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Top 25% Agricultural Economics Departments, as of February 2026

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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)

1.33188176.92
2Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.482924.42
3Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

3.044035.11
4Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

4.794842.7
5Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

5.33125122
6Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

5.847165.89
7Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

7.072624.22
8Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

7.613028.38
9Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

8.623330.21
10Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

10.65551.52
11Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

10.84340.9
12Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

12.585246.9
13Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

13.852928.5
14Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

14.78682.49
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

15.683222.21
17Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

17.928573.8
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

19.538266.96
19Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

20.32827.99
20Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

21.712422.84
21Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

23.633434
22Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

24.652725.44
23Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

24.754745.65
24Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

26.752928
25Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

26.981312.5
26Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

28.411816.34
27Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

28.442522.44
28Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

28.864036.39
29Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

30.922824.56
30Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

31.692928.2
31Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

32.93632.73
32College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

33.053332.1
33Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

33.182725.5
34China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

33.391412.55
35Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

35.82114.97
36Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

36.081515
37Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

40.184439.21
38Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

40.91613.59
39Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

40.991211.5
40Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

41.523837.34
41Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

41.81210.51
42Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

43.52120.5
43Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

44.881212
44Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

44.961918.22
45Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

45.482120.5
46Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

46.417874.95
47Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

49.82323
48Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

50.31715.97
49Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

50.571414
50Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

50.652422.31
51Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

51.181714.83
52Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

51.44135.45
53Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

51.9599
54Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

56.51311.51
55Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

58.9355
56China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

59.242321.97
57Morrison School of Agribusiness & Resource Management, Arizona State University Polytechnic

Mesa, Arizona (USA)

60.7887.5
58Afdeling Ontwikkelings Economie, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

61.8842.49
59School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

62.32726.9
60Departamento de Economia Agraria, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

62.9599
61Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

63.321312.97
62Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

63.62826.83
63Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

64.81107.7
64Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

64.97158.79
65Division of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

66.1664.01
66Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

68.6932.45
67Landbouw-Economisch Institut (LEI), Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

69.3386.98
68Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing, China

69.4744
69World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Nairobi, Kenya

73.1355
70Office of the Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

77.5365.16
71Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics, Adelaide University

Adelaide, Australia

77.541211.5
72Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

78.41107.64
73Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

79.6686.7
74Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

81.0177
75Dipartimento di Economia Agro-alimentare, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Piacenza, Italy

82.7655
76Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

82.8854.5
77Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

83.65119.19
78Institut für Agrarpolitik und Marktforschung, Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Gießen, Germany

84.1363.45
79Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

84.2799
80Fachgebiet Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik im ländlichen Raum, Institut für Tropische Agrarwissenschaften (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institut), Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

84.3185.74
81Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

86.0297.5
82Leerstoelgroep Agrarische economie en plattelandsbeleid, Sectie Economie, Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

88.8443.24

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
1Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

1.753530.12
2Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.52623.76
3International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

2.92137126.42
4Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

6.424743.33
5Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

8.382517.61
6Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

9.82726.2
7Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

10.213429.69
8Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

10.453835.76
9Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

10.512522.21
10Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

10.672523.54
11Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

11.013329.28
12Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

12.992220.44
13Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

14.196555.97
14Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

14.653632.45
15Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

16.432219.9
16Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

17.57573.2
17Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

19.117471.28
18Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

20.931716.57
19Département 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

21.016248.86
20Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

21.742828
21China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

22.552220.97
22Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

23.361818
23College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

23.712827.3
24Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

24.15119.49
25Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

26.542625.99
26Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

27.271615.5
27Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

27.822220.43
28China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

27.83109.5
29Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

29.12420.39
30Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

29.671514.01
31Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

31.283938.5
32Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

35.312823.71
33Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

35.683433.34
34Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

37.681817.5
35Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

38.041510.42
36Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

38.132219.3
37Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

38.362524
38Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

38.991514.23
39Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

40.11311.6
40Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

42.432623.23
41Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

42.7499
42Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

45.791313
43Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

47.956662.95
44Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

48.331110.97
45School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

49.072322.9
46Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

51.781311.51
47Lietuvos Agrarinės Ekonomikos Institutas (LAEI)

Vilnius, Lithuania

53.0710.96
48Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

54.462523.5
49Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

55.231312.5
50Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

55.8933
51Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

57.031817.5
52Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

60.142626
53Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

61.5297.51
54Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

62.0677
55Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

64.112222
56Provoznì Ekonomická Fakulta, Česká Zemìdìlská Univerzita

Praha, Czech Republic

64.7476.4
57Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

65.466
58Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

66.2344
59Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

66.5298.5
60Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

68.1696.64
61Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

69.631715.51
62Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

69.6444
63Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

71.0183.72
64Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

71.8286.61
65Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics, Adelaide University

Adelaide, Australia

78.23109.5
66Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

78.8597.2
67Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Government of Germany

Braunschweig, Germany

81.976.5
68Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

82.2124.45
69Leerstoelgroep Agrarische economie en plattelandsbeleid, Sectie Economie, Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

82.943.24
70Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

83.0965.5
71Division of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

83.5364.01
72Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

86.5111
73Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

86.8288
74International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations

Roma, Italy

86.91109.49
75Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Betriebslehre, Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

89.6311
76Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

90.3243.5
77Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

90.7444
78Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA)

91.3555
79Institut für Agrarwissenschaft und Ernährungswissenschaft, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle

Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

93.7842.62
80Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

94.5621.95
81Department of Applied Economics, National Chung-Hsing University

Taichung, Taiwan

94.9543
82Institut für Agrarpolitik und Marktforschung, Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Gießen, Germany

95.4463.45

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