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Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Africa, as of February 2026

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Top 10% institutions in the field of Africa

For Africa, these are 714 authors affiliated with 1856 institutions.
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RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

1.1563951.56
---Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

2.7314714.17
2International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

4.1618834.05
3Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

4.61855.47
4Economics Department, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

6.04611.11
---Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

7.07283.74
5London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

9.333583.83
6African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

9.8662.19
7National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

11.715230.88
8International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

12.0754112.24
9Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

12.47112.53
10Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

14.34341
11Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

16.15900.48
12Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch

Stellenbosch, South Africa

17.718132.68
13Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

19.37687.12
14Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (USA)

20.23331
15Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

20.317916.1
15Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

20.31620.31
17Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

20.89620.55
---Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch

Stellenbosch, South Africa

22.187228.61
---School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

22.277715.89
18Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa

24369.86
19Department of Economics, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

25.59311.33
---Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa

25.85349.61
20Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

26.06280.73
21Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

28.31480.37
22Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

29.642212.13
23Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, CEPS/INSTEAD)

Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

29.8610294.39
---International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

31.071078.85
24Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

33.48690.75
25Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

34.21630.17
---Institutionen för Nationalekonomi med Statistik, Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

35.02464.78
---IZA Network @ LISER, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, CEPS/INSTEAD)

Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

35.029873.35
26Department of Economics, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

37.35510.69
27African Development Bank

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

39.7319.88
28Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

42.22922.15
29Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

43.61850.9
30Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

44.14400.72
31Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

47.93720.09
32Economics Department, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

48.47641.8
33Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

49.37241.19
34Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

50.5856.19
35Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

50.67121.04
36Department of Economics, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

51.97510.31
37Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand

Johannesburg, South Africa

52.51399.27
---Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

52.8550.91
---Economics Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

5460.6
38Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

54210.6
39Faculty of Finance, City University of Macao

Macau, Macao

54.8840.22
40College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg

Auckland Park, South Africa

55.36629.41
41Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

59.16520.16
42Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (USA)

59.5460.51
43Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

59.5880.17
44Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

59.72840.38
45Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

61.18801.92
---Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

61.32300.22
46Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

61.334000.43
47Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

63.12500.23
48Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

63.32872.63
---Department of Economics, London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

65.47120.24
49London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

65.47320.24
50Southampton Business School, University of Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom

67.55160.75
51Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (USA)

67.77620.73
52Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

68.9560.13
---School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand

Johannesburg, South Africa

72.29266.86
53Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

72.3520.44
54Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

72.41530.64
55School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

72.89170.17
---Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

75.14215
56Instituut voor Ontwikkelingsbeleid en -beheer (IOB), Universiteit Antwerpen

Antwerpen, Belgium

78.26133
57Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

78.881830.83
58Center for Global Development (CGD)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

79.74291.88
59Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

79.841711.58
60École d'Économie, Université Clermont Auvergne

Clermont-Ferrand, France

80.34655.92
---Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), École d'Économie, Université Clermont Auvergne

Clermont-Ferrand, France

82.05605.92
61Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

82.26190.87
62Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana

Legon, Ghana

8361.86
63School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

83.321191.77
64Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

84.59552.94
---European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

87.84641.02
65Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

89.4490.33
66Sectie Economie, Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

91.67312.89
67Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

93.542536.6
68Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

94.69270.17
69School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

96.02571.42
70Monash Business School, Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

96.232021.23
71Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

97.75500.25
---Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences (CARESS), Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

99.0110.1
72Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

101.781781.9
---John E. Walker Department of Economics, Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business, Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (USA)

101.96361.09
73Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business, Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (USA)

101.96381.09
74Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

102.581652.68
75Sussex Business School, University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

102.66912.13
76Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany

103.74261.11
77Business School, Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

106.48510.22
78École d'Économie d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

107.071261.17
79International Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

107.82561.64
---Business Economics, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

108.19101.04
80Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

108.19511.04
81Economics Department, Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (USA)

