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World Economic Forum

In research, World Economic Forum stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,855 of 9,330 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,199 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,737
of 22,385 · #11,084 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#103
of 186
Research works
535
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.3k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
World Economic Forum

What is World Economic Forum 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 SciencesField #3,855 of 9,330 7.9%161
Social SciencesDomain #7,199 of 14,833 8.1%346

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Economic Forum 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 World Economic Forum work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at World Economic Forum is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Environmental Science (10%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 56 fractional works · 53.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 27.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 8.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 10.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 8.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 14.5% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWorld EconomicForum105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences53%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2827.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance98.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting98.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities54.5%
    5. Psychology32.4%
    6. Decision Sciences21.6%
    1. Environmental Science1010.0%
    2. Engineering98.2%
    3. Energy44.1%
    4. Computer Science32.5%
    5. Materials Science11.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine109.1%
    2. Health Professions55.2%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.5%
    2. Neuroscience21.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.43× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.02× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.97× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.54× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.72× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.10× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy4.43×4 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.10×9 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.72×9 works
  4. Social Sciences2.13×28 works
  5. Environmental Science2.02×10 works
  6. Health Professions1.97×5 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.64×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.54×5 works
  9. Veterinary1.17×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.88×2 works
  11. Psychology0.79×2 works
  12. Engineering0.55×9 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×3 works
  14. Medicine0.47×10 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.41×1 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.32×3 works
  18. Materials Science0.30×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.29×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.18×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  24. Nursing0.13×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at World Economic Forum?

Ranked on the quality score, Arthur Lyon Dahl, Justin Adams and Sonia Valdivia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Economic Forum.

  1. 1 Arthur Lyon Dahl Switzerland · #842,436 worldwide 1.9k citations · 118 works
  2. 2 Justin Adams Switzerland · #955,103 worldwide 4.9k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Sonia Valdivia Switzerland · #1,371,092 worldwide 2.5k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 M. Rahmanian Switzerland · #2,060,997 worldwide 673 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Klaus Schwab Switzerland · #2,104,197 worldwide 2.4k citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Richard Samans Switzerland · #2,362,928 worldwide 158 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Rolf Steltemeier Switzerland · #2,513,345 worldwide 5 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Matthew Stephenson Switzerland · #2,635,166 worldwide 96 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Douglas F. Williamson Switzerland · #2,696,442 worldwide 73 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Yo-Yo Ma Switzerland · #3,284,362 worldwide 6 citations · 91 works
All ranked researchers at World Economic Forum

What are the most cited papers from World Economic Forum?

The most cited paper from World Economic Forum is "Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life" (Harris A. Lewin et al., 2018), with 1,105 citations. Next come "The Business Model: Recent Developments and Future Research" (982) and "Overview of known plastic packaging-associated chemicals and their hazards" (912).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life Harris A. Lewin et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 23 Apr 2018 1,105
2 The Business Model: Recent Developments and Future Research Christoph Zott, Raphael H Amit, Lorenzo Massa · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2011 982
3 Overview of known plastic packaging-associated chemicals and their hazards Ksenia J. Groh, Thomas Backhaus, Bethanie Carney Almroth et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 3 Oct 2018 912
4 Preparing for Precision Medicine Reza Mirnezami, Jeremy Kirk Nicholson, Ara Wardkes Darzi · New England Journal of Medicine 18 Jan 2012 679
5 Food packaging in the circular economy: Overview of chemical safety aspects for commonly used materials Birgit Geueke, Ksenia J. Groh, Jane Muncke · Journal of Cleaner Production Open access 4 May 2018 663
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at World Economic Forum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Climate Change, Globalization, Religion, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Identity and Supply Chain 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-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. Sustainability15▲ 5.8×33 topics
  2. Climate Change9▲ 3.1×26 topics
  3. Globalization7▲ 3.5×20 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 4.2×12 topics
  5. Big Data6▲ 5.5×7 topics
  6. Religion5▲ 10×6 topics
  7. Renewable Energy5▲ 3.1×10 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management4▲ 4.5×8 topics
  9. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.2×18 topics
  10. Identity4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  11. Risk Management3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  12. Economic Growth3▲ 3.8×9 topics
  13. Innovation3▲ 3.0×9 topics
  14. Waste Management3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  15. International Trade3▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Culture3▲ 5.5×5 topics
  17. Ethics3▲ 5.6×10 topics
  18. Economic Development3▲ 3.4×8 topics
  19. History3▲ 3.7×4 topics
  20. Corporate Social Responsibility3▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Recycling3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  22. Conflict2▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Neoliberalism2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  24. International Relations2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  25. Metal Recovery2▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Governance2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  27. Organizational Performance2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  28. Energy Transition2▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Human Population2▲ 135×1 topic
  30. Interdependence2▲ 135×1 topic
  31. Team Science2▲ 69×2 topics
  32. EROI2▲ 61×1 topic
  33. Environmental Impacts2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  34. Fossil Fuels2▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Society2▲ 10.0×2 topics
  36. Finance2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  37. Legislation2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Memory2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  39. Policy2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  40. Public-Private Partnerships2▲ 22×3 topics

Which research topics does World Economic Forum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Balkans: History, Politics, Society and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

Innovation, Sustainabili…2Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems: 2 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustai…2Global Energy and Sustainability Research: 2 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politics, Society: 2 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 2 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern European Studies: 2 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 1 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 1 fractional worksCommunity Development an…1Community Development and Social Impact: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentCultural StudiesIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  3. 3 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 2 works
  4. 4 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  8. 8 Community Development and Social Impact Finance 1 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 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 available40.3%not open59.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.9%domestic only67.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has World Economic Forum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is World Economic Forum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%World Economic Forum0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of World Economic Forum 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%World Economic Forum10.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.1% in 2019.

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