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Economics, Econometrics and Finance research in France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in France for Economics, Econometrics and Finance research in 2022–2025 (#148 worldwide), followed by Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques and Paris School of Business.

France's world rank
#9
of 110 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
10k
Top-10% rate
18.6%
Ranked institutions
33

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Economics, Econometrics and Finance in France?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueParis #14833.224.6%446
2Organisation de Coopération et de Développement EconomiquesParis #32722.635.6%128
3Paris School of BusinessParis #35021.754.6%87
4Institut d'Etudes Politiques de ParisParis #50716.817.5%202
5Université de LorraineNancy #57215.119.9%110
6Université de LilleLille #58214.917.1%169
7ESSCA School of ManagementAngers #61514.240.5%70
8Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneParis #67612.917.3%195
9Université Paris-SaclayGif-sur-Yvette #80610.624.7%109
10Paris School of EconomicsParis #8509.825.8%88
11Banque de FranceParis #8639.622.2%133
12Université Paris CitéParis #8669.620.3%125
13NEOMA Business SchoolMont-Saint-Aignan #8739.533.5%64
14Toulouse School of EconomicsToulouse #9688.123.7%83
15Université d'OrléansOrléans #9748.030.0%68
16Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du NordRoubaix #1,0087.614.4%101
17Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementParis #1,0277.326.4%68
18Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille #1,0337.216.0%145
19Kedge Business SchoolTalence #1,0357.224.5%71
20Institut d'Economie Scientifique Et de GestionPuteaux #1,0387.225.2%63
21Université Paris Dauphine-PSLParis #1,0876.613.8%134
22Sorbonne UniversitéParis #1,1326.014.9%109
23Université Paris NanterreNanterre #1,1805.515.5%105
24Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg #1,2015.217.6%84
25Université Paris 8Paris #1,3124.015.2%78
26InsermParis #1,3204.016.6%72
27Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Économie, GestionSophia Antipolis #1,3383.821.9%63
28Université Grenoble AlpesSaint-Martin-d'Hères #1,3463.79.9%122
29École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et CommercialesCergy #1,3493.718.4%71
30CY Cergy Paris UniversitéCergy-Pontoise #1,3563.620.0%74
31Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1Villeurbanne #1,3623.516.6%79
32École des hautes études en sciences socialesParis #1,4722.514.9%76
33Université de MontpellierMontpellier #1,4752.515.7%66

Institutions in France above the floor of 40 fractional works in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Economics, Econometrics and Finance researchers in France?

Jean Tirole, Philippe Aghion and Étienne Pardoux rank highest among researchers based in France.

  1. 1Jean Tirole#189 worldwide overall4.4k citations · 34 works
  2. 2Philippe Aghion#467 worldwide overall3k citations · 93 works
  3. 3Étienne Pardoux#4,098 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 25 works
  4. 4Thomas Piketty#5,144 worldwide overall768 citations · 47 works
  5. 5Jean‐Jacques Laffont#10,367 worldwide overall1k citations · 58 works
  6. 6Raman Uppal#13,052 worldwide overall910 citations · 39 works
  7. 7Patrick Rey#15,105 worldwide overall670 citations · 24 works
  8. 8Jean Jacod#16,675 worldwide overall578 citations · 23 works
  9. 9Thierry Mayer#17,937 worldwide overall586 citations · 40 works
  10. 10Ivar Ekeland#18,233 worldwide overall939 citations · 37 works
  11. 11Jacques Mairesse#20,116 worldwide overall751 citations · 53 works
  12. 12David Roubaud#21,155 worldwide overall1k citations · 45 works
  13. 13Thierry Verdier#22,527 worldwide overall783 citations · 41 works
  14. 14Bruno Solnik#22,794 worldwide overall900 citations · 46 works
  15. 15Robert U. Ayres#24,692 worldwide overall650 citations · 25 works

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