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Business, Management and Accounting research in Germany

Berlin School of Economics and Law ranks first in Germany for Business, Management and Accounting research in 2022–2025 (#168 worldwide), followed by Leuphana University of Lüneburg and Technical University of Munich.

Germany's world rank
#8
of 113 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
27k
Top-10% rate
15.9%
Ranked institutions
60

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

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

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Berlin School of Economics and LawBerlin #16834.825.6%238
2Leuphana University of LüneburgLüneburg #18033.943.0%187
3Technical University of MunichMunich #19133.124.3%475
4University of BayreuthBayreuth #23530.535.8%171
5Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #32526.434.8%240
6RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #38424.223.3%459
7Universität HamburgHamburg #40623.525.2%348
8Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #40923.420.4%254
9University of MannheimMannheim #49920.927.9%206
10University of BremenBremen #54019.922.0%240
11University of MünsterMünster #57219.225.5%253
12University of KasselKassel #61518.227.9%174
13Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #61818.218.5%247
14TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #62118.118.1%304
15Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #68117.030.0%215
16University of CologneCologne #69816.623.7%177
17HHL Leipzig Graduate School of ManagementLeipzig #74315.837.3%122
18University of HohenheimStuttgart #75915.626.8%166
19Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #78615.116.1%228
20University of BonnBonn #78715.124.1%126
21Technische Universität DresdenDresden #81614.622.8%227
22Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #82614.521.3%161
23Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #84414.228.9%89
24University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #85414.119.3%268
25Paderborn UniversityPaderborn #86014.019.5%131
26Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyKarlsruhe #87313.821.2%232
27University of BambergBamberg #88613.620.0%199
28Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #90913.325.9%214
29Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #93013.026.6%173
30WHU – Otto Beisheim School of ManagementVallendar #93312.927.2%178
31Ruhr University BochumBochum #94212.818.4%169
32Leibniz University HannoverHanover #95112.720.3%174
33University of GöttingenGöttingen #95212.729.1%135
34Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld #97012.414.5%176
35University of StuttgartStuttgart #1,00212.021.9%190
36University of PotsdamPotsdam #1,00412.020.4%153
37FernUniversität in HagenHagen #1,01011.915.1%167
38Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #1,02411.826.3%129
39University of SiegenSiegen #1,06011.326.0%149
40Witten/Herdecke UniversityWitten #1,06911.228.3%107
41IU International University of Applied SciencesErfurt #1,15810.210.4%290
42Catholic University of Eichstätt-IngolstadtEichstätt #1,16210.121.0%81
43ESCP Business SchoolBerlin #1,2049.737.3%72
44Technische Universität IlmenauIlmenau #1,2069.723.0%62
45Munich University of Applied SciencesMunich #1,2109.68.9%117
46Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #1,2209.527.1%87
47Osnabrück UniversityOsnabrück #1,2389.327.6%98
48University of AugsburgAugsburg #1,2639.120.5%130
49Universität TrierTrier #1,2669.119.8%118
50FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and ManagementEssen #1,2948.86.7%241
51University of TübingenTübingen #1,3468.315.6%105
52University of WuppertalWuppertal #1,4167.616.0%126
53Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #1,4817.118.3%105
54University of KonstanzKonstanz #1,5036.923.8%89
55International School of ManagementDortmund #1,5076.815.3%126
56Hamburg University of TechnologyHamburg #1,5156.818.2%69
57Chemnitz University of TechnologyChemnitz #1,5406.617.8%112
58University of PassauPassau #1,5426.519.9%101
59Helmut Schmidt UniversityHamburg #1,5436.521.7%96
60Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #1,5766.322.3%106

Institutions in Germany 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 Germany?

Niklas Luhmann, Marko Sarstedt and Christian M. Ringle rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Niklas Luhmann#53 worldwide overall2.3k citations · 24 works
  2. 2Marko Sarstedt#145 worldwide overall11k citations · 53 works
  3. 3Christian M. Ringle#1,289 worldwide overall11k citations · 40 works
  4. 4Luc Laeven#4,213 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 26 works
  5. 5Stefan Seuring#7,738 worldwide overall2.3k citations · 53 works
  6. 6Werner Reinartz#12,709 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 52 works
  7. 7Johanna Mair#12,831 worldwide overall673 citations · 24 works
  8. 8Thorsten Hennig‐Thurau#13,061 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 35 works
  9. 9Isabell M. Welpe#14,102 worldwide overall908 citations · 25 works
  10. 10Christian Janiesch#14,248 worldwide overall535 citations · 37 works
  11. 11Andreas Rauch#14,668 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 31 works
  12. 12Edmund Heinen#14,922 worldwide overall144 citations · 24 works
  13. 13Alexander Maedche#17,010 worldwide overall823 citations · 30 works
  14. 14Hans‐Ulrich Küpper#17,858 worldwide overall146 citations · 23 works
  15. 15Christian Homburg#18,441 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 206 works

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