Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Researcher · World Bank · United States

Stephen Knack

Stephen Knack publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Development and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as International Development and Aid, Economic Growth and Development and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth.

World rank
#19,773
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#9,407
of 358,040
Works
40
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
27.8

What does Stephen Knack research?

Sociology and Political Science: 18.3%Development: 16.7%Economics and Econometrics: 15.0%Political Science and International Relations: 13.3%other fields: 36.7%18%top field
Sociology and Political Science18.3%Development16.7%Economics and Econometrics15.0%Political Science and International Relations13.3%other fields36.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science18% of their works
  2. 2Development17% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics15% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations13% of their works
  5. 5Safety Research10% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Stephen Knack's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Economic Growth, Governance, Poverty Reduction, NGOs, Development Policies, Foreign Aid, Development and Religion.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Growth193 topics
  2. Governance193 topics
  3. Poverty Reduction142 topics
  4. NGOs132 topics
  5. Development Policies101 topic
  6. Foreign Aid101 topic
  7. Development72 topics
  8. Religion62 topics
  9. ICT51 topic
  10. Infrastructure51 topic
  11. Taxation51 topic
  12. financial access51 topic
  13. Conditional Cash Transfers41 topic
  14. Empirical Analysis41 topic
  15. Fiscal Decentralization41 topic
  16. Political Economy41 topic
  17. Political Science41 topic
  18. School Subsidies41 topic
  19. Culture31 topic
  20. Faith-Based Organizations31 topic
  21. Institutions31 topic
  22. Social Services31 topic

Where does Stephen Knack work?

Stephen Knack's main affiliation in the publication record is World Bank, United States.

How many publications and citations does Stephen Knack have?

Science Explorer counts 40 works and 1,110 citations for Stephen Knack, ranking #19,773 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics are in the interactive view on the map. Is this your page? Request a correction or removal.