Name: List of Top Research Bodies of Development Economics sorted by peer-reviewed citations
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Top Research Bodies (by peer-reviewed citations)

#	Research Body	Articles	Citations	A pos	C pos
1	World Bank	544	51.0K	6	6
2	International Monetary Fund	146	10.8K	11	10
3	National Bureau of Economic Research	41	3.7K	53	58
4	CGIAR	49	3.1K	210	164
5	World Institute for Development Economics Research	31	2.4K	6	5
6	Giannini	11	2.0K	39	9
7	Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab	16	1.7K	3	3
8	Indian Statistical Institute	72	1.7K	59	68
9	Brookings Institution	10	1.6K	59	20
10	Korea Development Institute	11	1.4K	13	5
11	Leibniz Association	28	1.3K	729	619
12	Asian Development Bank	67	1.3K	8	11
13	Peterson Institute for International Economics	10	1.2K	15	11
14	Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas	6	936	30	11
15	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences	11	708	89	44
16	Fundação Getúlio Vargas	15	685	66	37
17	Chinese Academy of Sciences	5	681	2,963	1,809
18	National Scientific and Technical Research Council	13	666	1,465	939
19	Institute of Labor Economics	14	656	30	35
20	Academia Sinica	21	624	679	656
21	Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei	2	610	84	31
22	RAND Corporation	11	549	329	280
23	State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse	2	544	305	124
24	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	6	538	15	12
25	Lowy Institute	1	536	12	3
26	Institute for Fiscal Studies	9	514	35	27
27	Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data	2	510	116	23
28	Canadian Institute for Advanced Research	5	499	155	111
29	Centre for Economic Policy Research	9	455	34	49
30	Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta	6	431	28	20
31	National Fund for Scientific Research	7	420	103	92
32	Peace Research Institute Oslo	3	413	74	27
33	Milken Institute	5	373	209	109
34	Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research	11	364	23	26
35	Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis	6	333	15	15
36	National Bureau of Statistics of China	2	302	22	16
37	Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention	2	301	583	254
38	Collegio Carlo Alberto	6	299	83	65
39	Max Planck Society	6	292	1,781	1,531
40	Population Council	2	278	279	156
41	Deutsche Bank	1	272	94	19
41	Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada	4	272	21	11
43	Bank of England	4	269	45	37
44	PricewaterhouseCoopers	1	268	269	45
45	National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine	1	259	46	13
45	European Central Bank	7	259	66	63
47	Innovations for Poverty Action	10	256	9	17
48	Santa Fe Institute	2	251	327	201
49	United States Department of Agriculture	5	247	1,288	1,105
50	H. J. Heinz Company	2	245	675	344
51	Institute of Japanese Studies	1	237	31	4
52	Tinbergen Institute	8	236	92	116
53	Harvard Institute for International Development	7	219	8	20
54	Aereo	4	206	147	123
55	Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique	1	205	961	531
56	Monitor Deloitte	1	194	19	8
56	Reserve Bank of New Zealand	1	194	27	7
58	Rockefeller Foundation	1	193	194	57
59	Ideas42	1	190	25	13
60	Rockwool Foundation	1	188	66	18
61	IZA Institute of Labor Economics	12	183	13	21
62	El Colegio de México	9	182	31	19
63	European Commission	7	176	672	802
64	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México	10	172	23	42
65	Federal Reserve Bank of Boston	1	169	72	31
66	National Council of Applied Economic Research	6	164	9	19
67	National Council for Scientific and Technological Development	4	163	516	424
68	Mathematica	5	162	162	167
69	American Institutes for Research	3	156	211	176
70	CIRANO	4	149	55	68
71	Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas	10	148	20	52
72	Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco	6	145	25	50
73	Ibanez	2	139	962	524
74	Norwegian Institute of International Affairs	1	138	130	51
75	CITIC Securities	1	134	6	6
75	East Asian Institute	1	134	56	13
77	Economic Research Forum	7	132	8	19
78	Resources for the Future	4	126	127	139
79	CICERO Center for International Climate Research	1	124	128	87
