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Top 25% Think Tanks, as of February 2026

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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)

1.04523105.48
2Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

2.4240040.43
3Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

3.783822.52
4ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

4.16202151.65
5Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

4.925035.41
6DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

5.414097.41
7Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

8.6510366.16
8Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

8.976347.45
9Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

9.978757.76
10Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research

Wellington, New Zealand

10.622218.13
11Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

12.147357.76
12Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

14.228166.02
13Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)

Halle, Germany

14.825029.31
14Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

14.884238.53
15Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

15.25230.39
16W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Kalamazoo, Michigan (USA)

15.431614.81
17RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

Essen, Germany

15.937251.5
18Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Tokyo, Japan

17.35434.01
19Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII)

Paris, France

18.14423.81
20National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)

London, United Kingdom

18.25443.13
21American Enterprise Institute

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

20.351817
22Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Government of Japan

CHiba, Japan

21.334238.37
23Bruegel

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

23.861911.82
24Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Moscow, Russia

24.2212982.82
25Urban Institute

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

24.942723.44
26Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)

México, Mexico

28.873329.27
27Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Rimini, Italy

28.97366.78
28Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE)

Lima, Peru

30.312520.32
29Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government of Finland

Helsinki, Finland

31.042318.27
30Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research (PIER)

Bangkok, Thailand

31.221611.71
31European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

31.2691.16
32Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

32.111712.61
33Geary Institute, University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

32.962911.93
34Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft

Köln, Germany

34.331615.09
35Mercatus Center

Arlington, Virginia (USA)

36.292718.97
36Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

37.5710.47
37Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

38.1711
38Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo)

Bogotá, Colombia

38.193027.6
39Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Den Haag, Netherlands

38.261814.5
40Cato Institute

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

39.2683.59
41Levy Economics Institute, Bard College

Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (USA)

39.332113.28
42Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA)

Helsinki, Finland

39.751612.97
43Group for Research in Applied Economics (GRAPE)

Warszawa, Poland

41.382010.4
44Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Waterloo, Canada

45.2264.06
45Shadow Open Market Committee

Rochester, New York (USA)

45.6521.33
46C. D. Howe Institute

Toronto, Canada

45.7594.97
47Centro de Estudios Públicos

Santiago, Chile

47.2186.59
48Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

49.251615
49Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Jakarta, Indonesia

50.172320.05
50Instytut Badań Strukturalnych

Warszawa, Poland

50.382422.34
51Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

50.841411.72
52The Conference Board

New York City, New York (USA)

54.442.04
53Economic Policy Institute

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

55.5752.53
54Labore

Helsinki, Finland

55.67117.6
55Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI)

Bratislava, Slovakia

58.631911.47
56Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

London, United Kingdom

59.071611.72
57Nordisk Institutt for studier av innovasjon, forskning og utdanning (NIFU)

Oslo, Norway

59.4119.36
58CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research

Warszawa, Poland

59.462113.61
59Resolution Foundation

London, United Kingdom

59.8510.95
60Centre for Policy Research (CPR), Universiti Sains Malaysia

Minden, Malaysia

60.3111
61Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)

San Francisco, California (USA)

60.5541.6
62Council on Economic Policies (CEP)

Zürich, Switzerland

61.5754.51
63Prometeia

Bologna, Italy

64.3497.05

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)

1.47513100.46
2Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

3.3139137.93
3ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

3.43182134.32
4Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing, China

5.393531.52
5DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

5.611778.14
6Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

8.683118.68
7Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

9.77650.07
8Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

9.724833.41
9Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Nürnberg, Germany

10.36650.81
10Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

10.729259.55
11Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

10.845236.45
12Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

11.594927.39
13Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)

Halle, Germany

12.34726.51
14Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

14.56754.04
15RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

Essen, Germany

16.036142.95
16Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII)

Paris, France

17.744019.92
17Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Tokyo, Japan

17.814224.16
18W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Kalamazoo, Michigan (USA)

18.581311.81
19Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Moscow, Russia

19.429559.25
20Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research

Wellington, New Zealand

20.572016.13
21Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Government of Japan

CHiba, Japan

22.292522.8
22Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government of Finland

Helsinki, Finland

24.542116.77
23National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)

London, United Kingdom

26.464535.77
24Bruegel

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

26.96179.92
25Group for Research in Applied Economics (GRAPE)

Warszawa, Poland

27.032010.4
26Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

28.41139.6
27Instytut Badań Strukturalnych

Warszawa, Poland

29.382220.34
28American Enterprise Institute

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

30.43109
29Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft

Köln, Germany

32.121312.09
30Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)

México, Mexico

33.782723.27
31Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Den Haag, Netherlands

35.65129.29
32Mercatus Center

Arlington, Virginia (USA)

37.412316.82
33Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA)

Helsinki, Finland

38.331210.31
34Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Jakarta, Indonesia

38.742118.05
35Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research (PIER)

Bangkok, Thailand

39.551510.76
36European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

39.991.16
37Geary Institute, University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

40.052610.88
38Washington Center for Equitable Growth

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

40.0811
39Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE)

Lima, Peru

40.111914.31
40Milken Institute

Santa Monica, California (USA)

42.7143.05
41Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

42.951110.5
42Urban Institute

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

46.181915.44
43European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS)

Liège, Belgium

48.0220.45
44Council on Economic Policies (CEP)

Zürich, Switzerland

48.0954.51
45Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Rimini, Italy

49.79346.23
46Labore

Helsinki, Finland

50.29117.6
47Levy Economics Institute, Bard College

Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (USA)

52.01147.05
48EcoAustria Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

Wien, Austria

53.232.8
49Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Waterloo, Canada

54.92223.31
50The Conference Board

New York City, New York (USA)

55.3742.04
51Prometeia

Bologna, Italy

57.2386.05
52Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI)

Bratislava, Slovakia

57.491810.47
53International Security and Development Center (ISDC)

Berlin, Germany

58.5563.78
54Center for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA)

Abuja, Nigeria

59.4932.5
55Resolution Foundation

London, United Kingdom

63.0710.95
56Nordisk Institutt for studier av innovasjon, forskning og utdanning (NIFU)

Oslo, Norway

64.7264.37
57CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research

Warszawa, Poland

66.98116.92
58Abteilung Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Statistik, Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien

Wien, Austria

67.01109.2
59Center for Policy Analysis, Lebanese American University

Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon

68.5511
60Agenda Austria

Wien, Austria

69.7842.9
61Economic Development Initiatives (E.D.I.)

Bukoba, Tanzania

72.6811
62Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER)

Ibadan, Nigeria

72.9433
63Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

London, United Kingdom

74.1106.47

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