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Top Finance Research Institutions

London School of Economics and Political Science ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 135 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom · London 100.0 24.4% 170 1.2k#9
2 Central University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Beijing 85.9 26.2% 155 893—
3 Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Chengdu 77.6 26.2% 167 892—
4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 71.7 24.2% 158 911#35
5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 67.2 24.5% 187 903#18
6 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 63.5 17.5% 184 1.1k#10
7 Federal Reserve Board of GovernorsUnited States · Washington D.C. 60.3 21.2% 169 1.2k#12
8 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 57.6 25.7% 170 1.1k#89
9 Renmin University of ChinaChina · Beijing 55.2 20.7% 168 948—
10 University of International Business and EconomicsChina · Beijing 53.1 28.5% 112 824—
11 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 51.1 31.8% 82 510—
12 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 49.3 23.8% 111 728#63
13 Shanghai University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Shanghai 47.7 25.5% 132 850—
14 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark · Copenhagen 46.2 24.9% 104 780#61
15 International Monetary FundUnited States · Washington D.C. 44.8 25.4% 139 972#3
16 Nanjing University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Nanjing 43.5 20.2% 121 513—
17 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 42.2 22.3% 119 652#34
18 Capital University of Economics and BusinessChina · Beijing 41.1 33.0% 82 681—
19 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 40.0 22.3% 156 698#58
20 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 38.9 24.5% 86 907#5
21 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 37.9 32.0% 87 611—
22 Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam 37.0 26.1% 114 597#36
23 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 36.1 24.2% 98 695#56
24 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 35.2 17.5% 135 1.3k#2
25 Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen 34.4 31.7% 95 743—
26 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 33.6 20.2% 124 869#4
27 Bank of ItalyItaly · Rome 32.8 17.8% 135 776#20
28 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 32.1 12.6% 136 772#21
29 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 31.4 22.4% 118 590—
30 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa · Johannesburg 30.7 32.3% 97 394—
31 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 30.0 31.5% 91 605—
32 European Central BankGermany · Frankfurt am Main 29.3 12.4% 220 1.1k#17
33 Zhongnan University of Economics and LawChina · Wuhan 28.7 36.5% 77 519—
34 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 28.1 22.5% 132 894#45
35 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 27.5 21.8% 123 645#37
36 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 26.9 24.1% 87 684#6
37 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 26.4 29.8% 79 471#80
38 University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 25.8 27.2% 95 491#32
39 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 25.3 19.9% 141 647#25
40 Federal ReserveUnited States · Washington D.C. 24.8 18.8% 142 949#11
41 National Bureau of Economic ResearchUnited States · Cambridge 24.3 12.2% 146 1.1k#1
42 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 23.8 22.7% 121 623#71
43 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 23.3 20.6% 124 512#90
44 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 22.9 23.8% 121 524#69
45 University of BolognaItaly · Bologna 22.4 21.5% 114 457—
46 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong · Hong Kong 21.9 22.4% 97 596—
47 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 21.5 20.7% 102 521#14
48 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 21.1 26.5% 96 665#54
49 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 20.7 20.6% 117 636—
50 University of LisbonPortugal · Lisbon 20.2 26.7% 89 630—
51 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 19.8 23.7% 104 459#85
52 Shandong University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Jinan 19.4 32.5% 72 475—
53 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 19.1 16.3% 157 442—
54 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 18.7 17.3% 140 657—
55 Zhejiang Gongshang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 18.3 31.2% 60 353—
56 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 17.9 27.9% 76 435—
57 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 17.6 21.5% 79 815#7
58 Bank for International SettlementsSwitzerland · Basel 17.2 27.0% 63 558#26
59 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany · Frankfurt am Main 16.9 20.4% 91 554#48
60 Bocconi UniversityItaly · Milan 16.5 22.0% 83 457#78
61 Centre for Economic Policy ResearchUnited Kingdom · London 16.2 14.5% 111 1.1k#22
62 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom · Coventry 15.9 16.7% 115 514#28
63 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds 15.5 26.5% 68 398#83
64 City University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 15.2 22.3% 87 463—
65 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 14.9 23.6% 90 444#55
66 RMIT UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 14.6 30.6% 64 479—
67 University College DublinIreland · Dublin 14.3 27.7% 65 284—
68 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 14.0 31.8% 73 428—
69 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece · Athens 13.7 19.0% 85 404—
70 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 13.4 23.7% 77 581#19
71 Christ UniversityIndia · Bengaluru 13.1 17.4% 91 150—
72 Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra 12.8 20.1% 108 493#76
73 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Durham 12.5 27.7% 73 444—
74 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 12.3 21.3% 95 394—
75 Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton 12.0 27.9% 70 522#8
76 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 11.7 21.8% 93 433#93
77 University of YorkUnited Kingdom · York 11.4 26.1% 66 475#88
78 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 11.2 27.4% 61 436#13
79 Nankai UniversityChina · Tianjin 10.9 25.2% 81 402—
80 Macquarie UniversityAustralia · Sydney 10.7 22.8% 85 405—
81 Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston 10.4 24.7% 68 413#49
82 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 10.2 21.9% 84 386#43
83 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 9.9 25.9% 65 367—
84 University of SfaxTunisia · Sfax 9.7 32.4% 64 288—
85 University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa · Johannesburg 9.4 26.1% 79 327—
86 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom · Glasgow 9.2 21.4% 86 292#79
87 University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom · Sheffield 9.0 28.8% 62 259#60
88 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 8.7 16.2% 102 463#95
89 Swiss Finance InstituteSwitzerland · Zurich 8.5 21.5% 64 730#65
90 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania · Bucharest 8.3 20.2% 95 236—
91 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia · Moscow 8.0 18.8% 104 345—
92 University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 7.8 22.3% 64 492#77
93 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom · Birmingham 7.6 22.3% 71 285#75
94 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 7.4 22.8% 65 420#27
95 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 7.2 23.7% 64 455#16
96 University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 7.0 22.1% 64 314—
97 University of WaterlooCanada · Waterloo 6.7 23.1% 67 326—
98 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 6.5 19.7% 72 685#47
99 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 6.3 18.2% 64 265#68
100 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 6.1 21.1% 62 390#33

institutions ranked worldwide in Finance (135). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

6 – 11: 21 places11 – 16: 16 places16 – 20: 13 places20 – 25: 11 places25 – 30: 8 places30 – 34: 6 places34 – 39: 6 places39 – 44: 4 places44 – 48: 3 places48 – 53: 3 places53 – 58: 2 places58 – 62: 1 places62 – 67: 1 places67 – 72: 2 places72 – 77: 0 places77 – 81: 1 places81 – 86: 1 places86 – 91: 0 places91 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places6100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 European Central BankGermany 219 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 187 works
  3. 3 Columbia UniversityUnited States 184 works
  4. 4 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 170 works
  5. 5 Peking UniversityChina 170 works
  6. 6 Federal Reserve Board of GovernorsUnited States 169 works
  7. 7 Renmin University of ChinaChina 168 works
  8. 8 Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChina 167 works
  9. 9 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 158 works
  10. 10 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 157 works
  11. 11 The University of SydneyAustralia 156 works
  12. 12 Central University of Finance and EconomicsChina 155 works
  13. 13 National Bureau of Economic ResearchUnited States 146 works
  14. 14 Federal ReserveUnited States 142 works
  15. 15 University of TorontoCanada 141 works

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