The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the discipline of
Economics and Finance relies os data derived from
a wide range of data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for
evaluating the citation-based metrics were collected on 21-12-2022. Position
in the ranking is based on a sum of D-indexes (Discipline H-index) of all ranking
scientist's affiliated with a given institution. D-index
takes into account only publications and citation
metrics for an examined discipline.
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The focus of our Economics and Finance research
Research.com’s best universities ranking is a reliable lineup of
leading scholars from the field of Economics and Finance,
based on a thorough analysis of
166,880 researchers discovered from various
bibliometric data sources. For the field of Economics and Finance, as many as
8163 scholars were examined.
What is D-index acceptance threshold for Economics and Finance
The D-index threshold for accepting a scientist to be
considered is placed at 30 if
most of their publications are in the area of Economics and Finance. The
approval factors for researchers to be
considered into the ranking of top scholars are based on the D-index,
proportion of the publications made within the selected
field of study as well as the awards and achievements of the
scientists. The D-index threshold for including leading
researchers is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of
scientists projected for each
area od study whilst making sure that the top 1% of
best scientists are added into the ranking.
We estimate a proximity of 30% or less between a scientist’s
general H-index and their D-index.
Extra verification rules
Since our leading mission is to ensure that only
genuine scientists are listed in
our ranking we believe that raw data are never
supposed to be a complete tool to quantify the
output of researchers. Because of that
we manually check every profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a
broad range of trustworthy sources. While it’s not a
factor contributing to a scholar’s position in
our ranking, the amount of documents published in
prominent journals and conference proceedings should be a
valuable secondary signal of their contribution to research in a
specific discipline. Position in the ranking is
established using every researcher’s D-index
with the help of metrics compiled from OpenAlex and
CrossRef, which are the most credible and well-established bibliometric
databases of this kind accessible to the scientific community. A
thorough definition of our research process
can be found on our
methodology page.
Our agenda
Our mission is to inspire scholars,
companies and administrative bodies
around the world to examine where prominent experts are heading
and to provide a way for the entire research community to
get to know who the leading experts in specific
disciplines, in different countries, or even within research
institutions are.
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Key findings for Economics and Finance
As far as institutions are concerned, the institution with the highest
number of leading researchers in the world is Harvard University with 71
scientists affiliated with it being present in our
Economics and Finance ranking.
It is followed by University of California, Berkeley with 55
scientists
and Stanford University with 54 scholars.
The most prominent scientists in the discipline of Economics and Finance in the world are affiliated with Imperial College London, Indiana University, The Ohio State University, Georgetown University, University of Basel, University of Sussex, Princeton University, University of Zurich, Hoover Institution, Carnegie Mellon University.
Harvard University is listed as the best university in the world in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking scholars at 5142. Ranking on the second place in the world is University of California, Berkeley with a total D-index of 3069. The third spot in the world is occupied by MIT with a total D-index of 3035.
The average total D-index for the top 10% universities is 214 in comparison to an average of 214 for all 454 institutions included in Research.com ranking.
The average number of published papers in the discipline of Economics and Finance by researchers affiliated with the top 5% of scientists in the ranking is 886 in comparison to an average of 886 for all 454 universities.
The average number of citations of scholars affiliated with the top 10% universities is 95099 against an average of 95099 for all 454 universities.
