Research field intelligence
Economics, Econometrics and Finance Research Strength
Explore universities with the strongest current Economics, Econometrics and Finance topic signals in the ITS Research Intelligence database, alongside institution-level research performance and growth.
Research landscape
Economics, Econometrics and Finance currently has 2,822 index-ready universities contributing strong topic signals in the local database. Their aggregated topic-signal volume is 836,139 works. The average overall ITS Research Performance Score across this set is 49.0, while average five-year publication growth is 69.2%.
The ranking below combines the strength of an institution’s field signal with its overall research-performance score and recent growth. It should be read as a research-intelligence indicator, not as a complete subject ranking of teaching, reputation, facilities or student outcomes.
Leading universities in Economics, Econometrics and Finance
| Rank | University | Country | Field score | Field signal | Overall works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 85.3 | 9,607 | 181,718 | -1.9% |
| #2 | Harvard University | United States | 83.1 | 6,300 | 173,192 | -2.7% |
| #3 | London School of Economics and Political Science | United Kingdom | 82.5 | 10,681 | 16,928 | -1.9% |
| #4 | New York University | United States | 79.8 | 4,404 | 70,745 | 18.8% |
| #5 | University of Toronto | Canada | 79.8 | 4,108 | 147,822 | 0.9% |
| #6 | University of Zagreb | Croatia | 79.2 | 6,792 | 35,169 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | The Netherlands | 79.0 | 4,916 | 28,325 | 6.1% |
| #8 | Wheaton College - Illinois | United States | 78.9 | 17,629 | 938 | -4.0% |
| #9 | Swiss Finance Institute | Switzerland | 78.9 | 7,491 | 2,150 | 19.7% |
| #10 | University of Milan | Italy | 78.2 | 3,338 | 76,249 | 24.7% |
| #11 | University of York | United Kingdom | 78.2 | 4,044 | 28,395 | 14.7% |
| #12 | Lebanese American University | Lebanon | 77.7 | 1,608 | 10,816 | 170.8% |
| #13 | Bocconi University | Italy | 77.5 | 5,339 | 7,463 | 22.7% |
| #14 | University of Pennsylvania | United States | 77.0 | 2,934 | 85,351 | 1.6% |
| #15 | Tilburg University | The Netherlands | 77.0 | 4,773 | 12,940 | 14.6% |
| #16 | Central University of Finance and Economics | China | 76.9 | 4,664 | 6,367 | 49.0% |
| #17 | McMaster University | Canada | 76.6 | 3,072 | 49,086 | 0.8% |
| #18 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 76.4 | 2,735 | 94,178 | 2.8% |
| #19 | Tashkent State University of Economics | Uzbekistan | 76.2 | 2,218 | 7,610 | 286.3% |
| #20 | Azerbaijan State University of Economics | Azerbaijan | 75.9 | 1,633 | 3,661 | 255.1% |
| #21 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | China | 75.9 | 3,749 | 8,690 | 29.7% |
| #22 | University of Łódź | Poland | 75.5 | 4,277 | 15,019 | 28.7% |
| #23 | Duke University | United States | 75.2 | 2,431 | 72,420 | 4.8% |
| #24 | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 75.2 | 1,706 | 83,864 | 40.2% |
| #25 | University of Belgrade | Serbia | 75.1 | 2,965 | 40,837 | 21.9% |
| #26 | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics | China | 75.1 | 3,729 | 6,597 | 29.7% |
| #27 | University of Business and Technology | Saudi Arabia | 75.0 | 1,488 | 7,849 | 140.9% |
| #28 | University of International Business and Economics | China | 74.9 | 3,222 | 5,922 | 40.4% |
| #29 | Renmin University of China | China | 74.7 | 2,624 | 19,205 | 36.8% |
| #30 | Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov | Uzbekistan | 74.4 | 2,070 | 8,049 | 316.3% |
| #31 | Monash University | Australia | 74.4 | 1,967 | 95,198 | 4.6% |
| #32 | University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | 74.4 | 2,241 | 45,800 | 12.5% |
| #33 | Warsaw University of Life Sciences | Poland | 74.1 | 3,253 | 9,809 | 20.1% |
| #34 | Athens University of Economics and Business | Greece | 74.1 | 3,941 | 2,973 | 22.3% |
| #35 | Wroclaw University of Economics and Business | Poland | 74.0 | 5,002 | 2,802 | 24.0% |
| #36 | Khalifa University of Science and Technology | United Arab Emirates | 73.9 | 733 | 23,721 | 217.1% |
| #37 | University of Szczecin | Poland | 73.9 | 3,846 | 8,034 | 40.6% |
| #38 | George Mason University | United States | 73.5 | 2,010 | 25,559 | 56.4% |
| #39 | Nanjing University of Finance and Economics | China | 73.4 | 2,011 | 6,278 | 81.8% |
| #40 | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | Ukraine | 73.2 | 4,239 | 16,265 | 7.0% |
| #41 | Lviv Polytechnic National University | Ukraine | 73.1 | 4,487 | 13,094 | 18.1% |
| #42 | National University of Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan | 73.1 | 1,475 | 12,189 | 173.7% |
| #43 | Xiamen University | China | 72.9 | 1,679 | 51,849 | 22.7% |
| #44 | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | 72.7 | 1,458 | 64,397 | 33.0% |
| #45 | Tinbergen Institute | The Netherlands | 72.6 | 4,722 | 1,422 | -11.9% |
| #46 | SGH Warsaw School of Economics | Poland | 72.5 | 4,638 | 3,699 | 7.0% |
