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Top Business, Management and Accounting Research Institutions

Hong Kong Polytechnic University ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Columbia University and University of Cambridge, out of 2,581 ranked institutions.

Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina · Hong Kong 100.0 22.1% 799 9.3k#16
2Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 91.2 14.2% 416 3k#12
3University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 86.0 14.2% 497 4k#9
4National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 82.4 15.4% 524 3.8k#5
5University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 79.5 14.6% 526 3.6k#17
6New York UniversityUnited States · New York 77.2 13.3% 458 2.8k#4
7Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 75.2 17.7% 326 3k#2
8Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 73.5 7.1% 1.8k 5.5k#25
9Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 72.0 13.1% 433 2.5k#10
10Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 70.7 15.2% 539 3.7k#47
11Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 69.5 13.7% 607 4.1k#40
12University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam 68.4 14.7% 499 4.2k#15
13ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 67.4 17.9% 216 2.4k#19
14Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 66.4 16.8% 374 3.2k#1
15Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 65.5 13.0% 180 1.9k#21
16University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 64.7 20.0% 198 1.8k#11
17University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 63.9 17.0% 320 2.7k#6
18Nankai UniversityChina · Tianjin 63.2 14.7% 370 2.7k-
19Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam 62.5 18.1% 504 4.4k#24
20King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 61.9 13.8% 386 2k-
21Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 61.2 17.4% 598 5.1k#44
22Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 60.7 18.8% 372 3.3k#65
23RMIT UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 60.1 19.8% 520 5.8k#42
24Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 59.5 14.1% 570 3.9k#20
25Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 59.0 15.6% 482 2.9k#51
26University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 58.5 13.8% 518 3.6k#55
27University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom · Southampton 58.0 20.4% 356 3.7k-
28City University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong 57.6 16.6% 426 3.2k#13
29University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei 57.1 19.9% 412 4.7k#58
30University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol 56.7 13.5% 330 2k-
31Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 56.3 12.2% 548 3.3k#86
32Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 55.9 13.9% 462 3k#99
33University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 55.5 13.3% 611 3.3k#22
34Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 55.1 17.4% 547 4.8k#69
35Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge 54.7 15.1% 278 2.6k#7
36The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 54.4 18.0% 460 3.9k#41
37UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 54.0 15.9% 498 3.6k#23
38University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 53.7 18.6% 404 3k#56
39University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 53.4 18.9% 345 2.7k#60
40University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 53.0 13.9% 333 2.3k#26
41Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia · Makassar 52.7 6.8% 5.3k 4.4k-
42Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington 52.4 16.9% 466 4k#36
43Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing 52.1 20.7% 361 3.8k#62
44Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 51.8 15.7% 509 3.6k#33
45Renmin University of ChinaChina · Beijing 51.5 17.5% 690 6k-
46University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 51.3 13.6% 483 2.8k#8
47Universitas Esa UnggulIndonesia · Jakarta 51.0 12.6% 1.3k 1.9k-
48The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 50.7 14.8% 507 3k#27
49Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 50.5 18.7% 393 2.8k-
50University of International Business and EconomicsChina · Beijing 50.2 15.5% 426 3.4k-
51University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 50.0 14.7% 366 2.5k#30
52University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 49.7 15.0% 362 2.7k#3
53Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen 49.5 17.5% 536 5.1k-
54University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 49.2 15.6% 497 3.7k#18
55Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia · Brisbane 49.0 20.8% 329 3.2k#66
56Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 48.8 19.5% 605 5.7k#70
57University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 48.5 12.6% 418 2.6k#78
58University of MacauChina · Macao 48.3 16.5% 260 2.2k#96
59University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 48.1 13.3% 284 1.7k#98
60Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 47.9 14.2% 627 4.5k-
61Universitas Teknokrat IndonesiaIndonesia · Bandar Lampung 47.7 22.8% 184 476-
62Lund UniversitySweden · Lund 47.5 17.7% 318 2.7k-
63The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 47.3 13.5% 292 2k#32
64Technische Universität DresdenGermany · Dresden 47.1 12.9% 251 1.2k#43
65Leibniz AssociationGermany · Berlin 46.9 14.7% 366 1.9k#63
66Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 46.7 18.6% 424 3.7k#79
67Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 46.5 12.9% 538 3.6k#45
68University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds 46.3 17.5% 391 3k-
69Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 46.1 16.7% 322 2.6k-
70University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom · Birmingham 45.9 20.3% 352 3.2k-
71University of Business and TechnologySaudi Arabia · Jeddah 45.7 23.9% 439 4.6k-
72University of Economics Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam · Ho Chi Minh City 45.6 18.4% 431 4.4k-
73Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 45.4 18.2% 449 4.5k-
74University of MünsterGermany · Münster 45.2 15.7% 257 1.3k#28
75Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe 45.0 17.5% 409 3.2k#49
76Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta RayaIndonesia · Jakarta 44.9 13.4% 1.3k 1.8k-
77University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 44.7 14.9% 292 2.4k#67
78Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Valencia 44.5 15.2% 430 3k-
79Hunan UniversityChina · Changsha 44.4 19.4% 286 2.8k#94
80Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 44.2 19.5% 319 3.4k-
81Uppsala UniversitySweden · Uppsala 44.1 18.3% 200 1.8k-
82The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 43.9 15.5% 554 3.8k-
83Universitas Informatika dan Bisnis IndonesiaIndonesia · Bandung 43.8 8.6% 2.1k 1.2k-
84Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 43.6 12.6% 364 2.1k-
85Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 43.4 13.0% 240 1.2k-
86Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia · Semarang 43.3 8.1% 624 370-
87Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands · Eindhoven 43.2 16.4% 228 1.9k#68
88Stockholm UniversitySweden · Stockholm 43.0 14.7% 221 1.5k#97
89Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany · Erlangen 42.9 21.0% 245 2.4k#80
90Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Durham 42.7 17.4% 318 2.6k-
91Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis KalbeIndonesia · Jakarta 42.6 8.7% 986 843-
92Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 42.4 18.0% 422 4k-
93Universitas PamulangIndonesia · Tangerang 42.3 8.7% 2.9k 1.8k-
94Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra 42.2 12.9% 363 1.8k-
95Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore 42.0 17.9% 278 2.4k#29
96Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark · Copenhagen 41.9 12.6% 900 5k#52
97Universität HamburgGermany · Hamburg 41.8 13.6% 358 2.5k#57
98Northern University of MalaysiaMalaysia · Jitra 41.6 11.8% 819 3.9k-
99Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich 41.5 12.6% 319 808#38
100Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 41.4 14.0% 290 1.8k#37

