Top International Organizations, as of March 2026

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There are 9293 institutions with 73272 registered authors evaluated for all the rankings
For International Organizations, these are 135 institutions with 2439.35 members.

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Entity	Full ranking		Last 10 years		10 best authors		Last 10 years, 10 best authors		Top 5% authors		More
Authors	Short	Details	Short	Details							More
Institutions	Short	Details	Short	Details	Short	Details	Short	Details	All years	Last 10	More
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All publications, all authors

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	1.11	653	591.79
2	International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	1.78	547	506.71
3	European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany	3	286	260.42
4	Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland	4.07	106	98.42
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	4.32	151	136.34
5	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France	4.91	260	235.91
6	Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	6.00	179	159.53
-	International Monetary Fund (IMF) → Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	6.04	54	50.39
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Economics Department, Paris, France	7	79	70.40
-	World Bank Group → International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	7	110	98.25
7	Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines	7.56	57	51.94
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS), Paris, France	8.13	33	27.73
8	European Commission → Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN), Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	8.33	64	58.97
9	United Nations → Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Roma, Italy	8.79	86	74.30
10	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London, United Kingdom	9.78	13	11.81
-	World Bank Group → International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	10.66	13	10.55
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI), Paris, France	10.82	24	19.69
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research → Data Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	11.56	15	12.83
11	United Nations → United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Genève, Switzerland	12.23	31	26.96
12	Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina, Caracas, Venezuela	12.73	16	13.43
13	Asian Development Bank → Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan	13.81	17	10.95
-	World Bank Group → Poverty and Equity Global Practice, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	13.94	19	15.97
14	European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg, Luxembourg	14.01	21	20.47
15	African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	14.11	31	26.05
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Environment Directorate, Paris, France	14.56	13	12.02
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Paris, France	15.63	17	14.60
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research → Development Research Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	15.77	11	9.23
16	United Nations → International Labour Organization (ILO), Genève, Switzerland	16.12	39	32.19
17	World Trade Organization (WTO), Genève, Switzerland	16.65	16	13.75
-	Asian Development Bank → Economics and Research Department, Manila, Philippines	17.50	20	18.80
-	International Monetary Fund (IMF) → IMF Institute, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	17.66	9	8.50
18	European Commission → Directorate-General Taxation and Custom Union, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	18.60	12	10.66
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Centre de développement, Paris, France	18.65	24	21.50
-	World Bank Group → Policy Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	19.11	6	5.04
19	Bank for International Settlements → Representative Office for the Americas, México, Mexico	19.42	6	4.23
20	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Beijing, China	19.55	2	2
-	World Bank Group → Europe and Central Asia Region, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	19.96	4	3.50
-	World Bank Group → Finance and Private Sector Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	20.06	11	8.02
-	Inter-American Development Bank → Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	20.42	11	10.49
-	World Trade Organization (WTO) → Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), Genève, Switzerland	20.79	8	6.65
21	South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	21.88	10	8.54
-	European Investment Bank (EIB) → Economics Department, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	22.26	9	8.88
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, Paris, France	23.02	11	9.80
22	United Nations → Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Santiago, Chile	23.35	23	21.17
-	World Bank Group → Social Protection and Labor Unit, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	23.57	9	7.71
23	Agence Internationale de l'Énergie, Paris, France	24.01	3	2.28
24	United Nations → Word Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) → Economics and Statistics Division, Genève, Switzerland	24.39	7	4.81
25	World Bank → Brazil Country Office, Brasilia, Brazil	25.85	5	5
26	World Bank → Jakarta Office, Jakarta, Indonesia	26.30	10	8.68
27	United Nations → Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	26.42	11	10.90
28	Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	26.60	12	11.20
29	United Nations → United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York City, New York (United States)	27.98	17	15.35
30	United Nations → Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Wien, Austria	28.37	10	9
-	World Bank Group → Trade and International Integration, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	28.74	5	4.50
31	Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latinoamericanos (CEMLA), México, Mexico	28.77	13	9.67
-	World Bank Group → Macroeconomics and Growth Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	31.19	9	8.05
-	Islamic Development Bank → Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	31.34	9	8.20
-	World Bank Group → World Bank Institute, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	31.41	7	5.51
32	United Nations → Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New York City, New York (United States)	31.42	14	11.37
33	United Nations → International Trade Centre, Genève, Switzerland	31.46	6	6

