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D-Index
33
Citations
4105
World Ranking
3306
National Ranking
377

Donal McKillop publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donal McKillop sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 152 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Donal McKillop D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donal McKillop sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Donal McKillop is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom and has contributed to the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Business, Management and Accounting. Their research primarily focuses on finance, economics and econometrics, accounting, management science and operations research, as well as sociology and political science.

The main topics explored in McKillop's work include:

  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Demographic modeling and climate adaptation
  • FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance

McKillop has published in several scholarly venues, with frequent contributions appearing in:

  • International Review of Financial Analysis
  • The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
  • Strategic Change
  • Financial Accountability and Management
  • Journal of Financial Stability

Selected recent papers by McKillop include:

  • Cooperative financial institutions: A review of the literature, 2020, International Review of Financial Analysis

Other notable papers by coauthors within McKillop's network, reflecting overlapping research interests, include:

  • Risk and Equity Release Mortgages in the UK, 2020, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
  • Personal finance apps and low-income households, 2021, Strategic Change
  • Many stones can form an arch, singly none: (Re-)establishing trust in charities, 2021, Financial Accountability and Management
  • Who consumes the credit union subsidies?, 2023, Journal of Financial Stability

Frequent coauthors collaborating with McKillop include:

  • Declan French
  • John O. S. Wilson
  • Tripti Sharma
  • Barry Quinn
  • Anna L. Sobiech

McKillop's body of work reflects interdisciplinary applications in financial regulation and inclusion, housing economics, and the role of financial technologies. Their contributions span key issues related to banking stability and the interaction between social and financial institutions, engaging with empirical and theoretical frameworks within economics and finance.

Best Publications

  • The diversification and financial performance of US credit unions.

    John Goddard;Donal McKillop;John O.S. Wilson

  • Credit Unions: A Theoretical and Empirical Overview

    Donal McKillop;John O.S. Wilson

  • Cooperative financial institutions : a review of the literature

    Donal McKillop;Declan French;Barry Quinn;Anna L. Sobiech

  • Financial literacy and over-indebtedness in low-income households

    Declan French;Donal McKillop

  • The Growth of US Credit Unions

    John A Goddard;Donal G McKillop;John O.S Wilson

  • Efficiency in the provision of university teaching and research: An empirical analysis of UK universities

    J. C. Glass;D. G. McKillop;N. Hyndman

  • The composite cost function and efficiency in giant Japanese banks

    Donal G. McKillop;J.Colin Glass;Yukio Morikawa

  • IMPLICATIONS OF VARIANT EFFICIENCY MEASURES FOR POLICY EVALUATIONS IN UK HIGHER EDUCATION

    J. Colin Glass;Gillian McCallion;Donal G. McKillop;Syamarlah Rasaratnam

  • Investigating the cost performance of UK credit unions using radial and non-radial efficiency measures

    Donal McKillop;J.C. Glass;C. Ferguson

  • The Strategic Development of Credit Unions

    Donal McKillop;C. Ferguson

  • The achievement of scale efficiency in UK universities: A multiple-input multiple-output analysis

    J. C. Glass;D. G. McKillop;N. S. Hyndman

  • The Development of Credit Unions and their Role in Tackling Financial Exclusion

    Donal G. McKillop;Anne-Marie Ward;John O. S. Wilson

  • Investigating productivity change and hospital size: a nonparametric frontier approach

    Gillian McCallion;J. Colin Glass;Robert Jackson;Christine A. Kerr

  • Which Credit Unions are Acquired

    John Goddard;Donal McKillop;John O. S. Wilson

  • Irish credit unions: Investigating performance determinants and the opportunity cost of regulatory compliance

    J. Colin Glass;Donal G. McKillop;Syamarlah Rasaratnam

  • Cooperative bank efficiency in Japan: a parametric distance function analysis

    J. Colin Glass;Donal G. McKillop;Barry Quinn;John O.S. Wilson

  • The effectiveness of smartphone apps in improving financial capability

    Declan French;Donal McKillop;Elaine Stewart

  • A Cost Indirect Evaluation of Productivity Change in UK Universities

    J. Colin Glass;Donal G. McKillop;Gary O'Rourke

  • An Investigation into the Link between UK Credit Union Characteristics, Location and their Success

    Ann-Marie Ward;Donal G. McKillop

  • An Examination of Key Factors of Influence in the Development Process of Credit Union Industries

    Alexander Sibbald;Charles Ferguson;Donal McKillop

  • Public services and charities: Accounting, accountability and governance at a time of change

    Noel Hyndman;Donal McKillop

  • Credit Unions as Cooperative Institutions: Distinctiveness, Performance and Prospects

    Donal G. McKillop;John O.S. Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

John O. S. Wilson
John O. S. Wilson University of St Andrews
John Goddard
John Goddard Bangor University
Noel Hyndman
Noel Hyndman Queen's University Belfast
Giovanni Ferri
Giovanni Ferri Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta
James M. Wilson
James M. Wilson University of Pennsylvania
Robert DeYoung
Robert DeYoung University of Kansas

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