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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of December 2025

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.71882.74
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

2.01189.06
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.2185.05
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.12132.84
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.32110.13
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

7.09143.3
7London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

7.97267.32
8World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

8.2613.39
9Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

8.31130.06
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

10.19143.53
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

12.65521.06
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.79122.5
13Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

13.18105.52
14University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

15.54147.34
15Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

16.29239.83
16Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

17.7655.86
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

19.3797.77
18Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

20.21184.49
19University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.12134.21
20University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.4192.6
21European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

24.09263.28
22Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

25.13113.86
23Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

28.31167.22
24Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

29.1753.46
25University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

29.25100.48
26Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

30.36158.22
27University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

31.46134.46
28Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

31.57173.43
29Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

31.73112.31
30Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

31.84155.51
31Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

32.02474.03
32University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

33.264.5
33Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

36.5163.36
34Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

37.5980.03
35University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

38.0894.99
36University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

39.1135.06
37University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

39.4389.36
38Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

43.7558.29
39University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

44.5141.71
40Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

45.57189
41Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

45.87125.96
42Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

46.58162.79
43University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

48.1882.31
44University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

49.68121.65
45Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

49.82385.92
46University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

50.0792.26
47Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

50.18169.12
48Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

54101.22
49Sciences Po

Paris, France

54.4295.11
50Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

54.6694.17
51Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

56.0759.58
52Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

58.3866.47
53Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

59.29134.33
54Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

59.893.78
55Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

61.3812.43
56Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

64.6374.91
57International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

64.92194.43
58University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

65.0780.06
59Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

65.3426.94
60Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

67.78245.46
61Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

69.29208.66
62University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

70.0673.07
63University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

70.67123.93
64Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

71108.73
65Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

71.51155.52
66University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

72.559.29
67University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

74.9107.07
68KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

75.87147.48
69Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

76.29104.43
70ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

77.96148.46
71University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

78.2840.67
72Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

78.63103.64
73University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

79.3674.32
74Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

85.9550.56
75Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

86.4963.55
76Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

86.8552.23
77Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

88.26126.31
78Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

88.46112.62
79Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

88.89146.01
80London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

88.9429.23
81Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

89.56100.81
82Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

89.59116.57
83National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

90.0598.33
84Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

91.1827.01
85Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

93.01103.32
86Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

94.695.36
87University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

94.8657.88
88Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

95.87114.5
89Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

96.2155.25
90Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

97.1371.97
91Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

98.56211.43
92UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

98.7781.93
93DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

99.9107.65
94Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

100.8238.21
95Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

102.06138.13
96University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

103.26118.68
97Banque de France

Paris, France

105.85187.66
98University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

106.9739.55
99University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

107.02120.81
100Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

108.153.06
101Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

108.6359.32
102Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

108.7351.35
103Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

109.12108.76
104University of York

York, United Kingdom

111.53111.02
105Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

111.8875.74
106Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

112.2866.15
107University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

114.3933.42
108Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

114.5479.1
109Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

115.3727.5
110Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

115.8886.65
111University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

117.78106.73
112University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

119109.24
113European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

119.8355.27
114University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

120.33104.33
115Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

121.7350.84
116University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

121.8441.78
117Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

122.17141.87
118Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

122.9780.55
119University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

125.837.58
120Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

126.24120.74
121Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

126.3252.02
122European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

130.0444.75
123Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

131.01114.23
124George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

131.2392.07
125"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

133.12224.49
126University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

136.2945.85
127CESifo

München, Germany

136.7146.15
128Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

136.99170.64
129Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

138.28182.59
130HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

138.6741.84
131Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

140.53173.56
132McGill University

Montréal, Canada

140.9544.7
133University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

147.05105.42
134Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

148.7974.56
135Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

150.6941.78
136Peking University

Beijing, China

151.0486.83
137Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

151.5389.73
138University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

153.6672.42
139Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

156.73134.53
140University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

157.7175.5
141University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

158.0652.1
142University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

16096.2
143University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

160.2462.73
144University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

162.4771.94
145Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

162.6326.88
146Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

163.91100.3
147City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

163.9784.87
148University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

167.4984.13
149WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

168.8996.17
150Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

170.677.91
151Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

171.3553.24
152Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

172.2928.69
153University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

172.3574.44
154Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

173.2853.76
155Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

173.7446.45
156Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

175.2461.5
157King's College London

London, United Kingdom

175.7370.89
158California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

175.8315.88
159Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

175.9789.49
160Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

179.65106.95
161Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

179.9155.55
162Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

180.4164.55
163University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

180.9690.58
164Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

182.6688.05
165University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

182.9569.46
166Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

184.3562.47
167Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

184.7167.8
168University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

186.2466.01
169Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

186.87127.89
170Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

186.9949.58
171North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

187.1454.75
172Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

187.38135.73
173Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

188.0553.78
174Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

189.7158.28
175Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

191.4631.58
176Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

193.2674.92
177University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

193.449.94
178Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

194.1996.86
179Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

194.2835.39
180Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

195.0675.67
181Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

196.95156.21
182BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

198.6154.86
183SKEMA Business School

Lille, France

199.9949.97
184Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

200.2454.82
185University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

201.9759.48
186Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

202.0456.24
187Fudan University

Shanghai, China

203.0655.72
188Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

203.83144.32
189University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

204.2832.49
190University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

206.8573
191Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

206.9154.93
192Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

208.91142.46
193University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

209.6960.19
194New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

209.7952.59
195McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

211.0662.15
196Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

212.29140.43
197Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

213.541.95
198University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

215.228.92
199Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

217.7545.34
200Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

218.2663.16
201Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

218.875.88
202Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

219.3460.08
203Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

222.2362.45
204City St George's

London, United Kingdom

222.6272.13
205Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

223.5843.98
206University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

226.4949.44
207The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

226.9652.56
208Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

227.7386.65
209University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

228.437.27
210Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

228.89193.27
211Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States)

229.0265.17
212University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

230.0468.22
213George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

230.3432.69
214Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

231.8766
215Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

232.27112.77
216Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

233.5638.15
217National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

236.23475.43
218INSEAD

Fontainebleau, France

236.722.7
219Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

238.9730.22
220Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

239.2852.95
221Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

239.6697.85
222Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

239.7141.02
223Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)

240.7334.65
224Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

242.3940.89
225Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

242.54315.53
226University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida (United States)

242.9530.41
227Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

244.1775.65
228Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

245.0892.06
229Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

246.62118.61
230University of Texas-Dallas

Dallas, Texas (United States)

246.7531.96
231Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research

Wellington, New Zealand

247.9619.13
232Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

248.9663.48
233Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Beijing, China

249.4956
234Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

251.644.46
235University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

251.6749.23
236Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

252.5940.37
237University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

254.5951.29
238Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

255.5566.73
239Korea University

Seoul, South Korea

255.9544.59
240University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (United States)

256.7546.67
241Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

257.964.93
242Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

258.95103.96
243Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

260.3394.39
244Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

260.4868.86
245HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

261.3641.89

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