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

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)1.4370.43
2National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.13230.93
3London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom2.75170.77
4Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)4.9930.65
5Peking University → Guanghua School of Management, Beijing, China5.7031.41
6University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)7.3910.21
7Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)7.5251.59
8Tsinghua University → School of Economics and Management, Beijing, China7.8541.70
9University of Western Ontario → Department of Economics, London, Canada8.1120.78
10University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada8.4550.99
11Beijing Institute of Technology → Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing, China9.6062.62
12Fudan University → Fanhai International School of Finance, Shanghai, China9.7220.54
13University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)10.6830.61
14University of Hong Kong → Faculty of Business and Economics, Pokfulam, Hong Kong11.9542.63
15Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)13.5730.31
16Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford, California (United States)13.6020.78
-Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) → Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford, California (United States)14.8510.78
17Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)15.6920.44
18Zhejiang University → School of Economics, Hangzhou, China17.0532.05
-Yale University → Economics Department → Economic Growth Center, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)18.2110.16
19Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)18.4621.36
-Princeton University → Department of Economics → Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)19.5020.86
20Paris School of Economics, Paris, France19.7450.50
21Stanford University → Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford, California (United States)22.2310.44
22University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)23.2020.37
-Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia23.7031.12
22Australian National University → College of Business and Economics, Canberra, Australia23.7031.12
24Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)24.5030.39
25Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland25.6820.21
26University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)27.2410.23
27Fudan University → School of Economics, Shanghai, China27.5963.66
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland28.0510.20
28Emory University → Department of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)28.6230.71
29World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)28.9671.03
30Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)29.2120.26
31Peking University → China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Beijing, China30.7620.76
32Cornell University → College of Agriculture and Life Sciences → Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)31.2850.72
33University of Alberta → School of Business, Edmonton, Canada31.4920.63
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)31.6850.88
34Chinese University of Hong Kong → Department of Economics, Shatin, Hong Kong32.0120.97
35Renmin University of China → School of Labor and Human Resources, Beijing, China33.5521.71
36University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)34.8810.02
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom37.80100.18
37University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom38.7260.80
38University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)38.8220.19
39International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)38.8430.56
40University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → School of Global Policy and Strategy, La Jolla, California (United States)38.9320.66
41University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)39.9710.64
42Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, California (United States)40.1230.56
43Zhejiang University → College of Public Administration, Hangzhou, China40.3121.62
-Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco → Economic Research, San Francisco, California (United States)41.1330.56
44Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Beijing, China41.3910.36
45Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) → Business School, Kowloon, Hong Kong42.5142.74
-Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) → Business School → Department of Economics, Kowloon, Hong Kong43.6331.73
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom45.7620.11
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Financial Markets Group (FMG), London, United Kingdom46.9910.09
46Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia47.0440.60
-Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta → Center for Quantitative Economic Research (CQER), Atlanta, Georgia (United States)49.0220.15
47Xiamen University → School of Economics, Fujian, China49.6073.28
48Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)50.5420.33
49Peking University → National School of Development, Beijing, China51.2520.84
50Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany51.3391.72
51Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City, New York (United States)51.6661.90
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia53.2830.41
52University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)53.4710.14
53University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom54.1810.25
54Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom54.24170.22
55Syracuse University → Maxwell School → Department of Economics, Syracuse, New York (United States)54.3030.98
56Beijing Institute of Technology → Basic Science Center for Energy and Climate Change (CECC), Beijing, China54.6761.25
57Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)56.8920.12
