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HSBC Holdings

In research, HSBC Holdings stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,721 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Business, Management and Accounting — Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 11.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,248
of 28,054 · #24,397 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#723
of 1,094
Research works
578
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is HSBC Holdings 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 #8,721 of 10,521 9.3%82 #9772

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where HSBC Holdings 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).

What does HSBC Holdings specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 29.6 works11×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 25.5 works6.4×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.65× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.44× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.04× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11.25× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at HSBC Holdings?

Ranked on the composite score, Hongyan Yang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is HSBC Holdings.

  1. 1 Hongyan Yang United Kingdom · #1,577,237 worldwide 21 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at HSBC Holdings

Which keywords describe research at HSBC Holdings?

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

▲ 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 Policy9▲ 30×8 topics
  2. Corporate Governance8▲ 9.2×11 topics
  3. Economic Growth7▲ 6.7×13 topics
  4. Leadership7▲ 12×8 topics
  5. Liquidity6▲ 63×3 topics
  6. Regulation6▲ 8.3×6 topics
  7. Organizational Change5▲ 60×3 topics
  8. Finance5▲ 22×4 topics
  9. Digital Transformation5▲ 7.8×4 topics
  10. Financial Performance5▲ 6.6×6 topics
  11. Risk Management4▲ 7.4×7 topics
  12. Asset Pricing4▲ 40×2 topics
  13. Firm Performance4▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Professional Development4▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Financial Stability4▲ 16×4 topics
  16. Workplace4▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Financial Constraints4▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Coaching4▲ 170×2 topics
  19. Investor Protection4▲ 36×1 topic
  20. Ownership Structure4▲ 36×1 topic
  21. Social Capital4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  22. Banking4▲ 65×1 topic
  23. Credit4▲ 65×1 topic
  24. Fiscal Policy4▲ 13×5 topics
  25. Economic Development3▲ 3.4×10 topics
  26. Market Efficiency3▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Psychodrama3▲ 149×1 topic
  28. Relationship3▲ 187×1 topic
  29. Security3▲ 4.1×5 topics
  30. Stock Returns3▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Entrepreneurship3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  32. Employee Engagement3▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Agility2▲ 145×1 topic
  34. Financial Development2▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Industrial Psychology2▲ 303×1 topic
  36. Panel Data Analysis2▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Socio-Technical Systems2▲ 85×1 topic
  38. Strategic Innovation2▲ 634×1 topic
  39. Shareholder Value2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Structural Change2▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does HSBC Holdings publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies.

Corporate Finance and Go…4Corporate Finance and Governance: 4 fractional worksBanking stability, regul…4Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 4 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, an…3Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 3 fractional worksFinancial Markets and In…3Financial Markets and Investment Strategies: 3 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 2 fractional worksOrganizational Management and Change: 2 fractional worksStochastic processes and…2Stochastic processes and financial applications: 2 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional worksFinancial Reporting and Valuation Research: 2 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Econ…2Monetary Policy and Economic Impact: 2 fractional works
AccountingFinanceSocial PsychologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 4 works
  2. 2 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 4 works
  3. 3 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 3 works
  5. 5 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  6. 6 Organizational Management and Change Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  7. 7 Stochastic processes and financial applications Finance 2 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 2 works
  9. 9 Financial Reporting and Valuation Research Strategy and Management 2 works
  10. 10 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.8%domestic only50.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has HSBC Holdings's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower 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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