80	Centre national de la recherche scientifique	1	123	2,171	1,289
81	UNU-CRIS	1	120	38	12
81	Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops	3	120	68	74
83	Innocenti	1	118	122	51
84	UNU-MERIT	8	112	47	101
85	Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences	3	108	165	195
86	OECD Development Centre	4	105	9	17
87	Baylor College of Medicine	1	103	2,085	1,509
87	Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center	1	103	197	136
89	Marriott International	2	101	222	183
90	International Labour Organization	3	100	78	61
91	International Initiative for Impact Evaluation	4	95	14	13
92	Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey	6	92	24	37
93	Bank of Italy	3	87	124	127
94	Government of India	2	85	791	542
95	Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa	1	84	16	13
96	Czech Agrifood Research Center	1	83	359	277
96	Carolina Population Center	5	83	172	283
98	Chr. Michelsen Institute	8	82	19	70
99	Goldman Sachs	2	81	535	538
100	World Trade Organization	5	79	23	29
101	Instituto de Ciencia Política	1	78	33	8
102	Bank of Canada	2	76	66	60
103	Busara Center for Behavioral Economics	2	75	8	11
104	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade	6	74	32	46
105	Czech Academy of Sciences	3	66	1,793	1,724
106	Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago	2	65	71	78
106	International Rescue Committee	1	65	118	76
108	Fannie Mae	1	64	45	30
108	National Institute for Agricultural Research	2	64	639	685
110	Osteuropa-Institut	2	62	17	16
110	Econometric Institute	2	62	138	165
112	Economic Research Center	1	60	189	139
113	Ashoka	10	59	59	213
114	National Australia Bank	1	58	20	13
114	Institute of Developing Economies	7	58	16	42
114	Inter-American Dialogue	1	58	20	8
114	Centre of Planning and Economic Research	1	58	45	30
118	Economic Council of Canada	1	57	26	9
119	Hamburg Institute of International Economics	2	55	34	44
119	Centre d'Etudes et De Recherche en Informatique et Communications	1	55	513	383
119	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis	4	55	35	55
119	Korea Institute of Public Finance	1	55	26	14
119	African Population and Health Research Center	1	55	212	149
124	Gates Foundation	1	52	257	241
125	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences	2	50	1,162	1,143
125	Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative	2	50	15	16
127	Huntsman Corporation	2	49	662	735
127	Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche	1	49	2,656	2,244
129	Hertie School of Governance	1	47	199	183
130	Technological Educational Institute of Crete	2	46	182	274
131	Compass lexecon	1	45	33	25
132	Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies	1	44	1,306	1,216
133	Motu Economic and Public Policy Research	1	43	65	59
134	Narodowy Bank Polski	2	42	31	34
134	Centre for Policy Analysis	1	42	8	6
136	Refugee Studies Centre	1	41	42	30
136	IDinsight	4	41	4	11
138	Institute for Social and Economic Research	3	40	100	223
139	LISER	3	39	76	124
139	Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia	1	39	81	72
141	Food and Drug Administration	1	38	1,509	1,363
141	State Street Corporation	3	38	845	1,305
141	The Conference Board	2	38	26	37
144	International Vaccine Institute	1	37	129	120
144	The Brattle Group	2	37	31	44
144	Amazon	2	37	274	356
144	Spanish National Research Council	3	37	2,266	2,570
148	China Merchants Bank	1	36	41	30
148	Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research	2	36	58	82
148	Laura and John Arnold Foundation	1	36	4	3
151	Institute of Policy Analysis and Research	1	34	7	14
152	African Governance and Development Institute	2	33	30	61
153	Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama	1	32	105	108
154	Bank for International Settlements	1	31	58	54
154	Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations	2	31	18	35
156	World Health Organization	1	30	1,286	1,225
156	Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai	1	30	193	139
158	CRA International	1	29	100	93
158	Fore School of Management	1	29	86	78
160	Commerzbank AG	1	28	30	31
160	Novatek	15	28	57	162
160	Institute for Mathematical Sciences	1	28	456	448
