| 1 | London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom | 1 | 24 | 2.35 |
| - | London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom | 2.19 | 14 | 0.84 |
| 2 | Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 2.32 | 2 | 0.30 |
| 3 | KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium | 3.76 | 13 | 2.77 |
| 4 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 4.37 | 27 | 0.50 |
| 5 | Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States) | 4.46 | 1 | 0.29 |
| 6 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy | 6.27 | 13 | 3.86 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States) | 7.88 | 2 | 0.46 |
| 8 | Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 7.89 | 4 | 0.34 |
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 7.95 | 3 | 0.07 |
| - | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy | 8.78 | 10 | 2.96 |
| 10 | University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States) | 9.78 | 3 | 0.19 |
| - | KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium | 11.64 | 8 | 2.44 |
| 11 | Paris School of Economics, Paris, France | 11.66 | 9 | 0.71 |
| 12 | Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States) | 12.73 | 1 | 0.38 |
| 13 | United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands | 13.58 | 13 | 1.78 |
| 14 | University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada | 14.07 | 1 | 0.67 |
| - | University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States) | 15.41 | 1 | 0.47 |
| 14 | University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States) | 15.41 | 1 | 0.47 |
| - | London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom | 16.49 | 6 | 0.94 |
| 16 | University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States) | 17.18 | 2 | 0.28 |
| 17 | Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway | 17.93 | 3 | 1.14 |
| 18 | Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany | 18.42 | 7 | 2.13 |
| 19 | Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand | 18.88 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 20 | Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) | 19.26 | 6 | 0.88 |
| 21 | Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy | 20.65 | 10 | 1.17 |
| 22 | Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany | 21.22 | 15 | 3.32 |
| 23 | Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy | 21.52 | 8 | 1.98 |
| 24 | Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands | 21.80 | 5 | 1.13 |
| 25 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany | 22.87 | 6 | 0.86 |
| 26 | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland | 23.38 | 4 | 1.80 |
| 27 | University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom | 26.56 | 2 | 0.89 |
| 28 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom | 26.62 | 30 | 0.30 |
| 29 | Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark | 27.08 | 8 | 2.23 |
| 30 | World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 28.47 | 8 | 1.69 |
| 31 | Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden | 29.08 | 11 | 3.73 |
| 32 | Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy | 31.68 | 7 | 0.88 |
| 33 | Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands | 33.19 | 2 | 0.56 |
| 34 | European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain | 33.23 | 27 | 11.77 |
| 35 | Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland | 33.59 | 8 | 2.05 |
| 36 | Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States) | 34.26 | 2 | 0.06 |
| - | Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI) → Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion (GREDEG), Nice, France | 34.58 | 10 | 2.69 |
| 36 | Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI), Nice, France | 34.58 | 10 | 2.69 |
| 38 | Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States) | 35.09 | 2 | 0.47 |
| 39 | Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden | 35.49 | 6 | 0.86 |
| 40 | Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium | 36.26 | 6 | 2.07 |
| - | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland | 39.00 | 3 | 1.76 |
| - | Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy | 40.47 | 2 | 0.62 |
| 41 | Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden | 40.48 | 9 | 1.58 |
| 42 | Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany | 40.49 | 2 | 0.61 |
| 43 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France | 42.07 | 10 | 2.42 |
| 44 | Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States) | 43.45 | 2 | 0.18 |
| 45 | Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS), Cagliari, Italy | 44.02 | 7 | 1.29 |
| 46 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States) | 44.34 | 1 | 0.34 |
| 47 | Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy | 45.90 | 2 | 0.92 |
| - | Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 47.09 | 3 | 0.18 |
| 47 | Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 47.09 | 3 | 0.18 |
| 49 | Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain | 47.15 | 6 | 2.21 |
| 50 | Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands | 47.40 | 9 | 1.32 |
| 51 | Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali, Roma, Italy | 51.53 | 5 | 1.57 |
| - | Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali → Dipartimento di Economia, Roma, Italy | 52.54 | 5 | 1.57 |
| 52 | Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce, Tokyo, Japan | 52.70 | 1 | 0.34 |
| - | Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan | 53.70 | 1 | 0.34 |
| - | London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom | 54.23 | 1 | 0.12 |
| 52 | George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States) | 54.23 | 1 | 0.12 |
| 54 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy | 54.44 | 4 | 1.01 |
| 55 | Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy | 55.01 | 5 | 1.44 |
| 56 | Universidade da Beira Interior → Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Covilhã, Portugal | 56.67 | 3 | 1.74 |
| 57 | Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands | 57.45 | 5 | 0.36 |
| 58 | Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States) | 57.53 | 3 | 0.13 |
| 59 | Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France | 59.86 | 7 | 0.17 |
| 60 | University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States) | 60.28 | 1 | 0.09 |
| 61 | Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy | 60.55 | 4 | 2.08 |
| 62 | Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France | 60.78 | 2 | 1.23 |
| - | Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain | 61.92 | 5 | 1.88 |
| - | Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA) → Grup d'Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional, Barcelona, Spain | 61.92 | 5 | 1.88 |
| - | Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland | 62.14 | 3 | 0.25 |
| 63 | Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States) | 62.78 | 2 | 0.18 |
| 64 | Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies (SEEDS), Ferrara, Italy | 62.84 | 10 | 1.24 |
| 65 | Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) → Social Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy | 63.31 | 4 | 1.14 |
| 66 | Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany | 64.26 | 6 | 0.73 |
| 67 | Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, Japan | 64.85 | 11 | 1.37 |
| - | Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France | 64.92 | 2 | 0.14 |
| 68 | Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 65.28 | 1 | 0.09 |
| 69 | Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria | 67.25 | 1 | 0.22 |
| 70 | Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States) | 67.67 | 1 | 0.20 |
| - | Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States) | 68.69 | 1 | 0.20 |
| 71 | University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States) | 69.55 | 2 | 0.07 |
| - | World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States) | 70.16 | 2 | 0.08 |
| 72 | Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands | 70.28 | 1 | 0.26 |
| 73 | Universidad Complutense de Madrid → Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Madrid, Spain | 71.62 | 4 | 2.43 |
| 74 | Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom | 73.28 | 1 | 0.14 |
| - | Boston University → Department of Economics → Institute for Economic Development, Boston, Massachusetts (United States) | 74.72 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 75 | Universitat Ramon Llull → ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain | 75.02 | 1 | 0.47 |