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Federal Reserve

In research, Federal Reserve stands highest in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#211 of 1,775 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,116 of 10,521 worldwide) and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#18 of 80 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 80.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,780
of 28,054 · #3,565 all time
Rank in United States
#1,031
of 4,192
Research works
5.3k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
198k
37.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Federal Reserve 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 #211 of 1,775 25.5%377 #21
Social SciencesDomain #2,116 of 10,521 23.8%507 #425
General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield #18 of 80 27.4%85 #4
FinanceSubfield #40 of 135 18.8%142 #11
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #388 of 1,272 30.7%151 #47
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,958 of 2,578 19.8%68 #557

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Reserve 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#21 #211
  2. Social Sciences#425 #2,116
  3. General Economics, Econometrics and Finance#4 #18
  4. Finance#11 #40
  5. Economics and Econometrics#47 #388
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#557 #1,958
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 Federal Reserve specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 80.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 141.7 works81×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 84.8 works58×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 377.5 works30×
  4. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 151.0 works16×
  5. AccountingSubfield · 39.9 works11×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.61× its world share, 68 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30.37× its world share, 378 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 30.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal Reserve?

Ranked on the composite score, Ben Bernanke, Janet L. Yellen and John C. Williams lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Reserve.

  1. 1 Ben Bernanke United States · #440 worldwide 2.7k citations · 195 works
  2. 2 Janet L. Yellen United States · #15,034 worldwide 622 citations · 83 works
  3. 3 John C. Williams United States · #16,270 worldwide 696 citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Thomas Laubach United States · #18,191 worldwide 607 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 William Wascher United States · #34,422 worldwide 553 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Simon Gilchrist United States · #66,746 worldwide 668 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Egon Zakrajšek United States · #73,219 worldwide 602 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Robert B. Avery United States · #95,745 worldwide 223 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Timothy H. Hannan United States · #107,637 worldwide 223 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Stephen A. Rhoades United States · #119,533 worldwide 256 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Reserve

Which keywords describe research at Federal Reserve?

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

▲ 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 Policy150▲ 107×12 topics
  2. Economic Growth123▲ 25×20 topics
  3. Liquidity80▲ 179×3 topics
  4. Regulation71▲ 23×8 topics
  5. Structural Change68▲ 171×2 topics
  6. Fiscal Policy66▲ 53×7 topics
  7. Finance57▲ 50×3 topics
  8. Banking54▲ 212×1 topic
  9. Credit54▲ 212×1 topic
  10. Panel Data Analysis45▲ 48×3 topics
  11. Financial Development44▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Capital Flows44▲ 202×2 topics
  13. Business Cycles43▲ 187×1 topic
  14. Interest Rates43▲ 187×1 topic
  15. Exchange Rate Regimes40▲ 223×1 topic
  16. Financial Integration40▲ 217×1 topic
  17. Financial Crisis36▲ 56×10 topics
  18. Asset Pricing33▲ 65×3 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior33▲ 8.9×6 topics
  20. Corporate Governance31▲ 7.3×16 topics
  21. Economic Development31▲ 6.6×20 topics
  22. Inequality30▲ 23×8 topics
  23. Risk Management29▲ 10×14 topics
  24. Financial Stability29▲ 24×5 topics
  25. Income Inequality28▲ 34×7 topics
  26. Urban Development28▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Housing Supply28▲ 129×1 topic
  28. Mortgage Credit Expansion28▲ 129×1 topic
  29. Stock Market27▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Industrialization25▲ 74×2 topics
  31. Aggregate Demand25▲ 150×1 topic
  32. Income Distribution25▲ 130×1 topic
  33. Financialization23▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Asset Allocation22▲ 86×2 topics
  35. Investment Decisions22▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Labor Market21▲ 12×11 topics
  37. International Trade19▲ 23×7 topics
  38. Behavioral Economics19▲ 59×2 topics
  39. Competitive Economy18▲ 142×1 topic
  40. Monetary Equilibrium18▲ 142×1 topic

Which research topics does Federal Reserve publish most on?

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

Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 54 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 43 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 40 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 28 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy: 25 fractional worksEconomic theories and mo…18Economic theories and models: 18 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 17 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 15 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 15 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 15 fractional works
FinanceGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and EconometricsAccounting

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

  1. 1 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 54 works
  2. 2 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 43 works
  3. 3 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 40 works
  4. 4 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 28 works
  5. 5 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 25 works
  6. 6 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 18 works
  7. 7 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 17 works
  8. 8 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  9. 9 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  10. 10 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 15 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 available70.3%not open29.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Reserve's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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