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Audencia Business School

In research, Audencia Business School stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,663 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#738 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,182 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Finance, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Marketing — Finance is 21.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,279
of 28,054 · #10,256 all time
Rank in France
#263
of 1,422
Research works
1.3k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Audencia Business School known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,663 of 10,521 38.2%321 #1570
Business, Management and AccountingField #738 of 2,578 39.2%135 #647
Social SciencesField #2,182 of 6,365 36.9%94 #2426

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Audencia Business School sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,570 #1,663
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#647 #738
  3. Social Sciences#2,426 #2,182
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Audencia Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 21.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 24.3 works21×
  2. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 25.1 works14×
  3. MarketingSubfield · 20.2 works13×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 135.2 works11×
  5. AccountingSubfield · 25.5 works11×
  6. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 31.2 works9.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10.95× its world share, 135 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.24× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.17× its world share, 59 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.01× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 94 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Audencia Business School?

Ranked on the composite score, Wendy L. Currie, Raffaele Filieri and Mihalis Giannakis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Audencia Business School.

  1. 1 Wendy L. Currie France · #70,189 worldwide 235 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Raffaele Filieri France · #71,326 worldwide 725 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Mihalis Giannakis France · #196,310 worldwide 515 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Thomas Johnsen France · #347,050 worldwide 152 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 André Sobczak France · #356,256 worldwide 18 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Emilios Galariotis France · #397,297 worldwide 131 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Vincent Lefèbvre France · #399,834 worldwide 75 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Olivier Darné France · #427,026 worldwide 113 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Céline Louche France · #449,507 worldwide 90 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Nicolas Minvielle France · #553,255 worldwide 4 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Audencia Business School

Which keywords describe research at Audencia Business School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Monetary Policy, Institutional Theory, Innovation, Community Engagement and Consumer Behavior.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Capital41▲ 20×13 topics
  2. Corporate Governance38▲ 13×15 topics
  3. Entrepreneurship28▲ 19×7 topics
  4. Innovation22▲ 5.4×14 topics
  5. Social Media21▲ 3.9×19 topics
  6. Sustainability20▲ 2.1×34 topics
  7. Monetary Policy20▲ 21×8 topics
  8. Sustainable Development19▲ 3.1×19 topics
  9. Institutional Theory19▲ 51×2 topics
  10. Consumer Behavior18▲ 7.6×12 topics
  11. Community Engagement18▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Local Development17▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Territorial Governance17▲ 36×2 topics
  14. Firm Performance14▲ 19×3 topics
  15. Economic Development13▲ 4.2×13 topics
  16. Financial Performance13▲ 5.8×9 topics
  17. Entrepreneurial Orientation13▲ 39×1 topic
  18. Opportunity Recognition13▲ 39×1 topic
  19. Social Justice12▲ 5.4×7 topics
  20. Public Policy12▲ 6.4×4 topics
  21. Environmental Management12▲ 7.9×6 topics
  22. Business Ethics11▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Shareholder Value11▲ 27×3 topics
  24. Corporate Social Responsibility11▲ 18×3 topics
  25. Financial Constraints11▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Social Movements11▲ 9.5×5 topics
  27. Finance10▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Investment10▲ 28×4 topics
  29. Citizen Participation10▲ 22×1 topic
  30. Environmental Participation10▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Mergers and Acquisitions10▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Succession Planning10▲ 57×2 topics
  33. Market Dynamics10▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Investor Protection10▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Ownership Structure10▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Professionalism10▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Sustainability Reporting10▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Environmental Disclosure10▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Organizational Change10▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Stakeholder Theory10▲ 47×1 topic

Which research topics does Audencia Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, French Urban and Social Studies, Corporate Finance and Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting.

Entrepreneurship Studies…13Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 13 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …10French Urban and Social Studies: 10 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 10 fractional worksCorporate Social Respons…10Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 10 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…9Digital Marketing and Social Media: 9 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 9 fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 9 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Vola…8Market Dynamics and Volatility: 8 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 7 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 7 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationSociology and Political ScienceAccountingStrategy and Management4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 13 works
  2. 2 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  3. 3 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 10 works
  4. 4 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 10 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  6. 6 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  7. 7 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  8. 8 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  9. 9 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 7 works
  10. 10 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 7 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.4%domestic only72.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Audencia Business School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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