Public Policy Research Think Tanks 2018: Top Think Tanks by Area of Research

Top 10 think tanks by area of research.

Each category includes more than 10 rankings. For the complete top listings in each category, see the full 2016 Global Go To Think Tank report, pages 72-101.

• National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) -- Japan
• Urban Institute -- United States
• Brookings Institution -- United States
• RAND Corporation -- United States
• Center for Education Policy, SRI International -- United States
• Cato Institute -- United States
• Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) -- United States
• Center for Social and Economic Strategies (CESES) -- Czech Republic
• Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) -- United States
• Center for Education Policy Analysis (CEPA) -- United States

• James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy -- United States
• Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) -- Japan
• Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) -- United Kingdom 
• Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) -- Republic of Korea
• Center for Science of Environment, Resources and Energy -- Japan 
• Resources for the Future (RFF) -- United States 
• RAND Corporation -- United States
• Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) -- United Kingdom
• Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) -- United States
• Center on Environment, Energy and Resource Policy (CEERP) -- China

• Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) -- Germany
• Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) -- Sweden
• World Resources Institute (WRI) -- United States
• Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) -- United States
• E3G – Third Generation Environmentalism -- United Kingdom
• Worldwatch Institute -- United States
• Ecologic Institute -- Germany
• Resources for the Future (RFF) -- United States
• Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy -- Germany
• Brookings Institution -- United States

• Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research (CCHSR) -- United Kingdom
• Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers (JHSPH) -- United States
• Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) -- Japan
• RAND Corporation -- United States
• Philips Center for Health and Well-Being -- Netherlands
• Brookings Institution -- United States
• Fraser Institute -- Canada
• Cato Institute -- United States
• Urban Institute -- United States
• Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy (KPIHP) -- United States

• Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research (CCHSR) -- United Kingdom
• Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers (JHSPH) -- United States
• Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) -- United States
• Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) -- Japan
• Chatham House, Centre on Global Health Security -- United Kingdom
• Brookings Institution -- United States
• RAND Corporation -- United States
• Fraser Institute -- Canada
• Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) -- Spain
• Council on Foreign Relations, Global Health Program (CFR) -- United States

• Korea Development Institute (KDI) -- Republic of Korea
• Institute of Development Studies (IDS) -- United Kingdom
• Brookings Institution -- United States
• Chatham House -- United Kingdom
• Wilson Center, FKA Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars -- United States
• German Development Institute (DIE) -- Germany
• Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) -- Japan
• Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) -- United States
• Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) -- Denmark
• Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) -- United States

• Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) -- United States
• Bruegel -- Belgium
• Brookings Institution -- United States
• Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) -- Austria
• Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) -- Republic of Korea
• Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDEJETRO) -- Japan
• Adam Smith Institute (ASI) -- United Kingdom
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) -- United States
• RAND Corporation -- United States
• Chatham House -- United Kingdom

• Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) -- United States
• Max Planck Institutes -- Germany
• Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) -- United Kingdom
• Institute for Future Engineering (IFENG), FKA Institute for Future Technology -- Japan
• RAND Corporation -- United States
• Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) -- Republic of Korea
• Institute for Basic Research (IBR) -- United States
• Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology (SNI) -- Israel
• Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes (CSPO) -- United States
• African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) -- Kenya

• Urban Institute -- United States
• Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) -- Poland
• Brookings Institution -- United States
• Fraser Institute -- Canada
• Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) -- Brazil
• RAND Corporation -- United States
• Center for American Progress (CAP) -- United States
• Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) -- Sweden
• Heritage Foundation -- United States
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) -- United States

• Freedom House -- United States
• Transparency International (TI) -- Germany
• Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), FKA Revenue Watch Institute -- United States
• Brookings Institution -- United States
• Open Society Foundations (OSF), FKA Open Society Institute -- United States
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace -- United States
• Mo Ibrahim Foundation (MIF) -- United Kingdom
• National Endowment for Democracy (NED) -- United States
• Center for Public Integrity (CPI) -- United States
• Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation -- United States