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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of January 2026

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.74888.54
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

2.04189.96
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.1176.26
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.18127.85
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.46111.63
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

6.92146
7London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

7.86268.73
8World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

8.16599.8
9Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

8.49133.06
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

10.21153.04
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

12.1537.36
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.77120
13Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

13.16110.53
14University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

15.69142.53
15Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

16.24237.72
16Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

17.9165.12
17Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

18.97100.42
18Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

20.09190.05
19University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.392.6
20University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.43140.62
21European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

24.08263.77
22Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

25.53119.08
23University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

28.75103.32
24Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

29.01158.22
25Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

29.3654.47
26Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

29.46159.96
27Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

30.74155
28Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

31.6465.07
29University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

31.88131.51
30Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

32.14173.93
31Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

32.25109.31
32University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

33.2466.5
33Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

35.9961.37
34Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

37.2982.02
35University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

37.9298.98
36University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

39.21134.09
37University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

39.3790.13
38Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

43.4760.68
39Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

44.16170.8
40University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

44.6140.7
41Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

46.64179.94
42Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

46.73122.76
43University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

48.1286.57
44Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

48.87393.47
45University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

50.2891.77
46Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

51.72170.07
47Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

54.4101.22
48Sciences Po

Paris, France

54.889.82
49Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

54.9960.58
50Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

55.8396.16
51University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

56.55123.65
52Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

57.87146.46
53Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

58.4664.38
54Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

59.0593.27
55Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

60.6311.54
56Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

63.4276.43
57Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

65.6826.1
58University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

66.0480.06
59Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

66.06252.47
60University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

69.6172.07
61University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

70.457.8
62Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

70.89151.51
63Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

71.32210.78
64University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

71.84114.43
65International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

72.71186.93
66Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

73.39103.19
67University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

74.88100.07
68KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

74.96141.15
69University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

76.6775.1
70Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

77.95107.93
71University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

78.1940.67
72Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

79.3796.55
73ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

79.58152.98
74Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

79.95116.51
75Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

85.1364.55
76Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

87.09114.62
77Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

87.2652.22
78Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

87.62148.65
79Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

88.23127.64
80Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

89.93114.55
81London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

90.2828.22
82Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

90.5350.55
83National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

91.7698.33
84Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

92.2126.01
85Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

92.79102.32
86University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

93.7560.88
87Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

96.36103.82
88Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

96.57218.77
89Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

97.1769.97
90Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

97.79161.78
91UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

98.4185.93
92University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

99.04125.19
93Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

99.3938.21
94Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

99.5890.4
95DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

102.5104.25
96Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

104.01139.38
97University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

104.0939.05
98Banque de France

Paris, France

104.49196.66
99Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

107.6451.36
100University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

108.42116.06
101Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

110.1574.75
102Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

110.69107.46
103Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

11155.32
104Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

111.3856.6
105University of York

York, United Kingdom

111.84107.87
106Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

113.4767.14
107Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

113.8227.52
108University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

115.0832.17
109Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

115.4679.11
110City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

116.1791.92
111Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

116.9788.65
112University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

119.5107.14
113University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

120.6445.78
114University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

122.14109.5
115Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

122.8886.04
116George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

124.0894.68
117Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

124.4549.34
118Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

124.78120.03
119Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

124.85125.97
120University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

125.7440.59
121"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

125.79219.95
122University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

126.1896.48
123Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

126.4451.02
124European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

131.94348.28
125European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

133.8544.74
126CESifo

München, Germany

134.4651.21
127Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

135.57139.22
128University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

136.1746.85
129Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

137.92180.56
130Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

138.09177.59
131Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

138.13170.56
132McGill University

Montréal, Canada

141.2747.7
133HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

143.741.34
134University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

146.07102.42
135Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

148.6340.78
136Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

150.9973.56
137Peking University

Beijing, China

151.8791.33
138King's College London

London, United Kingdom

154.7677.4
139University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

156.1168.44
140Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

156.1256.24
141University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

156.8975.5
142Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

157.0590.43
143University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

158.2754.1
144Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

158.3877.78
145Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

161.952.5
146Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

161.97128.03
147University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

162.5766.99
148University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

164.9960.83
149Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

165.6961.5
150Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

166.1124.87
151University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

167.282.99
152University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

168.9577.27
153Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

169.357.23
154Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

172.7450.76
155University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

173.1791.21
156Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

173.4377.42
157Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

173.4432.69
158Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

174.24100.35
159Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

175.1691.99
160California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

176.9715.88
161Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

177.0467.65
162Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

179.66107.95
163Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

179.8366.4
164WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

180.8889.67
165Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

181.1290.08
166BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

182.356.86
167Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

182.4854.65
168Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

182.7353.45
169University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

183.3870.45
170Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

184.7661.93
171Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

185.0853.79
172Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

185.63158.4
173Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

185.73141.72
174North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

188.6956.75
175Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

189.56130.39
176University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

190.6360.35
177Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

193.9435.58
178University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

196.4846.89
179Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

196.8376.92
180Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

196.9294.87
181University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

197.3189.68
182Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

19832.39
183Fudan University

Shanghai, China

198.6256.65
184Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

198.7868.67
185University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

202.1375
186Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

203.58143.46
187SKEMA Business School

Lille, France

206.1444.97
188University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

206.7533.49
189Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

206.99156.66
190University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

207.2957.67
191Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

207.92139.21
192Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

208.7950.93
193McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

209.3964.14
194Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

21058.79
195Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

210.4392.75
196New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

211.543.59
197Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

214.6637.28
198Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

214.9146.33
199University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

215.0460.19
200Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

215.45141.42
201University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

217.3429.87
202Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

219.7763.45
203Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

220.2564.16
204City St George's

London, United Kingdom

223.8871.13
205Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

225.29100.76
206George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

225.5134.69
207Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

225.9942.98
208Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

226.9259.32
209University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

22749.32
210University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

227.6871.22
211University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

227.9137.77
212The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

229.9850.56
213Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

233.4341.16
214INSEAD

Fontainebleau, France

233.6522.7
215Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

235.52188.28
216Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

238.53110.76
217Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

239.1647.45
218Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

239.2533.21
219Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)

239.9631.66
220Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States)

240.5264.27
221Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

241.4740.71
222University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida (United States)

242.4431.91
223Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

243.47124.61
224Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

24453.01
225Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

244.9467.09
226University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

245.1454.23
227Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

245.4565.36
228Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

245.6873.25
229Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

246.0242.02
230University of Texas-Dallas

Dallas, Texas (United States)

246.9628.96
231National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

247.22474.93
232York University

Toronto, Canada

248.7559.9
233Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Beijing, China

248.9255
234United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

249.4766.52
235Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research

Wellington, New Zealand

251.9221.14
236University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

252.867.44
237Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

253.9669.54
238University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (United States)

253.9751.29
239Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

254.3341.62
240Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

256.3195.38
241Korea University

Seoul, South Korea

256.6142.59
242Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

258.4586.07
243HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

260.3339.89
244University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (United States)

262.7848.7
245Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

264.6160.48

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