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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of February 2026

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.74891.04
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

2.04190.32
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.1176.26
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.14129.07
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.4111.79
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

6.99147.27
7London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

7.89268.91
8World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

8.16601.49
9Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

8.51134.06
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

10.31153.22
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

12.21537.36
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.7121
13Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

13.11110.53
14University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

15.79140.27
15Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

16.56238.5
16Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

17.9165.37
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

19.12100.12
18Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

20.12189.05
19University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.2392.6
20University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.26142.83
21Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, CEPS/INSTEAD)

Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

23.22217.8
22European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

25.51264.03
23Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

25.99120.13
24University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

27.64104.65
25Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

29.6155.46
26Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

29.8159.56
27Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

31.08156
28University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

32.26130.76
29Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

32.32462.57
30Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

32.59109.31
31Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

32.99174.42
32University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

33.4466.5
33Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

36.4361.37
34Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

37.6882.02
35University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

38.5598.97
36University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

39.43134.09
37University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

39.6789.63
38Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

42.6961.37
39Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

44.47170.8
40University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

44.78139.71
41Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

47.1179.94
42Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

47.32122.71
43University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

48.1187.57
44Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

48.93395.47
45Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

49.05104.42
46University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

50.7191.27
47Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

51.93169.07
48Sciences Po

Paris, France

54.7689.82
49Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

55.2460.33
50Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

55.8196.16
51University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

56.5123.65
52Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

57.7663.27
53Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

58.59145.47
54Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

59.1793.27
55Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

61.2511.54
56Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

64.6875.93
57Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

65.88252.49
58University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

66.4583.01
59Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

68.4124.62
60University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

69.7172.07
61University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

70.2357.8
62Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

71.3151.51
63University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

71.48114.43
64Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

71.87210.78
65Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

72.23103.68
66International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

72.79187.93
67University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

75100.08
68KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

75.64141.15
69University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

76.6975.85
70Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

77.61107.93
71University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

78.3540.67
72Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

79.1997.55
73ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

80.02152.98
74Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

80.28116.62
75Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

85.3364.55
76Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

86.5152.22
77Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

87.38114.62
78Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

87.86148.65
79Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

89.21125.42
80London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

90.4228.22
81Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

90.4450.05
82Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

90.82114.64
83University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

91.0962.38
84Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

91.726.01
85National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

92.2299.33
86Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

92.94104.12
87Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

93.12102.32
88Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

96.48218.77
89Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

98.1569.97
90Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

98.27161.87
91UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

98.8386.99
92University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

99.2125.19
93Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

99.3538.21
94Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

100.8790.4
95DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

101.5104.09
96Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

104.26140.38
97University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

104.5239.05
98Banque de France

Paris, France

105.14197.46
99Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

108.575.75
100Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

108.5651.36
101University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

108.82116.06
102Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

110.8328.02
103Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

110.9456.61
104Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

111.0155.32
105Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

111.19108.46
106University of York

York, United Kingdom

111.77108.74
107City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

113.1492.52
108Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

114.4867.14
109Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

115.9279.11
110University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

118.0631.92
111Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

118.1688.65
112Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

119.29100.88
113University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

119.96107.34
114University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

120.18102.48
115University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

121.4945.78
116University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

122.04109.5
117"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

122.29220.95
118Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

123.9549.84
119George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

124.6294.68
120University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

125.0140.59
121Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

125.36120.03
122Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

127.02123.97
123Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

127.4251.02
124CESifo

München, Germany

127.8551.26
125University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

130.9947.85
126European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

131.65348.28
127European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

133.8444.74
128Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

135.96140.22
129Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

137.16171.06
130Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

138.24180.66
131McGill University

Montréal, Canada

141.1347.7
132HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

142.7841.34
133University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

144.98102.42
134Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

149.6240.78
135Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

150.1873.56
136Peking University

Beijing, China

151.7591.33
137Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

154.39176.1
138King's College London

London, United Kingdom

154.4777.4
139Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

155.7556.24
140University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

155.868.44
141University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

156.4375.5
142Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

157.8390.43
143University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

158.2254.1
144Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

158.3252.69
145Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

159.4577.78
146Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

162.29128.03
147University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

163.7566.99
148University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

164.4961.83
149Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

165.8561.5
150Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

166.7157.23
151University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

167.4977.27
152Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

167.8523.87
153University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

168.7782.99
154Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

172.4977.42
155Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

172.8833.69
156Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

173.3150.76
157University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

173.591.21
158Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

174.8399.35
159Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

175.6192.49
160BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

177.3456.86
161California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

177.6715.88
162Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

178.3467.65
163Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

179.5790.08
164Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

179.83107.95
165Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

179.8766.88
166WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

180.7590.7
167University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

183.5870.45
168Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

183.6753.45
169Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

184.3454.65
170Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

184.67142.22
171Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

184.7853.79
172Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

184.8260.93
173Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

186.31158.9
174North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

188.2156.75
175Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

189.49131.09
176University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

190.660.35
177Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

194.3735.58
178University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

196.6347.06
179Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

196.7976.92
180Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

197.1132.39
181Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

197.3794.37
182Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

198.3768.67
183Fudan University

Shanghai, China

200.956.65
184University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

201.8888.78
185Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

202.85143.46
186University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

203.2475
187SKEMA Business School

Lille, France

204.6244.97
188Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

205.87156.66
189University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

20633.49
190Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

207139.21
191University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

207.4157.67
192McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

209.3864.14
193Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

210.3250.93
194Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

210.3558.75
195New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

211.2543.59
196Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

212.12142.44
197Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

213.3392.75
198Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

214.0236.94
199University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

215.7660.19
200Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

216.3646.33
201University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

217.7629.87
202Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

217.864.19
203City St George's

London, United Kingdom

223.5271.13
204George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

225.3335.02
205Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

225.759.32
206Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

22642.98
207University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

226.1938.24
208University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

226.9350.32
209University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

228.1771.22
210Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

228.798.76
211Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

228.8363.76
212The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

230.9550.56
213Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

232.0541.21
214Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

233.77189.28
215INSEAD

Fontainebleau, France

234.8821.7
216Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

236.6541.7
217Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

237.4933.21
218Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

238.21110.76
219Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

238.7147.45
220Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)

239.8931.66
221Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States)

239.9364.27
222Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

240.6754.01
223University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida (United States)

242.9731.91
224Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

243.44124.61
225Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

244.2267.09
226University of Texas-Dallas

Dallas, Texas (United States)

244.6728.96
227University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

244.8554.23
228Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

24542.02
229Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

246.5373.25
230National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

246.58473.93
231Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

247.0265.36
232Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Beijing, China

248.6855
233York University

Toronto, Canada

248.8159.9
234United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

251.2966.52
235Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research

Wellington, New Zealand

251.3421.14
236Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

253.3741.71
237Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

253.769.54
237University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

253.767.44
239Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

254.3395.68
240Korea University

Seoul, South Korea

256.0642.59
241Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

256.0786.67
242University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

256.2151.29
243HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

260.1139.89
244Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

261.3761.93
245University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (United States)

263.0448.7
246Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

266.3760.48

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