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American College of Financial Services

In research, American College of Financial Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,603 of 20,462 worldwide), Social Sciences (#9,512 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,557 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,991
of 28,054 · #25,004 all time
Rank in United States
#4,061
of 4,192
Research works
793
▼ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is American College of Financial Services known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #9,603 of 20,462 19.3%179
Social SciencesDomain #9,512 of 16,945 12.2%520
Social SciencesField #7,557 of 10,206 13.7%211

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where American College of Financial Services 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).

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: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.71× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.99× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.08× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.70× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at American College of Financial Services?

Ranked on the composite score, Clarence C. Walton, Wade D. Pfau and Michael S. Finke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American College of Financial Services.

  1. 1 Clarence C. Walton United States · #860,298 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Wade D. Pfau United States · #917,544 worldwide 24 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Michael S. Finke United States · #1,156,360 worldwide 59 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 John Sekar Jeyaraj United States · #1,458,110 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 David Blanchett United States · #1,547,099 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at American College of Financial Services

Which keywords describe research at American College of Financial Services?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Consumer Behavior, Income Inequality, Investment Decisions, Financial Literacy, Retirement Planning, Feminism, Economic Growth and Labor Force Participation.

▲ 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. Consumer Behavior4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  2. Globalization4▲ 2.8×14 topics
  3. Income Inequality4▲ 38×2 topics
  4. Investment Decisions4▲ 44×2 topics
  5. Financial Literacy3▲ 57×1 topic
  6. Retirement Planning3▲ 149×1 topic
  7. Sustainability3▲ 1.99×9 topics
  8. Economic Growth3▲ 5.4×5 topics
  9. Feminism3▲ 14×4 topics
  10. Health Effects3▲ 6.8×4 topics
  11. Healthcare3▲ 3.5×7 topics
  12. Labor Force Participation3▲ 84×2 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management3▲ 4.1×5 topics
  14. Aging Workforce2▲ 155×1 topic
  15. Retirement2▲ 53×1 topic
  16. International Relations2▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Regulation2▲ 5.0×2 topics
  18. Cognition2▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Financial Performance2▲ 4.4×3 topics
  20. International Law2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  21. Language2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  22. Life Expectancy2▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Multilingualism2▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Nationalism2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  25. Risk Management2▲ 5.0×2 topics
  26. Social Movements2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  27. Cold War2▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Colonialism2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  29. Housing Supply2▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Mortgage Credit Expansion2▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Bilingual Education1▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Catastrophe Bonds1▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Insurance1▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Language Policy1▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Marxism1▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Metaphor1▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Monetary Policy1▲ 8.0×3 topics
  38. Sociolinguistics1▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Time1▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Political Science1▲ 56×2 topics

Which research topics does American College of Financial Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis, Retirement, Disability, and Employment, Housing Market and Economics and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition.

Financial Literacy, Pens…3Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 3 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, and Employment: 2 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 2 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 1 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 1 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues1Global Health Care Issues: 1 fractional worksPolitical Science Research and Education: 1 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 1 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 1 fractional works
AccountingDemographyEconomics and EconometricsExperimental and Cognitive Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 3 works
  2. 2 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 2 works
  3. 3 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  6. 6 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Political Science Research and Education Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 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 available42.9%not open57.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American College of Financial Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% lower 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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