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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Sociology of Economics, as of May 2026

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  • For Sociology of Economics, these are 305 institutions and 236 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)1.00120.34
2University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)2.2840.31
3University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)4.0020.17
4Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg4.83220.50
5Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden5.3520.43
6Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France5.9430.30
7University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)6.0520.33
-Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden6.3720.43
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France6.9730.30
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg7.30210.23
8Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)8.5110.33
9University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom8.5540.90
10Université d'Ottawa → Département d'Économie, Ottawa, Canada9.0431.00
11Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland9.0510.10
-Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies → Department of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)11.8010.33
11Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)11.8010.33
13Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain11.9720.61
14University of Waikato → Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand11.9831.10
-University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand13.0431.10
15University of Sussex → Sussex Business School, Brighton, United Kingdom14.0420.38
16University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom15.5520.12
17University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom16.4340.53
18University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada16.5620.10
19Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France18.2820.48
20Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany20.6820.40
21Ohio State University → Department of Economics, Columbus, Ohio (United States)22.1310.20
22ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany22.5930.69
-University of Sussex → Sussex Business School → Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), Brighton, United Kingdom23.2110.33
23University of Bristol → School of Economics, Bristol, United Kingdom23.3420.46
24Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)23.4910.03
25University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada23.6020.12
26University of Kansas → Department of Economics, Lawrence, Kansas (United States)24.3510.38
27Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands26.2640.45
28KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium28.9540.20
29Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain29.9920.22
30Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche, Lugano, Switzerland30.0710.28

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1David E. Card3.42
2Andrew 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
5.64
3Bruno S. Frey
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland
6.13
4Daniel Hamermesh
University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)
6.14
5George Borjas6.47
6Stefano DellaVigna
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
6.92
7John J. Siegfried
Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)
7.57
8Lubos Pastor
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
8.02
9Lutz Bornmann9.26
10Paula E. Stephan
Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies → Department of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
9.34
11Magnus Johannesson
Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
10.19
12David Colander11.42
13Richard B. Freeman12.27
14Luigi Zingales
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
12.85
15Anthony Giles Heyes
Université d'Ottawa → Département d'Économie, Ottawa, Canada
14.10
16Klaus Wohlrabe
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
14.29
17Javier Ruiz-Castillo
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain
15.13
18Scott E. Carrell
University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)
15.90
19Abel Brodeur
Université d'Ottawa → Département d'Économie, Ottawa, Canada
16.38
20Pierre-Philippe Combes
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
17.18
21John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
20.57
22Philip Oreopoulos
University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada
21.22
23Michael McAleer22.47
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