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Top General Economics, Econometrics and Finance Research Institutions

International Monetary Fund ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 80 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 International Monetary FundUnited States · Washington D.C. 100.0 33.8% 114 1k#2
2 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia · Moscow 84.2 22.6% 164 460#73
3 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom · London 74.9 26.4% 86 696#6
4 Federal Reserve Board of GovernorsUnited States · Washington D.C. 68.4 32.0% 101 691#9
5 West Ukrainian National UniversityUkraine · Ternopil 63.3 13.0% 262 378—
6 Financial UniversityRussia · Moscow 59.1 10.5% 337 422—
7 European Central BankGermany · Frankfurt am Main 55.6 22.7% 96 886#14
8 University of International Business and EconomicsChina · Beijing 52.5 33.1% 78 394—
9 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 49.9 22.4% 80 511#16
10 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 47.5 23.4% 110 352#84
11 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 45.3 19.6% 74 572#10
12 National Bureau of Economic ResearchUnited States · Cambridge 43.3 14.4% 99 832#1
13 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia · Moscow 41.5 11.7% 143 259—
14 Renmin University of ChinaChina · Beijing 39.8 27.3% 84 322—
15 Centre for Economic Policy ResearchUnited Kingdom · London 38.2 20.8% 70 632#13
16 Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityRussia · Moscow 36.7 9.4% 241 214—
17 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 35.3 26.2% 65 334#99
18 Federal ReserveUnited States · Washington D.C. 34.0 27.4% 85 445#4
19 Human Growth FoundationUnited States · New York 32.8 6.4% 356 222—
20 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine · Lviv 31.6 9.9% 260 355—
21 Bank of ItalyItaly · Rome 30.5 18.2% 67 465#19
22 Sumy State UniversityUkraine · Sumy 29.5 16.7% 129 373—
23 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa · Johannesburg 28.4 27.7% 89 323—
24 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine · Kyiv 27.5 11.2% 204 315—
25 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 26.5 17.5% 69 653#7
26 Central University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Beijing 25.6 30.5% 64 330—
27 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 24.8 22.7% 61 282#23
28 Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym HetmanUkraine · Kyiv 24.0 10.1% 230 321—
29 The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationRussia · Moscow 23.2 7.6% 186 174—
30 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 22.4 19.5% 62 381#18
31 Weatherford CollegeUnited States · Weatherford 21.6 6.9% 283 213—
32 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 20.9 25.2% 68 291#95
33 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia · Moscow 20.2 14.0% 144 182—
34 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine · Kyiv 19.5 16.7% 118 256—
35 Lviv UniversityUkraine · Lviv 18.9 10.1% 151 214—
36 Nanjing University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Nanjing 18.2 17.3% 81 246—
37 National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of UkraineUkraine · Kyiv 17.6 19.2% 89 197—
38 Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra 17.0 19.0% 84 317#32
39 Tashkent State University of EconomicsUzbekistan · Tashkent 16.4 11.9% 87 157—
40 State University of Trade and EconomicsUkraine · Kyiv 15.8 14.2% 110 203—
41 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 15.3 17.9% 71 196—
42 V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityUkraine · Kharkiv 14.7 7.1% 195 229—
43 State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Ukraine · Kyiv 14.2 9.4% 137 180—
44 Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of EconomicsUkraine · Kharkiv 13.6 12.5% 113 188—
45 Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of NAS of UkraineUkraine · Lviv 13.1 17.9% 81 158—
46 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 12.6 19.0% 62 200#78
47 Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Bengbu 12.1 12.7% 68 170—
48 Volgograd State UniversityRussia · Volgograd 11.7 15.6% 71 82—
49 Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRussia · Moscow 11.2 8.4% 118 127—
50 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan · Dushanbe 10.7 9.9% 102 134—
51 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia · Moscow 10.3 14.3% 68 107—
52 Institute of EconomicsRussia · Yekaterinburg 9.8 14.0% 74 135—
53 National University Zaporizhzhia PolytechnicUkraine · Zaporizhzhya 9.4 11.7% 90 133—
54 Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsRussia · Moscow 9.0 5.7% 155 123—
55 Vinnytsia National Agrarian UniversityUkraine · Vinnytsia 8.6 18.8% 62 129—
56 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania · Bucharest 8.1 16.2% 66 130—
57 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 7.7 12.8% 70 129—
58 Institute of State and LawRussia · Moscow 7.3 10.6% 78 79—
59 National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine · Kyiv 6.9 8.8% 90 115—
60 Institute of World Economy and International RelationsRussia · Moscow 6.6 11.8% 74 88—
61 State University of ManagementRussia · Moscow 6.2 8.0% 94 108—
62 Baikal State UniversityRussia · Irkutsk 5.8 11.0% 76 103—
63 The Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian FederationRussia · Moscow 5.5 13.7% 61 65—
64 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil · Rio de Janeiro 5.1 10.0% 78 113—
65 Samara State University of EconomicsRussia · Samara 4.7 4.9% 112 41—
66 Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National UniversityUkraine · Chernivtsi 4.4 9.5% 72 110—
67 Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich 4.0 4.3% 113 50—
68 University of IndonesiaIndonesia · Depok 3.7 9.0% 75 97—
69 St Petersburg UniversityRussia · Saint Petersburg 3.4 9.8% 70 106—
70 Khmelnytskyi National UniversityUkraine · Khmelnytskyi 3.0 8.4% 69 94—
71 Tashkent State University of LawUzbekistan · Tashkent 2.7 5.5% 79 69—
72 National University Odesa Law AcademyUkraine · Odesa 2.4 8.9% 60 64—
73 Odessa National Economics UniversityUkraine · Odesa 2.1 6.4% 67 64—
74 Russian State University of JusticeRussia · Moscow 1.8 7.2% 69 33—
75 Odesа Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine · Odesa 147.3 4.4% 84 95—
76 Kharkiv National University of Internal AffairsUkraine · Kharkiv 117.1 4.6% 83 90—
77 Uzhhorod National UniversityUkraine · Uzhhorod 87.2 4.2% 85 66—
78 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico · Mexico City 57.8 3.5% 69 61—
79 Institute for Peace Research and Security PolicyGermany · Hamburg 28.7 1.0% 78 1—
80 Dagestan State UniversityRussia · Makhachkala 0.0 0.7% 62 13—

institutions ranked worldwide in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (80). 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.

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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 356 works
  2. 2 Financial UniversityRussia 337 works
  3. 3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 283 works
  4. 4 West Ukrainian National UniversityUkraine 262 works
  5. 5 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 260 works
  6. 6 Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityRussia 241 works
  7. 7 Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym HetmanUkraine 230 works
  8. 8 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 205 works
  9. 9 V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityUkraine 195 works
  10. 10 The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationRussia 186 works
  11. 11 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 164 works
  12. 12 Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsRussia 155 works
  13. 13 Lviv UniversityUkraine 151 works
  14. 14 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 144 works
  15. 15 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 143 works

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