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Top 25% Agricultural Economics Departments, as of January 2025

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Top 25% Agricultural Economics Departments, all authors, all publication years

All institutions in this category.
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

1.26186173.67
2Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.42823.21
3Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

3.034236.14
4Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

4.894741.7
5Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

4.96126123.15
6Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

6.466558.54
7Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

7.32724.33
8Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

8.112726.25
9Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

9.123330.7
10Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

9.735753.52
11Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

10.124441.9
12Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

12.275347.81
13Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

14.232827.5
14Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

16.212921.53
15Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

16.442926.02
16Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

17.235350.33
17Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

17.647664.8
18Département ECOSOCIO - Économie et Sciences Sociales pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (SAE2), Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE)

Rennes, France

18.318165.56
19Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

18.914442.65
20Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

20.622726.99
21Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

22.182422.84
22Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

23.653535
23Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

24.442524.2
24Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

27.632220.44
25Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

28.031312.5
26Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

28.091615.1
27Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

28.241916.93
28Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

29.233734.2
29Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

30.062524.5
30Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

30.682824.08
31Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

31.553634.61
32College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

33.873129.6
33Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

35.272013.97
34Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

35.591414
35China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

36.121210.03
36Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

38.314641.91
37Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

39.567470.52
38Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

39.881613.59
39Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

41.222120.5
40Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

41.381010
41Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

41.731817.23
42Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

42.4108.51
43Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

44.161414
44Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

45.712019.5
45Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

46.522321.81
46Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

46.942424
47Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

48.342323
48Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

48.371414
49Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

48.899
50Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

49.141815.38
51Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

53.971716.47
52Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

54.291412.51
53Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

56.77109.51
54Morrison School of Agribusiness & Resource Management, Arizona State University Polytechnic

Mesa, Arizona (USA)

58.3687.5
55Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

59.4955
56Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

60.142826.83
57China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

60.172220.97
58Afdeling Ontwikkelings Economie, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

60.6642.49
59School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

61.642625.9
60Departamento de Economia Agraria, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

61.7699
61Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

61.87124.94
62Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

62.59128.46
63Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

65.06158.7
64Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

66.3732.45
65Landbouw-Economisch Institut (LEI), Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

66.7876.48
66Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing, China

67.6654.47
67Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

69.161211.98
68Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia

70.731313
69International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations

Roma, Italy

74.781110.49
70Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

76.9286.7
71Office of the Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

77.3265.15
72Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

77.75119.19
73Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

78.9577
74Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

79.53107.64
75Dipartimento di Economia Agro-alimentare, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Piacenza, Italy

80.2255
76Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

8154.5
77Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

81.2997.5
78Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

81.741010
79Fachgebiet Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik im ländlichen Raum, Institut für Tropische Agrarwissenschaften (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institut), Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften, Universität Hohenheim

Hohenheim, Germany

82.0285.74
80Institut für Agrarpolitik und Marktforschung, Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Gießen, Germany

84.2941.95

The rankings

Top 25% institutions in Agricultural Economics Departments, 10 best authors in each, 10 last publication years

All institutions in this category.
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

2.3137126.07
2Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

2.32522.55
3Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

2.323832.14
4Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

7.464543.47
5Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

8.144539.58
6Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

8.682825.7
7Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

9.173631.2
8Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

9.312216.93
9Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

10.532018.94
10Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

Roma, Italy

11.715948.98
11Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

12.752322.25
12Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

12.862623.9
13Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

12.998582.44
14Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

13.332522.93
15Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

13.951917.18
16Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

15.244036.36
17Département ECOSOCIO - Économie et Sciences Sociales pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (SAE2), Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE)

Rennes, France

17.566652.46
18Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)

20.511919
19Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

21.084947.52
20Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

21.183232
21Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

22.741918.5
22Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

22.862625.99
23Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

26.26119.49
24Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)

27.263735.65
25Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)

28.172120.2
26Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

28.431715.61
27College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

29.172725.8
28Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

29.572219.2
29Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ

Brno, Czech Republic

29.726561.52
30China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

29.852119.97
31Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

Perth, Australia

32.831610.47
32Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

34.5698.51
33Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO)

Halle, Germany

35.463127.4
34Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble

Grenoble, France

38.592017.32
35Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rehovot, Israel

38.961110.5
36Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

39.081313
37Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

39.562827.12
38Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

Uppsala, Sweden

39.571614.15
39Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada

39.591716.23
40China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Peking University

Beijing, China

40.321210.03
41Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

41.1999
42Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

42.951716.5
43Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

42.951211.1
44Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)

47.322423.5
45School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China

Beijing, China

48.892221.9
46Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

48.971918.5
47Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota (USA)

49.371818
48Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens

Athens, Greece

49.931412.51
49Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA)

54.032626
50Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho (USA)

551211.98
51Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

57.311816.81
52Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

57.851514.47
53Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi (USA)

59.122323
54Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman

Bozeman, Montana (USA)

61.2533
55Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Logan, Utah (USA)

61.5588
56Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas (USA)

64.471212
57Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

66.6397.11
58Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

México, Mexico

67.7244
59Centre for Global Food and Resources, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia

68.491111
60Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

69.4644
61Department für Agrarökonomie, Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

69.4993.7
62Fakulta Ekonomiky a Manažmentu, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita

Nitra, Slovakia

70.1997.2
63Taloustieteen laitos, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin Yliopisto

Helsinki, Finland

71.5696.64
64International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations

Roma, Italy

72.071110.49
65Department of Food Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

72.4855
66Lietuvos Agrarinės Ekonomikos Institutas (LAEI)

Vilnius, Lithuania

73.4310.66
67Departments of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon (USA)

77.7275.51
68Agrárgazdastan é Tanszék, Fenntartható Fejlödés Intézet, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

Budapest, Hungary

79.3176
69Leerstoelgroep Agrarische economie en plattelandsbeleid, Sectie Economie, Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Wageningen, Netherlands

81.6643.24
70Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

84.6532.45
71Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

85.3311
72Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"

Napoli, Italy

87.2655
73Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware (USA)

88.5710.98
74Division of Social Science and Economics, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Laguna/Los Baños, Philippines

89.243.1
75Institut für Agrarwissenschaft und Ernährungswissenschaft, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle

Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

89.6142.62
76Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

89.9265.01
77Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece

90.0943.5
78Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA)

90.4755
79Agricultural and Resource Economics, West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia (USA)

90.7144
80Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

91.62113.95

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