10 best authors in each, 10 last publication years

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	1.50	653	10
2	International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	1.94	547	10
3	European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany	2.00	286	10
4	Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland	4.00	106	10
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	4.86	151	10
5	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France	5.00	260	10
6	Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	6.00	179	10
-	International Monetary Fund (IMF) → Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	6.41	54	10
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Economics Department, Paris, France	7.35	79	10
-	World Bank Group → International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	7.86	110	10
7	United Nations → Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Roma, Italy	8.21	86	10
8	Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines	8.46	57	10
9	European Commission → Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN), Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	9.20	64	10
10	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London, United Kingdom	9.25	13	10
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research → Data Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	9.90	15	10
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI), Paris, France	10.16	24	10
11	Bank for International Settlements → Representative Office for the Americas, México, Mexico	10.54	6	4.23
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS), Paris, France	11.96	33	10
12	Asian Development Bank → Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan	12.40	17	10
-	Inter-American Development Bank → Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	12.80	11	10
13	United Nations → International Labour Organization (ILO), Genève, Switzerland	13.47	39	10
14	European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg, Luxembourg	13.71	21	10
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Paris, France	13.83	17	10
15	Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina, Caracas, Venezuela	13.85	16	10
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research → Development Research Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	13.92	11	9.23
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Environment Directorate, Paris, France	15.87	13	10
16	World Trade Organization (WTO), Genève, Switzerland	16.01	16	10
-	European Investment Bank (EIB) → Economics Department, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	16.12	9	8.88
-	Asian Development Bank → Economics and Research Department, Manila, Philippines	16.14	20	10
17	African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	16.41	31	10
-	World Bank Group → Finance and Private Sector Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	16.60	11	8.02
18	South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	17.10	10	8.54
-	World Trade Organization (WTO) → Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), Genève, Switzerland	17.95	8	6.65
19	United Nations → United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Genève, Switzerland	18.08	31	10
-	World Bank Group → Poverty and Equity Global Practice, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	19.02	19	10
-	International Monetary Fund (IMF) → IMF Institute, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	19.87	9	8.50
-	World Bank Group → International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	20.76	13	10
-	World Bank Group → Policy Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	21.28	6	5.04
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, Paris, France	21.37	11	9.80
-	World Bank Group → Social Protection and Labor Unit, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	21.39	9	7.71
-	World Bank Group → Europe and Central Asia Region, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	21.99	4	3.50
-	World Bank Group → World Bank Institute, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	22.25	7	5.51
20	ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), Singapore, Singapore	23.47	5	3.98
21	Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latinoamericanos (CEMLA), México, Mexico	23.54	13	9.67
22	Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	23.83	12	10
23	United Nations → Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut, Lebanon	23.95	7	6.50
24	United Nations → Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Wien, Austria	23.96	10	9
25	United Nations → United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York City, New York (United States)	24.20	17	10
-	World Bank Group → Macroeconomics and Growth Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	24.75	9	8.05
26	United Nations → Word Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) → Economics and Statistics Division, Genève, Switzerland	25.02	7	4.81
-	Islamic Development Bank → Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	25.56	9	8.20
-	United Nations → United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) → UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, New York City, New York (United States)	26.05	2	1.10
27	World Bank → Mozambique Resident Mission, Maputo, Mozambique	26.85	1	1
28	United Nations → Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Santiago, Chile	27.79	23	10
29	United Nations → Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	29.60	11	10
30	European Commission → Directorate-General Taxation and Custom Union, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	30.50	12	10
31	European Commission → Directorate-General Competition, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	30.69	10	7.86
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Education, Paris, France	30.87	2	1.98
32	European Commission → Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	34.75	5	3.53
33	World Bank → Jakarta Office, Jakarta, Indonesia	34.77	10	8.68

Credits:

Citations from CitEc project by José Manuel Barrueco Cruz, University of Valencia, Spain. Hardware provided by Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE), Valencia, Spain.
Abstract views and downloads statistics from LogEc project by Sune Karlsson, Örebro University, Sweden.
Author registration, institution database, and ranking computations by Christian Zimmermann.
RePEc has been initiated by Thomas Krichel.

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