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Bank for International Settlements

In research, Bank for International Settlements stands highest in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#547 of 1,798 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,712 of 9,585 worldwide) and Finance (#95 of 152 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Finance, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Finance is 99.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,725
of 22,385 · #9,395 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#117
of 186
Research works
1.6k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
53k
34.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Bank for International Settlements

What is Bank for International Settlements 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 #547 of 1,798 24.3%139 #395
Social SciencesDomain #3,712 of 9,585 23.8%189 #2463
FinanceSubfield #95 of 152 27.5%63 #68

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bank for International Settlements 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. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#395 #547
  2. Social Sciences#2,463 #3,712
  3. Finance#68 #95
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 Bank for International Settlements work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Bank for International Settlements is in Social Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (66%), Business, Management and Accounting (16%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 199 fractional works · 90.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 145 fractional works · 65.8% of its workFinance: 66 fractional works · 30.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 45 fractional works · 20.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 34 fractional works · 15.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 35 fractional works · 15.7% of its workAccounting: 15 fractional works · 6.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.8% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBank forInternational…221fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences90%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14565.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3515.7%
    3. Social Sciences125.6%
    4. Decision Sciences62.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Psychology00.1%
    1. Computer Science125.3%
    2. Energy31.4%
    3. Engineering10.5%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Environmental Science10.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Health Professions20.7%
    2. Medicine10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    2. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Bank for International Settlements specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 99.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 66.2 works99×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 34.0 works61×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 145.3 works31×
  4. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 45.2 works13×
  5. Business, Management and AccountingField · 34.6 works4.9×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.49× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.87× its world share, 35 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.68× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30.77× its world share, 145 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 30.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.77×145 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.87×35 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.68×6 works
  4. Energy1.49×3 works
  5. Computer Science0.68×12 works
  6. Social Sciences0.44×12 works
  7. Mathematics0.30×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.28×2 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×2 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.05×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  14. Engineering0.03×1 works
  15. Medicine0.03×1 works
  16. Psychology0.02×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bank for International Settlements?

Ranked on the quality score, Leonardo Gambacorta, Hyun Song Shin and Stijn Claessens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bank for International Settlements.

  1. 1 Leonardo Gambacorta Switzerland · #25,672 worldwide 15k citations · 261 works
  2. 2 Hyun Song Shin Switzerland · #45,653 worldwide 29k citations · 491 works
  3. 3 Stijn Claessens Switzerland · #75,441 worldwide 32k citations · 307 works
  4. 4 Raphael Auer Switzerland · #112,199 worldwide 3.9k citations · 137 works
  5. 5 Stijn Claessens Switzerland · #186,684 worldwide 7.6k citations · 129 works
  6. 6 Sebastian Doerr Switzerland · #241,947 worldwide 934 citations · 78 works
  7. 7 Jon Frost Switzerland · #286,520 worldwide 4.1k citations · 129 works
  8. 8 Mathias Drehmann Switzerland · #295,110 worldwide 4.6k citations · 117 works
  9. 9 Claudio E. V. Borio Switzerland · #395,096 worldwide 16k citations · 262 works
  10. 10 Giulio Cornelli Switzerland · #439,819 worldwide 1.3k citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Bank for International Settlements

What are the most cited papers from Bank for International Settlements?

The most cited paper from Bank for International Settlements is "Growth Dynamics: The Myth of Economic Recovery" (Valerie Cerra, Sweta Saxena, 2008), with 1,375 citations. Next come "The Separation of Ownership and Control in East Asian Corporations" (1,366) and "Asset Prices, Financial and Monetary Stability: Exploring the Nexus" (1,282).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Growth Dynamics: The Myth of Economic Recovery Valerie Cerra, Sweta Saxena · American Economic Review Mar 2008 1,375
2 The Separation of Ownership and Control in East Asian Corporations Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, Larry H.P. Lang · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2000 1,366
3 Asset Prices, Financial and Monetary Stability: Exploring the Nexus Claudio E. V. Borio, Philip William Lowe · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2005 1,282
4 What Drives Bank Competition? Some International Evidence Stijn Claessens, Luc A. Laeven · Journal of money credit and banking Open access 2004 1,177
5 Price Formation and Liquidity in the U.S. Treasury Market: The Response to Public Information Michael J. Fleming, Eli M. Remolona · The Journal of Finance Open access Oct 1999 733
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bank for International Settlements?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monetary Policy, Economic Growth, Regulation, Liquidity, Finance, Structural Change, Banking and Credit.

▲ 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. Monetary Policy67▲ 129×9 topics
  2. Economic Growth46▲ 26×11 topics
  3. Liquidity33▲ 205×3 topics
  4. Regulation33▲ 28×6 topics
  5. Finance29▲ 72×4 topics
  6. Structural Change29▲ 203×2 topics
  7. Banking27▲ 290×1 topic
  8. Credit27▲ 290×1 topic
  9. Fiscal Policy26▲ 58×6 topics
  10. Capital Flows26▲ 338×2 topics
  11. Exchange Rate Regimes25▲ 395×1 topic
  12. Financial Integration25▲ 381×1 topic
  13. Financial Development20▲ 59×2 topics
  14. Panel Data Analysis20▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Business Cycles17▲ 208×1 topic
  16. Interest Rates17▲ 208×1 topic
  17. Financial Crisis15▲ 60×7 topics
  18. Inequality13▲ 26×4 topics
  19. Corporate Governance13▲ 7.9×10 topics
  20. Financial Stability12▲ 29×4 topics
  21. Economic Development12▲ 6.8×14 topics
  22. Aggregate Demand12▲ 197×1 topic
  23. Income Distribution12▲ 166×1 topic
  24. Social Capital10▲ 9.1×4 topics
  25. Stock Market10▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Investment Decisions10▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Asset Allocation9▲ 96×2 topics
  28. Financialization9▲ 41×2 topics
  29. Entrepreneurship8▲ 9.3×2 topics
  30. Asset Pricing8▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Consumer Behavior8▲ 5.7×5 topics
  32. Risk Management8▲ 7.2×8 topics
  33. Corporate Finance7▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Crowdfunding7▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Economic Policy Uncertainty7▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Fintech7▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Oil Price Shocks7▲ 50×1 topic
  38. National Security6▲ 53×2 topics
  39. Financial Constraints6▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Firm Performance6▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Bank for International Settlements publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, Global Financial Crisis and Policies, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact and Economic Theory and Policy.

Banking stability, regul…27Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 27 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis …25Global Financial Crisis and Policies: 25 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 17 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy12Economic Theory and Policy: 12 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Vola…7Market Dynamics and Volatility: 7 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…7FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 7 fractional worksState Capitalism and Financial Governance: 6 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 6 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 5 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 5 fractional works
FinanceGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and EconometricsManagement Information Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 27 works
  2. 2 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 25 works
  3. 3 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 17 works
  4. 4 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 12 works
  5. 5 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  6. 6 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 7 works
  7. 7 State Capitalism and Financial Governance Strategy and Management 6 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 6 works
  9. 9 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 5 works
  10. 10 Housing Market and Economics 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 available72.5%not open27.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.3%domestic only59.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bank for International Settlements's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower 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 Bank for International Settlements as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00058% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Bank for International Settlements0.00067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bank for International Settlements 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 counting20%40%Bank for International Settlements21.3% 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 36.2% in 2009.

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