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Banque de France

In research, Banque de France stands highest in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#667 of 1,798 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,078 of 9,585 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 73.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,935
of 22,385 · #13,001 all time
Rank in France
#371
of 517
Research works
1.4k
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Banque de France

What is Banque de France 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 #667 of 1,798 10.0%133 #604
Social SciencesDomain #6,078 of 9,585 11.3%177 #4087

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Banque de France 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 Banque de France work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Banque de France is in Social Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (66%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 185 fractional works · 87.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 140 fractional works · 65.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 59 fractional works · 27.8% of its workFinance: 47 fractional works · 22.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 34 fractional works · 16.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 23 fractional works · 11.0% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.3% 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: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 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: 16 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBanque de France212fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences87%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14065.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2311.0%
    3. Social Sciences167.4%
    4. Decision Sciences31.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.2%
    6. Psychology00.1%
    1. Energy42.0%
    2. Engineering41.9%
    3. Environmental Science41.7%
    4. Computer Science31.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine52.4%
    2. Health Professions21.0%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Banque de France 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 · 46.8 works73×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 34.0 works64×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 139.7 works31×
  4. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 58.9 works18×
  5. Social SciencesDomain · 184.8 works3.5×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.22× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.43× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30.76× its world share, 140 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 16 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 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.76×140 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.43×23 works
  3. Energy2.22×4 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.64×3 works
  5. Social Sciences0.58×16 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.40×2 works
  7. Health Professions0.39×2 works
  8. Veterinary0.39×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.35×4 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×3 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.17×3 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  14. Engineering0.13×4 works
  15. Medicine0.12×5 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  21. Psychology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Banque de France?

Ranked on the quality score, Philippe Andrade, Antonin Bergeaud and Benoı̂t Mojon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Banque de France.

  1. 1 Philippe Andrade France · #522,152 worldwide 1.8k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Antonin Bergeaud France · #649,902 worldwide 2.1k citations · 152 works
  3. 3 Benoı̂t Mojon France · #687,289 worldwide 3.9k citations · 165 works
  4. 4 Bertrand Garbinti France · #756,109 worldwide 988 citations · 74 works
  5. 5 Alain Naef France · #818,481 worldwide 415 citations · 68 works
  6. 6 Klodiana Istrefi France · #818,923 worldwide 521 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Cristina Jude France · #835,495 worldwide 786 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Romain Svartzman France · #929,256 worldwide 567 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Matthieu Bussière France · #930,752 worldwide 4.2k citations · 159 works
  10. 10 Sebastian Stumpner France · #1,004,717 worldwide 338 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Banque de France

What are the most cited papers from Banque de France?

The most cited paper from Banque de France is "Notes on CEPII’s Distances Measures: The GeoDist Database" (Thierry Mayer, Soledad Zignago, 2012), with 1,524 citations. Next come "BACI: International Trade Database at the Product-Level (the 1994-2007 Version)" (781) and "Conditional volatility, skewness, and kurtosis: existence, persistence, and comovements" (580).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Notes on CEPII’s Distances Measures: The GeoDist Database Thierry Mayer, Soledad Zignago · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2012 1,524
2 BACI: International Trade Database at the Product-Level (the 1994-2007 Version) Guillaume Gaulier, Soledad Zignago · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2010 781
3 Conditional volatility, skewness, and kurtosis: existence, persistence, and comovements Éric Jondeau, Michael Rockinger · Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 24 Apr 2003 580
4 The Cross Section of Foreign Currency Risk Premia and Consumption Growth Risk Hanno N. Lustig, Adrien Verdelhan · American Economic Review Feb 2007 573
5 CREDIT CONSTRAINTS AND THE CYCLICALITY OF R&D INVESTMENT: EVIDENCE FROM FRANCE Philippe Aghion, Philippe Askenazy, Nicolas Berman et al. · Journal of the European Economic Association Open access 6 Sep 2012 547
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Banque de France?

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

▲ 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 Policy53▲ 106×9 topics
  2. Economic Growth48▲ 28×16 topics
  3. Fiscal Policy31▲ 71×6 topics
  4. Structural Change27▲ 200×2 topics
  5. Capital Flows23▲ 309×2 topics
  6. Panel Data Analysis19▲ 57×3 topics
  7. Financial Development18▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Liquidity18▲ 116×3 topics
  9. Exchange Rate Regimes18▲ 297×1 topic
  10. Financial Integration18▲ 287×1 topic
  11. Business Cycles17▲ 212×1 topic
  12. Interest Rates17▲ 212×1 topic
  13. Regulation16▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Economic Development16▲ 9.2×14 topics
  15. Financial Crisis15▲ 62×9 topics
  16. Financial Stability14▲ 34×5 topics
  17. Globalization13▲ 3.2×21 topics
  18. Innovation13▲ 6.0×9 topics
  19. Inequality12▲ 25×5 topics
  20. Finance12▲ 30×3 topics
  21. Banking11▲ 121×1 topic
  22. Credit11▲ 121×1 topic
  23. Aggregate Demand10▲ 184×1 topic
  24. Income Distribution10▲ 155×1 topic
  25. Sustainable Development10▲ 3.1×11 topics
  26. International Trade9▲ 31×4 topics
  27. Labor Market9▲ 15×9 topics
  28. Stock Market8▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Financialization8▲ 40×2 topics
  30. Asset Pricing8▲ 44×2 topics
  31. Energy Transition8▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Risk Management8▲ 7.7×8 topics
  33. Global Economy8▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Economic Policy Uncertainty8▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Oil Price Shocks8▲ 59×1 topic
  36. R&D7▲ 45×3 topics
  37. Financial Performance7▲ 6.1×4 topics
  38. Technological Change7▲ 84×2 topics
  39. Greenhouse Gas Emissions6▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Environmental Policy6▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Banque de France publish most on?

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

Global Financial Crisis and Policies: 18 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 17 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 11 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy: 10 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 8 fractional worksClimate Change Policy an…6Climate Change Policy and Economics: 6 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 5 fractional worksEuropean Monetary and Fiscal Policies: 5 fractional worksEconomic theories and models: 5 fractional worksFirm Innovation and Growth: 5 fractional works
FinanceGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and Econometrics

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

  1. 1 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 18 works
  2. 2 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 17 works
  3. 3 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 11 works
  4. 4 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 10 works
  5. 5 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  6. 6 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  7. 7 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 5 works
  8. 8 European Monetary and Fiscal Policies Finance 5 works
  9. 9 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  10. 10 Firm Innovation and 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 available64.6%not open35.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.1%domestic only71.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Banque de France's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% 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 Banque de France as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00087% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Banque de France0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Banque de France 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%Banque de France11.7% 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 17.7% in 2011.

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