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Asian Development Bank Institute

In research, Asian Development Bank Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,084 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,361 of 6,365 worldwide) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#1,220 of 1,775 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics and Econometrics — Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 15.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,154
of 28,054 · #13,630 all time
Rank in Japan
#211
of 1,070
Research works
1.1k
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Asian Development Bank 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 #4,084 of 10,521 20.5%172 #3543
Social SciencesField #4,361 of 6,365 20.5%63 #4655
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,220 of 1,775 18.1%82 #797

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Asian Development Bank 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#3,543 #4,084
  2. Social Sciences#4,655 #4,361
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#797 #1,220
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 Asian Development Bank Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 15.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 82.0 works15×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 47.3 works12×
← 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: 1.76× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.74× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 3.28× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.49× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15.05× its world share, 82 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 15.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Asian Development Bank Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Fan Zhai, Peter Morgan and Masahiro Kawai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Asian Development Bank Institute.

  1. 1 Fan Zhai Japan · #281,771 worldwide 85 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Peter Morgan Japan · #332,298 worldwide 104 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Masahiro Kawai Japan · #399,212 worldwide 121 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Dil Bahadur Rahut Japan · #402,956 worldwide 227 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Masahiro Kawai Japan · #534,162 worldwide 83 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Mario B. Lamberte Japan · #591,308 worldwide 21 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Bihong Huang Japan · #811,098 worldwide 95 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 John Beirne Japan · #883,255 worldwide 56 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Guanghua Wan Japan · #905,648 worldwide 62 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Rafaelita M. Aldaba Japan · #1,009,710 worldwide 12 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Asian Development Bank Institute

Which keywords describe research at Asian Development Bank Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Economic Development, Globalization, Fiscal Policy, Climate Change, Sustainability, Food Security and Poverty Reduction.

▲ 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 Growth40▲ 19×20 topics
  2. Globalization29▲ 5.7×33 topics
  3. Economic Development26▲ 13×23 topics
  4. Climate Change23▲ 3.4×36 topics
  5. Sustainability20▲ 3.3×34 topics
  6. Fiscal Policy17▲ 31×6 topics
  7. Renewable Energy13▲ 3.6×15 topics
  8. Food Security13▲ 9.2×10 topics
  9. Poverty Reduction13▲ 38×3 topics
  10. COVID-1912▲ 3.5×10 topics
  11. Monetary Policy12▲ 20×8 topics
  12. Political Economy12▲ 19×13 topics
  13. Labor Market12▲ 16×10 topics
  14. Capital Flows12▲ 124×2 topics
  15. Innovation12▲ 4.4×15 topics
  16. Social Networks12▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Gender Inequality12▲ 33×4 topics
  18. Vulnerability12▲ 20×7 topics
  19. Technology11▲ 8.5×4 topics
  20. Agriculture11▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Governance11▲ 13×9 topics
  22. Pandemic11▲ 4.1×6 topics
  23. Exchange Rate Regimes11▲ 143×1 topic
  24. Financial Integration11▲ 139×1 topic
  25. Regional Development10▲ 11×9 topics
  26. Social Capital10▲ 7.0×13 topics
  27. International Trade9▲ 25×3 topics
  28. Stock Market9▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Risk Management9▲ 7.3×7 topics
  30. Income Tax9▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Market Size9▲ 48×2 topics
  32. Urbanization9▲ 8.3×9 topics
  33. Productivity9▲ 62×1 topic
  34. Trade Liberalization9▲ 70×1 topic
  35. Rural Development7▲ 8.2×9 topics
  36. Transport Infrastructure7▲ 33×3 topics
  37. Financial Development7▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Panel Data Analysis7▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Infrastructure7▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Taxation7▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Asian Development Bank Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Financial Crisis and Policies, Global trade and economics, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts.

Global Financial Crisis and Policies: 11 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 9 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…7Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts6COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 6 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 6 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 5 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…5Energy and Environment Impacts: 5 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …4Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 4 fractional worksIncome, Poverty, and Ine…4Income, Poverty, and Inequality: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…4Child Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional works
FinanceGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and EconometricsSoil Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 11 works
  2. 2 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 9 works
  3. 3 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  5. 5 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 6 works
  6. 6 International Development and Aid Development 5 works
  7. 7 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 5 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 4 works
  9. 9 Income, Poverty, and Inequality Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 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 available70.0%not open30.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors68.9%domestic only31.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Asian Development Bank Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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