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Top 25% Agricultural Economics Departments, as of May 2025

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Top 25% Agricultural Economics Departments, all authors, all publication years

All institutions in this category.
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

1.26187175.57
2Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.422924.21
3Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

3.084035.12
4Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

4.834842.7
5Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

4.91126123.15
6Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

6.676458.08
7Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

7.32624.22
8Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

7.972827.25
9Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

8.83330.7
10Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

9.815753.52
11Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

10.424441.9
12Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

12.515246.91
13Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

14.32827.5
14Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

14.538379.48
15Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

15.543632.28
16Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

16.352921.36
17Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

18.217967.28
18Département ECOSOCIO - Économie et Sciences Sociales pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (SAE2), Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE)

Rennes, France

18.67965.46
19Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

19.214644.65
20Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

20.752726.99
21Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

22.342422.84
22Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

23.463535
23Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

25.292524.19
24Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

27.382320.94
25Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

27.483835.2
26Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

28.292221.1
27Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

28.311916.93
28Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

28.521312.5
29Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

30.042524.5
30Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

30.682723.58
31Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

32.083634.61
32China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

33.711412.03
33College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

33.753129.6
34Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

35.442114.97
35Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

36.061414
36Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

38.794540.41
37Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

40.091613.59
38Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

40.297672.02
39Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

41.571817.23
40Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

41.972120.5
41Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

42.121010
42Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

42.49108.51
43Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

44.631313
44Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

45.72019.5
45Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

47.272626
46Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

47.392321.81
47Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

48.81414
48Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

48.842323
49Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

49.091816.97
50Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

49.2499
51Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

49.731815.38
52Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

53.671110.51
53Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

54.641412.51
54Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

59.8655
55Morrison School of Agribusiness & Resource Management, Arizona State University Polytechnic

Mesa, Arizona (USA)

59.8687.5
56China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

60.022321.97
57Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

60.472826.83
58School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

61.882625.9
59Departamento de Economia Agraria, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

61.91109.5
60Afdeling Ontwikkelings Economie, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

62.2742.49
61Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

63.2124.94
62Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

64.02128.46
63Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

64.86158.7
64Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

66.5732.45
65Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing, China

68.1654.47
66Landbouw-Economisch Institut (LEI), Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

68.4176.48
67Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

70.551211.98
68Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia

71.691313
69World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Nairobi, Kenya

72.2565.2
70International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations

Roma, Italy

75.051110.49
71Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

78.0586.7
72Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

78.6119.19
73Office of the Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

79.4765.15
74Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

79.66107.64
75Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

79.9177
76Dipartimento di Economia Agro-alimentare, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Piacenza, Italy

81.3255
77Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

81.6197.5
78Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

82.2854.5
79Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

82.321010
80Fachgebiet Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik im ländlichen Raum, Institut für Tropische Agrarwissenschaften (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institut), Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

83.885.74
81Institut für Agrarpolitik und Marktforschung, Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Gießen, Germany

84.9952.45

The rankings

Top 25% institutions in Agricultural Economics Departments, 10 best authors in each, 10 last publication years

All institutions in this category.
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

2.21139128.07
2Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

2.353631.13
3Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.362623.55
4Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

7.754543.47
5Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

8.254539.58
6Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

8.842825.7
7Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

9.393732.2
8Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

9.622216.75
9Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

10.682119.44
10Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

11.853229.18
11Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

12.516251.47
12Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

13.18582.44
13Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

13.22423.25
14Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

13.922623.9
15Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

14.041817.07
16Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

16.077976.67
17Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

16.193935.46
18Département ECOSOCIO - Économie et Sciences Sociales pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (SAE2), Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE)

Rennes, France

18.296452.36
19Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

21.283232
20Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

21.551919
21Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

231918.5
22Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

23.672625.99
23Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

23.872320.2
24Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

27.37119.49
25Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

27.693937.65
26Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

28.846763.02
27China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

29.031412.03
28Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

29.532120.18
29Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

29.571715.61
30College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

30.692725.8
31China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

31.012220.97
32Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

31.27109.51
33Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

35.251711.47
34Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

36.543126.9
35Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

37.722118.32
36Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

39.11716.23
37Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

40.482827.12
38Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

40.531614.15
39Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

41.221313
40Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

41.771110.5
41Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

42.5699
42Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

42.611817.1
43Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

42.811716.5
44Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

48.032423.5
45Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

50.251614.97
46Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

50.321918.5
47Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

50.442020
48School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

50.882221.9
49Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

51.071412.51
50Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

55.632626
51Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

56.991211.98
52Provoznì Ekonomická Fakulta, Česká Zemìdìlská Univerzita

Praha, Czech Republic

58.1387.4
53Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

58.891816.81
54Lietuvos Agrarinės Ekonomikos Institutas (LAEI)

Vilnius, Lithuania

59.7810.96
55Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

60.72323
56Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

61.9288
57Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

63.4333
58Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

69.897.11
59Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia

69.871111
60Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

69.9144
61Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

69.9644
62Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

69.9893.7
63Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

71.8196.64
64Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

71.9597.2
65International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations

Roma, Italy

72.411110.49
66Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

74.0255
67Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

74.1275.51
68Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

75.251111
69Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

79.4376
70Leerstoelgroep Agrarische economie en plattelandsbeleid, Sectie Economie, Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

81.9343.24
71Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Betriebslehre, Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

83.9811
72Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

86.2332.45
73Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

86.8555
74Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

87.5111
75Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA)

90.2955
76Institut für Agrarwissenschaft und Ernährungswissenschaft, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle

Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

91.1442.62
77Agricultural and Resource Economics, West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia (USA)

91.2444
78Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware (USA)

91.8610.98
79Division of Social Science and Economics, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Laguna/Los Baños, Philippines

91.9643.1
80Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

92.35113.95
81Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

93.0543.5

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