109.55320.52
82College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA)

Pretoria, South Africa

109.63354.72
83DIAL

Paris, France

111.56372.86
84Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

113.431253.27
---Environment for Development, Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

117.1461.53
85United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

117.861072.57
86Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

119.51641.74
---Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

119.6480.18
87Department of Economics, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

119.7740.51
88Department of Economics, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

119.77910.53
89Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

119.97240.66
---Department of Economics and Finance, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

119.97230.66
90Division of International Banking & Finance Studies, Texas A&M International University

Laredo, Texas (USA)

122.0830.37
---Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany

122.47210.18
---Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA)

Pretoria, South Africa

123.73223.51
91Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen

Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

124.52280.82
92Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (USA)

126.76210.54
93Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

130.51115.8
94Economics Department, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

131.34440.15
95Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

La Plata, Argentina

132.86680.75
---Department of Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

132.95830.76
96Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

133.39340.4
97Department of Economics, University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

133.61413.34
98Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

135.06670.31
99Economics Department, University of Ghana

Legon, Ghana

136.72175.13
100Vysoká Škola Ekonomická v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

138.62850.12
101Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

139.17731.23
---Leerstoelgroep Ontwikkelingseconomie, Sectie Economie, Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

139.29161.86
102Department of Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University

Ile-Ife, Nigeria

139.32202.41
103Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

139.97300.3
104Faculty of Business and Economics, East West University

Dhaka, Bangladesh

140.95141
---Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, East West University

Dhaka, Bangladesh

140.95111
---Národohospodářská Fakulta, Vysoká Škola Ekonomická v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

141.9220.11
105Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

142.88450.58
106Geneva School of Economics and Management, Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

143.26350.58
107Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

143.48570.52
---Départment d'économétrie et d'économie politique (DEEP), Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

144.85330.52
108Department of Economics, George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

145.03810.74
109School of Business, Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

147.1250.11
110Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

148.56650.02
111School of Economics and Political Science, Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

149.58680.82
---Department of Economics, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

149.89740.37
112Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

150.6522.32
---Financial Markets Group (FMG), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

153.42120.07
113Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

154.761310.9
---Development Economics Research Group - DERG, Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

158.17131.2
114Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts (USA)

161.13231.28
---Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

162.05100.2
115Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

164.06952.62
116Department of Economics, Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (USA)

165.77130.7
117Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

167280.12
118Business School, Loughborough University

Loughborough, United Kingdom

167.72352.28
---Economics Group, Business School, Loughborough University

Loughborough, United Kingdom

167.72342.28
---Department of Economics, Sussex Business School, University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

168.73581.47
119Department of Economics, Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

171.2780.45
120German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

Hamburg, Germany

172.46273.93
121Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

172.98580.18
122Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

173.3270.5
---Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

175.131010.4
---Data Group, Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

175.37151.06
123Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

176.57261.83
124Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

176.81761.52
125Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

177.42600.04
126Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)

Nairobi, Kenya

178.26160.61
---Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

178.54520.61
---Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

181.99450.68
127Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Den Haag, Netherlands

182.73180.64
128Department of Economics, University of Houston

Houston, Texas (USA)

185.06280.23
129National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Tokyo, Japan

185.15401.42
130Business School, Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

186.11790.49
---Department of Economics, Business School, Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

186.11440.49
131Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

187.081542.51
---Laboratoire d'Économie de Dauphine (LEDa), Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

187.08812.51
132College of Business and Economics, Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

187.5540.75
---Research School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

187.5460.75
---Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT), School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

188.9590.52
133Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développment international (FERDI)

Clermont-Ferrand, France

189.2141.23
134Department of Economics, Indiana University-Purdue University (IUPUI)

Indianapolis, Indiana (USA)

190.18170.62
135Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

191.84290.54
136Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

193.66541.66
---Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

195.2370.38
137Department of Economics, University of South Florida

Tampa, Florida (USA)

