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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Sociology of Economics, as of August 2026

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  • For Sociology of Economics, these are 311 institutions and 241 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)1130.35
2University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)2.2140.31
3University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)3.6820.16
4Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden4.6420.44
5Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg4.77220.51
-Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden5.6720.44
6University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)6.5420.33
7Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France6.6130.30
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg7.19210.23
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France7.6630.30
8Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)8.1410.33
9University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom8.2840.91
10Université d'Ottawa → Département d'Économie, Ottawa, Canada8.9731.00
11Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland9.0510.10
-Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies → Department of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)12.0010.33
11Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)12.0010.33
13University of Waikato → Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand13.6031.10
14Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain14.1320.60
-University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand14.6231.10
15University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom14.6720.13
16University of Sussex → Sussex Business School, Brighton, United Kingdom14.7920.38
17Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)16.1310.03
18University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom16.7140.54
19University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada18.4520.10
20Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France19.3120.48
21Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany21.5620.39
22Ohio State University → Department of Economics, Columbus, Ohio (United States)22.9210.20
-University of Sussex → Sussex Business School → Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), Brighton, United Kingdom23.8010.33
23University of Bristol → School of Economics, Bristol, United Kingdom23.8220.48
24Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)24.5810.03
25University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada24.7820.12
26University of Kansas → Department of Economics, Lawrence, Kansas (United States)25.5810.38
27Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands27.3140.45
28ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany29.4830.67
29KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium30.1840.20
30Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain30.2420.22
31Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) → Facoltá di scienze economiche, Lugano, Switzerland31.3010.28

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1David E. Card2.76
2Andrew J. Oswald
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
5.58
3Daniel Hamermesh
University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)
5.86
4John J. Siegfried
Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)
5.88
5Stefano DellaVigna
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
6.09
6George Borjas6.12
7Bruno S. Frey
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland
6.52
8Lutz Bornmann7.73
9Lubos Pastor
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
8.98
10Paula E. Stephan
Georgia State University → Andrew Young School of Policy Studies → Department of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
10.02
11Joshua D Angrist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
10.11
12David Colander †10.27
13Magnus Johannesson
Stockholm School of Economics → Department of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
11.18
14Richard B. Freeman12.85
15Klaus Wohlrabe
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
12.95
16Luigi Zingales
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
13.31
17Anthony Giles Heyes
Université d'Ottawa → Département d'Économie, Ottawa, Canada
15.33
18Javier Ruiz-Castillo
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain
15.59
19Scott E. Carrell
University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)
17.37
20Abel Brodeur
Université d'Ottawa → Département d'Économie, Ottawa, Canada
17.93
21Pierre-Philippe Combes
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
18.60
22Philip Oreopoulos
University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada
25.03
23Francesco Lissoni
Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France
25.12
24John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
25.35
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