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Institute for Fiscal Studies

In research, Institute for Fiscal Studies stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,320 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,029 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Economics and Econometrics is 10.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,000
of 22,385 · #2,183 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#278
of 862
Research works
2.5k
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
71k
28.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.20×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Institute for Fiscal Studies

What is Institute for Fiscal Studies 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 #2,320 of 9,585 17.9%141 #590
Social SciencesField #2,029 of 5,988 17.7%71 #665

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Fiscal 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Institute for Fiscal Studies work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Institute for Fiscal Studies is in Social Sciences, 12% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (21%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 152 fractional works · 75.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 75 fractional works · 37.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 41 fractional works · 20.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 34 fractional works · 16.9% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 23 fractional works · 11.3% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 8.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 12.4% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 8.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% 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 · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 10.0% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forFiscal Studies201fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences76%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7537.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4120.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2311.3%
    4. Psychology94.5%
    5. Decision Sciences31.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    1. Health Professions168.1%
    2. Medicine73.6%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Computer Science84.1%
    2. Environmental Science52.4%
    3. Engineering31.4%
    4. Mathematics20.8%
    5. Energy10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    2. Neuroscience10.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute for Fiscal Studies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics and Econometrics takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 33.9 works11×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 41.2 works9.6×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.08× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.52× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.60× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.96× its world share, 75 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance9.60×41 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.52×23 works
  3. Health Professions3.08×16 works
  4. Social Sciences2.96×75 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.53×3 works
  6. Psychology1.49×9 works
  7. Nursing1.17×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.68×2 works
  9. Energy0.63×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.53×8 works
  11. Environmental Science0.49×5 works
  12. Veterinary0.41×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.34×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.25×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×2 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.20×1 works
  17. Medicine0.19×7 works
  18. Engineering0.09×3 works
  19. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Fiscal Studies?

Ranked on the quality score, Rachel Griffith, Eric French and Sokbae Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Fiscal Studies.

  1. 1 Rachel Griffith United Kingdom · #48,050 worldwide 26k citations · 393 works
  2. 2 Eric French United Kingdom · #92,742 worldwide 7k citations · 184 works
  3. 3 Sokbae Lee United Kingdom · #176,504 worldwide 4.1k citations · 218 works
  4. 4 James W. Banks United Kingdom · #192,261 worldwide 15k citations · 365 works
  5. 5 Hamish W. Low United Kingdom · #225,821 worldwide 3.5k citations · 139 works
  6. 6 Mónica Costa Dias United Kingdom · #293,982 worldwide 7.7k citations · 177 works
  7. 7 Stephen Bond United Kingdom · #331,557 worldwide 84k citations · 115 works
  8. 8 Thomas F. Crossley United Kingdom · #428,112 worldwide 5.5k citations · 249 works
  9. 9 Britta Augsburg United Kingdom · #453,840 worldwide 3.1k citations · 141 works
  10. 10 Sarah Cattan United Kingdom · #466,437 worldwide 2.7k citations · 145 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Fiscal Studies

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Fiscal Studies?

The most cited paper from Institute for Fiscal Studies is "Initial conditions and moment restrictions in dynamic panel data models" (Richard W. Blundell, Stephen Bond, 1998), with 22,634 citations. Next come "A finite sample correction for the variance of linear efficient two-step GMM estimators" (6,007) and "The Effect of Minimum Wages on Low-Wage Jobs*" (2,685).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Initial conditions and moment restrictions in dynamic panel data models Richard W. Blundell, Stephen Bond · Journal of Econometrics Nov 1998 22,634
2 A finite sample correction for the variance of linear efficient two-step GMM estimators Frank A. G. Windmeijer · Journal of Econometrics 23 Mar 2004 6,007
3 The Effect of Minimum Wages on Low-Wage Jobs* Doruk Cengiz, Arindrajit Dubé, Attila Lindner et al. · The Quarterly Journal of Economics Open access May 2019 2,685
4 Dynamic panel data models: a guide to micro data methods and practice Stephen R. Bond · Portuguese Economic Journal Aug 2002 2,598
5 Competition and Innovation: An Inverted U Relationship Philippe Aghion, Nicholas Bloom, Richard W. Blundell et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2008 2,182
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Fiscal Studies?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Globalization, Labor Market, Income Inequality, Fiscal Policy, Gender Inequality, Economic Development and Income Tax.

▲ 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. Globalization22▲ 5.5×28 topics
  2. Economic Growth20▲ 12×16 topics
  3. Labor Market18▲ 31×9 topics
  4. Income Inequality16▲ 56×4 topics
  5. Fiscal Policy16▲ 38×6 topics
  6. Gender Inequality14▲ 50×5 topics
  7. Economic Development14▲ 8.5×14 topics
  8. Income Tax13▲ 89×2 topics
  9. Mental Health12▲ 4.1×14 topics
  10. Health Outcomes11▲ 20×4 topics
  11. Social Policy11▲ 59×2 topics
  12. Political Economy10▲ 20×9 topics
  13. Education10▲ 2.9×15 topics
  14. Financial Reporting10▲ 40×5 topics
  15. Tax Avoidance9▲ 118×2 topics
  16. Unemployment9▲ 56×2 topics
  17. Taxation9▲ 56×3 topics
  18. Regional Development9▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Labor Force Participation8▲ 94×2 topics
  20. Consumer Behavior8▲ 6.2×5 topics
  21. Corruption8▲ 24×4 topics
  22. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Incentives7▲ 54×3 topics
  24. Social Responsibility7▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Infrastructure7▲ 29×1 topic
  26. Public Investment7▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Economic Crisis7▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Job Insecurity7▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Precarious Employment7▲ 57×1 topic
  30. Household Decision Making6▲ 150×1 topic
  31. Welfare Reform6▲ 150×1 topic
  32. Behavioral Economics6▲ 60×2 topics
  33. Asset Allocation6▲ 71×2 topics
  34. Corporate Tax6▲ 105×1 topic
  35. Financial Literacy6▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Multinational Firms6▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Household Finance6▲ 91×1 topic
  38. Investment Decisions6▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Retirement Planning6▲ 91×1 topic
  40. Institutional Quality6▲ 29×3 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Fiscal Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Employment and Welfare Studies, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance.

Fiscal Policy and Econom…7Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 7 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…7Employment and Welfare Studies: 7 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Famil…6Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 6 fractional worksCorporate Taxation and A…6Corporate Taxation and Avoidance: 6 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 6 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 5 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform…4Social Policy and Reform Studies: 4 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 4 fractional worksTaxation and Legal Issues: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsGender StudiesAccounting2 others

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

  1. 1 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  2. 2 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 7 works
  3. 3 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 6 works
  4. 4 Corporate Taxation and Avoidance Accounting 6 works
  5. 5 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 6 works
  6. 6 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  7. 7 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 4 works
  9. 9 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Taxation and Legal Issues Accounting 3 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 available29.6%not open70.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Fiscal Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% 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 Institute for Fiscal Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00082% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Institute for Fiscal Studies0.00067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Fiscal Studies 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 counting10%20%30%Institute for Fiscal Studies16.8% 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 29.9% in 2014.

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