200.82171.18
138Department of Economics, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (USA)

201.91252.15
---Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

202.59163.56
---Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

La Plata, Argentina

202.84210.52
139Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

203.15100.67
---Research Program in Development Studies, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

203.8310.05
140Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (USA)

205.9380.44
141Chr. Michelsen Institute

Bergen, Norway

206.192.27
---Department of Economics, Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware (USA)

206.11430.48
142Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware (USA)

206.11490.48
---Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

206.9980.95
---Taloustieteen Laitos, Kauppakorkeakoulu, Aalto-yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

208.32170.4
143Kauppakorkeakoulu, Aalto-yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

208.32300.4
144School of Economics and Business, Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelig universitet

Ås, Norway

209.46170.4
145Department of Economics, University of Nigeria Nsukka

Nsukka, Nigeria

211.4142.4
146Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

212.21431.21
147Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

212.42430.22
148Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts (USA)

214.3150.56
149School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

214.55720.44
150College of Business and Economics, Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (USA)

214.8191
---Economics Department, College of Business and Economics, Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (USA)

214.8181
---Centre de développement, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

214.87243.87
151Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (USA)

216.43190.01
152Department of Economics, University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

217.8561.29
---Department of Economics, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

218.4260.42
153Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

218.4370.42
154Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

218.611890.31
---Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

218.611120.31
155Economics, New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

219.08470.63
156Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

219.67290.19
157School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

219.81340.56
158China Center for Economic Research (CCER), Peking University

Beijing, China

220.19200.12
159Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

221.26300.07
160Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

221.91500.2
161School of Business, Leicester University

Leicester, United Kingdom

224.19420.43
---Department für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

225.84281.36
162Department of Economics, University of Lagos

Lagos, Nigeria

227.94204.94
163Department of Economics, American University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

228.08330.65
164World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Nairobi, Kenya

228.1951.66
---Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

229.33900.32
165Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

230.7690.13
---Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC), Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

231.3110.2
166Economic Research Forum (ERF)

Cairo, Egypt

233.521551.7
167Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Contabilidade e Ciência da Informação e Documentação (FACE), Universidade de Brasília

Brasília, Brazil

236.08271.5
168Pompea College of Business, University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut (USA)

236.3840.15
---Department of Economics, Pompea College of Business, University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut (USA)

236.3820.15
169Faculteit Managementwetenschapen, Open Universiteit

Heerlen, Netherlands

237.1751
170Department of Economics, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

240.33600.69
171Department of Economics, University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (USA)

244.63490.22
172Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

244.721350.69
173École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)

Paris, France

244.74170.13
---Centre d'analyse et de mathématique sociales (CAMS), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)

Paris, France

244.7430.13
174Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

245.4590.81
175Department of Economics, Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont (USA)

247.02211.06
176School of Management, University of Bradford

Bradford, United Kingdom

248.0661
177EconomiX, Université Paris-Nanterre (Paris X)

Nanterre, France

249.681280.6
178Department of Economics, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

250.74750.23
179Scuola di Economia e Management, Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

251.78911.19
180School of Business, University of Otago

Dunedin, New Zealand

251.92200.26
---Department of Economics, School of Business, University of Otago

Dunedin, New Zealand

251.92150.26
181Central Bank of Nigeria

Abuja, Nigeria

252.08322.04
---Institutt for Samfunnsøkonomi, Fakultet for Økonomi, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskaplige universitet (NTNU)

Trondheim, Norway

253.13220.68
182Fakultet for Økonomi, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskaplige universitet (NTNU)

Trondheim, Norway

253.13320.68
183Faculté des sciences économiques et de gestion, Université de Dschang

Dschang, Cameroun

253.84253.5
184Asian Development Bank

Manila, Philippines

255.96540.52
185Independent Institute

Oakland, California (USA)

256.1810.34

The rankings

Top 10% authors in the field of Africa

For Africa, these are 714 authors affiliated with 1856 institutions.
All authors classified in this field.

