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

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)1.4410.05
2Paris School of Economics, Paris, France1.5061.21
3Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)3.9820.41
4University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)4.1910.02
5University of Cambridge → Judge Business School, Cambridge, United Kingdom5.2560.79
6Oxford University → Oxford Martin School → INET Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom5.6740.47
7Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)6.4810.06
-KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics, Leuven, Belgium7.1420.23
7KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium7.1420.23
9World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)8.1592.03
-University of Cambridge → Judge Business School → Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge, United Kingdom9.1950.65
10University of Maine → School of Economics, Orono, Maine (United States)10.5910.71
11University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom11.4020.21
12University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)12.2420.92
13Oklahoma State University → Department of Agricultural Economics, Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States)13.3910.10
14Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland15.9120.35
15University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada16.4940.89
16Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH), Bergen, Norway16.6041.32
-Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Bergen, Norway17.7420.32
17Universytet Vizja → Szkoła Biznesu, Warszawa, Poland18.0311
18Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University → College of Business Admonistration, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia18.3310.83
19Centre for Econometrics and Applied Research, Ibadan, Nigeria19.1830.76
20Cornell University → SC Johnson College of Business, Ithaca, New York (United States)19.9010.12
21Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Bruxelles, Belgium20.5420.11
22ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany20.5930.10
23University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)20.7310.33
-University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business → Finance Group, Berkeley, California (United States)21.8110.33
24African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé, Cameroun22.2610.04
25Universiti Kuala Lumpur → Business School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia22.3210.12
26European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany22.3851.47
27Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics, Orange, California (United States)24.4010.14
-Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium24.7610.09
28Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland27.8431.18
-Université de Limoges → Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Économiques → Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Prospective Économique (LAPE), Limoges, France28.3410.10
28Université de Limoges → Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Économiques, Limoges, France28.3410.10
30Tulane University → Department of Economics, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)28.7610.04
31University College London (UCL) → Institute of Education → Social Research Institute, London, United Kingdom29.5610.04
32Swiss Finance Institute, Genève/Zürich, Switzerland29.7510.02
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Banking und Finance (Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen), Zürich, Switzerland30.7710.02
33Banque de France, Paris, France31.8430.67
34Universidad Complutense de Madrid → Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Madrid, Spain32.7720.59
35West Virginia University → Regional Research Institute (RRI), Morgantown, West Virginia (United States)33.5010.39
-University of Cape Town → Faculty of Commerce → School of Economics, Cape Town, South Africa35.2541.52
35University of Cape Town → Faculty of Commerce, Cape Town, South Africa35.2541.52
-University of Cape Town → Faculty of Commerce → School of Economics → Development Policy Research Unit, Cape Town, South Africa36.2741.52
-Universidad Complutense de Madrid → Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales → Instituto Complutense de Analisis Economico (ICAE), Madrid, Spain36.7220.41
37Gnanam School of Business, Thanjavur, India37.4410.08
38London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom38.3951.99
39University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam40.0610.30

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Guido Imbens
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)
1.53
2Thomas Piketty
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
4.14
3Mohammad Hashem Pesaran
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
5.94
4David G. Blanchflower
Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
6.74
5Samuel Bazzi
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
7.13
6Oluwasegun Babatunde Adekoya
University of Maine → School of Economics, Orono, Maine (United States)
8.08
7Haider Mahmood
Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University → College of Business Admonistration, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
8.66
8Gabriel Zucman
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
11.37
9Jayson L. Lusk
Oklahoma State University → Department of Agricultural Economics, Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States)
12.40
10David M Newbery
University of Cambridge → Judge Business School → Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge, United Kingdom
13.04
11Ngo Quang Thanh (Thanh Quang Ngo)13.31
12Muhammad Sadiq
Universytet Vizja → Szkoła Biznesu, Warszawa, Poland
16.17
13Steven Ongena
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Banking und Finance (Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen), Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Finance Institute, Genève/Zürich, Switzerland
16.75
14Frederic Vermeulen
KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics, Leuven, Belgium
16.84
15Sascha O. Becker
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
17.40
16Lin William Cong
Cornell University → SC Johnson College of Business, Ithaca, New York (United States)
17.55
17Simplice A. Asongu
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé, Cameroun
17.80
18Bruno S. Frey
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland
18.75
19W. Craig Riddell
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
20.71
20Kjell G Salvanes
Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Bergen, Norway
21.75
21Abul Mansur Mohammed Masih
Universiti Kuala Lumpur → Business School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
21.93
22Rimmy E. Tomy
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
22.21
23Jared Rubin
Chapman University → Argyros College of Business and Economics, Orange, California (United States)
22.68
24Eben Lazarus
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business → Finance Group, Berkeley, California (United States)
23.06
25Marc Fleurbaey
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
23.09
26J. Doyne Farmer
Oxford University → Oxford Martin School → INET Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
23.30
27Ayhan Kose
World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
23.38
28Ahmet Faruk Aysan25.57
29Jack Mountjoy
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
25.87
30Laurens Cherchye
KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Department of Economics, Leuven, Belgium
26.02
31Ludger Woessmann
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
26.22
32Benjamin Marx
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
26.75
33James Alm
Tulane University → Department of Economics, New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)
28.31
34Bram De Rock
Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium
29.18
35Amine Tarazi
Université de Limoges → Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Économiques → Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Prospective Économique (LAPE), Limoges, France
30.79
36Alex Bryson
University College London (UCL) → Institute of Education → Social Research Institute, London, United Kingdom
31.33
37Ngo Van Long †32.07
38Brian Thomas Nolan
Oxford University → Oxford Martin School → INET Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
33.44
39Randall Jackson
West Virginia University → Regional Research Institute (RRI), Morgantown, West Virginia (United States)
33.76
40Afees Adebare Salisu
Centre for Econometrics and Applied Research, Ibadan, Nigeria
37.40
41Toan Luu Duc Huynh
University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
37.61
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