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Business, Management and Accounting research in France

Kedge Business School ranks first in France for Business, Management and Accounting research in 2022–2025 (#132 worldwide), followed by Excelia Business School and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

France's world rank
#10
of 113 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
11k
Top-10% rate
18.8%
Ranked institutions
45

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Business, Management and Accounting in France?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Kedge Business SchoolTalence #13237.833.6%191
2Excelia Business SchoolLa Rochelle #14836.458.5%146
3Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueParis #22431.124.8%326
4NEOMA Business SchoolMont-Saint-Aignan #27228.644.4%205
5Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementParis #37424.617.6%86
6Université de LilleLille #37824.414.0%194
7TBS EducationToulouse #51320.542.1%117
8Université de BordeauxBordeaux #53919.915.6%82
9Université de MontpellierMontpellier #58818.818.0%122
10Montpellier Business SchoolMontpellier #59318.741.5%103
11École de management de LyonLyon #63217.934.3%134
12Paris School of BusinessParis #67817.042.6%94
13Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du NordRoubaix #68816.830.4%122
14EM Normandie Business SchoolLe Havre #69016.841.6%86
15Audencia Business SchoolNantes #73815.939.3%135
16Métis-LabLe Havre #83914.328.4%93
17Université de LorraineNancy #87213.818.7%124
18École Supérieure de Commerce de RennesRennes #93412.936.9%90
19HEC ParisJouy-en-Josas #95912.633.7%69
20Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille #1,01111.918.6%128
21ESSCA School of ManagementAngers #1,02211.833.1%96
22SKEMA Business SchoolLille #1,03311.628.5%95
23Institut d'Economie Scientifique Et de GestionPuteaux #1,09410.925.4%121
24Grenoble Ecole de ManagementGrenoble #1,12710.530.8%102
25IPAG Business SchoolParis #1,12810.544.8%68
26École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et CommercialesCergy #1,13010.519.4%104
27Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneParis #1,1879.914.9%131
28ESCP Business SchoolParis #1,3228.538.1%67
29Université Paris-SaclayGif-sur-Yvette #1,3378.418.8%96
30INSEADFontainebleau #1,3638.138.3%69
31Université Paris Dauphine-PSLParis #1,3837.99.1%151
32Nantes UniversitéNantes #1,3927.818.7%70
33Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg #1,4537.327.2%79
34Université Grenoble AlpesSaint-Martin-d'Hères #1,5006.915.6%112
35School of Business and ManagementTours #1,6365.87.9%191
36Université Gustave EiffelChamps-sur-Marne #1,6645.617.4%71
37Université Paris NanterreNanterre #1,7135.26.8%132
38Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1Villeurbanne #1,7544.911.5%111
39Université d'AngersAngers #1,8264.47.6%63
40Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Économie, GestionSophia Antipolis #1,8963.911.8%68
41Institut d'Etudes Politiques de ParisParis #1,9283.712.2%87
42Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Appliquées à la GestionGrenoble #1,9713.411.7%74
43Université Jean Moulin Lyon IIILyon #2,0832.77.7%114
44Conservatoire National des Arts et MétiersParis #2,2151.911.1%69
45Université Paris-Panthéon-AssasParis #2,2351.88.7%74

Institutions in France above the floor of 40 fractional works in Business, Management and Accounting, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Business, Management and Accounting researchers in France?

Jean Tirole, Samuel Fosso Wamba and Luk N. Van Wassenhove rank highest among researchers based in France.

  1. 1Jean Tirole#189 worldwide overall4.4k citations · 21 works
  2. 2Samuel Fosso Wamba#3,959 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 40 works
  3. 3Luk N. Van Wassenhove#5,807 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 59 works
  4. 4Jean‐Noël Kapferer#11,604 worldwide overall402 citations · 23 works
  5. 5Marcus Wagner#15,624 worldwide overall828 citations · 30 works
  6. 6Alain Fayolle#23,736 worldwide overall756 citations · 70 works
  7. 7Sachin Kamble#24,880 worldwide overall901 citations · 38 works
  8. 8Yves Doz#33,691 worldwide overall682 citations · 23 works
  9. 9Walid Gaaloul#40,350 worldwide overall420 citations · 25 works
  10. 10Alain Bernard#42,922 worldwide overall865 citations · 39 works
  11. 11Pierre Dussauge#52,160 worldwide overall270 citations · 22 works
  12. 12Armin Schwienbacher#61,902 worldwide overall386 citations · 44 works
  13. 13Frédéric Delmar#65,064 worldwide overall416 citations · 29 works
  14. 14Wendy L. Currie#70,189 worldwide overall235 citations · 29 works
  15. 15Xiaolan Xie#70,736 worldwide overall476 citations · 21 works

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