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Adam Smith Institute

In research, Adam Smith Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,536 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#747 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,153 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting, Strategy and Management and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Accounting is 13.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,067
of 28,054 · #10,520 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#278
of 1,094
Research works
995
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Adam Smith Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,536 of 10,521 41.3%263 #1699
Business, Management and AccountingField #747 of 2,578 48.0%93 #886
Social SciencesField #2,153 of 6,365 45.0%73 #2374
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #957 of 1,775 30.5%63 #1040

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Adam Smith Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,699 #1,536
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#886 #747
  3. Social Sciences#2,374 #2,153
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,040 #957
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Adam Smith Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 27.3 works13×
  2. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 30.4 works10×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 62.9 works8.8×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 93.5 works8.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.69× its world share, 94 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.43× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8.80× its world share, 63 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 73 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Adam Smith Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Eamonn Butler, Rosalind Searle and Anamika Sharma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Adam Smith Institute.

  1. 1 Eamonn Butler United Kingdom · #429,040 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Rosalind Searle United Kingdom · #1,076,446 worldwide 15 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Anamika Sharma United Kingdom · #1,539,285 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Adam Smith Institute

Which keywords describe research at Adam Smith Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Corporate Governance, Consumer Behavior, Social Capital, Monetary Policy, Globalization, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Growth28▲ 9.7×20 topics
  2. Corporate Governance26▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Globalization21▲ 3.2×45 topics
  4. Consumer Behavior16▲ 7.5×11 topics
  5. Innovation16▲ 4.5×21 topics
  6. Sustainability15▲ 1.88×35 topics
  7. Social Capital15▲ 8.7×11 topics
  8. Monetary Policy15▲ 18×9 topics
  9. Entrepreneurship12▲ 8.9×6 topics
  10. Firm Performance11▲ 18×3 topics
  11. Environmental Management11▲ 8.1×5 topics
  12. Social Media11▲ 2.2×16 topics
  13. Financial Constraints10▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Mergers and Acquisitions10▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Investor Protection10▲ 37×1 topic
  16. Ownership Structure10▲ 37×1 topic
  17. Supply Chain Management9▲ 2.9×17 topics
  18. Regulation9▲ 5.1×7 topics
  19. Financial Stability9▲ 13×6 topics
  20. Risk Management9▲ 5.4×11 topics
  21. Asset Pricing8▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Institutional Theory8▲ 26×3 topics
  23. Economic Development8▲ 3.1×19 topics
  24. Liquidity8▲ 31×3 topics
  25. Finance8▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Investment7▲ 22×4 topics
  27. Financial Development7▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Panel Data Analysis7▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Neoliberalism7▲ 5.9×11 topics
  30. Political Economy7▲ 8.1×12 topics
  31. Performance Measurement7▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. Stock Market7▲ 8.5×2 topics
  33. Circular Economy7▲ 7.3×5 topics
  34. Labor Market6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  35. Fiscal Policy6▲ 8.6×6 topics
  36. Game Theory6▲ 10×5 topics
  37. Structural Change6▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Strategic Alliances6▲ 24×3 topics
  39. Economic Crisis5▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Product Design5▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Adam Smith Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Private Equity and Venture Capital and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies.

Corporate Finance and Go…10Corporate Finance and Governance: 10 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain…5Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 5 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Venture Capital: 5 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 5 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…4Environmental Sustainability in Business: 4 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 4 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge Management: 4 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…4Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 4 fractional works
AccountingStrategy and ManagementFinanceSociology and Political Science3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 10 works
  2. 2 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 5 works
  3. 3 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 5 works
  4. 4 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 5 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 4 works
  8. 8 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 4 works
  9. 9 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 4 works
  10. 10 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available67.7%not open32.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.5%domestic only60.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Adam Smith Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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