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Top 25% Agricultural Economics Departments, as of April 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)

2.452924.21
3Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

3.034035.12
4Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

4.82126123.15
5Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

4.834842.7
6Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

6.576458.08
7Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

7.332624.22
8Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

7.892927.5
9Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

8.743330.7
10Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

9.845753.52
11Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

10.344441.9
12Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

12.595246.91
13Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

14.362827.5
14Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

15.433632.28
15Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

15.447875.33
16Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

16.182921.53
17Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

187967.28
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

18.87965.25
19Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

18.934644.65
20Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

20.762726.99
21Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

22.292422.84
22Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

23.573535
23Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

24.982524.19
24Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

27.692320.94
25Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

27.783835.2
26Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

27.942221.1
27Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

28.231312.5
28Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

28.371916.93
29Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

29.62524.5
30Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

31.132723.58
31Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

32.023634.61
32College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

33.723129.6
33China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

34.311412.03
34Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

35.182114.97
35Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

35.731414
36Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

38.614540.41
37Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

39.761613.59
38Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

40.017571.52
39Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

41.431817.23
40Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

41.571010
41Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

41.762120.5
42Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

43108.51
43Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

45.061313
44Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

45.512019.5
45Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

46.642321.81
46Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

47.492525
47Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

48.362323
48Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

48.781414
49Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

49.1199
50Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

49.131816.97
51Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

49.951815.38
52Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

55.051412.51
53Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

56.451110.51
54Morrison School of Agribusiness & Resource Management, Arizona State University Polytechnic

Mesa, Arizona (USA)

5987.5
55China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

60.232321.97
56Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

60.442826.83
57Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

60.4655
58Afdeling Ontwikkelings Economie, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

61.0242.49
59Departamento de Economia Agraria, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

61.11109.5
60School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

62.252625.9
61Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

62.27124.94
62Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

63.92128.46
63Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

65.16158.7
64Landbouw-Economisch Institut (LEI), Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

67.4376.48
65Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

67.8932.45
66Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing, China

68.3954.47
67Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

69.811211.98
68Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia

71.411313
69World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Nairobi, Kenya

72.2665.2
70International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations

Roma, Italy

74.841110.49
71Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

77.4286.7
72Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

78.23119.19
73Office of the Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

79.2265.15
74Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

79.6977
75Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

80.39107.64
76Dipartimento di Economia Agro-alimentare, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Piacenza, Italy

81.0555
77Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

81.7997.5
78Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

82.0154.5
79Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

82.421010
80Fachgebiet Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik im ländlichen Raum, Institut für Tropische Agrarwissenschaften (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institut), Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

83.6285.74
81Institut für Agrarpolitik und Marktforschung, Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Gießen, Germany

84.9752.45

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)

2.2139128.07
2Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.352623.55
3Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

2.413631.13
4Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

7.864543.47
5Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

8.424539.58
6Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

8.822825.7
7Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

9.283732.2
8Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

9.522216.93
9Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

10.852119.44
10Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

11.83229.18
11Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

12.466251.47
12Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

12.942423.25
13Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

13.088582.44
14Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

13.092623.9
15Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

14.141817.07
16Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

16.427472.52
17Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

16.423935.46
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

18.266452.16
19Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

21.323232
20Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

21.491919
21Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

22.471918.5
22Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

23.062625.99
23Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

25.022320.2
24Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

26.77119.49
25Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

27.253937.65
26Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

29.222120.18
27College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

29.412725.8
28Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

29.551715.61
29China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

30.182220.97
30China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

32.591412.03
31Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

34.051711.47
32Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

34.92109.51
33Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

36.036662.52
34Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

36.183126.9
35Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

39.091716.23
36Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

39.172017.32
37Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

40.092827.12
38Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

40.371614.15
39Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

40.561313
40Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

40.941110.5
41Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

41.8699
42Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

42.621716.5
43Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

42.931817.1
44Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

47.732423.5
45School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

49.932221.9
46Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

50.131614.97
47Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

50.261918.5
48Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

50.691919
49Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

51.371412.51
50Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

55.282626
51Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

56.331211.98
52Provoznì Ekonomická Fakulta, Česká Zemìdìlská Univerzita

Praha, Czech Republic

57.5487.4
53Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

58.181816.81
54Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

60.492323
55Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

61.8688
56Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

63.6433
57Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

68.7197.11
58Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

68.8744
59Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia

69.451111
60Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

69.4893.7
61Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

69.6544
62Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

71.4596.64
63Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

71.9597.2
64International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations

Roma, Italy

73.041110.49
65Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

73.3755
66Lietuvos Agrarinės Ekonomikos Institutas (LAEI)

Vilnius, Lithuania

73.7310.66
67Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

75.211111
68Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

77.9475.51
69Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

79.7376
70Leerstoelgroep Agrarische economie en plattelandsbeleid, Sectie Economie, Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

81.6443.24
71Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Betriebslehre, Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

83.8111
72Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

85.2832.45
73Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

87.9655
74Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

88.4111
75Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA)

88.6655
76Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware (USA)

89.710.98
77Institut für Agrarwissenschaft und Ernährungswissenschaft, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle

Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

90.4742.62
78Division of Social Science and Economics, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Laguna/Los Baños, Philippines

91.243.1
79Agricultural and Resource Economics, West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia (USA)

91.5244
80Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

92.2843.5
81Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

93.14113.95

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