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Bank of England

In research, Bank of England stands highest in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#597 of 1,775 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,325 of 10,521 worldwide) and Economics and Econometrics (#971 of 1,272 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Finance, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Finance is 73.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,038
of 28,054 · #8,313 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#541
of 1,094
Research works
2.3k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
60k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Bank of England 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
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #597 of 1,775 17.6%168 #151
Social SciencesDomain #4,325 of 10,521 16.5%236 #1492
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #971 of 1,272 19.7%62 #359
FinanceSubfield #121 of 135 14.5%63 #66

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bank of England 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. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#151 #597
  2. Social Sciences#1,492 #4,325
  3. Economics and Econometrics#359 #971
  4. Finance#66 #121
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 Bank of England specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 73.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 62.8 works73×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 43.3 works61×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 168.0 works28×
  4. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 61.9 works14×
  5. Business, Management and AccountingField · 40.4 works4.4×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.41× its world share, 40 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 27.58× its world share, 168 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 27.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bank of England?

Ranked on the composite score, Mervyn King, Andrew Haldane and Sushil Wadhwani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bank of England.

  1. 1 Mervyn King United Kingdom · #5,650 worldwide 820 citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Andrew Haldane United Kingdom · #127,680 worldwide 210 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Sushil Wadhwani United Kingdom · #136,455 worldwide 204 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 John Flemming United Kingdom · #187,519 worldwide 140 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Paul Fisher United Kingdom · #413,660 worldwide 85 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Michael Joyce United Kingdom · #452,665 worldwide 100 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Tomasz Wieladek United Kingdom · #538,531 worldwide 63 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Charles W. Munn United Kingdom · #737,008 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Dennis Reinhardt United Kingdom · #749,708 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Andrea Zanotti United Kingdom · #763,018 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Bank of England

Which keywords describe research at Bank of England?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monetary Policy, Economic Growth, Structural Change, Liquidity, Fiscal Policy, Regulation, Panel Data Analysis and Financial Development.

▲ 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. Monetary Policy76▲ 110×9 topics
  2. Economic Growth57▲ 24×16 topics
  3. Structural Change36▲ 182×2 topics
  4. Liquidity33▲ 152×3 topics
  5. Fiscal Policy31▲ 51×6 topics
  6. Regulation27▲ 18×6 topics
  7. Panel Data Analysis24▲ 53×3 topics
  8. Financial Development24▲ 55×2 topics
  9. Finance24▲ 43×4 topics
  10. Business Cycles23▲ 204×1 topic
  11. Interest Rates23▲ 204×1 topic
  12. Capital Flows21▲ 197×2 topics
  13. Banking21▲ 167×1 topic
  14. Credit21▲ 167×1 topic
  15. Financial Crisis20▲ 64×8 topics
  16. Exchange Rate Regimes19▲ 224×1 topic
  17. Financial Integration19▲ 218×1 topic
  18. Corporate Governance17▲ 7.9×12 topics
  19. Inequality16▲ 24×5 topics
  20. Financialization14▲ 50×2 topics
  21. Asset Pricing14▲ 55×2 topics
  22. Financial Stability13▲ 23×5 topics
  23. Stock Market13▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Aggregate Demand12▲ 152×1 topic
  25. Income Distribution12▲ 132×1 topic
  26. Risk Management12▲ 8.5×11 topics
  27. Global Economy11▲ 28×3 topics
  28. Investment Decisions11▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Entrepreneurship11▲ 9.7×5 topics
  30. Social Capital10▲ 6.9×8 topics
  31. Economic Development10▲ 4.4×16 topics
  32. Economic Policy Uncertainty10▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Oil Price Shocks10▲ 55×1 topic
  34. Urban Development10▲ 9.5×3 topics
  35. Income Inequality10▲ 24×6 topics
  36. Housing Supply10▲ 89×1 topic
  37. Mortgage Credit Expansion10▲ 89×1 topic
  38. International Trade8▲ 19×6 topics
  39. Crowdfunding8▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Fintech8▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Bank of England publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, Global Financial Crisis and Policies and Economic Theory and Policy.

Monetary Policy and Economic Impact: 23 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 21 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 19 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy: 12 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 10 fractional worksHousing Market and Econo…10Housing Market and Economics: 10 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 8 fractional worksEconomic theories and models: 8 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 6 fractional worksEconomic, financial, and policy analysis: 5 fractional works
General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceFinanceEconomics and EconometricsManagement Information Systems

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

  1. 1 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 23 works
  2. 2 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 21 works
  3. 3 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 19 works
  4. 4 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 12 works
  5. 5 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  6. 6 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  7. 7 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 8 works
  8. 8 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  9. 9 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 6 works
  10. 10 Economic, financial, and policy analysis General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 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 available66.4%not open33.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bank of England's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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