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Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

In research, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,491 of 10,521 worldwide), Political Science and International Relations (#200 of 1,201 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,087 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Finance — Political Science and International Relations is 14.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,613
of 28,054 · #6,320 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#47
of 220
Research works
4k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,491 of 10,521 25.4%678 #961
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #200 of 1,201 23.2%173 #192
Social SciencesField #1,087 of 6,365 25.0%462 #765
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #701 of 2,578 25.6%173 #627
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #664 of 1,775 29.7%100 #395
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,792 of 2,578 22.1%69 #1373

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies 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. Social Sciences#961 #1,491
  2. Political Science and International Relations#192 #200
  3. Social Sciences#765 #1,087
  4. Sociology and Political Science#627 #701
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#395 #664
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#1,373 #1,792
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 Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 14.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 172.5 works15×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 24.2 works12×
  3. FinanceSubfield · 20.1 works8.4×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.55× its world share, 35 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.71× its world share, 69 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.91× its world share, 100 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.61× its world share, 462 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard Baldwin, Charles Wyplosz and Ugo Panizza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.

  1. 1 Richard Baldwin Switzerland · #6,774 worldwide 1.2k citations · 165 works
  2. 2 Charles Wyplosz Switzerland · #20,399 worldwide 470 citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Ugo Panizza Switzerland · #21,112 worldwide 448 citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Dennis Rodgers Switzerland · #33,062 worldwide 198 citations · 65 works
  5. 5 Joost Pauwelyn Switzerland · #40,921 worldwide 120 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Keith Krause Switzerland · #81,155 worldwide 128 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Thomas J. Biersteker Switzerland · #85,805 worldwide 137 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Gilbert Rist Switzerland · #88,968 worldwide 116 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Ilona Kickbusch Switzerland · #89,845 worldwide 167 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Marc Flandreau Switzerland · #92,341 worldwide 127 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Which keywords describe research at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Globalization, Global Governance, International Law, Security Council, Economic Growth, State Sovereignty and Sovereignty.

▲ 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. Human Rights116▲ 14×43 topics
  2. Globalization113▲ 7.3×68 topics
  3. Global Governance72▲ 40×17 topics
  4. International Law69▲ 29×19 topics
  5. Security Council54▲ 128×2 topics
  6. Economic Growth48▲ 7.2×20 topics
  7. State Sovereignty46▲ 119×2 topics
  8. Economic Development43▲ 6.7×20 topics
  9. Sovereignty42▲ 57×8 topics
  10. Neoliberalism37▲ 13×17 topics
  11. Genocide37▲ 83×3 topics
  12. Governance36▲ 14×16 topics
  13. Colonialism35▲ 9.4×26 topics
  14. Democracy34▲ 12×17 topics
  15. War Crimes30▲ 89×3 topics
  16. Humanitarian Intervention29▲ 99×2 topics
  17. NGOs29▲ 37×4 topics
  18. Responsibility to Protect29▲ 123×1 topic
  19. United Nations29▲ 123×1 topic
  20. Political Economy28▲ 14×17 topics
  21. Innovation27▲ 3.2×17 topics
  22. Nationalism27▲ 7.3×20 topics
  23. Politics27▲ 12×12 topics
  24. International Criminal Law25▲ 136×1 topic
  25. International Humanitarian Law25▲ 136×1 topic
  26. Identity24▲ 4.2×26 topics
  27. Peacebuilding24▲ 47×6 topics
  28. Immigration24▲ 27×6 topics
  29. Migration23▲ 8.6×16 topics
  30. Refugees23▲ 22×9 topics
  31. Conflict22▲ 17×9 topics
  32. Ethnicity21▲ 7.2×11 topics
  33. Gender Equality20▲ 9.4×11 topics
  34. Authoritarianism19▲ 28×5 topics
  35. Development19▲ 7.0×10 topics
  36. Poverty Reduction19▲ 18×4 topics
  37. Foreign Direct Investment19▲ 49×2 topics
  38. Judicial Review19▲ 26×5 topics
  39. Labor Market18▲ 7.8×9 topics
  40. European Union18▲ 9.9×16 topics

Which research topics does Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Peace and Security Dynamics, International Law and Human Rights, International Arbitration and Investment Law and Peacebuilding and International Security.

Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 29 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 25 fractional worksInternational Arbitration and Investment Law: 17 fractional worksPeacebuilding and International Security: 15 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 14 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 13 fractional worksHistorical and Contempor…13Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics: 13 fractional worksWorld Trade Organization Law: 12 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and Governance: 10 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 9 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsStrategy and ManagementSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance3 others

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

  1. 1 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 29 works
  2. 2 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 25 works
  3. 3 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 17 works
  4. 4 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  5. 5 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 14 works
  6. 6 International Development and Aid Development 13 works
  7. 7 Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics History 13 works
  8. 8 World Trade Organization Law Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  9. 9 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  10. 10 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 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 available54.7%not open45.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher 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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