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Press Release
February 1, 2017
The Institute of Energy Economic, JapanThe Institute of Energy Economics, Japan –Ranked Top-3 think tank in the World in the category of Energy and Resource Policy forthree consecutive years
On the 26th January 2017, the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at theUniversity of Pennsylvania released its 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report,
the most comprehensive ranking of the world’s top think tanks.
In the ranking for 2016, the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) was the 3rd in
the World in the category of Energy and Resource Policy Thinks.
http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=think_tanks(Please find the attached material and page 80 of the report above.)
We were the 1st in the ranking for 2015 and the 3rd in the ranking for 2014.
We have once again been recognized as among the Top Energy and Resource Policy
Think Tanks in the world. We were ranked within the Top-3 for three consecutive years.
Of course, this recognition owes to the unrelenting support of energy experts andreaders as well as the efforts of former and current staff of the institute.
IEEJ will continue to dispatch highly appreciated information and material, including
policy and company strategy recommendations, both domestically and internationally.
IEEJ will carry on with its research and analyses on vast areas of themes such as,energy, global warming, and geopolitics of the Middle East, including econometric andmacroeconomic analysis
We appreciate your continuing support.

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University of Pennsylvania

ScholarlyCommons
TTCSP Global Go To Think Tank Index Reports

Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP)

1-26-20172016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report
James G. McGann
University of Pennsylvania, jmcgann@sas.upenn.edu

Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.upenn.edu/think_tanks
Part of the International and Area Studies Commons
McGann, James G., "2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report" (2017). TTCSP Global Go To Think Tank Index Reports. 12.
http://repository.upenn.edu/think_tanks/12

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Senior Lecturer, International Studies
DirectorThink Tanks and Civil Societies Program
The Lauder Institute
University of Pennsylvania
Telephone: (215) 746-2928
Email: jmcgann@wharton.upenn.edu

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Top Energy and Resource Policy Think Tanks
Table 17⇒

1. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) (United Kingdom)
2. James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy (United States)
3. Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) (Japan)
4. World Resources Institute (WRI) (United States)
5. Center for Science of Environment, Resources and Energy (Japan)
6. Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) (Republic of Korea)
7. RAND Corporation (United States)
8. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
9. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) (United States)
10. Center on Environment, Energy and Resource Policy (CEERP) (China)
11. Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE) (Switzerland)
12. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
13. Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
14. Centre de Recherche en economie de l’Environnement, de l’Agroalimentaire, desTransports et de l’Energie (CREATE) (Canada)
15. Resources for the Future (RFF) (United States)
16. Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
17. European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) (United Kingdom)
18. Brookings Institution (United States))
19. Centre for Energy Environment Resources Development (CEERD) (Thailand)
20. Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) (United Kingdom)
21. Center for International Energy Security Studies (China)
22. Global Energy Studies (United Kingdom)
23. Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) (United States)
24. Center for Development Research (ZEF) (Germany)
25. Centre for Population and Environmental Development (CPED) (Nigeria)
26. Atlantic Council (United States)
27. Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS) (Kazakhstan)
28. Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) (United Arab Emirates)
29. Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP) (Japan)
30. Center for International Energy Security Studies (China)
31. Energy Institute (United States)
32. Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) (United States)
33. Arab Institute for Security Studies (ACSIS)(Jordan)
34. Center for Energy Economics (United States)
35. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) (India)
36. Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, A.C. (CIDAC) (Mexico)
37. Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) (India)
38. Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) (Denmark)39. Environmental Economics Unit (EEU) (Sweden)
40. Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) (Canada)
41. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (Austria)
42. International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) (United States)
43. International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Canada)
44. Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) (Netherlands)
45. Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (India)
46. OCP Policy Center (Morocco)
47. Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK) (Hungary)

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