institutions ranked worldwide in Business, Management and Accounting (2,581). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis, one tick each. Right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

41 to 44: 21 places44 to 47: 16 places47 to 50: 13 places50 to 53: 11 places53 to 56: 8 places56 to 59: 6 places59 to 62: 6 places62 to 65: 4 places65 to 68: 3 places68 to 71: 2 places71 to 74: 3 places74 to 77: 1 places77 to 79: 1 places79 to 82: 2 places82 to 85: 0 places85 to 88: 1 places88 to 91: 1 places91 to 94: 0 places94 to 97: 0 places97 to 100: 1 places41100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia 5.8k works
  2. 2 Universitas PamulangIndonesia 3.4k works
  3. 3 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 3.1k works
  4. 4 Universitas TrisaktiIndonesia 2.9k works
  5. 5 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 2.7k works
  6. 6 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 2.7k works
  7. 7 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 2.6k works
  8. 8 Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia 2.4k works
  9. 9 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 2.4k works
  10. 10 Binus UniversityIndonesia 2.3k works
  11. 11 Universitas Informatika dan Bisnis IndonesiaIndonesia 2.2k works
  12. 12 Mercu Buana UniversityIndonesia 2.2k works
  13. 13 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 2k works
  14. 14 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 1.9k works
  15. 15 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 1.9k works

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