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Smith Institute

In research, Smith Institute stands highest in Medicine (#8,261 of 17,978 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,821 of 16,945 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,251 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,783
of 28,054 · #13,484 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#496
of 1,094
Research works
768
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
25.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Smith Institute 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
MedicineField #8,261 of 17,978 22.5%140
Social SciencesDomain #7,821 of 16,945 17.9%316
Health SciencesDomain #10,251 of 20,462 22.7%170
Life SciencesDomain #7,875 of 14,347 37.0%159
Physical SciencesDomain #18,242 of 21,541 15.3%123

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Smith Institute 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: 2.21× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.89× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.57× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Smith Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Asset Pricing, Firm Performance, Liquidity, Transcription Factors, Financial Stability, Gene Expression and Altruism.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance6▲ 6.0×10 topics
  2. Epidemiology5◆ 1.01×30 topics
  3. Climate Change4▲ 1.24×26 topics
  4. Economic Growth3▲ 2.7×8 topics
  5. Gene Expression3▲ 3.8×7 topics
  6. Asset Pricing3▲ 24×2 topics
  7. Human Rights3▲ 2.0×3 topics
  8. Firm Performance2▲ 10×2 topics
  9. Liquidity2▲ 25×3 topics
  10. Social Capital2▲ 3.7×9 topics
  11. Transcription Factors2▲ 15×4 topics
  12. Financial Stability2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  13. Altruism2▲ 19×4 topics
  14. Risk Management2▲ 3.4×5 topics
  15. Cooperation2▲ 24×3 topics
  16. Financial Reporting2▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Incentives2▲ 23×3 topics
  18. Trust2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  19. Urinary Incontinence2▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Monetary Policy2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  21. Monte Carlo Simulation2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  22. Financial Constraints2▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Option Pricing2▲ 52×1 topic
  24. Personality Traits2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  25. Stochastic Calculus2▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia2▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Competition2▲ 21×4 topics
  28. Complex Systems2▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Investor Protection2▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms2▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Market Efficiency2▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Ownership Structure2▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Prostate Cancer2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  34. Stock Returns2▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Engineering Design1▲ 16×3 topics
  36. MicroRNA1▲ 9.3×1 topic
  37. Plant1▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Signal Transduction1▲ 7.5×4 topics
  39. Technological Change1▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Multivariate Analysis1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Smith Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stochastic processes and financial applications, Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, Corporate Finance and Governance and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies.

Stochastic processes and…2Stochastic processes and financial applications: 2 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…2Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 2 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksFinancial Markets and In…2Financial Markets and Investment Strategies: 2 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …1Plant Molecular Biology Research: 1 fractional worksEconomic theories and models: 1 fractional worksLegal case studies and regulations: 1 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judici…1Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 1 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 1 fractional worksExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies: 1 fractional works
FinanceUrologyAccountingPlant Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Stochastic processes and financial applications Finance 2 works
  2. 2 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 2 works
  3. 3 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  4. 4 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 2 works
  5. 5 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 1 works
  6. 6 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Legal case studies and regulations Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 1 works
  10. 10 Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Safety Research 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 available45.1%not open54.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors64.8%domestic only35.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Smith Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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