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Top 25% Agricultural Economics Departments, as of December 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)

1.28188176.92
2Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.52924.42
3Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

3.124035.12
4Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

4.764842.7
5Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

5.38125122.15
6Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

5.847266.09
7Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

6.992624.22
8Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

7.832827.24
9Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

8.553330.2
10Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

10.554441.9
11Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

10.565551.52
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)

13.872928.5
14Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

14.588581.48
15Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

15.453632.28
16Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

15.593121.71
17Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

17.928068.3
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

19.588166.46
19Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

20.022827.99
20Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

21.952422.84
21Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

23.493434
22Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

24.562725.44
23Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

24.853937.65
24Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

26.642928
25Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

26.891312.5
26Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

28.061916.93
27Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

28.142522.44
28Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

28.264036.39
29Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

30.762824.56
30Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

32.193734.72
31College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

32.213332.1
32Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

32.82625
33China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

32.831412.56
34Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

35.332114.97
35Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

35.521515
36Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

39.124541.11
37Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

40.211211.5
38Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

40.621613.59
39Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

41.071210.51
40Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

42.462120.5
41Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

43.697874.94
42Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

44.013433.34
43Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

44.561716.23
44Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

44.732120.5
45Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

44.81212
46Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

49.072323
47Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

49.211715.97
48Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

50.051714.83
49Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

50.062422.31
50Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

50.22135.44
51Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

50.621414
52Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

51.199
53Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

55.571412.51
54Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

55.91010
55China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

57.42321.97
56Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

58.2355
57Morrison School of Agribusiness & Resource Management, Arizona State University Polytechnic

Mesa, Arizona (USA)

60.0487.5
58School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

61.142625.9
59Afdeling Ontwikkelings Economie, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

61.4242.49
60Departamento de Economia Agraria, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

62.2399
61Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

62.552826.83
62Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

62.771312.97
63Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

64.13158.79
64Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

64.46107.71
65Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

67.8232.45
66Landbouw-Economisch Institut (LEI), Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

68.5386.98
67Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing, China

68.7344
68World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Nairobi, Kenya

72.4765.2
69Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia

75.221212
70Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

77.06107.64
71Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

78.5586.7
72Office of the Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

78.9865.15
73Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

79.3477
74Dipartimento di Economia Agro-alimentare, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Piacenza, Italy

81.3655
75Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

82.3354.5
76Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

82.5699
77Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

83119.19
78Institut für Agrarpolitik und Marktforschung, Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Gießen, Germany

83.0863.45
79Fachgebiet Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik im ländlichen Raum, Institut für Tropische Agrarwissenschaften (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institut), Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

83.7685.74
80Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

84.2697.5
81Food and Resource Economics Group, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

87.6733

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)

2.18141130.42
2Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.252623.76
3Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

2.423631.12
4Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

7.165347.59
5Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

7.942417.11
6Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

8.773732.2
7Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

9.854138.76
8Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

10.312724.2
9Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

11.662423.24
10Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

11.683329.27
11Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

11.782220.44
12Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

12.512522.9
13Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

12.716150.48
14Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

14.468077.44
15Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

14.511817.07
16Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

16.393834.46
17Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

17.37875.67
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

21.256754.36
19Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

21.31817.5
20Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

22.741919
21Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

22.773131
22College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

23.182928.3
23Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

24.382625.99
24Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

25.63119.49
25China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

26.041412.56
26Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

28.322521.39
27China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

28.572220.97
28Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

30.032321.44
29Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

30.481715.61
30Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

33.323331.65
31Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

34.683127.61
32Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

35.199
33Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

35.291711.47
34Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

37.352219.3
35Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

39.213130.34
36Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

40.42109.5
37Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

40.622524
38Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

40.781313
39Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

41.551513.6
40Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

41.751817.5
41Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

41.832826.22
42Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

42.291514.24
43Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

44.5699
44Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

46.67066.94
45Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

49.251312.97
46School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

50.222221.9
47Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

52.791412.97
48Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

52.931412.51
49Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

53.941918.5
50Lietuvos Agrarinės Ekonomikos Institutas (LAEI)

Vilnius, Lithuania

56.8810.96
51Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

57.422524
52Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

58.792626
53Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

60.333
54Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

63.5497.51
55Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

63.592323
56Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

64.9877
57Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

65.451816.31
58Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

65.9688
59Provoznì Ekonomická Fakulta, Česká Zemìdìlská Univerzita

Praha, Czech Republic

66.7776.4
60Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

67.6796.64
61Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

68.8493.79
62Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

69.4644
63Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

71.5544
64Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

73.0686.61
65Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

74.811010
66Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia

75.221010
67Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

79.8497.2
68Leerstoelgroep Agrarische economie en plattelandsbeleid, Sectie Economie, Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

81.9143.24
69Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

82.81124.45
70Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

85.4976
71Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

87.244
72International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations

Roma, Italy

87.52109.49
73Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

88.3411
74Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

90.432.45
75Department of Applied Economics, National Chung-Hsing University

Taichung, Taiwan

91.6543
76Landbouw-Economisch Institut (LEI), Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

91.8575.98
77Institut für Agrarpolitik und Marktforschung, Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Gießen, Germany

92.2263.45
78Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware (USA)

92.5410.98
79Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Betriebslehre, Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

93.0311
80Institut für Agrarwissenschaft und Ernährungswissenschaft, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle

Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

93.4342.62
81Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA)

94.3155

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