Top International Organizations, as of August 2026

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There are 9358 institutions with 74012 registered authors evaluated for all the rankings
For International Organizations, these are 135 institutions with 2445.17 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)	1.17	656	593.45
2	International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	1.68	551	511.16
3	European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany	3	289	262.93
4	Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland	4.10	105	97.42
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	4.17	150	134.55
5	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France	4.86	262	237.41
6	Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	6.00	178	158.03
-	International Monetary Fund (IMF) → Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	6.08	54	50.39
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Economics Department, Paris, France	7	80	71.40
-	World Bank Group → International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	7	112	99.08
7	Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines	7.79	56	50.94
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS), Paris, France	8.09	33	27.73
8	European Commission → Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN), Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	8.09	64	58.97
9	United Nations → Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Roma, Italy	8.74	87	75.30
10	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London, United Kingdom	9.69	13	11.81
-	World Bank Group → International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	10.54	14	11.55
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI), Paris, France	10.60	24	19.69
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research → Data Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	11.72	15	12.83
11	United Nations → United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Genève, Switzerland	12.24	31	26.96
12	Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina, Caracas, Venezuela	12.94	16	13.43
13	European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg, Luxembourg	13.68	21	20.47
14	Asian Development Bank → Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan	14.14	16	10.45
15	African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	14.16	31	26.05
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Environment Directorate, Paris, France	14.27	13	12.02
-	World Bank Group → Poverty and Equity Global Practice, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	14.30	19	15.97
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Paris, France	14.47	18	15.60
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research → Development Research Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	15.56	11	9.23
16	United Nations → International Labour Organization (ILO), Genève, Switzerland	15.74	38	32.89
17	World Trade Organization (WTO), Genève, Switzerland	16.55	16	13.75
-	International Monetary Fund (IMF) → IMF Institute, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	16.65	9	8.50
-	Asian Development Bank → Economics and Research Department, Manila, Philippines	17.36	20	18.80
18	European Commission → Directorate-General Taxation and Custom Union, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	18.43	12	10.66
19	Bank for International Settlements → Representative Office for the Americas, México, Mexico	18.51	6	4.23
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Centre de développement, Paris, France	18.57	24	21.50
-	World Bank Group → Policy Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	18.93	6	5.04
20	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Beijing, China	19.92	2	2
-	Inter-American Development Bank → Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	20.09	10	9.49
-	World Bank Group → Europe and Central Asia Region, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	20.15	4	3.50
-	World Trade Organization (WTO) → Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), Genève, Switzerland	20.32	8	6.65
-	European Investment Bank (EIB) → Economics Department, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	21.14	9	8.88
-	World Bank Group → Finance and Private Sector Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	21.15	11	8.02
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, Paris, France	22.59	11	9.80
21	United Nations → Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Santiago, Chile	23.00	23	21.17
-	World Bank Group → Social Protection and Labor Unit, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	23.23	9	7.71
22	United Nations → Word Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) → Economics and Statistics Division, Genève, Switzerland	23.43	7	4.81
23	Agence Internationale de l'Énergie, Paris, France	23.73	3	2.28
24	South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	24.18	9	7.54
25	World Bank → Jakarta Office, Jakarta, Indonesia	25.93	10	8.68
26	United Nations → Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	26.00	11	10.90
27	United Nations → United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York City, New York (United States)	27.28	17	15.35
28	United Nations → Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Wien, Austria	27.35	10	9.40
29	Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	27.68	11	10.20
30	World Bank → Brazil Country Office, Brasilia, Brazil	28.67	5	5
-	World Bank Group → Trade and International Integration, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	29.22	5	4.50
31	Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latinoamericanos (CEMLA), México, Mexico	30.00	12	8.67
32	United Nations → Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New York City, New York (United States)	30.32	15	11.97
-	World Bank Group → Macroeconomics and Growth Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	30.90	9	8.05
33	United Nations → International Trade Centre, Genève, Switzerland	30.98	6	6

10 best authors in each, 10 last publication years

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	1.54	551	10
2	World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	1.78	656	10
3	European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany	2.16	289	10
4	Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland	4.00	105	10
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	4.81	150	10
5	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France	5.00	262	10
6	Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	6.00	178	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	7.28	80	10
-	World Bank Group → International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	8.05	112	10
7	United Nations → Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Roma, Italy	8.13	87	10
8	Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines	8.34	56	10
9	European Commission → Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN), Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	9.31	64	10
10	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London, United Kingdom	9.45	13	10
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI), Paris, France	10.00	24	10
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research → Data Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	10.25	15	10
11	Bank for International Settlements → Representative Office for the Americas, México, Mexico	10.32	6	4.23
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS), Paris, France	12.00	33	10
12	Asian Development Bank → Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan	12.44	16	10
-	Inter-American Development Bank → Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	12.84	10	9.49
13	United Nations → International Labour Organization (ILO), Genève, Switzerland	12.86	38	10
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Paris, France	13.13	18	10
14	European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg, Luxembourg	13.53	21	10
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research → Development Research Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	14.15	11	9.23
15	Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina, Caracas, Venezuela	14.40	16	10
-	European Investment Bank (EIB) → Economics Department, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	15.63	9	8.88
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Environment Directorate, Paris, France	15.63	13	10
16	African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	16.01	31	10
17	World Trade Organization (WTO), Genève, Switzerland	16.12	16	10
-	Asian Development Bank → Economics and Research Department, Manila, Philippines	16.12	20	10
-	World Trade Organization (WTO) → Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), Genève, Switzerland	17.72	8	6.65
18	United Nations → United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Genève, Switzerland	17.76	31	10
-	International Monetary Fund (IMF) → IMF Institute, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	18.00	9	8.50
-	World Bank Group → Poverty and Equity Global Practice, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	18.93	19	10
19	South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	19.15	9	7.54
-	World Bank Group → Finance and Private Sector Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	19.26	11	8.02
-	World Bank Group → International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	20.37	14	10
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, Paris, France	20.93	11	9.80
-	World Bank Group → Policy Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	21.15	6	5.04
-	World Bank Group → Social Protection and Labor Unit, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	21.30	9	7.71
-	World Bank Group → Europe and Central Asia Region, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	21.60	4	3.50
-	World Bank Group → World Bank Institute, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	22.75	7	5.51
20	United Nations → Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Wien, Austria	23.39	10	9.40
21	ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), Singapore, Singapore	23.42	5	3.98
22	United Nations → Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut, Lebanon	23.54	7	6.50
23	United Nations → United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York City, New York (United States)	23.67	17	10
24	Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	24.06	11	10
25	United Nations → Word Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) → Economics and Statistics Division, Genève, Switzerland	24.53	7	4.81
-	World Bank Group → Macroeconomics and Growth Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	24.87	9	8.05
26	Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latinoamericanos (CEMLA), México, Mexico	25.33	12	8.67
-	Islamic Development Bank → Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	25.76	8	7.20
-	United Nations → United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) → UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, New York City, New York (United States)	25.78	2	1.10
27	World Bank → Mozambique Resident Mission, Maputo, Mozambique	27.13	1	1
28	United Nations → Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Santiago, Chile	28.59	23	10
29	United Nations → Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	29.52	11	10
-	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) → Directorate for Education, Paris, France	30.56	2	1.98
30	European Commission → Directorate-General Competition, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	30.62	10	7.86
31	European Commission → Directorate-General Taxation and Custom Union, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	30.72	12	10
32	Fondo Latinoamericano de Reservas (FLAR), Bogotá, Colombia	34.71	5	4.50
33	European Commission → Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	35.20	5	3.53

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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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