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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of China, as of May 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)1.6870.39
2National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.37200.79
3London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom3.11120.60
4Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)5.5530.49
5Peking University → Guanghua School of Management, Beijing, China5.7631.43
6University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)6.7110.21
7Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)6.8451.56
8Beijing Institute of Technology → Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing, China7.5841.33
9Tsinghua University → School of Economics and Management, Beijing, China8.0541.70
10Fudan University → Fanhai International School of Finance, Shanghai, China8.7920.54
11University of Western Ontario → Department of Economics, London, Canada9.1320.78
12University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada9.6740.94
13University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)9.9730.61
14University of Hong Kong → Faculty of Business and Economics, Pokfulam, Hong Kong12.7542.59
15Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)13.5630.30
16Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford, California (United States)14.1120.76
-Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) → Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford, California (United States)15.4910.76
17Zhejiang University → School of Economics, Hangzhou, China15.9532.05
18Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)17.2320.40
-Yale University → Economics Department → Economic Growth Center, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)17.6910.16
19Stanford University → Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford, California (United States)19.7010.44
20Paris School of Economics, Paris, France20.0550.51
21Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)21.6930.40
22Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)21.9921.32
23World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)22.9081.11
24University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)22.9420.37
-Princeton University → Department of Economics → Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)23.0820.82
-Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia23.7431.12
24Australian National University → College of Business and Economics, Canberra, Australia23.7431.12
26Fudan University → School of Economics, Shanghai, China24.7263.66
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)25.0560.97
27Peking University → China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Beijing, China25.1420.76
28Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland25.5420.22
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland28.3210.21
29Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)28.3520.27
30Cornell University → College of Agriculture and Life Sciences → Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)28.5350.73
31Emory University → Department of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)28.7430.73
32University of Alberta → School of Business, Edmonton, Canada31.1220.63
33Chinese University of Hong Kong → Department of Economics, Shatin, Hong Kong32.6920.97
34University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)33.7510.02
35Renmin University of China → School of Labor and Human Resources, Beijing, China33.7621.71
36University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)36.9410.18
37International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)37.2130.57
38Zhejiang University → College of Public Administration, Hangzhou, China37.6121.62
39University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)37.7820.19
40University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom37.7960.80
41University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)40.0110.64
42University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → School of Global Policy and Strategy, La Jolla, California (United States)40.1420.63
43Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, California (United States)40.9030.51
44Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia41.1440.61
45Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Beijing, China41.3310.36
-Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco → Economic Research, San Francisco, California (United States)41.9230.51
46Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) → Business School, Kowloon, Hong Kong41.9842.74
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom42.7770.14
-Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) → Business School → Department of Economics, Kowloon, Hong Kong43.0531.73
47Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg44.94230.93
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg44.94230.93
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom45.6620.11
48Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany46.6991.73
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Financial Markets Group (FMG), London, United Kingdom46.7610.09
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia47.1730.42
-Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta → Center for Quantitative Economic Research (CQER), Atlanta, Georgia (United States)48.2720.16
49Peking University → National School of Development, Beijing, China49.0620.84
50Xiamen University → School of Economics, Fujian, China49.1273.28
51Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)50.7120.34
52Jinan University → College of Economics, Guangzhou, China52.0664.58
53University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)53.0810.14
54University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom53.9910.25
55Syracuse University → Maxwell School → Department of Economics, Syracuse, New York (United States)54.9230.94

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Robert C. Feenstra
University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)		4.75
2Gordon Hanson
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		5.57
3Shang-Jin Wei
Fudan University → Fanhai International School of Finance, Shanghai, China		5.63
4David Autor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		6.82
5Hongbin Li
Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) → Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford, California (United States)		7.45
6Loren Brandt
University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada		8.87
7David Dollar †9.44
8Junsen Zhang
Zhejiang University → School of Economics, Hangzhou, China		9.77
9John Knight †10.59
10John Whalley
University of Western Ontario → Department of Economics, London, Canada		10.60
11Scott Rozelle
Stanford University → Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford, California (United States)		10.87
12Mark Rosenzweig
Yale University → Economics Department → Economic Growth Center, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)		11.17
13Yi-Ming Wei
Beijing Institute of Technology → Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing, China		11.83
14Yi Lu
Tsinghua University → School of Economics and Management, Beijing, China		12.23
15Zhiguo He
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)		13.54
16Li-An Zhou
Peking University → Guanghua School of Management, Beijing, China		13.88
17Hanming Fang
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)		16.90
18Jikun Huang
Peking University → China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Beijing, China		16.95
19Xiaobo Zhang
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
Peking University → Guanghua School of Management, Beijing, China		17.02
20David Dorn
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland		18.14
21Wei Xiong
Princeton University → Department of Economics → Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)		18.33
22Carmen Reinhart
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		19.38
23Ruixue Jia
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → School of Global Policy and Strategy, La Jolla, California (United States)		20.34
24Martin Ravallion †21.74
25Xin Meng
Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia		22.17
26Marc J. Melitz
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		22.38
27Tao Zha22.83
28Raymond Fisman
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)		25.79
29Shi Li
Zhejiang University → College of Public Administration, Hangzhou, China		27.07
30John Strauss
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)		27.96
31Richard B. Freeman28.88
32Russell Smyth
Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia		29.07
33Xinxin Ma
Hosei University → Faculty of Economics, Tokyo, Japan		29.29
34Xiaodong Zhu
University of Hong Kong → Faculty of Business and Economics, Pokfulam, Hong Kong		32.02
35Yongheng Deng
University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)		33.25
36Zhong Zhao
Renmin University of China → School of Labor and Human Resources, Beijing, China		33.58
37Andres Rodriguez-Clare34.32
38Ann E. Harrison
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)		34.58
39James J. Heckman
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)		34.94
40Yifan Zhang
Chinese University of Hong Kong → Department of Economics, Shatin, Hong Kong		35.04
41Lixin Colin Xu (L. Colin Xu)
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Beijing, China		36.50
42Guojun He
University of Hong Kong → Faculty of Business and Economics, Pokfulam, Hong Kong		38.69
43Amit Khandelwal
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)		38.87
44David Y. Yang
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		39.09
45Bing Zhang
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, China		39.90
46Gérard Roland (Gerard Roland)
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)		40.47
47Guanghua Wan万广华 (Guanghua Wan)
Fudan University → School of Economics, Shanghai, China		40.90
48Wolfgang Keller42.81
49Randall Morck
University of Alberta → School of Business, Edmonton, Canada		43.35
50Wei Huang44.23
51Sandra Poncet
Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII), Paris, France
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France		44.70
52Xi Chen45.33
53Albert Park
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) → Business School → Department of Economics, Kowloon, Hong Kong		46.26
54Panle Jia Barwick
University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		46.39
55易君健 (Junjian Yi)
Peking University → National School of Development, Beijing, China		46.77
56Yuyu Chen
Peking University → Guanghua School of Management, Beijing, China		46.88
57Kaiji Chen
Emory University → Department of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)		47.52
58Zhi Wang
Tsinghua University → School of Economics and Management, Beijing, China		50.52
59Mingzhi (Jimmy) Xu
Peking University → Institute for New Structural Economics, Beijing, China		53.72
60Eswar Prasad
Cornell University → College of Agriculture and Life Sciences → Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)		53.83
61Matthew Kahn
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)		53.98
62Kalina Manova
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom		54.26
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