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

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  • For Neuroeconomics, these are 316 institutions and 265 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)2.0010.28
3Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland3.3581.89
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland4.3861.30
4University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)4.4510.12
5Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany5.5730.84
6Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg6.74521.01
7California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences, Pasadena, California (United States)7.0221.11
8University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom7.6951.36
9University of Sydney → Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia7.7020.57
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg8.42520.77
10Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)10.4320.73
11Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden10.8120.24
-Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden11.8220.24
12UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia12.0110.07
13University of Southern California → Center for Economic and Social Research, Los Angeles, California (United States)12.3020.26
-UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia13.2210.07
14Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)13.6520.53
-Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)13.6520.53
15London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom14.9250.16
16Lancaster University → Management School, Lancaster, United Kingdom15.9151.89
17Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany17.1630.34
18Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands17.6340.95
19Paris School of Economics, Paris, France17.6950.94
20Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis and Research Centre (SPEAR), Canberra, Australia19.8210.02
21University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)20.4110.15
-Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Maastricht, Netherlands20.9230.92
22California Institute of Technology → Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience, Pasadena, California (United States)21.5910.06
23University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill → Kenan Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)22.5110.36
24Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)22.8010.10
-California Institute of Technology → Division of Social Sciences → Laboratory for Experimental Economics and Political Science, Pasadena, California (United States)23.8510.06
25Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz → Gutenberg School of Management and Economics, Mainz, Germany26.5630.82
26Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia26.5831.09
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Centre for Health Economics, Melbourne, Australia27.5931.09
27New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)27.6410.15
28University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)28.7910.04
29Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)28.8210.04
-University of Arizona → Eller College of Management → Economics Department, Tucson, Arizona (United States)31.1410.12
29University of Arizona → Eller College of Management, Tucson, Arizona (United States)31.1410.12
-Virginia Commonwealth University → School of Business → Department of Economics, Richmond, Virginia (United States)31.7610.29
29Virginia Commonwealth University → School of Business, Richmond, Virginia (United States)31.7610.29

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)
2.36
3Ernst Fehr
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
4.07
4Colin Farrell Camerer4.75
5James Andreoni
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)
5.12
6John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
6.41
7Benjamin Enke
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
8.36
8Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
University of Sydney → Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia
9.40
9Michael P Keane
UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia
11.80
10Armin Falk
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany
11.89
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)
12.29
12Victor Chaim Lavy
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel
13.37
13David L Dickinson
Appalachian State University → Department of Economics, Boone, North Carolina (United States)
13.38
14Paul William Glewwe
University of Minnesota-St. Paul → College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences → Department of Applied Economics, St. Paul, Minnesota (United States)
16.16
15Camelia Mariana Kuhnen
University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill → Kenan Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)
18.44
16Eric Hanushek (Eric Hanusek)
Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)
18.66
17Andrew Clark
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
19.32
18David Gill
Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)
19.40
19David Huffman
Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)
20.94
20Magnus Johannesson
Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
21.08
21Andrew 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
22.53
22Christopher Flinn
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
23.55
23Lex Borghans
Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Maastricht, Netherlands
24.38
24Matthew James Wiswall
Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)
24.59
25Carlos Alós-Ferrer (Carlos Alos-Ferrer)
Lancaster University → Management School, Lancaster, United Kingdom
27.33
26Charles Noussair
University of Arizona → Eller College of Management → Economics Department, Tucson, Arizona (United States)
28.21
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