Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Research facility · Frankfurt am Main · Germany

Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE

In research, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,765 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 22.3× its share of world research.

safe-frankfurt.de/home.htmlROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#18,665
of 28,054 · #32,878 all time
Rank in Germany
#731
of 1,178
Research works
388
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
4k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE 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 #4,765 of 10,521 17.3%79 #7939

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE 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 Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 22.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 41.5 works22×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 20.1 works7.2×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.16× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.37× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22.30× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 22.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE?

Ranked on the composite score, Jochen Ruß lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE.

  1. 1 Jochen Ruß Germany · #446,652 worldwide 112 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE

Which keywords describe research at Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monetary Policy, Economic Growth, Liquidity, Regulation, Asset Pricing, Corporate Governance, Consumer Behavior and Fiscal 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 2022–2025 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 Policy10▲ 49×6 topics
  2. Economic Growth10▲ 13×10 topics
  3. Liquidity8▲ 121×3 topics
  4. Regulation8▲ 16×8 topics
  5. Asset Pricing7▲ 92×2 topics
  6. Corporate Governance6▲ 9.3×8 topics
  7. Consumer Behavior5▲ 9.1×6 topics
  8. Fiscal Policy5▲ 27×4 topics
  9. Income Inequality5▲ 39×5 topics
  10. Market Efficiency5▲ 80×2 topics
  11. Finance5▲ 28×3 topics
  12. Investor Sentiment5▲ 118×1 topic
  13. Stock Returns5▲ 118×1 topic
  14. Financial Stability4▲ 25×4 topics
  15. Banking4▲ 106×1 topic
  16. Credit4▲ 106×1 topic
  17. Investment Decisions4▲ 37×3 topics
  18. Legal Transplants4▲ 177×2 topics
  19. Capital Flows4▲ 118×2 topics
  20. Financial Performance4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  21. Behavioral Economics3▲ 71×3 topics
  22. European Company Law3▲ 288×1 topic
  23. Regulatory Competition3▲ 288×1 topic
  24. Real Estate Market3▲ 74×2 topics
  25. Urban Development3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  26. Housing Supply3▲ 90×1 topic
  27. Mortgage Credit Expansion3▲ 90×1 topic
  28. Risk Management3▲ 6.9×5 topics
  29. Structural Change3▲ 49×2 topics
  30. Asset Allocation3▲ 73×2 topics
  31. Investment3▲ 33×3 topics
  32. Market Structure3▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Political Economy3▲ 12×6 topics
  34. Firm Performance3▲ 16×2 topics
  35. European Union2▲ 13×5 topics
  36. Financial Development2▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Financial Literacy2▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Financialization2▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Panel Data Analysis2▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Retirement Planning2▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, Corporate Governance and Law and Housing Market and Economics.

Financial Markets and In…5Financial Markets and Investment Strategies: 5 fractional worksBanking stability, regul…4Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 4 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…3Corporate Governance and Law: 3 fractional worksHousing Market and Econo…3Housing Market and Economics: 3 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 2 fractional worksEconomic theories and models: 2 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis …2Global Financial Crisis and Policies: 2 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 2 fractional worksInsurance and Financial …2Insurance and Financial Risk Management: 2 fractional works
FinanceStrategy and ManagementEconomics and EconometricsAccounting1 others

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

  1. 1 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 5 works
  2. 2 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 4 works
  3. 3 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 3 works
  4. 4 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 2 works
  6. 6 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 2 works
  8. 8 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  9. 9 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  10. 10 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 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 available71.9%not open28.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.2%domestic only55.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Frankfurt am Main

All research institutions in Frankfurt am Main

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.