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Bangladesh Bank

In research, Bangladesh Bank stands highest in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#963 of 1,798 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,724 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics and Econometrics (Accounting is 19.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,339
of 22,385 · #15,756 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#75
of 127
Research works
574
▲ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
75%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Bangladesh Bank

What is Bangladesh 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
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #963 of 1,798 9.1%69 #1762
Social SciencesDomain #5,724 of 9,585 9.2%157 #7927

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bangladesh 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 fields of science does Bangladesh Bank work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Bangladesh Bank is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (27%), Business, Management and Accounting (21%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 175 fractional works · 61.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 77 fractional works · 27.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 52 fractional works · 18.4% of its workFinance: 14 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 61 fractional works · 21.5% of its workAccounting: 34 fractional works · 11.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 16.8% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 9.6% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 31 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBangladesh Bank284fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences62%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7727.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting6121.5%
    3. Social Sciences269.2%
    4. Decision Sciences72.6%
    5. Psychology20.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    1. Computer Science279.6%
    2. Environmental Science103.4%
    3. Engineering62.1%
    4. Energy30.9%
    5. Chemistry10.3%
    6. Materials Science10.2%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Medicine217.4%
    2. Health Professions72.5%
    3. Nursing20.6%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences269.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Bangladesh Bank specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 19.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 33.5 works19×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 77.3 works13×
  3. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 52.1 works12×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 60.8 works6.7×
← 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: 1.93× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.66× its world share, 61 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.73× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12.74× its world share, 77 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.74×77 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting6.66×61 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.73×8 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.93×26 works
  5. Veterinary1.37×0 works
  6. Nursing1.26×2 works
  7. Computer Science1.23×27 works
  8. Energy1.01×3 works
  9. Health Professions0.95×7 works
  10. Social Sciences0.72×26 works
  11. Environmental Science0.68×10 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×2 works
  13. Medicine0.39×21 works
  14. Psychology0.28×2 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.19×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×3 works
  18. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  19. Engineering0.14×6 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  25. Neuroscience0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bangladesh Bank?

Ranked on the quality score, Provash Kumer Sarker, Chandan Kumar Roy and Md. Ariful Islam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bangladesh Bank.

  1. 1 Provash Kumer Sarker Bangladesh · #910,362 worldwide 531 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Chandan Kumar Roy Bangladesh · #1,709,886 worldwide 167 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Md. Ariful Islam Bangladesh · #2,099,012 worldwide 403 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Mohammad Tazul Islam Bangladesh · #2,112,732 worldwide 203 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Kazi Arif Uz Zaman Bangladesh · #2,477,658 worldwide 96 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Mithun Kumar Ghosh Bangladesh · #2,779,911 worldwide 460 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Ahmed Mehedi Nizam Bangladesh · #3,547,454 worldwide 13 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 S.M. Fakhrul Islam Bangladesh · #3,891,547 worldwide 216 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Ruhul Amin Bangladesh · #3,905,066 worldwide 263 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Tashmina Rahman Bangladesh · #4,093,098 worldwide 151 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Bangladesh Bank

What are the most cited papers from Bangladesh Bank?

The most cited paper from Bangladesh Bank is "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Simon I Hay et al., 2025), with 762 citations. Next come "Does financial inclusion reduce poverty and income inequality in developing countries? A panel data analysis" (693) and "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (500).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
2 Does financial inclusion reduce poverty and income inequality in developing countries? A panel data analysis Md Abdullah Omar, Kazuo Inaba · Journal of Economic Structures Open access 28 Apr 2020 693
3 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
4 The abundance and characteristics of microplastics in surface water in the transboundary Ganges River Imogen E. Napper, Anju Baroth, Aaron C. Barrett et al. · Environmental Pollution 8 Jan 2021 408
5 Isolation and Identification of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria from Cucumber Rhizosphere and Their Effect on Plant Growth Promotion and Disease Suppression Shaikhul Islam, Abdul Mannan Akanda, Ananya Prova et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access 2 Feb 2016 403
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bangladesh Bank?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Finance, Financial Stability, Islamic Banking, Economic Development, Global Financial Crisis and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Risk Management34▲ 25×8 topics
  2. Corporate Governance30▲ 15×10 topics
  3. Finance30▲ 58×2 topics
  4. Financial Stability29▲ 53×4 topics
  5. Islamic Banking26▲ 24×3 topics
  6. Economic Development25▲ 11×11 topics
  7. Global Financial Crisis25▲ 68×2 topics
  8. Economic Growth25▲ 11×18 topics
  9. Ethical Identity25▲ 75×1 topic
  10. Shariah Supervision25▲ 75×1 topic
  11. Social Capital23▲ 16×9 topics
  12. Poverty Reduction17▲ 46×4 topics
  13. Globalization16▲ 2.9×18 topics
  14. Monetary Policy15▲ 22×6 topics
  15. Empowerment15▲ 53×1 topic
  16. Microfinance15▲ 102×1 topic
  17. Consumer Behavior13▲ 7.4×6 topics
  18. Digital Transformation11▲ 7.4×6 topics
  19. Stock Market11▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Pandemic11▲ 3.8×8 topics
  21. Fiscal Policy11▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Social Networks10▲ 14×9 topics
  23. Food Security10▲ 6.2×8 topics
  24. Investment Decisions10▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Regulation9▲ 6.1×5 topics
  26. Governance9▲ 9.8×5 topics
  27. Technology9▲ 6.1×5 topics
  28. Entrepreneurship9▲ 7.7×5 topics
  29. Food Supply Chain8▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Financial Markets8▲ 23×1 topic
  31. business impact8▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Agriculture8▲ 7.4×5 topics
  33. Inequality8▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Institutional Quality8▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Fintech8▲ 34×2 topics
  36. ICT8▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Crowdfunding7▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Peer-to-Peer Lending7▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Financial Development7▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Panel Data Analysis7▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Bangladesh Bank publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts and FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance.

Islamic Finance and Bank…25Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 25 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…15Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 15 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts8COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 8 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 7 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 6 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 6 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 6 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 6 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 5 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 5 fractional works
AccountingEconomics and EconometricsManagement Information SystemsInformation Systems2 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 25 works
  2. 2 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  4. 4 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 7 works
  5. 5 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 6 works
  6. 6 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 6 works
  7. 7 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 6 works
  8. 8 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  9. 9 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 5 works
  10. 10 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 5 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 available74.8%not open25.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bangladesh Bank's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
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 Bangladesh Bank as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Bangladesh Bank0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bangladesh 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Bangladesh Bank8.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.3% in 2021.

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