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Financial Crisis of the 21st Century

Financial Crisis of the 21st Century is a research topic within Finance. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 5.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the first global financial crisis of the 21st century, including its economic impact, cultural analysis, urbanization, historical practices, social historical practices, rural protest, and the print trade. The papers delve into various aspects of the crisis and its effects on different regions and communities.

  • Financial Crisis
  • Global World
  • Seventeenth Century
  • Economic Impact
  • Cultural Analysis
  • Urbanization
  • Historical Practices
  • Social Historical
  • Rural Protest
  • Print Trade
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
615
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
0%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Financial Crisis of the 21st Century research?

By volume, Japan and the United States publish the most (210 and 205 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Japan 210 works
  2. 2 United States 205 works
  3. 3 Netherlands 174 works
  4. 4 China 125 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 87 works
  6. 6 Belgium 35 works
  7. 7 Germany 34 works
  8. 8 Vietnam 31 works
  9. 9 Russia 28 works
  10. 10 France 27 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Japan: 21.9%United States: 21.5%Netherlands: 18.2%China: 13.1%6 others listed: 25.3%22%largest
Japan210 · 21.9%United States205 · 21.5%Netherlands174 · 18.2%China125 · 13.1%6 others listed242 · 25.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Financial Crisis of the 21st Century research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Social Historic Centre for Limburg publishes the most Financial Crisis of the 21st Century research, followed by Utrecht University and Leiden University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Social Historic Centre for LimburgNetherlands 33 works
  2. 2 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 21 works
  3. 3 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 14 works
  4. 4 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 12 works
  5. 5 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 11 works
  6. 6 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 10 works
  7. 7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 9 works
  8. 8 University of AntwerpBelgium 8 works
  9. 9 The University of TokyoJapan 8 works
  10. 10 University of GroningenNetherlands 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Financial Crisis of the 21st Century?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Financial Crisis of the 21st Century include Richard A. Gibbs and Peter Nijkamp.

  1. 1 Richard A. Gibbs United States 2.9k citations
  2. 2 Peter Nijkamp Netherlands 2k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Financial Crisis of the 21st Century research done?

The largest centres of Financial Crisis of the 21st Century research in 2022–2025 are Tokyo (Japan), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Maastricht (Netherlands) and Utrecht (Netherlands). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Maastricht, Utrecht and Amsterdam.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tokyo Japan 60 works
  2. 2 Amsterdam Netherlands 39 works
  3. 3 Maastricht Netherlands 37 works
  4. 4 Utrecht Netherlands 33 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 24 works
  6. 6 Kyoto Japan 19 works
  7. 7 New York United States 17 works
  8. 8 Paris France 17 works
  9. 9 Leiden Netherlands 16 works
  10. 10 London United Kingdom 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MaastrichtNL · 37.3 works70×
  2. UtrechtNL · 33.1 works25×
  3. AmsterdamNL · 39.2 works19×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Financial Crisis of the 21st Century than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Financial Crisis of the 21st Century?

Among universities, judged by research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Utrecht University and University of Amsterdam score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%2%4%6%mean 2.9%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 12, 5.4%Utrecht University: 21, 4.7%University of Amsterdam: 11, 3.7%Radboud University Nijmegen: 10, 4.5%University of Antwerp: 8, 2.0%Leiden University: 14, 0.0%The University of Tokyo: 8, 2.9%Weatherford College: 8, 0.0%Vrije Universiteit A…Utrecht UniversityRadboud University N…University of Amster…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 80.25.4%27.8×12 +10.5%
2 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 75.14.7%34.7×21 -45.0%
3 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 72.13.7%17.9×11 +31.2%
4 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 70.74.5%21.6×10 -5.0%
5 University of AntwerpBelgium 56.62.0%24.8×8 +12.1%
6 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 50.90.0%35.4×14 +7.8%
7 The University of TokyoJapan 37.92.9%5.7×8 +45.3%
8 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 4.10.0%5.4×8 -86.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Financial Crisis of the 21st Century research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Financial Crisis of the 21st Century.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.