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Fisher College

In research, Fisher College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,354 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Business, Management and Accounting is 8.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,659
of 22,385 · #6,911 all time
Rank in United States
#1,784
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
76k
70.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Fisher College

What is Fisher College 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,354 of 9,585 15.9%120 #3320

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fisher College 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 Fisher College work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Fisher College is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (28%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (18%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 124 fractional works · 64.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 54 fractional works · 27.9% of its workAccounting: 16 fractional works · 8.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 7.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 34 fractional works · 17.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 9.8% of its workFinance: 14 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFisher College192fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences64%

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. Business, Management and Accounting5427.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3417.8%
    3. Social Sciences199.9%
    4. Decision Sciences84.0%
    5. Psychology73.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities31.4%
    1. Environmental Science94.5%
    2. Engineering84.2%
    3. Computer Science83.9%
    4. Mathematics10.4%
    5. Energy10.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Materials Science10.3%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology115.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.3%
    3. Neuroscience21.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Medicine126.3%
    2. Health Professions52.6%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry10.5%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fisher College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 53.6 works8.7×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 34.1 works8.3×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.66× its world share, 54 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.16× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8.30× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting8.66×54 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance8.30×34 works
  3. Decision Sciences4.16×8 works
  4. Nursing1.29×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.19×1 works
  6. Psychology1.14×7 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×11 works
  8. Health Professions0.99×5 works
  9. Dentistry0.95×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.91×9 works
  11. Social Sciences0.78×19 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×6 works
  14. Neuroscience0.60×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.51×8 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.49×3 works
  17. Energy0.43×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.37×1 works
  19. Veterinary0.37×0 works
  20. Medicine0.33×12 works
  21. Engineering0.28×8 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.16×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.15×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.10×1 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fisher College?

Ranked on the quality score, Karen Hopper Wruck, Sathishkumar Chintala and Richard A. Formato lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fisher College.

  1. 1 Karen Hopper Wruck United States · #719,296 worldwide 5.5k citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Sathishkumar Chintala United States · #1,727,413 worldwide 147 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Richard A. Formato United States · #3,202,050 worldwide 1.1k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Mark Langham United States · #3,218,577 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Russell J. Coles United States · #3,242,607 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Richard H. Stroud United States · #4,257,635 worldwide 86 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 H. Waldo Bird United States · #4,257,801 worldwide 113 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Fisher College

What are the most cited papers from Fisher College?

The most cited paper from Fisher College is "The determinants and implications of corporate cash holdings" (Tim C. Opler, 1999), with 3,987 citations. Next come "Overall job satisfaction: How good are single-item measures?" (3,300) and "Knowledge sharing: A review and directions for future research" (2,950).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The determinants and implications of corporate cash holdings Tim C. Opler · Journal of Financial Economics Apr 1999 3,987
2 Overall job satisfaction: How good are single-item measures? John P. Wanous, Arnon E. Reichers, Michael J. Hudy · Journal of Applied Psychology Apr 1997 3,300
3 Knowledge sharing: A review and directions for future research Sheng Wang, Raymond A. Noe · Human Resource Management Review 27 Nov 2009 2,950
4 Why Do U.S. Firms Hold So Much More Cash than They Used To? Thomas W. Bates, Kathleen M. Kahle, René M. Stulz · The Journal of Finance Open access 28 Sep 2009 2,944
5 Lean manufacturing: context, practice bundles, and performance Rachna Shah, Peter T. Ward · Journal of Operations Management 30 Oct 2002 2,893
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fisher College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Social Capital, Economic Growth, Firm Performance, Financial Reporting, Risk Management, Information Asymmetry and Monetary Policy.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance17▲ 12×13 topics
  2. Economic Growth9▲ 5.7×14 topics
  3. Social Capital8▲ 7.8×11 topics
  4. Firm Performance8▲ 22×4 topics
  5. Financial Reporting8▲ 32×4 topics
  6. Innovation7▲ 3.6×15 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management7▲ 4.1×14 topics
  8. Consumer Behavior7▲ 5.8×8 topics
  9. Risk Management7▲ 7.3×9 topics
  10. Financial Performance6▲ 5.9×5 topics
  11. Information Asymmetry6▲ 62×2 topics
  12. Regulation6▲ 6.1×7 topics
  13. Asset Pricing6▲ 38×2 topics
  14. Monetary Policy6▲ 14×6 topics
  15. Investor Protection6▲ 39×1 topic
  16. Ownership Structure6▲ 39×1 topic
  17. Audit Committee5▲ 62×1 topic
  18. Earnings Management5▲ 28×1 topic
  19. Liquidity5▲ 37×3 topics
  20. Performance Measurement5▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Market Efficiency5▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Investor Sentiment5▲ 60×1 topic
  23. Stock Returns5▲ 60×1 topic
  24. Strategic Alliances4▲ 35×3 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship4▲ 5.4×6 topics
  26. Shareholder Value4▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Finance4▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Job Satisfaction4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  29. Real Estate Market4▲ 45×2 topics
  30. Urban Development4▲ 5.5×2 topics
  31. Housing Supply4▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Mortgage Credit Expansion4▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Knowledge Sharing3▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Organizational Behavior3▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Banking3▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Credit3▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Investment3▲ 14×6 topics
  38. Marketing Strategies3▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Retail Economics3▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Cash Flow Valuation3▲ 67×1 topic

Which research topics does Fisher College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Finance and Governance, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies and Housing Market and Economics.

Corporate Finance and Go…6Corporate Finance and Governance: 6 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Manag…5Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 5 fractional worksFinancial Markets and In…5Financial Markets and Investment Strategies: 5 fractional worksHousing Market and Econo…4Housing Market and Economics: 4 fractional worksConsumer Market Behavior and Pricing: 3 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 3 fractional worksFinancial Reporting and …3Financial Reporting and Valuation Research: 3 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…3Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 3 fractional worksInsurance and Financial …2Insurance and Financial Risk Management: 2 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…2Digital Marketing and Social Media: 2 fractional works
AccountingFinanceEconomics and EconometricsMarketing3 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 6 works
  2. 2 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 5 works
  3. 3 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 5 works
  4. 4 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing Marketing 3 works
  6. 6 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 3 works
  7. 7 Financial Reporting and Valuation Research Strategy and Management 3 works
  8. 8 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  9. 9 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 2 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fisher College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 Fisher College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Fisher College0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fisher College 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 counting20%40%Fisher College15.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 37.6% in 2014.

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