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Top 5% Top Level Institutions (Last 10 Years Publications), as of August 2025

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.11881.99
2University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.34183.05
3Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

3.89191.95
4London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

5.08268.98
5World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.67606.55
6International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

6.89522.58
7Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

7.13129.03
8National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

8.28129.09
9University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

9.69141.7
10Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

9.71109.28
11European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

11.06260.69
12Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

13.92103.04
13Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

16186.41
14Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

16.07144.53
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

19.2143.35
16Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

19.74379.92
17Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

20.8199.27
18Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

21.73236.95
19Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

22.14157.24
20Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

24.01476.02
21New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

24.49123.67
22Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

24.7158.82
23Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

25.15165.47
24University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

26135.03
25Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

26.5296.27
26Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

30.09112.16
27Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

33.01160.1
28Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

33.45160.6
29University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

33.8137.81
30University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

34.99100.88
31European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

35.2354.76
32Sciences Po

Paris, France

35.595.06
33Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

36.68169.22
34Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

37.06107.81
35University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

40.83142.94
36University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

41.18129.71
37Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

44.24160.22
38University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

44.3165.5
39University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

44.5389.27
40Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

45.17208
41Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

45.27187.53
42ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

46.93117.6
43Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

48.77209.83
44University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

49.4379.56
45Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

50.4889.99
46Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

50.52241.97
47Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

53.04111.74
48Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

53.15152.35
49International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

54.27193.13
50Banque de France

Paris, France

54.36184.36
51Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

54.92112.77
52"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

56.39224.93
53Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

57.4477.53
54Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

59.2658.3
55Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

59.8653.46
56University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

60.63124.83
57DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

62.17106.6
58University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

63.72117.65
59University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

64.3972.32
60University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

64.5982.81
61Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

65.45183.27
62Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

66.2543.43
63Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

67.2762.36
64University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

70.2394.99
65National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

70.996.46
66Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

72.91109.83
67KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

74.06130.31
68Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

74.3965.22
69Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

74.82114.1
70University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

75.2589.11
71Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

75.98172.06
72Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

76.0599.24
73University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

80.3192.18
74London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

81.0629.23
75Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

81.3288.71
76Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

81.63157.03
77Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

84.28102.95
78Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

86.38120.84
79Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

90.92124.51
80University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

91.09118.68
81Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

91.993.15
82Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

94.03116.95
83University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

94.53118.81
84Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

95.3485.14
85Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

96.5277.39
86Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

97.51137.13
87Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

99.6574.56
88Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

99.9790.3
89University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

102.6773.5
90Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

104.94108.76
91Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

106.7676.75
92Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

108.1692.78
93Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

109.18156.51
94Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

110.5134.78
95Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

110.57117.61
96Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

110.951.72
97University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

111.51106.07
98Xiamen University

Fujian, China

111.8650.26
99University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

113.65107.24
100University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

114.172.07
101Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

114.5954.86
102UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

114.7381.93
103Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

115.84103.32
104Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

115.97188.26
105Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

116.1378.8
106University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

116.5173.89
107Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

118.1687.49
108Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

118.3826.07
109Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

118.85135.17
110Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

118.88118.32
111Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

120.22140.53
112University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

121.41106.49
113University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

122.7459.79
114Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

124.3561.5
115Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

125.2954.7
116WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

126.695.76
117Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

126.6131.59
118Peking University

Beijing, China

127.8684.66
119Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

128.6169.64
120Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

129.24134.67
121Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

129.91142.26
122Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

129.95114.64
123Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

129.9878.6
124Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

131.17143.82
125Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

135.174.92
126Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

135.75149.76
127Montpellier Business School

Montpellier, France

136.6110.11
128Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

137.497.98
129Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

138.4759.58
130HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

139.3741.84
131Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

140.6252.02
132Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

141.9175.56
133University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

146.1158.88
134University of Pretoria

Pretoria, South Africa

147.1934.76
135Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

147.73158.96
136University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

147.8931.48
137University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

148.09109.24
138Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

148.3651.67
139National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

148.41472.43
140Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

149.28106.39
141King's College London

London, United Kingdom

152.9869.69
142Lebanese American University

Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon

155.9123.08
143Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

156.954.26
144University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

158.6139.67
145Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

160.0975.31
146Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

161.3760.57
147Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

161.6159.32
148Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

161.64100.29
149Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB)

Bern/Zürich, Switzerland

162.24140.53
150CESifo

München, Germany

163.2544.28
151Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

165.9652.56
152University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

166.7838.58
153Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

167.5424.03
154Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)

Chengdu, China

168.6259.95
155University of York

York, United Kingdom

168.97109.48
156Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

169.3768.91
157Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

171.0168.91
158University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

171.1272
159University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

171.4171.27
160Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

171.98128.69
161University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

172.12103.62
162Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

172.5314.03
163University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

176.2545.85
164Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

176.865.91
165University of Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom

178.1948.9
166Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

178.8340.78
167Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

179.0262.07
168BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

179.8352.86
169Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

180.2396.81
170Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

181.8740.1
171Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

183.5668.86
172Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

184.2849.12
173University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

187.7768.96
174Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

188.5533.35
175Academia Romana

Bucureşti, Romania

190.14161.01
176Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

190.4795.46
177Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

191.0974.88
178University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

193.5750.34
179Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

197.7554.98
180Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

198.0295.72
181George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

198.5191.64
182Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

198.5338.24
183University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

198.6291.58
184Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

198.7550.92
185McGill University

Montréal, Canada

198.9645.75
186University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

201.1433.17
187Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

202.4162.53
188Fudan University

Shanghai, China

202.5554.22
189de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

203.0477.39
190Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

205.1366.16
191University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

208.663.63
192Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

208.7944.84
193European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

212.4443.75
194Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

212.9313.53
195Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

214.29105.46
196University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

218.2592.7
197Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

218.4865.19
198Universidad de Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain

218.5488.99
199Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

218.55141.32
200Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Moscow, Russia

220.19180.11
201Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

220.6965.78
202University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

223.1483.13
203University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

223.7519.68
204University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

223.7859.72
205Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

223.8287.65
206African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Yaoundé, Cameroun

223.955.02
207The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

224.4653.44
208University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

225.1669.22
209University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)

225.2443.97
210Lille Économie et Management (LEM)

Lille, France

225.44109.21
211Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

227.1893.06
212Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

227.5661.97
213Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

São Paulo, Brazil

228.2361.62
214University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

229.0959.19
215University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

229.6164.52
216Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

230.1663.55
217Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

233.8154.93
218University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

234.5843.41
219Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

234.7185.67
220HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

235.8441.89
221Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

236.3170.8
222City University of Macao

Macau, Macao

236.563
223Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

238.0549.58
224University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

238.8541.78
225Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

242.6170.98
226University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

244.847.23
227University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

246.0950.1
228University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (United States)

247.0854.11
229Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Moscow, Russia

247.493.51
230Università degli Studi Roma Tre

Roma, Italy

247.5269.74
231New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

247.5652.1
232Università Politecnica delle Marche

Ancona, Italy

250.874.34
233Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

253.7237.65
234Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

254.9862.05
235Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

256.8467.73
236Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

257.1912.61
237Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

Warszawa, Poland

257.77114.26
238Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)

Beijing, China

259.6591.27
239City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

260.7482.53
240Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

261.8662.48
241University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

264.3680.98
242University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts (United States)

266.0638.89
243Université du Luxembourg

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

266.6763.38

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