Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Company · New York · United States

McKinsey & Company (United States)

In research, McKinsey & Company (United States) stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,845 of 16,945 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#1,410 of 3,973 worldwide) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#1,606 of 3,268 worldwide), over all time.

mckinsey.comROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#17,395
of 28,054 · #10,893 all time
Rank in United States
#2,492
of 4,192
Research works
969
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
30.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is McKinsey & Company (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #2,845 of 16,945 25.2%570
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,410 of 3,973 29.0%245
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,606 of 3,268 27.3%125
Social SciencesField #5,762 of 10,206 17.1%125
Physical SciencesDomain #13,344 of 21,541 18.8%241

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where McKinsey & Company (United States) 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).

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: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.98× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.95× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.25× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at McKinsey & Company (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenichi Ohmae, John Hagel and Richard N. Foster lead among researchers whose main affiliation is McKinsey & Company (United States).

  1. 1 Kenichi Ohmae United States · #107,268 worldwide 332 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 John Hagel United States · #172,129 worldwide 143 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Richard N. Foster United States · #364,282 worldwide 63 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Herbert Henzler United States · #553,196 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 L. M. Daft United States · #737,654 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 John J. Corson United States · #743,438 worldwide 40 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at McKinsey & Company (United States)

Which keywords describe research at McKinsey & Company (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Healthcare, Energy Efficiency, Investment Decisions, Innovation, Corporate Governance, Deep Learning and Entrepreneurship.

▲ 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. Sustainability6▲ 2.4×20 topics
  2. Deep Learning6▲ 1.63×17 topics
  3. Machine Learning6▲ 1.61×21 topics
  4. Healthcare4▲ 3.6×10 topics
  5. Energy Efficiency4▲ 3.9×8 topics
  6. Innovation4▲ 3.5×13 topics
  7. Corporate Governance3▲ 4.4×9 topics
  8. Economic Development3▲ 3.7×9 topics
  9. Public Health3▲ 2.0×6 topics
  10. Internet of Things3▲ 3.3×8 topics
  11. Education3▲ 1.57×9 topics
  12. Entrepreneurship3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  13. Investment Decisions3▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Neural Networks3▲ 1.66×8 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management3▲ 2.8×5 topics
  16. Social Capital2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  17. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  18. Cyber-Physical Systems2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  19. Modeling2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  20. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 4.2×2 topics
  21. Face Recognition2▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Industrial Automation2▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Non-Communicable Diseases2▲ 4.9×2 topics
  24. Plant Disease Detection2▲ 14×1 topic
  25. Smart Farming2▲ 13×1 topic
  26. Complex Systems1▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Financial Reporting1▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Income Inequality1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  29. Information Asymmetry1▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Intellectual Property1▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Smart Cities1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  32. COVID-19 Vaccine1▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Inclusion1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  34. System Dynamics1▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Behavioral Economics1▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Financial Literacy1▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Manufacturing1▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Physical Education1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Problem Structuring Methods1▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Soft Systems Methodology1▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does McKinsey & Company (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smart Agriculture and AI, Complex Systems and Decision Making, Advanced Text Analysis Techniques and Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis.

Smart Agriculture and AI2Smart Agriculture and AI: 2 fractional worksComplex Systems and Deci…1Complex Systems and Decision Making: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Text Analysis Techniques: 1 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 1 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineering Education: 1 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 1 fractional worksRisk Management in Financial Firms: 1 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…1Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksInclusion and Disability in Education and Sport: 1 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 1 fractional works
Plant ScienceManagement Science and Operations ResearchArtificial IntelligenceAccounting5 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 2 works
  2. 2 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Text Analysis Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 1 works
  5. 5 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Risk Management in Financial Firms Accounting 1 works
  8. 8 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  9. 9 Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 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 available25.8%not open74.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has McKinsey & Company (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower 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 New York

All research institutions in New York

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.