"Top Academic Economists" - The American Economist, Spring 1996
In "A Citation-Based Analysis of Economists and Economics
Programs'' (Marshall Medoff, The American Economist, 40, 1996, 46-59), the top 250
academic economists are identified based on the total number of
citations (excluding self-citations) during 1971-1992. In examining the
Ph.D. programs from which these economists received their degree,
the five schools with the most economists were Harvard, MIT, Chicago,
Yale, and UC-Berkeley. Johns Hopkins was tied for #9 and, in terms of
the total number of citations for its top economists, was #10.
Ranking of Top 15 Ph.D. Programs
|
Rank of Ph.D. Program By Number of Top Economist Graduates |
Number of Top Economist Graduates |
Rank by Number of Citations of Top Economist Graduates |
Number of Citations of Top Economist Graduates |
Rank By Number of Citations per Top Economist Graduates |
Number of Citations per Top Economist Graduates |
| 1. Harvard |
50 |
1 |
77324 |
3 |
1546.48 |
| 2. MIT |
46 |
2 |
60030 |
8 |
1305.00 |
| 3. Chicago |
31 |
3 |
55860 |
1 |
1801.93 |
| 4. Yale |
15 |
4 |
16362 |
14 |
1090.80 |
| 5. Berkeley |
11 |
5 |
12160 |
13 |
1105.45 |
| 6. Princeton |
9 |
7 |
11063 |
11 |
1229.22 |
| 7. Stanford |
9 |
9 |
9435 |
15 |
1048.33 |
| 8. Carnegie |
8 |
6 |
11088 |
5 |
1386.00 |
| 9. Northwestern |
6 |
8 |
9801 |
2 |
1633.50 |
| 10. Minnesota |
6 |
10 |
7605 |
9 |
1267.50 |
| 11. J. Hopkins |
6 |
11 |
7391 |
10 |
1231.83 |
| 12. Columbia |
5 |
12 |
7058 |
4 |
1411.60 |
| 13. Wisconsin |
5 |
13 |
6649 |
6 |
1329.80 |
| 14. Michigan |
4 |
14 |
5278 |
7 |
1319.50 |
| 15. Penn |
4 |
15 |
4883 |
12 |
1220.75 |
Note: When number of top economists are equal, rank is based on total number of citations by top economists. |
