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Asian Development Bank

In research, Asian Development Bank stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,968 of 9,585 worldwide), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#847 of 1,798 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,053 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Finance and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (General Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 29.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,635
of 22,385 · #5,685 all time
Rank in Philippines
#21
of 182
Research works
2.2k
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
72%
world 18%
Asian Development Bank

What is Asian Development Bank 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 #2,968 of 9,585 17.0%320 #2385
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #847 of 1,798 14.9%162 #656
Social SciencesField #3,053 of 5,988 19.4%111 #2655
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #780 of 1,307 12.0%92 #801
Physical SciencesDomain #8,106 of 10,670 9.8%71 #9581

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Asian Development Bank 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#2,385 #2,968
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#656 #847
  3. Social Sciences#2,655 #3,053
  4. Economics and Econometrics#801 #780
  5. Physical Sciences#9,581 #8,106
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Asian Development Bank work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Asian Development Bank is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (35%), Social Sciences (24%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 332 fractional works · 70.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 166 fractional works · 35.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 94 fractional works · 19.9% of its workFinance: 37 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 115 fractional works · 24.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 38 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 24 fractional works · 5.0% of its workDevelopment: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 37 fractional works · 7.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 79 fractional works · 16.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 30 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoil Science: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 31 fractional works · 6.6% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAsian DevelopmentBank472fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences70%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance16635.2%
    2. Social Sciences11524.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting377.9%
    4. Decision Sciences71.4%
    5. Psychology61.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Environmental Science357.4%
    2. Engineering183.8%
    3. Energy112.4%
    4. Computer Science81.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.7%
    6. Mathematics20.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences306.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Health Professions153.1%
    2. Medicine112.4%
    3. Nursing51.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Asian Development Bank specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 29.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 35.1 works30×
  2. FinanceSubfield · 37.2 works26×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 166.5 works16×
  4. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 94.2 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: 1.32× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.65× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.49× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 2.14× its world share, 5 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.45× its world share, 37 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16.47× its world share, 166 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 115 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 16.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance16.47×166 works
  2. Energy2.65×12 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.45×37 works
  4. Nursing2.14×5 works
  5. Social Sciences1.92×115 works
  6. Environmental Science1.49×35 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.49×7 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.32×30 works
  9. Health Professions1.17×15 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.47×4 works
  11. Psychology0.39×6 works
  12. Mathematics0.38×2 works
  13. Engineering0.25×18 works
  14. Computer Science0.21×8 works
  15. Medicine0.13×11 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Asian Development Bank?

Ranked on the quality score, Cyn‐Young Park, Brian L Chin and Donghyun Park lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Asian Development Bank.

  1. 1 Cyn‐Young Park Philippines · #200,148 worldwide 3.7k citations · 176 works
  2. 2 Brian L Chin Philippines · #437,570 worldwide 3.8k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Donghyun Park Philippines · #652,407 worldwide 7.9k citations · 647 works
  4. 4 Rana Hasan Philippines · #684,501 worldwide 2.3k citations · 135 works
  5. 5 Yi Jiang Philippines · #853,215 worldwide 716 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Sungsup Ra Philippines · #877,876 worldwide 511 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Arnelyn May Abdon Philippines · #944,618 worldwide 1.7k citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Jesús Felipe Philippines · #1,221,447 worldwide 4.9k citations · 302 works
  9. 9 Utsav Kumar Philippines · #1,232,724 worldwide 2.5k citations · 84 works
  10. 10 Aiko Kikkawa Philippines · #1,254,946 worldwide 209 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Asian Development Bank

What are the most cited papers from Asian Development Bank?

The most cited paper from Asian Development Bank is "Depression, chronic diseases, and decrements in health: results from the World Health Surveys" (Saba Moussavi, Somnath Chatterji, Emese Verdes et al., 2007), with 4,117 citations. Next come "On Stock Market Returns and Monetary Policy" (918) and "The way to induce private participation in green finance and investment" (746).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Depression, chronic diseases, and decrements in health: results from the World Health Surveys Saba Moussavi, Somnath Chatterji, Emese Verdes et al. · The Lancet Sep 2007 4,117
2 On Stock Market Returns and Monetary Policy Willem Thorbecke · The Journal of Finance Open access Jun 1997 918
3 The way to induce private participation in green finance and investment Farhad Taghizadeh Hesary, Naoyuki Yoshino · Finance research letters 8 Apr 2019 746
4 Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment Joshua D. Angrist, Eric Bettinger, Erik Bloom et al. · American Economic Review Nov 2002 693
5 Sustainable Solutions for Green Financing and Investment in Renewable Energy Projects Farhad Taghizadeh Hesary, Naoyuki Yoshino · Energies Open access 11 Feb 2020 578
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Asian Development Bank?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Globalization, Economic Development, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Climate Change, Political Economy and Sustainability.

▲ 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 Growth82▲ 21×20 topics
  2. Globalization58▲ 6.3×40 topics
  3. Economic Development52▲ 14×24 topics
  4. Climate Change40▲ 3.2×49 topics
  5. Sustainability35▲ 3.1×39 topics
  6. Fiscal Policy33▲ 34×6 topics
  7. Monetary Policy29▲ 26×8 topics
  8. Innovation24▲ 4.9×17 topics
  9. Renewable Energy24▲ 3.5×17 topics
  10. Political Economy23▲ 19×13 topics
  11. Capital Flows23▲ 136×2 topics
  12. Technology22▲ 8.8×4 topics
  13. Exchange Rate Regimes21▲ 159×1 topic
  14. Financial Integration21▲ 153×1 topic
  15. COVID-1921▲ 3.4×11 topics
  16. Regional Development20▲ 12×10 topics
  17. International Trade20▲ 30×3 topics
  18. Labor Market20▲ 15×10 topics
  19. Poverty Reduction20▲ 33×3 topics
  20. Governance20▲ 13×11 topics
  21. Gender Inequality20▲ 30×4 topics
  22. Market Size19▲ 59×2 topics
  23. Pandemic19▲ 4.0×7 topics
  24. Productivity19▲ 72×1 topic
  25. Trade Liberalization19▲ 86×1 topic
  26. Stock Market18▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Urbanization18▲ 9.3×9 topics
  28. Vulnerability17▲ 16×7 topics
  29. Food Security17▲ 6.6×10 topics
  30. Income Tax17▲ 47×2 topics
  31. Social Networks17▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Agriculture15▲ 8.4×6 topics
  33. Social Capital15▲ 6.2×14 topics
  34. Financial Development15▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Panel Data Analysis15▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Transport Infrastructure15▲ 38×3 topics
  37. Infrastructure14▲ 25×3 topics
  38. Taxation14▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Government Expenditure14▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Public Investment14▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Asian Development Bank publish most on?

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

Global Financial Crisis and Policies: 21 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 19 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…14Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts10COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 10 fractional worksIncome, Poverty, and Inequality: 9 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 9 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Econ…8Monetary Policy and Economic Impact: 8 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 8 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Productivity: 8 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 8 fractional works
FinanceGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 21 works
  2. 2 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 19 works
  3. 3 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 14 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  5. 5 Income, Poverty, and Inequality Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  6. 6 International Development and Aid Development 9 works
  7. 7 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 8 works
  8. 8 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 8 works
  9. 9 Economic Growth and Productivity Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  10. 10 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 8 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 available65.3%not open34.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors71.6%domestic only28.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Asian Development Bank's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Asian Development Bank as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0031% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Asian Development Bank0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Asian Development Bank 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%Asian Development Bank15.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.6% in 2024.

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