Question 1

What is CFA Institute known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, CFA Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,090 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,079 of 9,330 worldwide) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#2,744 of 3,142 worldwide), over all time.

Question 2

How does CFA Institute rank in research?

Accepted Answer

CFA Institute ranks #15,122 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #3,117 of 7,310 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at CFA Institute?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Barbara S. Petitt, Jeffrey J. Diermeier and Jeffery V. Bailey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CFA Institute.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from CFA Institute?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from CFA Institute is "Text Categorization Models for High-Quality Article Retrieval in Internal Medicine" (Yindalon Aphinyanaphongs, 2004), with 183 citations. Next come "Capital Ideas Evolving" (169) and "(Re‐)Imag(in)ing Price Trends" (144).

Question 5

Which research topics does CFA Institute publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Psychometric Methodologies and Testing, Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies and Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at CFA Institute?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Measurement Invariance, Structural Equation Modeling, Monetary Policy, Sustainable Development, Asset Allocation, Financial Stability, Asset Pricing and Financial Literacy.

Question 7

Which fields of science does CFA Institute work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 74% of research at CFA Institute is in Social Sciences, 13% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (24%), Social Sciences (21%), Business, Management and Accounting (15%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Is CFA Institute's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% lower than in 2018-2021.