Top Institutions and Economists in Lebanon, as of June 2026

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There are 9337 institutions with 73707 registered authors evaluated for all the rankings
For a listing of all economics institutions in Lebanon, see EDIRC
For Lebanon, these are 19 institutions with 98 members with a total share of 94.86.

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Top institutions, all authors, all publication years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[1]	Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	1.00	45	43.07
2	[2]	American University of Beirut → Department of Economics, Beirut, Lebanon	2.27	4	3.94
-	[-]	Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business → Department of Economics, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	2.46	15	13.53
3	[3]	Université Libanaise → Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, Beirut, Lebanon	2.85	21	18.70
4	[5]	Université Saint-Joseph → Faculté de Gestion et Management, Achrafieh, Lebanon	4.77	2	2

Top institutions, 10 best authors for each, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[1]	Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	1.00	45	10
-	[-]	Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business → Department of Economics, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	2.31	15	10
2	[2]	Université Saint-Joseph → Faculté de Gestion et Management, Achrafieh, Lebanon	2.97	2	2
3	[3]	United Nations → Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut, Lebanon	3.60	7	6.50
4	[4]	American University of Beirut → Department of Economics, Beirut, Lebanon	3.74	4	3.94

Top authors, all publications years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Elie I. Bouri Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	1.72
2	[5]	Sumru Altug American University of Beirut → Department of Economics, Beirut, Lebanon	3.22
3	[2]	Muhammad Umar Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	3.63
4	[7]	Nada Mora Université Libanaise → Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, Beirut, Lebanon	4.44
5	[4]	Dervis Kirikkaleli Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	5.34
6	[6]	Dima Rachid Jamali Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	6.33
7	[3]	Jamal Ibrahim Haidar Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business → Department of Economics, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	6.41
8	[8]	Vladimir Hlasny United Nations → Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut, Lebanon	6.69
9	[11]	Ali Fakih Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business → Department of Economics, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	9.07
10	[12]	Simon Neaime American University of Beirut → Department of Economics, Beirut, Lebanon American University of Beirut → Institute of Financial Economics, Beirut, Lebanon	9.66
11	[13]	Naji Pierre Jalkh Université Saint-Joseph → Faculté de Gestion et Management, Achrafieh, Lebanon	10.46
12	[10]	Leila Dagher Lebanese American University → Center for Policy Action, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	10.65
13	[15]	Walid Marrouch Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business → Department of Economics, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	10.95
14	[17]	Mohamad B. Karaki Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business → Department of Economics, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	12.50
15	[14]	Rim Mansour El Khoury Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	13.46
16	[19]	Ahmad Ismail American University of Beirut → School of Business, Beirut, Lebanon	14.17
17	[9]	Zafiris Tzannatos Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Beirut, Lebanon	14.34
18	[16]	Seyed Alireza Athari Université du Saint-Esprit de Kaslik → Faculté de Gestion et Sciences Commerciales → Centre International de Recherche en Applications Managériales et Économiques (CIRAME), Jounieh, Lebanon	15.50
19	[18]	Amal Dabbous Université Saint-Joseph → Faculté de Gestion et Management, Achrafieh, Lebanon	18.88
20	[21]	Mahmoud Arayssi Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	20.18
21	[24]	Nasri Harb University of Sciences and Arts in Lebanon (USAL) → Faculty of Management, Finance and Economics, Ghobeyri, Lebanon	21.76
22	[20]	Ali Awdeh Université Libanaise → Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, Beirut, Lebanon	21.94
23	[22]	Mustafa Abdullah Dah Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	22.59
24	[25]	Aljaz Kuncic United Nations → Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut, Lebanon Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	24.43
25	[23]	Nisreen Salti American University of Beirut → Department of Economics, Beirut, Lebanon	24.52

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Elie I. Bouri Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	1.34
2	[2]	Muhammad Umar Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	2.35
3	[3]	Dervis Kirikkaleli Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	3.48
4	[4]	Vladimir Hlasny United Nations → Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut, Lebanon	5.19
5	[5]	Naji Pierre Jalkh Université Saint-Joseph → Faculté de Gestion et Management, Achrafieh, Lebanon	5.99
6	[6]	Jamal Ibrahim Haidar Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business → Department of Economics, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	6.40
7	[7]	Rim Mansour El Khoury Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	7.52
8	[9]	Ali Fakih Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business → Department of Economics, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	8.42
9	[13]	Mohamad B. Karaki Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business → Department of Economics, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	8.67
10	[10]	Dima Rachid Jamali Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	8.94
11	[8]	Seyed Alireza Athari Université du Saint-Esprit de Kaslik → Faculté de Gestion et Sciences Commerciales → Centre International de Recherche en Applications Managériales et Économiques (CIRAME), Jounieh, Lebanon	10.07
12	[11]	Leila Dagher Lebanese American University → Center for Policy Action, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	10.20
13	[12]	Amal Dabbous Université Saint-Joseph → Faculté de Gestion et Management, Achrafieh, Lebanon	11.08
14	[14]	Simon Neaime American University of Beirut → Department of Economics, Beirut, Lebanon American University of Beirut → Institute of Financial Economics, Beirut, Lebanon	13.17
15	[22]	Sumru Altug American University of Beirut → Department of Economics, Beirut, Lebanon	15.17
16	[18]	Walid Marrouch Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business → Department of Economics, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	15.34
17	[17]	Omar S. Itani Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	17.32
18	[16]	Bilal Kchouri Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	17.92
19	[21]	Mahmoud Arayssi Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	19.04
20	[23]	Ahmad Ismail American University of Beirut → School of Business, Beirut, Lebanon	19.12
21	[15]	Ali Awdeh Université Libanaise → Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, Beirut, Lebanon	19.45
22	[24]	Mustafa Abdullah Dah Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon	20.15
23	[20]	Mohamad Kassem Lebanese American University → Institute for Banking and Finance, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon Unknown	22.09
24	[29]	Nisreen Salti American University of Beirut → Department of Economics, Beirut, Lebanon	23.48
25	[28]	Nada Mora Université Libanaise → Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, Beirut, Lebanon	24.51

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Citations from CitEc project by José Manuel Barrueco Cruz, University of Valencia, Spain. Hardware provided by Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE), Valencia, Spain.
Abstract views and downloads statistics from LogEc project by Sune Karlsson, Örebro University, Sweden.
Author registration, institution database, and ranking computations by Christian Zimmermann.
RePEc has been initiated by Thomas Krichel.

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