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Federal Reserve Board of Governors

In research, Federal Reserve Board of Governors stands highest in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#4 of 80 worldwide), Finance (#7 of 135 worldwide) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#99 of 1,775 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 80.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,310
of 28,054 · #3,794 all time
Rank in United States
#722
of 4,192
Research works
4.8k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
184k
38.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Federal Reserve Board of Governors 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
General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield #4 of 80 32.0%101 #9
FinanceSubfield #7 of 135 21.2%169 #12
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #99 of 1,775 29.6%468 #24
Social SciencesDomain #1,298 of 10,521 27.9%632 #462
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #219 of 1,272 35.5%197 #49
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,417 of 2,578 24.6%89 #549

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Reserve Board of Governors 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. General Economics, Econometrics and Finance#9 #4
  2. Finance#12 #7
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#24 #99
  4. Social Sciences#462 #1,298
  5. Economics and Econometrics#49 #219
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#549 #1,417
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 Board of Governors specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 80.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 169.3 works80×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 101.2 works58×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 467.6 works31×
  4. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 197.1 works18×
  5. AccountingSubfield · 55.6 works13×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.96× its world share, 89 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 31.28× its world share, 468 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 31.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal Reserve Board of Governors?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew Levin, David A. Pierce and Edward Nelson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

  1. 1 Andrew Levin United States · #13,544 worldwide 2.8k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 David A. Pierce United States · #14,333 worldwide 587 citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Edward Nelson United States · #14,363 worldwide 872 citations · 91 works
  4. 4 Brian Sack United States · #53,564 worldwide 714 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 John M. Roberts United States · #58,950 worldwide 300 citations · 66 works
  6. 6 David Wilcox United States · #71,423 worldwide 176 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Daniel E. Sichel United States · #114,435 worldwide 302 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Steven A. Sharpe United States · #130,124 worldwide 692 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 J. David López‐Salido United States · #179,838 worldwide 237 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Michael B. Gordy United States · #210,453 worldwide 150 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Which keywords describe research at Federal Reserve Board of Governors?

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 Policy179▲ 106×12 topics
  2. Economic Growth147▲ 25×19 topics
  3. Liquidity95▲ 178×3 topics
  4. Regulation83▲ 22×9 topics
  5. Structural Change80▲ 168×2 topics
  6. Fiscal Policy79▲ 52×6 topics
  7. Finance67▲ 50×3 topics
  8. Banking64▲ 211×1 topic
  9. Credit64▲ 211×1 topic
  10. Panel Data Analysis54▲ 48×3 topics
  11. Financial Development54▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Capital Flows52▲ 201×2 topics
  13. Business Cycles52▲ 186×1 topic
  14. Interest Rates52▲ 186×1 topic
  15. Exchange Rate Regimes48▲ 227×1 topic
  16. Financial Integration48▲ 220×1 topic
  17. Corporate Governance44▲ 8.5×14 topics
  18. Economic Development42▲ 7.4×20 topics
  19. Asset Pricing41▲ 67×3 topics
  20. Consumer Behavior40▲ 9.1×5 topics
  21. Financial Crisis40▲ 51×10 topics
  22. Income Inequality37▲ 37×7 topics
  23. Urban Development36▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Housing Supply36▲ 137×1 topic
  25. Mortgage Credit Expansion36▲ 137×1 topic
  26. Inequality34▲ 21×9 topics
  27. Stock Market34▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Financial Stability34▲ 24×5 topics
  29. Risk Management32▲ 9.4×14 topics
  30. Financialization30▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Industrialization29▲ 71×2 topics
  32. Aggregate Demand29▲ 142×1 topic
  33. Income Distribution29▲ 123×1 topic
  34. Investment Decisions29▲ 33×3 topics
  35. Asset Allocation28▲ 89×2 topics
  36. Labor Market28▲ 13×11 topics
  37. International Trade26▲ 26×7 topics
  38. Behavioral Economics24▲ 64×2 topics
  39. Global Economy23▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Competitive Economy22▲ 144×1 topic

Which research topics does Federal Reserve Board of Governors 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: 64 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 52 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 48 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 36 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy: 29 fractional worksEconomic theories and mo…22Economic theories and models: 22 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 22 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 19 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 18 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 17 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 64 works
  2. 2 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 52 works
  3. 3 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 48 works
  4. 4 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 36 works
  5. 5 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 29 works
  6. 6 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 22 works
  7. 7 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 22 works
  8. 8 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 19 works
  9. 9 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 18 works
  10. 10 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 17 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 available76.7%not open23.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Reserve Board of Governors's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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