163	National Institute of Economic Research	1	26	50	54
163	Asian Growth Research Institute	2	26	11	12
165	Bank of China	1	25	145	158
166	Effective Intervention	1	24	5	9
167	National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics	1	23	42	48
167	Internews	1	23	5	10
167	Credit Suisse First Boston	1	23	18	39
170	Family Health International	1	22	270	292
170	Japan External Trade Organization	4	22	25	66
172	Nordic Africa Institute	1	21	58	71
172	Swedish Research Council	1	21	40	55
174	Women for Women International	1	20	4	5
175	Bates White	1	19	19	53
176	Areva	1	18	697	719
176	Graphic Era	2	18	569	752
176	Institute of Rural Management Anand	1	18	94	95
176	Fraser of Allander Institute	1	18	51	50
176	Manchester Institute of Innovation Research	1	18	83	127
181	Bangladesh Rice Research Institute	1	17	132	165
181	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	1	17	448	490
181	Korea Energy Economics Institute	1	17	55	63
181	Mother and Infant Research Activities	1	17	33	47
181	Ghana Statistical Service	1	17	11	20
186	Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies	1	16	80	160
186	Economic Research Department	3	16	55	163
188	German Institute of Development and Sustainability	3	15	23	68
188	Thailand Development Research Institute	1	15	21	31
188	Samsung Economic Research Institute	1	15	43	86
188	Partnership for Economic Policy	2	15	24	49
192	Stockholm International Peace Research Institute	1	14	46	50
192	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	1	14	1,062	1,189
192	Asian Development Research Institute	1	14	10	16
192	Oxford Policy Management	1	14	55	86
192	Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance	1	14	21	31
197	Overseas Development Institute	1	13	120	174
197	Compassion International	1	13	9	11
197	Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India	1	13	30	42
197	National Association of Home Builders	1	13	8	9
197	National Institute of Population and Social Security Research	1	13	35	58
202	National Institute of Technology Karnataka	1	12	706	775
202	ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education	2	12	87	144
204	Aeronautics Institute of Technology	1	11	475	524
204	Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies	1	11	49	82
204	Cochlear Limited	3	11	1,072	1,899
204	ICRA Limited	1	11	2	2
204	Jamia Hamdard	1	11	598	718
204	AFRICSanté	1	11	20	44
204	Centre Muraz	1	11	150	185
204	South Asia Institute	1	11	63	110
204	American Psychological Association	1	11	260	419
204	African Center for Economic Transformation	1	11	12	10
214	Otsuka Pharmaceutical	1	10	938	1,157
214	GoTo	1	10	276	398
214	CEPES	1	10	12	27
214	Center for Social and Economic Research	1	10	25	52
214	Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute	1	10	43	77
214	Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences	1	10	403	517
220	Mercatus Center	1	9	50	74
220	Sichuan Academy Of Social Sciences	1	9	25	58
220	Bangladesh Bank	2	9	17	46
220	Bank of Mexico	1	9	12	22
220	Climate Policy Initiative	1	9	12	18
225	Lehman Brothers	1	8	51	94
225	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne	1	8	2,097	2,425
225	SAS Institute	1	8	195	410
225	National Bank of Greece	1	8	23	46
225	Jamia Millia Islamia	1	8	1,178	1,423
225	Jaypee Institute of Information Technology	1	8	486	597
231	Texas Instruments	1	7	384	476
231	American Express	1	7	99	161
231	Telia Company	1	7	209	405
231	Economic and Social Research Institute	1	7	281	447
231	Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Commerce	1	7	65	129
231	Shandong Academy of Sciences	1	7	872	1,062
231	El Colegio de la Frontera Norte	2	7	95	222
231	Maastricht School of Management	1	7	82	151
231	Save the Children International	1	7	56	98
231	Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies	1	7	321	346
241	General Motors	1	6	754	938
241	Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences	1	6	207	325
241	Wacker Chemie AG	1	6	322	541
241	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey	1	6	116	167
241	Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering	1	6	823	1,176
241	Pakistan Institute of Development Economics	2	6	57	148