58University of Pittsburgh → Department of Economics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)57.4120.63

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Robert C. Feenstra
University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)		4.35
2Gordon Hanson
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		5.29
3Shang-Jin Wei
Fudan University → Fanhai International School of Finance, Shanghai, China		5.78
4Hongbin Li
Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) → Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford, California (United States)		5.82
5David Autor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		7.03
6Loren Brandt
University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada		8.88
7David Dollar †9.14
8John Whalley
University of Western Ontario → Department of Economics, London, Canada		9.16
9Junsen Zhang
Zhejiang University → School of Economics, Hangzhou, China		10.21
10Mark Rosenzweig
Yale University → Economics Department → Economic Growth Center, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)		10.50
11Scott Rozelle
Stanford University → Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford, California (United States)		10.79
12Yi-Ming Wei
Beijing Institute of Technology → Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing, China		10.79
13John Knight †11.34
14Yi Lu
Tsinghua University → School of Economics and Management, Beijing, China		12.33
15Li-An Zhou
Peking University → Guanghua School of Management, Beijing, China		12.65
16Zhiguo He
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)		13.98
17Wei Xiong
Princeton University → Department of Economics → Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)		14.36
18Hanming Fang
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)		15.26
19Xiaobo Zhang
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
Peking University → Guanghua School of Management, Beijing, China		18.69
20Jikun Huang
Peking University → China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Beijing, China		19.28
21David Dorn
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland		21.22
22Carmen Reinhart
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		22.30
23Xin Meng
Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia		22.45
24Martin Ravallion †23.59
25Tao Zha24.11
26Marc J. Melitz
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		24.71
27Ann E. Harrison
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)		26.00
28Raymond Fisman
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)		26.24
29Ruixue Jia
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → School of Global Policy and Strategy, La Jolla, California (United States)		26.99
30Xiaodong Zhu
University of Hong Kong → Faculty of Business and Economics, Pokfulam, Hong Kong		29.26
31John Strauss
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)		29.63
32Shi Li
Zhejiang University → College of Public Administration, Hangzhou, China		31.75
33Zhong Zhao
Renmin University of China → School of Labor and Human Resources, Beijing, China		34.97
34Richard B. Freeman35.24
35Yongheng Deng
University of Wisconsin-Madison → School of Business, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)		35.65
36Andres Rodriguez-Clare38.03
37Lixin Colin Xu (L. Colin Xu)
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Beijing, China		38.33
38James J. Heckman
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)		38.44
39Amit Khandelwal
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)		38.45
40Yifan Zhang
Chinese University of Hong Kong → Department of Economics, Shatin, Hong Kong		40.23
41Xinxin Ma
Hosei University → Faculty of Economics, Tokyo, Japan		40.42
42Bing Zhang
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, China
Beijing Institute of Technology → Basic Science Center for Energy and Climate Change (CECC), Beijing, China		41.17
43Gérard Roland (Gerard Roland)
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)		41.23
44Russell Smyth
Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia		42.27
45Guojun He
University of Hong Kong → Faculty of Business and Economics, Pokfulam, Hong Kong		42.64
46Wolfgang Keller42.67
47Sandra Poncet
Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII), Paris, France
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France		45.65
48Randall Morck
University of Alberta → School of Business, Edmonton, Canada		45.78
49David Y. Yang
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		45.86
50Xi Chen
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		50.70
51Guanghua Wan万广华 (Guanghua Wan)
Fudan University → School of Economics, Shanghai, China		51.06
52Albert Park
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) → Business School → Department of Economics, Kowloon, Hong Kong		51.46
53Wei Huang51.67
54易君健 (Junjian Yi)
Peking University → National School of Development, Beijing, China		53.41
55Yuyu Chen
Peking University → Guanghua School of Management, Beijing, China		53.50
56Panle Jia Barwick
University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		55.79
57Zhi Wang
Tsinghua University → School of Economics and Management, Beijing, China		55.92
58Kaiji Chen
Emory University → Department of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)		56.52
59Kalina Manova
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom		58.09
60Eswar Prasad
Cornell University → College of Agriculture and Life Sciences → Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)		59.49
61Matteo Maggiori
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)		59.82
62Matthew Kahn
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)		60.51
63J. Vernon Henderson
London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom		62.02
64Miaojie Yu
Liaoning University → School of Finance and Trade, Shenyang, China		62.16
65Josh Lerner
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		62.69
66Nancy Qian
Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), Evanston, Illinois (United States)		64.31
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