealth University → School of Business, Richmond, Virginia (United States)30.7210.29
-Virginia Commonwealth University → School of Business → Department of Economics, Richmond, Virginia (United States)30.7210.29
31Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)30.9910.17

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1James J. Heckman
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
1.16
2Jere Richard Behrman
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
2.39
3Ernst Fehr
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
3.93
4Colin Farrell Camerer4.72
5James Andreoni
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
5.15
6John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
6.33
7Benjamin Enke
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
8.35
8Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
University of Sydney → Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia
9.02
9Michael P Keane
UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia
10.86
10Armin Falk
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany
11.48
11Ryan Oprea
University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) → Learning and Experimental Economics Projects of Santa Cruz (LEEPS), Santa Cruz, California (United States)
University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) → Economics Department, Santa Cruz, California (United States)
12.34
12David L Dickinson
Appalachian State University → Department of Economics, Boone, North Carolina (United States)
13.27
13Paul William Glewwe
University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)
14.92
14Eric Hanushek (Eric Hanusek)
Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)
17.48
15Andrew Clark
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
18.47
16David Gill
Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)
18.66
17Magnus Johannesson
Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
19.82
18David Huffman
Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)
20.03
19Christopher Flinn
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
21.42
20Andrew J. Oswald
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
21.47
21Matthew James Wiswall
Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)
22.99
22Edward Andrew Miguel
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
24.95
23Charles Noussair
University of Arizona → Eller College of Management → Economics Department, Tucson, Arizona (United States)
26.05
24Carlos Alós-Ferrer (Carlos Alos-Ferrer)
Lancaster University → Management School, Lancaster, United Kingdom
26.44
25Jason Fletcher
University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)
26.52
26Sandra E. Black
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
26.57
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