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African Development Bank Group

In research, African Development Bank Group stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,904 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics and Econometrics (Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 17.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,259
of 22,385 · #15,103 all time
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
#10
of 18
Research works
508
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%
African Development Bank Group

What is African Development Bank Group known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,904 of 9,585 16.9%71 #5649

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where African Development Bank Group 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does African Development Bank Group work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at African Development Bank Group is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (37%), Social Sciences (16%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 75 fractional works · 68.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 41 fractional works · 37.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 fractional works · 20.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 10.8% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 15.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 14.0% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 9.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 17.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAfricanDevelopment Bank…110fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences68%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4137.0%
    2. Social Sciences1715.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1514.0%
    4. Decision Sciences11.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Computer Science86.9%
    2. Environmental Science65.5%
    3. Engineering43.6%
    4. Energy10.8%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences98.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine43.5%
    2. Nursing11.0%
    3. Health Professions10.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does African Development Bank Group specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 17.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 40.6 works17×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 22.7 works13×
← 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: 1.73× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.35× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17.31× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 17.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance17.31×41 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.35×15 works
  3. Nursing2.07×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.73×9 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.37×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.26×18 works
  7. Environmental Science1.10×6 works
  8. Computer Science0.89×8 works
  9. Energy0.85×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.33×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.26×0 works
  12. Engineering0.24×4 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.19×0 works
  14. Medicine0.18×4 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at African Development Bank Group?

Ranked on the quality score, John C. Anyanwu, Amadou Boly and Abebe Shimeles lead among researchers whose main affiliation is African Development Bank Group.

  1. 1 John C. Anyanwu Côte d'Ivoire · #136,045 worldwide 3.6k citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Amadou Boly Côte d'Ivoire · #454,554 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Abebe Shimeles Côte d'Ivoire · #517,381 worldwide 2.4k citations · 119 works
  4. 4 Thierry Kangoye Côte d'Ivoire · #673,938 worldwide 579 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Zuzana Brixiová Côte d'Ivoire · #759,187 worldwide 2.2k citations · 173 works
  6. 6 Oluwatoba Omotilewa Côte d'Ivoire · #973,209 worldwide 595 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Ousman Gajigo Côte d'Ivoire · #1,126,180 worldwide 460 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 George Kararach Côte d'Ivoire · #1,181,096 worldwide 348 citations · 122 works
  9. 9 Nadège Désirée Yaméogo Côte d'Ivoire · #1,234,049 worldwide 522 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Adamon N. Mukasa Côte d'Ivoire · #1,435,733 worldwide 430 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at African Development Bank Group

What are the most cited papers from African Development Bank Group?

The most cited paper from African Development Bank Group is "[Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation]." (Dean T. Jamison et al., 2017), with 944 citations. Next come "Modelling coal rent, economic growth and CO2 emissions: Does regulatory quality matter in BRICS economies?" (542) and "Smallholder Agriculture in East Africa: Trends, Constraints and Opportunities" (334).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 [Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation]. Dean T. Jamison et al. · PubMed 22 May 2017 944
2 Modelling coal rent, economic growth and CO2 emissions: Does regulatory quality matter in BRICS economies? Festus Fatai Adedoyin, Moses Iga Gumede, Festus Víctor Bekun et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 28 Dec 2019 542
3 Smallholder Agriculture in East Africa: Trends, Constraints and Opportunities Adeleke O. Salami, Abdul B. Kamara, Zuzana Brixiová 2010 334
4 Why Does Foreign Direct Investment Go Where It Goes?: New Evidence From African Countries John C. Anyanwu · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics 2012 314
5 Financing renewable energy in Africa – Key challenge of the sustainable development goals Gregor Schwerhoff, Mouhamadou Sy · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 14 Nov 2016 294
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at African Development Bank Group?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Economic Development, Globalization, Fiscal Policy, Governance, Institutional Quality, Innovation and Inequality.

▲ 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-now 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 Growth17▲ 19×17 topics
  2. Economic Development16▲ 19×13 topics
  3. Globalization15▲ 7.1×18 topics
  4. Fiscal Policy10▲ 46×4 topics
  5. Governance10▲ 29×5 topics
  6. Institutional Quality10▲ 86×2 topics
  7. Innovation9▲ 7.6×7 topics
  8. Inequality8▲ 31×3 topics
  9. Sustainability8▲ 3.0×25 topics
  10. Education8▲ 4.0×4 topics
  11. Corporate Governance8▲ 9.3×10 topics
  12. ICT8▲ 51×2 topics
  13. International Trade7▲ 47×3 topics
  14. Inclusive Development7▲ 152×2 topics
  15. Knowledge Economy7▲ 59×1 topic
  16. financial access7▲ 161×1 topic
  17. Productivity7▲ 109×1 topic
  18. Trade Liberalization7▲ 130×1 topic
  19. Climate Change6▲ 2.2×27 topics
  20. Corruption6▲ 35×4 topics
  21. Labor Market6▲ 19×5 topics
  22. Income Tax6▲ 70×2 topics
  23. Poverty Reduction6▲ 41×3 topics
  24. Political Economy6▲ 20×9 topics
  25. Regional Development6▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Social Networks5▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Taxation5▲ 60×2 topics
  28. Infrastructure5▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Institutions5▲ 61×4 topics
  30. Public Investment5▲ 90×1 topic
  31. Monetary Policy5▲ 20×7 topics
  32. Risk Management5▲ 9.6×5 topics
  33. Human Capital5▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Social Capital5▲ 8.0×8 topics
  35. Finance4▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Stock Market4▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Financial Stability4▲ 17×4 topics
  38. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 16×4 topics
  39. Financial Constraints3▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Democracy3▲ 8.2×3 topics

Which research topics does African Development Bank Group publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Economic Growth and Development, Global trade and economics, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts.

Economic Growth and Development: 7 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 7 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 3 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 3 fractional worksNatural Resources and Economic Development: 2 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 2 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 2 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional works
Information SystemsGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 7 works
  2. 2 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 7 works
  3. 3 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  6. 6 Natural Resources and Economic Development General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  7. 7 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 2 works
  9. 9 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  10. 10 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 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 available48.3%not open51.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.6%domestic only57.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has African Development Bank Group's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is African Development Bank Group as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%African Development Bank Group0.00059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of African Development Bank Group over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%African Development Bank Group10.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.9% in 2014.

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