the 1st place among Russian universities by the number of publications in leading international journals of economics and finance, according to the Tilburg University Ranking[4] the 1st place among Russian universities by the number of citations per one scientific publication, according to QS Rankings[5] 2nd place in Russia, according to Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) in Economics Academic Subject[6] Top 2 among Institutions for Economic Studies in Russia, according to RePEc[7]