Economics at York excels in the world ranking by IDEAS/RePEc
"We are very pleased with our continued strong position recognised by this ranking, a ranking which recognises high quality research. Our cutting edge research, research impact and leading research environment support our undergraduate as well as postgraduate taught and PhD education." Professor Jo Swaffield, Head of Department, commented on the most updated IDEAS/RePEc world ranking of institutions in economics research.
As of October 2020, as the largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics, the IDEAS/RePEc ranked our department overall the 55th in the world, 20th in Europe and 7th in the UK (https://ideas.repec.org/top/
Professor Yuan Ju, Deputy Head of Department (Research), added: “Together with the most recent Tilburg and Shanghai rankings, this again eloquently confirms our research excellence in all major areas of economics. This year alone, our department has had publications/acceptances in the leading journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Management Science, Annals of Statistics, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Financial Economics, the Economic Journal and Journal of Econometrics.”