241	Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management	3	6	35	157
241	South African Institute of International Affairs	1	6	15	31
241	Group for the Analysis of Development	1	6	9	33
241	Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis	1	6	14	29
241	Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management	1	6	52	94
252	Institut de recherches économiques et sociales	1	5	16	27
252	Levy Economics Institute	1	5	41	71
252	Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute	2	5	80	204
252	Indian Institute of Dalit Studies	1	5	17	31
252	Keio Economic Observatory	1	5	16	35
257	Rockwell International	1	4	300	379
257	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung	1	4	217	328
257	Moscow Aviation Institute	5	4	177	349
257	Heifer International	2	4	11	32
257	Kirkhof College of Nursing	1	4	26	54
257	Gyeonggi Research Institute	1	4	33	74
257	Open Society Foundations	1	4	59	107
264	American International Group	1	3	12	33
264	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research	1	3	879	1,295
264	NERA Economic Consulting	2	3	57	156
264	State Bank of India	1	3	12	23
264	COMSAT	1	3	151	250
264	University of Toronto Scarborough	1	3	918	1,403
264	All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade	2	3	29	37
264	Luxembourg Institute of Health	1	3	376	567
264	TAIWAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE	1	3	19	73
264	VATT Institute for Economic Research	1	3	59	123
264	Scientific Center	4	3	784	1,820
264	Institute of Agrarian Problems	6	3	5	19
264	UK Health Security Agency	1	3	260	387
264	Institute for Financial Management and Research	1	3	37	74
264	Gordon Institute of Business Science	1	3	96	163
279	Microsoft	1	2	1,018	1,451
279	International Finance Corporation	1	2	43	113
279	Wells Fargo	1	2	100	228
279	Bofors	1	2	35	59
279	Capital One	1	2	46	115
279	Slovak Academy of Sciences	1	2	1,734	2,192
279	Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique	1	2	2,351	2,940
279	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	1	2	343	564
279	Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City	1	2	45	88
279	Public Company Accounting Oversight Board	1	2	9	27
279	Juan March Institute	1	2	26	47
279	National Institute of Bank Management	1	2	31	62
279	LEIA Inc	1	2	53	143
279	Agricultural Research Corporation	2	2	63	157
279	Ethiopian Development Research Institute	1	2	25	65
279	Centre de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Chicoutimi	1	2	36	86
279	Neoenergia	1	2	186	323
279	Norwich Research Park	1	2	1,011	1,546
279	IESEG School of Management	1	2	273	416
279	Jaipuria Institute of Management	1	2	178	298
299	Korea Institute for International Economic Policy	1	1	35	77
299	Financial Services Agency	5	1	2	26
299	MUFG Bank	1	1	13	50
299	German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research	1	1	306	462
299	Instituto de Estudios Peruanos	1	1	18	51
299	International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology	1	1	282	430
299	Tax Institute	1	1	20	50
299	Buryat State Agricultural Academy	1	1	21	27
299	Bank Indonesia	2	1	31	84
308	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	1	0	53	145
308	Russian Academy of Sciences	4	0	1,261	2,298
308	Austrian Institute of Economic Research	2	0	91	219
308	Moscow State Institute of International Relations	1	0	177	291
308	National Iranian Oil Company	1	0	156	336
308	National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	1	0	1,488	1,978
308	Eskom	1	0	79	170
308	Institute of World Economy and International Relations	1	0	72	123
308	OFFIS	1	0	374	674
308	Criteo	1	0	26	55
308	Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration	1	0	260	422
308	Karelian Research Centre of RAS	1	0	239	395
308	Labour Institute for Economic Research	1	0	62	130
308	Auchi Polytechnic	1	0	48	108
308	Sciences II	2	0	347	926
308	scientific institute	1	0	1,545	2,083
308	Fakultas Ekonomika dan Bisnis	1	0	8	15
308	World Food Programme	2	0	72	226
308	Management Development Institute Murshidabad	1	0	18	47
308	Kibogora Polytechnic	1	0	7	21

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