i10 Productivity
Rankings

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 127 Scientists Economics & Econometrics / Economics i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,392,995 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,455 are evaluated in the Productivity Rankings, an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking measures and highlights the scientific productivity of researchers based on the i10 index (number of publications with at least 10 citations). This system identifies highly productive scientists across disciplines, institutions, and regions, contributing to the development of evidence-based academic policies and effective incentive mechanisms. The rankings include global, regional, and institutional analyses, along with specialized rankings such as Scientists' Last 6 Years' i10 Index and Universities' i10 Index Rankings 2025. With Premium Membership, you can:

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Y H Henry Chen
Computable General Equilibrium Modeling
Energy Economics
Applied Microeconomics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
145
0.456
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Jonathan Gruber
Public Finance
Health Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255
167
0.655
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
James Poterba
Economics of Taxation
Retirement Saving
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
135
0.544
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Ali Jadbabaie
systems and control
network science
network economics
optimization
dynamical systems
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
137
0.626
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Siqi Zheng
Urban and Environmental Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
99
0.566

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Josh Angrist
Labor Economics
Econometrics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
120
0.714
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Simon Johnson
economics
finance
politics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
83
0.494
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Ricardo J Caballero
Macroeconomics
Finance
International Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
82
0.558
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Robert M Townsend
Theorist
macroeconomist
development economist
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
74
0.540
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Victor Chernozhukov
Econometrics
Mathematical Statistics
Machine Learning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
128
0.970
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Nicholas Ashford
environmental law
environmental economics
regulation
sustaianbility
sustainable development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
24
0.207
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
Amy Finkelstein
public finance
health economics
insurance
public economics
health care
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
100
0.917
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Kathleen Thelen
political economy of rich democracies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
65
0.631
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Christopher Knittel
Applied Economics
Sloan School of Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
65
0.637
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
William Lehr
Internet economics
telecommunications
public policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
41
0.402
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Scott Stern
Economics
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
78
0.788
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Daron Acemoğlu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
526
379
0.721
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Y H Henry Chen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
145
0.456
Computable General Equilibrium Modeling
Energy Economics
Applied Microeconomics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Abhijit Banerjee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296
226
0.764
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jonathan Gruber
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255
167
0.655
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
James Poterba
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
135
0.544
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Esther Duflo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
182
0.768
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ali Jadbabaie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
137
0.626
systems and control
network science
network economics
optimization
dynamical systems
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David Autor
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
126
0.677
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John Van Reenen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
138
0.762
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Siqi Zheng
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
99
0.566

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paul Joskow
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
85
0.500
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Josh Angrist
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
120
0.714
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simon Johnson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
83
0.494
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Robert S Pindyck
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
80
0.537
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ricardo J Caballero
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
82
0.558
Macroeconomics
Finance
International Economics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Whitney Newey
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
107
0.733
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Robert M Townsend
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
74
0.540
Theorist
macroeconomist
development economist
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Victor Chernozhukov
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
128
0.970
Econometrics
Mathematical Statistics
Machine Learning
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stephen Morris
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
85
0.720
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nicholas Ashford
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
24
0.207
environmental law
environmental economics
regulation
sustaianbility
sustainable development
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Amy Finkelstein
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
100
0.917
public finance
health economics
insurance
public economics
health care
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kathleen Thelen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
65
0.631
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christopher Knittel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
65
0.637
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
William Lehr
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
41
0.402
Internet economics
telecommunications
public policy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Scott Stern
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
78
0.788