Top institutions in economics research, 2023–2025

Universities and other research institutions ranked by the papers their authors published in the 120 tracked economics journals in each year from 2023 to 2025, by publication date and OpenAlex affiliations; a paper counts once for each institution (and country) among its authors. Built from the site's archive of every paper of these journals and rebuilt daily. Also as Markdown.

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Key findings#

From 2023 to 2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique published the most papers in the 120 tracked economics journals (591), followed by IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (468) and Peking University (404).
In 2025 alone, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique led with 234 papers.
Among countries, United States took part in the most papers (8,074), ahead of China and United Kingdom.

Institutions#

Institutions with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Institution	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	France	177	180	234	591
2	IZA - Institute of Labor Economics	Germany	168	170	130	468
3	Peking University	China	127	127	150	404
4	Renmin University of China	China	110	123	146	379
5	Centre for Economic Policy Research	United Kingdom	99	139	100	338
6	World Bank	United States	107	109	118	334
7	Xiamen University	China	111	92	104	307
8	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics	China	98	95	103	296
9	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics	China	72	87	111	270
10	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	86	87	95	268
11	London School of Economics and Political Science	United Kingdom	89	78	94	261
12	Central University of Finance and Economics	China	80	76	92	248
13	International Monetary Fund	United States	86	92	70	248
14	National Bureau of Economic Research	United States	85	85	65	235
15	University of International Business and Economics	China	67	90	74	231
16	Zhejiang University	China	57	75	98	230
17	University College London	United Kingdom	80	71	74	225
18	Zhongnan University of Economics and Law	China	72	74	76	222
19	Fudan University	China	58	81	79	218
20	Monash University	Australia	74	68	66	208
21	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	75	58	74	207
22	Harvard University	United States	83	65	58	206
23	Shandong University	China	57	70	77	204
24	National University of Singapore	Singapore	63	65	72	200
25	Tsinghua University	China	58	71	70	199
26	Xi'an Jiaotong University	China	42	76	79	197
27	University of Bologna	Italy	50	83	61	194
28	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy	58	65	59	182
29	Wuhan University	China	54	47	73	174
30	ETH Zurich	Switzerland	52	69	50	171
31	Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement	France	47	53	71	171
32	George Mason University	United States	61	58	49	168
33	Jinan University	China	41	55	72	168
34	Capital University of Economics and Business	China	53	55	59	167
35	University of Chicago	United States	57	61	48	166
36	Cornell University	United States	55	53	57	165
37	University of California, Berkeley	United States	50	56	54	160
38	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore	Italy	51	57	52	160
39	Lebanese American University	Lebanon	81	58	19	158
40	Bocconi University	Italy	41	66	50	157
41	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands	50	52	53	155
42	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Netherlands	55	59	41	155
43	Stanford University	United States	56	43	54	153
44	Paris School of Economics	France	43	65	44	152
45	Hunan University	China	44	52	55	151
46	Yale University	United States	51	54	43	148
47	The University of Tokyo	Japan	47	56	44	147
48	University of Pennsylvania	United States	51	41	54	146
49	Maastricht University	Netherlands	49	51	45	145
50	The University of Sydney	Australia	47	45	51	143

Countries#

Countries with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	United States	2,717	2,750	2,607	8,074
2	China	1,915	2,419	2,693	7,027
3	United Kingdom	1,223	1,247	1,222	3,692
4	Germany	1,007	1,075	969	3,051
5	Italy	798	912	941	2,651
6	France	636	664	712	2,012
7	Spain	425	554	557	1,536
8	Australia	463	478	448	1,389
9	India	380	399	439	1,218
10	Japan	375	414	409	1,198
11	Netherlands	347	365	372	1,084
12	Canada	347	353	335	1,035
13	Switzerland	265	249	247	761
14	Sweden	231	232	235	698
15	South Korea	184	236	270	690
16	Belgium	210	209	183	602
17	Turkey	144	169	187	500
18	Austria	176	147	156	479
19	Norway	151	158	163	472
20	Denmark	153	154	134	441
21	Brazil	131	138	161	430
22	Hong Kong	117	139	171	427
23	Portugal	113	127	109	349
24	Taiwan	107	104	126	337
25	Singapore	103	107	126	336
26	Greece	98	102	108	308
27	Poland	99	93	108	300
28	Chile	88	95	99	282
29	Czechia	81	84	114	279
30	South Africa	91	86	96	273

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Top institutions in economics research, 2023–2025. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/economics

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