RankAuthorScore
1Simplice A Asongu

African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé, Cameroun

2.13
2Paul Collier

Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

2.82
3Stefan Dercon

Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

6.39
4David Malin Roodman

6.48
5James Levinsohn

7.56
6William Easterly

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

8.45
7Nathan Nunn

Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

8.59
8James Alan Robinson

Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)

8.94
9Dani Rodrik

Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

8.97
10Marcel A Fafchamps

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, California (USA)

11.22
11Jakob Svensson

Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm, Sweden

11.61
12Anne Case

Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (USA)
School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

14.03
13Thomas S. Jayne

Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

14.31
14Simon Johnson

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

16.99
15David N. Weil

Economics Department, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

17.21
16Pascaline Dupas

Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

17.7
17Edward Andrew Miguel

Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California (USA)

18.25
18Rangan Gupta

Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

19.55
19Michael Kremer

Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)

20.44
20Augustin Kwasi Fosu

Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

20.94
21Elias Papaioannou

Department of Economics, London Business School (LBS), London, United Kingdom

23.48
22Xinshen Diao

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

27.43
23Oded Galor

Economics Department, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

27.69
24Quentin Wodon

27.86
25Jonathan Robinson

Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC), Santa Cruz, California (USA)

30.35
26J. Vernon Henderson

Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom

30.4
27Christopher R. Udry

Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (USA)

31.16
28Esther Duflo

Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

31.84
29Dean S. Karlan

Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (USA)

32.43
30Aart Kraay

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

32.68
31David Allen Lam

Economics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

36.41
32Stelios Michalopoulos

Economics Department, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

38.05
33John C. Anyanwu

African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

38.77
34Klaus W. Deininger

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

39.16
35Robert Cull

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

40.73
36Carlos Pestana Barros †

41.52
37Eliana La Ferrara

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom

42.05
38Brian M. Lucey

School of Business, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

42.56
39Anthony J. Venables

Department of Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

43.13
40Thorsten Beck

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), European University Institute, Firenze, Italy

44.31
41Douglas Gollin

Department of Economics, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

44.77
42Antonio Ciccone

Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain

45.38
43Philip Verwimp

European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

45.62
44Markus P. Goldstein

World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

45.83
45John Muellbauer

Department of Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

46.55
46George R.G. Clarke

Division of International Banking & Finance Studies, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas (USA)

47
47Margaret McMillan

Department of Economics, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

48.86
48Sanjaya Lall †

50.31
49Isaac M. Mbiti

Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (USA)

51.52
50Christopher B. Barrett

Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA)

52.18
51Axel Dreher

Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

54.08
52Kathleen Beegle

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

54.18
53Christopher Blattman

Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)

55.28
54Alexander Moradi

Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

56.3
55Arne Bigsten

Institutionen för Nationalekonomi med Statistik, Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg, Sweden

57.59
56James Thurlow

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

58.35
57Stephen A. O'Connell

Department of Economics, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (USA)

58.42
58Leonce Ndikumana

Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts (USA)

60.26
59Dorrit Posel

School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

61.27
60David Bloom

Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

62.88
61Richard Akresh

Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

63.26
62Gunnar Kohlin

Environment for Development, Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg, Sweden

63.92
63Murray Leibbrandt

Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

64.01
64Robert Owen Mendelsohn

Economics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

64.94
65Damien de Walque

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

65.83
66Imhotep Paul Alagidede Sr.

67.2
67Mthuli Ncube

Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

68.17
68Mwangi Samson Kimenyi †

68.32
69Menale Kassie

Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), Nairobi, Kenya

68.79
70Dirk Kohnert

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, Germany

69.18
71Johannes Wolfgang Fedderke

Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town, South Africa

69.28

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