Question 1

What is World Bank known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, World Bank stands highest in Social Sciences (#549 of 9,585 worldwide), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#117 of 1,798 worldwide) and Economics and Econometrics (#133 of 1,307 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Safety Research (General Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 18.6× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does World Bank rank in research?

Accepted Answer

World Bank ranks #1,313 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#661 all time), and #285 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at World Bank?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Gershon Feder and Norman Loayza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Bank.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from World Bank?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from World Bank is "A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (Stephen S Lim et al., 2012), with 12,027 citations. Next come "Finance and Growth: Schumpeter Might Be Right" (8,704) and "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (7,829).

Question 5

Which research topics does World Bank publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Global trade and economics and Agricultural risk and resilience.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at World Bank?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Economic Development, Globalization, Gender Inequality, Climate Change, Fiscal Policy, Poverty Reduction and Labor Market.

Question 7

Which fields of science does World Bank work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 64% of research at World Bank is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (26%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Is World Bank's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.