| The World's Top Non-Universities in Social Science |
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| Rank | Institution | Country | Citations
per paper |
| 1 | National Institute on Ageing | US | 16.3 |
| 2 | Medical Research Council | UK | 11.63 |
| 3 | National Bureau of Economic Research | US | 11.35 |
| 4 | Veterans Administration Medical Center | US | 11.1 |
| 5 | Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis | US | 10.36 |
| 6 | Research Triangle Institute | US | 9.62 |
| 7 | Rand Corporation | US | 9.03 |
| 8 | Centers for Disease Control & Prevention | US | 7.87 |
| 9 | Kaiser Permanente | US | 7.87 |
| 10 | Federal Reserve System | US | 7.81 |
| 11 | Population Council | US | 7.55 |
| 12 | Urban Institute | US | 6.18 |
| 13 | Centre for Economic Policy Research | UK | 5.79 |
| 14 | World Bank | US | 5.7 |
| 15 | International Monetary Fund | US | 4.63 |
| 16 | Max Planck Society | Germany | 4.1 |