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Islamic Development Bank

In research, Islamic Development Bank stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,823 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting, Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Accounting is 39.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,425
of 22,385 · #20,821 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#82
of 91
Research works
494
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Islamic Development Bank

What is Islamic Development Bank 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 #5,823 of 9,585 11.6%110 #5813

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Islamic Development Bank 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 Islamic Development Bank work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Islamic Development Bank is in Social Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (34%), Social Sciences (33%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (17%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 125 fractional works · 86.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 49 fractional works · 34.0% of its workAccounting: 35 fractional works · 24.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 32.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 12.6% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.3% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIslamicDevelopment Bank144fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences87%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting4934.0%
    2. Social Sciences4732.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2517.5%
    4. Decision Sciences11.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    6. Psychology10.6%
    1. Computer Science96.4%
    2. Engineering21.2%
    3. Environmental Science10.6%
    4. Mathematics10.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Health Professions21.7%
    2. Medicine10.7%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Islamic Development Bank specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 39.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 34.9 works40×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 49.1 works11×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 25.3 works8.2×
  4. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 20.1 works3.9×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10.54× its world share, 49 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8.18× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 10.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting10.54×49 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance8.18×25 works
  3. Social Sciences2.59×47 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.05×2 works
  5. Computer Science0.83×9 works
  6. Health Professions0.64×2 works
  7. Mathematics0.39×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.32×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×2 works
  10. Psychology0.20×1 works
  11. Energy0.19×0 works
  12. Nursing0.19×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.12×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works
  16. Engineering0.08×2 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works
  18. Medicine0.04×1 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Islamic Development Bank?

Ranked on the quality score, Dawood Ashraf, Mohsin Khawaja and Zamir Iqbal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Islamic Development Bank.

  1. 1 Dawood Ashraf Saudi Arabia · #214,345 worldwide 1.7k citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Mohsin Khawaja Saudi Arabia · #1,033,024 worldwide 445 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Zamir Iqbal Saudi Arabia · #1,330,574 worldwide 3k citations · 188 works
  4. 4 Elvin Afandi Saudi Arabia · #1,905,887 worldwide 423 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Abdelkader Chachi Saudi Arabia · #2,162,178 worldwide 272 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Mohammed Obaidullah Saudi Arabia · #2,281,742 worldwide 785 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Muhammad Umer Chapra Saudi Arabia · #2,566,658 worldwide 2.5k citations · 85 works
  8. 8 Tamsir Cham Saudi Arabia · #2,675,892 worldwide 80 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Ahmet Şuayb Gündoğdu Saudi Arabia · #2,707,989 worldwide 269 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Abdelrahman Elzahi Saaid Ali Saudi Arabia · #2,787,350 worldwide 193 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Islamic Development Bank

What are the most cited papers from Islamic Development Bank?

The most cited paper from Islamic Development Bank is "Perioperative Myocardial Injury After Noncardiac Surgery" (Christian Puelacher et al., 2017), with 523 citations. Next come "Islamic and conventional banks' soundness during the 2007–2008 financial crisis" (452) and "Systemic risk: The impact of COVID-19" (263).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Perioperative Myocardial Injury After Noncardiac Surgery Christian Puelacher et al. · Circulation Open access 4 Dec 2017 523
2 Islamic and conventional banks' soundness during the 2007–2008 financial crisis Khawla Bourkhis, Mahmoud Sami Nabi · Review of Financial Economics 16 Jan 2013 452
3 Systemic risk: The impact of COVID-19 Muhammad Rizwan, Ghufran Ahmad, Dawood Ashraf · Finance research letters Open access 4 Jul 2020 263
4 Ethical Investment Revisited Khaled Hussein, Mohammed Omran · The Journal of Investing 31 Aug 2005 234
5 DETERMINANTS OF PROFITABILITY IN ISLAMIC BANKS: SOME EVIDENCE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST # Abdel‐Hameed M. Bashir · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics Open access 2003 217
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Islamic Development Bank?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Islamic Banking, Corporate Governance, Financial Stability, Risk Management, Finance, Ethical Identity, Shariah Supervision and Social Capital.

▲ 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. Islamic Banking39▲ 72×3 topics
  2. Corporate Governance35▲ 33×12 topics
  3. Financial Stability33▲ 119×4 topics
  4. Risk Management32▲ 47×5 topics
  5. Finance32▲ 120×3 topics
  6. Ethical Identity30▲ 181×1 topic
  7. Shariah Supervision30▲ 181×1 topic
  8. Social Capital17▲ 22×4 topics
  9. Gender Equality13▲ 31×4 topics
  10. Economic Development12▲ 11×8 topics
  11. Poverty Reduction12▲ 62×4 topics
  12. Empowerment11▲ 77×1 topic
  13. Microfinance11▲ 147×1 topic
  14. Social Media10▲ 4.9×5 topics
  15. Media Literacy8▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Cultural Identity8▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Digital Literacy8▲ 10×5 topics
  18. Community Empowerment8▲ 7.7×6 topics
  19. Curriculum Development8▲ 8.3×8 topics
  20. Hoax Communication7▲ 32×1 topic
  21. Pandemic Response7▲ 21×1 topic
  22. Globalization6▲ 2.2×11 topics
  23. Islamic Education6▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Consumer Behavior6▲ 6.9×8 topics
  25. Investment Decisions6▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Entrepreneurship6▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Character Education6▲ 8.3×5 topics
  28. Crowdfunding6▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Fintech6▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Economic Growth6▲ 4.7×13 topics
  31. Monetary Policy6▲ 16×5 topics
  32. Online Learning6▲ 4.6×7 topics
  33. Supply Chain Management6▲ 4.3×9 topics
  34. Financial Performance5▲ 5.8×7 topics
  35. Teacher Training4▲ 4.8×4 topics
  36. E-commerce4▲ 4.9×5 topics
  37. Religious Education4▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Student Motivation4▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Learning Outcomes4▲ 6.3×4 topics
  40. Customer Satisfaction4▲ 7.5×6 topics

Which research topics does Islamic Development Bank publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Islamic Finance and Communication and FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance.

Islamic Finance and Bank…30Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 30 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 11 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Comm…7Islamic Finance and Communication: 7 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…6FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 6 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…3Education and Islamic Studies: 3 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 2 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 2 fractional worksSustainable Finance and Green Bonds: 2 fractional worksHalal products and consumer behavior: 2 fractional works
AccountingEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political ScienceManagement Information Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 30 works
  2. 2 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  4. 4 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 6 works
  5. 5 Education and Islamic Studies Education 3 works
  6. 6 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Education and Character Development Education 2 works
  8. 8 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 2 works
  9. 9 Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds Finance 2 works
  10. 10 Halal products and consumer behavior 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.9%domestic only61.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Islamic Development Bank's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Islamic Development Bank as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Islamic Development Bank0.00069% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Islamic Development Bank 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%Islamic Development Bank14.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.7% in 2019.

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