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Economic Research Forum

In research, Economic Research Forum stands highest in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#1,983 of 3,142 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,470 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 12.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,908
of 22,385 · #16,293 all time
Rank in Egypt
#105
of 117
Research works
470
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.1k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
63%
world 18%
Economic Research Forum

What is Economic Research Forum known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,983 of 3,142 7.5%170
Social SciencesDomain #10,470 of 14,833 7.4%342

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Economic Research Forum 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 Economic Research Forum work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Economic Research Forum is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (27%), Social Sciences (22%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 59 fractional works · 63.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 26.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 16.6% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 22.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 12.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 9.9% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 18.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 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 workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 13.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEconomic ResearchForum93fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences63%

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 Finance2526.6%
    2. Social Sciences2122.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting99.9%
    4. Psychology22.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Environmental Science55.6%
    2. Computer Science54.8%
    3. Engineering33.1%
    4. Energy22.5%
    5. Materials Science21.7%
    6. Chemistry10.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1010.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Health Professions22.2%
    2. Medicine21.7%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Economic Research Forum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 24.8 works12×
← 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: 2.20× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.70× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.09× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12.42× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.42×25 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.09×9 works
  3. Energy2.70×2 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.20×10 works
  5. Social Sciences1.75×21 works
  6. Veterinary1.32×0 works
  7. Nursing1.24×1 works
  8. Environmental Science1.12×5 works
  9. Health Professions0.83×2 works
  10. Psychology0.75×2 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.65×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.62×4 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.61×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.54×2 works
  15. Materials Science0.48×2 works
  16. Chemistry0.44×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×2 works
  18. Dentistry0.37×0 works
  19. Engineering0.20×3 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×0 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  24. Medicine0.09×2 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Economic Research Forum?

Ranked on the quality score, Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi, Rana Hendy and Ahmed Galal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Economic Research Forum.

  1. 1 Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi Egypt · #928,226 worldwide 2.6k citations · 131 works
  2. 2 Rana Hendy Egypt · #1,436,553 worldwide 437 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Ahmed Galal Egypt · #1,728,720 worldwide 1.3k citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Hoda Selim Egypt · #1,967,022 worldwide 175 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Yagoub Elryah Egypt · #3,905,641 worldwide 19 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Economic Research Forum

What are the most cited papers from Economic Research Forum?

The most cited paper from Economic Research Forum is "Financial development and economic growth nexus in the MENA countries: Bootstrap panel granger causality analysis" (Muhsin Kar, Şaban Nazlıoğlu, Hüseyin Ağır, 2010), with 533 citations. Next come "Islamic and conventional banks' soundness during the 2007–2008 financial crisis" (452) and "Central Bank Transparency and Independence: Updates and New Measures" (427).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Financial development and economic growth nexus in the MENA countries: Bootstrap panel granger causality analysis Muhsin Kar, Şaban Nazlıoğlu, Hüseyin Ağır · Economic Modelling 12 Jul 2010 533
2 Islamic and conventional banks' soundness during the 2007–2008 financial crisis Khawla Bourkhis, Mahmoud Sami Nabi · Review of Financial Economics 16 Jan 2013 452
3 Central Bank Transparency and Independence: Updates and New Measures Nazire Nergiz Dinçer, Barry J. Eichengreen · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2015 427
4 Natural resource rents and economic growth in the top resource-abundant countries: A PMG estimation Ousama Ben‐Salha, Hajer Dachraoui, Maamar Sebri · Resources Policy 13 Jul 2018 244
5 The impact of Syrian refugees on natives’ labor market outcomes in Turkey: evidence from a quasi-experimental design Evren Ceritoğlu, Hatice Burcu Gürcihan Yüncüler, Hüzeyfe Torun et al. · IZA Journal of Labor Policy Open access 12 Jun 2017 220
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Economic Research Forum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Monetary Policy, Economic Development, Finance, Governance, Regulation, Globalization 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-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. Economic Growth11▲ 15×18 topics
  2. Monetary Policy7▲ 33×6 topics
  3. Globalization7▲ 3.7×17 topics
  4. Economic Development7▲ 8.8×12 topics
  5. Climate Change6▲ 2.1×21 topics
  6. Renewable Energy5▲ 3.9×9 topics
  7. Finance5▲ 31×3 topics
  8. Governance5▲ 17×7 topics
  9. Regulation5▲ 9.8×7 topics
  10. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.6×11 topics
  11. Innovation4▲ 4.4×10 topics
  12. Financial Development4▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Panel Data Analysis4▲ 27×2 topics
  14. Fiscal Policy4▲ 20×6 topics
  15. Social Capital4▲ 7.8×8 topics
  16. Inequality4▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Risk Management4▲ 8.3×4 topics
  18. Stock Market4▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Corporate Governance3▲ 4.9×9 topics
  20. Social Networks3▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Liquidity3▲ 49×3 topics
  22. Income Tax3▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Urbanization3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  24. Energy Consumption3▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Banking3▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Credit3▲ 73×1 topic
  27. Islamic Banking3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  28. Knowledge Economy3▲ 28×3 topics
  29. Financial Stability3▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Institutional Quality3▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Political Economy3▲ 12×6 topics
  32. CO2 Emissions3▲ 16×1 topic
  33. Economic Policy Uncertainty3▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Environmental Regulation3▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Gender Inequality3▲ 20×5 topics
  36. Oil Price Shocks3▲ 46×1 topic
  37. ICT2▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Mobile Phones2▲ 57×1 topic
  39. financial access2▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Vulnerability2▲ 11×7 topics

Which research topics does Economic Research Forum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Market Dynamics and Volatility and Economic Growth and Development.

Banking stability, regul…3Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 3 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…3Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 3 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Vola…3Market Dynamics and Volatility: 3 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…2Economic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…2Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 2 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 2 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 2 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis …1Global Financial Crisis and Policies: 1 fractional works
FinanceEconomics and EconometricsInformation SystemsAccounting2 others

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

  1. 1 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 3 works
  2. 2 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  3. 3 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  6. 6 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  9. 9 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  10. 10 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 1 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 available75.8%not open24.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors62.8%domestic only37.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Economic Research Forum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% 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 Economic Research Forum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Economic Research Forum0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Economic Research Forum 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 2025Economic Research Forum5.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 2020.

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