| 1 | University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States) | 1.49 | 4 | 1.27 |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 1.99 | 3 | 0.31 |
| 3 | London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom | 2.36 | 29 | 3.27 |
| 4 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 3.92 | 45 | 1.63 |
| - | London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom | 4.70 | 20 | 1.38 |
| 5 | Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand | 5.49 | 1 | 0.62 |
| 6 | KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium | 7.31 | 14 | 4.13 |
| 7 | Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 7.46 | 14 | 4.21 |
| 8 | Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel | 7.84 | 2 | 0.77 |
| 9 | Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy | 7.94 | 23 | 5.84 |
| - | Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 8.77 | 13 | 3.88 |
| 10 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy | 9.62 | 16 | 6.78 |
| 11 | Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 10.45 | 6 | 0.94 |
| 12 | Paris School of Economics, Paris, France | 11.84 | 9 | 1.54 |
| - | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy | 12.58 | 14 | 5.83 |
| 13 | Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 12.67 | 6 | 1.43 |
| - | Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau → Center for Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 13.60 | 12 | 3.62 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States) | 14.49 | 1 | 0.64 |
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) | 14.82 | 2 | 1.05 |
| 16 | United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands | 15.10 | 15 | 2.42 |
| - | KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium | 16.12 | 6 | 2.82 |
| - | University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Management Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) | 16.62 | 1 | 0.67 |
| 17 | Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy | 18.02 | 9 | 2.17 |
| 18 | University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States) | 18.10 | 3 | 0.34 |
| 19 | Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States) | 19.29 | 1 | 0.29 |
| 20 | Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States) | 20.41 | 4 | 2.49 |
| 21 | Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States) | 20.81 | 6 | 1.82 |
| 22 | University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States) | 20.94 | 2 | 0.47 |
| 23 | Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States) | 21.63 | 2 | 0.54 |
| 24 | Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States) | 22.30 | 5 | 0.76 |
| 25 | Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 22.51 | 9 | 1.15 |
| 26 | Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands | 23.44 | 8 | 1.56 |
| 27 | Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany | 26.56 | 21 | 6.04 |
| 28 | University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States) | 26.93 | 1 | 0.43 |
| - | University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business → Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Berkeley, California (United States) | 27.95 | 1 | 0.43 |
| 29 | University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada | 28.76 | 6 | 1.63 |
| 30 | Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States) | 29.74 | 4 | 1.77 |
| - | Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies (KITeS/CESPRI), Milano, Italy | 30.95 | 2 | 1.11 |
| 31 | Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States) | 32.17 | 2 | 0.16 |
| 32 | University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada | 32.38 | 4 | 0.52 |
| 33 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France | 32.81 | 13 | 3.29 |
| 34 | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft → Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Germany | 32.90 | 2 | 0.29 |
| 35 | Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States) | 32.93 | 4 | 0.62 |
| 36 | Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland | 33.10 | 15 | 5.57 |
| - | Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland | 35.47 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 37 | Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany | 37.26 | 6 | 2.02 |
| 38 | Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands | 38.45 | 2 | 0.82 |
| 39 | University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) | 39.20 | 3 | 0.44 |
| 40 | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Groningen, Netherlands | 39.43 | 5 | 1.55 |
| 41 | Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States) | 39.56 | 1 | 0.46 |
| 42 | Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden | 40.25 | 9 | 1.82 |
| - | Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States) | 40.57 | 1 | 0.46 |
| - | University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States) | 41.12 | 2 | 0.80 |
| 42 | University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States) | 41.12 | 2 | 0.80 |
| - | Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Kwantitatieve Economie, Maastricht, Netherlands | 41.30 | 2 | 0.60 |
| 44 | University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom | 44.31 | 2 | 0.17 |
| - | London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom | 44.34 | 4 | 0.85 |
| - | Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI) → Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion (GREDEG), Nice, France | 44.56 | 9 | 2.41 |
| 44 | Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI), Nice, France | 44.56 | 9 | 2.41 |
| 46 | European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain | 45.73 | 19 | 8.05 |
| 47 | New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States) | 45.85 | 2 | 0.43 |
| 48 | University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States) | 46.27 | 2 | 0.52 |
| 49 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom | 47.42 | 43 | 0.39 |
| 50 | Universitetet i Stavanger → Handelshøgskolen, Stavanger, Norway | 49.02 | 5 | 2.72 |
| 51 | Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States) | 49.20 | 3 | 0.66 |
| 52 | University of Virginia → Department of Economics, Charlottesville, Virginia (United States) | 49.35 | 3 | 1.40 |
| 53 | Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom | 51.30 | 4 | 0.42 |
| 54 | HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France | 53.05 | 3 | 0.82 |
| 55 | Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States) | 53.85 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 56 | Columbia University → School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), New York City, New York (United States) | 55.18 | 3 | 0.17 |
| 57 | University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States) | 55.54 | 1 | 0.13 |
| 58 | Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy | 56.73 | 5 | 2.09 |
| 59 | Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford, California (United States) | 57.51 | 2 | 0.15 |
| 60 | Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France | 57.63 | 3 | 0.25 |
| 61 | Università degli Studi di Bergamo → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bergamo, Italy | 57.66 | 4 | 1.11 |
| - | Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Department of Finance, Evanston, Illinois (United States) | 58.27 | 3 | 1.07 |
| 62 | University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States) | 60.58 | 2 | 0.77 |
| - | Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy | 63.06 | 2 | 0.70 |
| 63 | Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Halle, Germany | 64.23 | 5 | 0.82 |
| - | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI), Paris, France | 64.87 | 5 | 1.42 |
| 64 | Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway | 64.96 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 65 | Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg | 65.46 | 38 | 2.04 |
| - | KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics, Leuven, Belgium | 66.33 | 2 | 0.23 |
| 66 | University of Manchester → Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester, United Kingdom | 66.44 | 3 | 1.69 |
| 67 | Carnegie Mellon University → H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States) | 66.47 | 1 | 0.34 |
| 68 | Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali, Roma, Italy | 67.35 | 6 | 1.83 |
| 69 | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Palaiseau, France | 67.54 | 2 | 0.26 |
| - | Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali → Dipartimento di Economia, Roma, Italy | 68.46 | 6 | 1.83 |
| 70 | Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS), Cagliari, Italy | 68.90 | 8 | 1.32 |
| 71 | Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce, Tokyo, Japan | 68.91 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 72 | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland | 69.05 | 4 | 1.27 |
| 73 | Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain | 69.50 | 5 | 0.75 |
| - | Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics → Vakgroep Organisatie en Strategie, Maastricht, Netherlands | 69.54 | 4 | 0.72 |
| 74 | Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States) | 69.74 | 2 | 0.08 |
| 75 | George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States) | 69.78 | 3 | 0.23 |
| - | Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan | 69.93 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 76 | University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom | 69.99 | 7 | 2.19 |
| 77 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy | 71.26 | 5 | 0.92 |