| #47 | Krakow University of Economics | Poland | 72.4 | 3,501 | 3,146 | 42.3% |
| #48 | Radboud University Nijmegen | The Netherlands | 72.4 | 1,627 | 58,188 | 0.3% |
| #49 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | China | 72.2 | 2,482 | 5,964 | 25.2% |
| #50 | University of Novi Sad | Serbia | 72.0 | 2,549 | 20,315 | 17.5% |
| #51 | Maastricht University | The Netherlands | 71.8 | 1,590 | 42,832 | 7.7% |
| #52 | West Ukrainian National University | Ukraine | 71.8 | 4,067 | 3,724 | 44.6% |
| #53 | University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 71.6 | 2,280 | 5,308 | 25.4% |
| #54 | Boston College | United States | 71.6 | 1,968 | 10,495 | 14.6% |
| #55 | Paris School of Economics | France | 71.5 | 3,765 | 2,311 | -9.8% |
| #56 | Capital University of Economics and Business | China | 71.3 | 1,655 | 3,901 | 80.2% |
| #57 | University of Technology Sydney | Australia | 71.3 | 1,581 | 35,867 | -5.1% |
| #58 | University of Ottawa | Canada | 71.3 | 1,500 | 46,646 | -2.2% |
| #59 | London Business School | United Kingdom | 71.2 | 3,126 | 1,660 | -27.4% |
| #60 | Western Michigan University | United States | 71.1 | 4,526 | 12,017 | -73.1% |
| #61 | Poznań University of Economics and Business | Poland | 70.7 | 3,084 | 2,958 | 10.1% |
| #62 | Singapore Management University | Singapore | 70.5 | 1,460 | 7,831 | 48.8% |
| #63 | Indiana University | United States | 70.3 | 1,842 | 13,833 | 28.7% |
| #64 | Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord | France | 70.1 | 2,628 | 1,330 | -9.4% |
| #65 | Sumy State University | Ukraine | 70.0 | 2,750 | 5,781 | -4.1% |
| #66 | Urgench State University | Uzbekistan | 70.0 | 1,095 | 3,885 | 381.8% |
| #67 | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | 69.8 | 1,209 | 44,706 | -2.3% |
| #68 | V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University | Ukraine | 69.7 | 2,669 | 10,541 | 26.3% |
| #69 | Barcelona School of Economics | Spain | 69.6 | 2,108 | 1,868 | 6.7% |
| #70 | Hitotsubashi University | Japan | 69.5 | 2,561 | 2,524 | 23.3% |
| #71 | University of Guayaquil | Ecuador | 69.5 | 2,115 | 9,536 | 72.6% |
| #72 | Fordham University | United States | 69.4 | 2,254 | 5,982 | -8.7% |
| #73 | Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman | Ukraine | 69.4 | 3,879 | 3,097 | 10.4% |
| #74 | Newcastle University | United Kingdom | 69.4 | 1,091 | 41,585 | 8.9% |
| #75 | George Washington University | United States | 69.3 | 1,338 | 31,120 | -2.4% |
| #76 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Colombia | 69.2 | 1,853 | 27,966 | 6.1% |
| #77 | Anhui University of Finance and Economics | China | 69.2 | 1,531 | 4,987 | 48.7% |
| #78 | Brunel University of London | United Kingdom | 69.2 | 1,202 | 13,254 | 19.4% |
| #79 | Stockholm School of Economics | Sweden | 69.1 | 1,811 | 1,934 | 4.1% |
| #80 | Dongbei University of Finance and Economics | China | 69.0 | 1,265 | 3,427 | 65.9% |
| #81 | RMIT University | Australia | 68.9 | 679 | 35,248 | 80.9% |
| #82 | City University of Macau | Macao | 68.9 | 468 | 10,174 | 170.3% |
| #83 | University of Split | Croatia | 68.8 | 1,393 | 9,021 | 15.7% |
| #84 | Norwegian School of Economics | Norway | 68.7 | 1,826 | 2,134 | 6.2% |
| #85 | Vienna University of Economics and Business | Austria | 68.6 | 1,501 | 5,427 | 19.6% |
| #86 | University of Essex | United Kingdom | 68.4 | 1,166 | 12,396 | 18.0% |
| #87 | University of Brawijaya | Indonesia | 68.4 | 1,626 | 31,918 | 44.6% |
| #88 | Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics | China | 68.4 | 1,466 | 4,144 | 31.0% |
| #89 | University of Economics in Katowice | Poland | 68.4 | 2,662 | 4,831 | 16.1% |
| #90 | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Iran | 68.3 | 1,163 | 43,385 | -2.4% |
| #91 | University of Southern Denmark | Denmark | 68.3 | 944 | 34,403 | 4.8% |
| #92 | Adam Smith Institute | United Kingdom | 68.2 | 1,419 | 2,026 | 41.6% |
| #93 | College of Business Administration | Latvia | 68.2 | 853 | 2,252 | 114.7% |
| #94 | John F. Kennedy University | United States | 68.2 | 1,789 | 1,280 | 7.0% |
| #95 | Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics | China | 68.2 | 1,453 | 4,514 | 26.4% |
| #96 | Université Paris Dauphine-PSL | France | 68.1 | 2,251 | 5,126 | 1.5% |
| #97 | Shandong University of Finance and Economics | China | 68.1 | 1,473 | 4,424 | 20.5% |
| #98 | University of Piraeus | Greece | 68.1 | 1,631 | 4,089 | 10.9% |
| #99 | National University of San Marcos | Peru | 67.9 | 2,325 | 18,394 | -7.8% |
| #100 | European University Institute | Italy | 67.8 | 1,668 | 4,592 | 9.5% |
How to interpret this field page
Field classifications are inferred from the scholarly works associated with institutions in OpenAlex. An institution can therefore appear strongly in several fields at once, and topic classifications may evolve as the scholarly graph is updated. ITS Research Solution does not infer a faculty or department simply from the existence of a topic signal.
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