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Tinbergen Institute

In research, Tinbergen Institute stands highest in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#504 of 1,798 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,614 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Finance, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics and Econometrics (Finance is 33.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,376
of 22,385 · #3,121 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#53
of 197
Research works
2.4k
▼ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
26.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Tinbergen Institute

What is Tinbergen Institute 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
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #504 of 1,798 13.9%96 #293
Social SciencesDomain #3,614 of 9,585 12.4%180 #1455

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tinbergen 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Tinbergen Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Tinbergen Institute is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (39%), Social Sciences (18%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 198 fractional works · 74.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 104 fractional works · 39.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 64 fractional works · 24.0% of its workFinance: 27 fractional works · 10.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 22 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 5.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 16.7% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTinbergenInstitute265fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences75%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10439.3%
    2. Social Sciences4717.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting228.1%
    4. Decision Sciences165.9%
    5. Psychology72.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    1. Computer Science134.9%
    2. Mathematics103.6%
    3. Engineering93.2%
    4. Environmental Science82.9%
    5. Energy20.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Health Professions103.8%
    2. Medicine62.4%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.1%
    2. Neuroscience20.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Tinbergen Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 33.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 26.9 works34×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 104.1 works18×
  3. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 63.8 works15×
← 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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.06× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.52× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.11× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18.35× its world share, 104 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 18.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance18.35×104 works
  2. Decision Sciences6.11×16 works
  3. Mathematics3.06×10 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.52×22 works
  5. Health Professions1.43×10 works
  6. Social Sciences1.39×47 works
  7. Energy0.94×2 works
  8. Psychology0.92×7 works
  9. Computer Science0.62×13 works
  10. Environmental Science0.58×8 works
  11. Neuroscience0.52×2 works
  12. Nursing0.45×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.30×2 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.29×2 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×3 works
  17. Engineering0.22×9 works
  18. Medicine0.12×6 works
  19. Veterinary0.10×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tinbergen Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Gérard J. van den Berg, Eric J. Bartelsman and Remco C. J. Zwinkels lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tinbergen Institute.

  1. 1 Gérard J. van den Berg Netherlands · #245,474 worldwide 12k citations · 455 works
  2. 2 Eric J. Bartelsman Netherlands · #295,321 worldwide 7.8k citations · 117 works
  3. 3 Remco C. J. Zwinkels Netherlands · #353,559 worldwide 2k citations · 144 works
  4. 4 André Lucas Netherlands · #353,639 worldwide 7.1k citations · 421 works
  5. 5 Bas van der Klaauw Netherlands · #383,939 worldwide 3.5k citations · 215 works
  6. 6 Laura de Dominicis Netherlands · #484,916 worldwide 792 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Maarten R.C. van Oordt Netherlands · #634,763 worldwide 900 citations · 61 works
  8. 8 Willem F. C. Verschoor Netherlands · #661,258 worldwide 2k citations · 123 works
  9. 9 Pieter A. Gautier Netherlands · #700,091 worldwide 2.3k citations · 171 works
  10. 10 Isabelle L. Salle Netherlands · #850,964 worldwide 616 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at Tinbergen Institute

What are the most cited papers from Tinbergen Institute?

The most cited paper from Tinbergen Institute is "Relationship Banking: What Do We Know?" (Arnoud W. A. Boot, 2000), with 2,370 citations. Next come "Natural Resources: Curse or Blessing?" (2,208) and "On bias, inconsistency, and efficiency of various estimators in dynamic panel data models" (1,965).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Relationship Banking: What Do We Know? Arnoud W. A. Boot · Journal of Financial Intermediation 2000 2,370
2 Natural Resources: Curse or Blessing? Frederick van der Ploeg · Journal of Economic Literature Jun 2011 2,208
3 On bias, inconsistency, and efficiency of various estimators in dynamic panel data models Jan F. Kiviet · Journal of Econometrics Jul 1995 1,965
4 Heterogeneous beliefs and routes to chaos in a simple asset pricing model William A. Brock, Cars Hommes · Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Jul 1998 1,769
5 Can Relationship Banking Survive Competition? Arnoud W. A. Boot, Anjan V. Thakor · The Journal of Finance Apr 2000 1,609
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tinbergen Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy, Labor Market, Liquidity, Asset Pricing, Risk Management and Regulation.

▲ 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. Economic Growth31▲ 14×16 topics
  2. Monetary Policy24▲ 39×8 topics
  3. Fiscal Policy16▲ 30×6 topics
  4. Labor Market12▲ 16×10 topics
  5. Liquidity12▲ 59×3 topics
  6. Asset Pricing11▲ 50×2 topics
  7. Regulation10▲ 7.4×8 topics
  8. Risk Management10▲ 8.2×7 topics
  9. Economic Development10▲ 4.8×11 topics
  10. Financial Development10▲ 25×2 topics
  11. Panel Data Analysis10▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Market Efficiency9▲ 52×2 topics
  13. Structural Change9▲ 55×2 topics
  14. Incentives8▲ 49×3 topics
  15. Business Cycles8▲ 84×1 topic
  16. Competition8▲ 60×4 topics
  17. Interest Rates8▲ 84×1 topic
  18. Consumer Behavior8▲ 4.8×8 topics
  19. Corporate Governance8▲ 4.0×13 topics
  20. Financial Stability8▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Stock Market8▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Trust8▲ 10×5 topics
  23. Health Outcomes7▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Income Tax7▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Altruism7▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Cooperation7▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Finance7▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Emotion6▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Social Networks6▲ 8.8×7 topics
  30. Gender Differences6▲ 6.3×2 topics
  31. Investor Sentiment6▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Stock Returns6▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Financialization6▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Reciprocity6▲ 49×2 topics
  35. Decision Making6▲ 7.8×4 topics
  36. Economic Experiments6▲ 126×1 topic
  37. Social Preferences6▲ 126×1 topic
  38. Political Economy6▲ 8.3×7 topics
  39. GARCH Models6▲ 93×1 topic
  40. Volatility6▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Tinbergen Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies and Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling.

Monetary Policy and Econ…8Monetary Policy and Economic Impact: 8 fractional worksFinancial Markets and In…6Financial Markets and Investment Strategies: 6 fractional worksExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies: 6 fractional worksFinancial Risk and Volatility Modeling: 6 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 6 fractional worksDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics: 5 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 5 fractional worksEconomic theories and mo…5Economic theories and models: 5 fractional worksComplex Systems and Time Series Analysis: 5 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 4 fractional works
General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceFinanceSafety ResearchEconomics and Econometrics1 others

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

  1. 1 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 8 works
  2. 2 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 6 works
  3. 3 Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Safety Research 6 works
  4. 4 Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling Finance 6 works
  5. 5 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  6. 6 Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics General Decision Sciences 5 works
  7. 7 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 5 works
  8. 8 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  9. 9 Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  10. 10 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 4 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 available69.0%not open31.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.5%domestic only55.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tinbergen Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Tinbergen Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Tinbergen Institute0.00089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tinbergen Institute 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%Tinbergen Institute11.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.1% in 2011.

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