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Top 25% Think Tanks, as of December 2025

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The rankings

Top 25% Think Tanks, all authors, all publication years

All institutions in this category.
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

1.04511103.27
2Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

2.73957131.01
3Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

2.9639139.29
4Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

4.663925.83
5ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

5.02202151.64
6Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

6.015035.4
7DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

6.3614198.97
8Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

9.8710366.16
9Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

9.936347.45
10Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

10.658758.16
11Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research

Wellington, New Zealand

11.692218.13
12Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

13.337256.77
13Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

15.578065.56
14Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)

Halle, Germany

15.975029.4
15Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

16.085230.39
16Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

16.163834.53
17W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Kalamazoo, Michigan (USA)

16.541514.31
18RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

Essen, Germany

16.927251.51
19Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Tokyo, Japan

18.565433.96
20Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII)

Paris, France

19.024423.76
21National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)

London, United Kingdom

19.375443.14
22American Enterprise Institute

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

21.241817
23Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Government of Japan

CHiba, Japan

22.44338.43
24Bruegel

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

23.791811.37
25Urban Institute

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

26.222723.44
26Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Moscow, Russia

27.3112983.62
27Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)

México, Mexico

30.023329.27
28Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Rimini, Italy

30.47366.78
29Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE)

Lima, Peru

31.672520.32
30Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government of Finland

Helsinki, Finland

31.762318.27
31Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research (PIER)

Bangkok, Thailand

33.021510.71
32European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

33.4591.16
33Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

33.551712.61
34Geary Institute, University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

34.652911.93
35Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo)

Bogotá, Colombia

34.963128.6
36Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft

Köln, Germany

35.721615.09
37Mercatus Center

Arlington, Virginia (USA)

37.632718.97
38Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

38.3411
39Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Den Haag, Netherlands

38.831814.49
40Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

39.1910.47
41Cato Institute

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

40.3583.59
42Levy Economics Institute, Bard College

Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (USA)

40.982113.28
43Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA)

Helsinki, Finland

41.051612.97
44Group for Research in Applied Economics (GRAPE)

Warszawa, Poland

42.682010.41
45Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Waterloo, Canada

46.53264.07
46C. D. Howe Institute

Toronto, Canada

47.2294.97
47Shadow Open Market Committee

Rochester, New York (USA)

47.6621.33
48Centro de Estudios Públicos

Santiago, Chile

48.0597.49
49Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

50.151615
50Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

51.841411.72
51Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Jakarta, Indonesia

51.992219.05
52Instytut Badań Strukturalnych

Warszawa, Poland

52.372422.34
53The Conference Board

New York City, New York (USA)

55.3242.04
54Economic Policy Institute

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

56.8852.53
55Labore

Helsinki, Finland

57.02117.6
56Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

London, United Kingdom

59.951611.59
57Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI)

Bratislava, Slovakia

60.311811.37
58Nordisk Institutt for studier av innovasjon, forskning og utdanning (NIFU)

Oslo, Norway

60.4119.37
59CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research

Warszawa, Poland

60.442113.61
60Resolution Foundation

London, United Kingdom

60.8110.95
61Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)

San Francisco, California (USA)

61.8641.6
62Centre for Policy Research (CPR), Universiti Sains Malaysia

Minden, Malaysia

61.9211
63Council on Economic Policies (CEP)

Zürich, Switzerland

62.854.51

The rankings

Top 25% institutions in Think Tanks, 10 best authors in each, 10 last publication years

All institutions in this category.
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

1.4350198.25
2Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

3.3538537.24
3ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

3.71187138.36
4Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

4.78919114.78
5Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

5.83430.53
6DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

6.712282.79
7Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

9.777851.38
8Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

9.934833.4
9Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

10.829359.7
10Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

11.353322.23
11Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

12.285438.44
12Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

12.375028.39
13Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

12.576549.82
14Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)

Halle, Germany

12.574827.4
15Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

16.997056.92
16Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Tokyo, Japan

17.824527.11
17RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

Essen, Germany

17.836243.96
18Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII)

Paris, France

18.34221.76
19Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Moscow, Russia

18.4810263.98
20W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Kalamazoo, Michigan (USA)

20.081211.3
21Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research

Wellington, New Zealand

20.672016.13
22Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Government of Japan

CHiba, Japan

24.042723.85
23Bruegel

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

27.23169.46
24National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)

London, United Kingdom

27.285039.64
25Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government of Finland

Helsinki, Finland

27.362116.76
26Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

29.361511.6
27Group for Research in Applied Economics (GRAPE)

Warszawa, Poland

29.612010.41
28American Enterprise Institute

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

29.71110
29Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft

Köln, Germany

30.941514.09
30Instytut Badań Strukturalnych

Warszawa, Poland

32.472220.34
31Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)

México, Mexico

34.352723.27
32Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA)

Helsinki, Finland

36.291310.47
33Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Den Haag, Netherlands

36.43139.48
34Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research (PIER)

Bangkok, Thailand

37.39149.76
35Mercatus Center

Arlington, Virginia (USA)

40.482417.32
36Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE)

Lima, Peru

41.382015.31
37Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Jakarta, Indonesia

41.392118.05
38European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

41.6991.16
39Geary Institute, University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

43.332610.88
40Washington Center for Equitable Growth

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

44.4911
41Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

46.921211.5
42Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Rimini, Italy

47.02346.23
43Milken Institute

Santa Monica, California (USA)

47.1354.05
44Urban Institute

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

48.381915.44
45European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS)

Liège, Belgium

49.9920.45
46Council on Economic Policies (CEP)

Zürich, Switzerland

52.0254.51
47Levy Economics Institute, Bard College

Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (USA)

53.2169.05
48Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI)

Bratislava, Slovakia

53.751811.37
49Labore

Helsinki, Finland

54117.6
50EcoAustria Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

Wien, Austria

56.6232.8
51Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Waterloo, Canada

57.28223.31
52The Conference Board

New York City, New York (USA)

58.0742.04
53Resolution Foundation

London, United Kingdom

60.1210.95
54Prometeia

Bologna, Italy

60.9186.05
55International Security and Development Center (ISDC)

Berlin, Germany

61.8963.78
56Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo)

Bogotá, Colombia

63.332018.6
57Center for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA)

Abuja, Nigeria

65.6632.5
58Kraka

København, Denmark

66.7422
59CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research

Warszawa, Poland

67.27116.92
60Abteilung Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Statistik, Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien

Wien, Austria

68.02109.19
61Nordisk Institutt for studier av innovasjon, forskning og utdanning (NIFU)

Oslo, Norway

70.6964.37
62Centre for Policy Research (CPR), Universiti Sains Malaysia

Minden, Malaysia

71.9311
63Economic Development Initiatives (E.D.I.)

Bukoba, Tanzania

71.9921.5

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