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Swiss Finance Institute

In research, Swiss Finance Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,204 of 10,521 worldwide), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#531 of 1,775 worldwide) and Economics and Econometrics (#742 of 1,272 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Finance, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Accounting — Finance is 65.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,137
of 28,054 · #5,444 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#53
of 220
Research works
2k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
62k
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Swiss Finance Institute 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 #2,204 of 10,521 26.8%256 #1056
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #531 of 1,775 25.3%147 #228
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #742 of 1,272 28.5%70 #433
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,530 of 2,578 29.4%60 #1298
FinanceSubfield #89 of 135 21.5%64 #65

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swiss Finance 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,056 #2,204
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#228 #531
  3. Economics and Econometrics#433 #742
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#1,298 #1,530
  5. Finance#65 #89
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Swiss Finance Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 65.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 64.5 works65×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 146.5 works21×
  3. AccountingSubfield · 28.6 works14×
  4. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 70.1 works14×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.62× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.25× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.72× its world share, 60 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.90× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20.93× its world share, 146 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 20.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Swiss Finance Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Éric Jondeau, Erwan Morellec and Michael Rockinger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swiss Finance Institute.

  1. 1 Éric Jondeau Switzerland · #63,960 worldwide 477 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Erwan Morellec Switzerland · #79,440 worldwide 280 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Michael Rockinger Switzerland · #96,106 worldwide 364 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Wolfgang Nierhaus Switzerland · #242,643 worldwide 47 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Harald Hau Switzerland · #303,604 worldwide 133 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Maria Esther Oswald‐Egg Switzerland · #667,543 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Christoph Morgenthaler Switzerland · #894,360 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Paul Schneider Switzerland · #918,516 worldwide 53 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Markus Huppenbauer Switzerland · #951,374 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Banu Simmons-Süer Switzerland · #955,644 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Swiss Finance Institute

Which keywords describe research at Swiss Finance Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monetary Policy, Economic Growth, Corporate Governance, Regulation, Liquidity, Asset Pricing, Finance and Risk Management.

▲ 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 Policy40▲ 50×10 topics
  2. Economic Growth36▲ 13×17 topics
  3. Corporate Governance27▲ 11×14 topics
  4. Regulation25▲ 14×7 topics
  5. Liquidity24▲ 95×3 topics
  6. Asset Pricing22▲ 78×3 topics
  7. Finance21▲ 33×4 topics
  8. Risk Management20▲ 12×10 topics
  9. Market Efficiency18▲ 77×2 topics
  10. Investor Sentiment17▲ 117×1 topic
  11. Stock Returns17▲ 117×1 topic
  12. Financial Performance17▲ 9.0×8 topics
  13. Banking15▲ 105×1 topic
  14. Credit15▲ 105×1 topic
  15. Financial Stability15▲ 23×5 topics
  16. Fiscal Policy15▲ 21×6 topics
  17. Innovation14▲ 3.9×14 topics
  18. Investment14▲ 42×4 topics
  19. Real Estate Market11▲ 75×2 topics
  20. Consumer Behavior11▲ 5.2×7 topics
  21. Firm Performance11▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Shareholder Value10▲ 30×3 topics
  23. Urban Development10▲ 8.6×2 topics
  24. Financial Constraints10▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Housing Supply10▲ 83×1 topic
  26. Mortgage Credit Expansion10▲ 83×1 topic
  27. Financialization10▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Insurance10▲ 39×3 topics
  29. Structural Change10▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Stock Market10▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Investor Protection10▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Ownership Structure10▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Entrepreneurship10▲ 7.6×6 topics
  34. Financial Development10▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Panel Data Analysis10▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Market Structure9▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Income Inequality9▲ 18×7 topics
  38. Business Cycles8▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Catastrophe Bonds8▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Interest Rates8▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does Swiss Finance Institute publish most on?

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

Financial Markets and Investment Strategies: 17 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 15 fractional worksHousing Market and Econo…10Housing Market and Economics: 10 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…10Corporate Finance and Governance: 10 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 8 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 8 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Vola…8Market Dynamics and Volatility: 8 fractional worksComplex Systems and Time Series Analysis: 6 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Venture Capital: 6 fractional worksSustainable Finance and Green Bonds: 6 fractional works
FinanceEconomics and EconometricsAccountingGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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

  1. 1 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 17 works
  2. 2 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 15 works
  3. 3 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  4. 4 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 10 works
  5. 5 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 8 works
  6. 6 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  7. 7 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  8. 8 Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  9. 9 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 6 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds Finance 6 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 available70.8%not open29.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.2%domestic only45.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swiss Finance Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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