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BA School of Business and Finance

In research, BA School of Business and Finance stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,231 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 13.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,409
of 28,054 · #22,924 all time
Rank in Latvia
#6
of 33
Research works
277
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is BA School of Business and Finance 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 #2,231 of 10,521 28.8%69 #5025

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where BA School of Business and Finance 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).

What does BA School of Business and Finance specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 39.2 works13×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.08× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13.05× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.13× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.28× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 13.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at BA School of Business and Finance?

Ranked on the composite score, Dzintra Atstāja lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BA School of Business and Finance.

  1. 1 Dzintra Atstāja Latvia · #1,378,174 worldwide 26 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at BA School of Business and Finance

Which keywords describe research at BA School of Business and Finance?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Environmental Management, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Supply Chain Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Risk Management.

▲ 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 Capital11▲ 22×5 topics
  2. Sustainability11▲ 4.7×22 topics
  3. Environmental Management9▲ 25×8 topics
  4. Sustainable Development8▲ 5.7×15 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management6▲ 7.3×12 topics
  6. Innovation6▲ 6.1×20 topics
  7. Social Entrepreneurship6▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 4.2×10 topics
  9. Big Data5▲ 6.2×8 topics
  10. Risk Management5▲ 11×7 topics
  11. Circular Economy5▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Economic Growth5▲ 6.1×11 topics
  13. Renewable Energy5▲ 3.6×7 topics
  14. Entrepreneurial Orientation5▲ 60×1 topic
  15. Opportunity Recognition5▲ 60×1 topic
  16. Regional Development4▲ 13×7 topics
  17. Financial Performance4▲ 7.6×5 topics
  18. Social Media4▲ 2.9×7 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior4▲ 6.3×6 topics
  20. Entrepreneurship4▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Resource Efficiency4▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Firm Performance3▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Knowledge Economy3▲ 33×4 topics
  24. Digital Transformation3▲ 6.4×9 topics
  25. Corporate Social Responsibility3▲ 21×5 topics
  26. Knowledge Sharing3▲ 21×6 topics
  27. Institutional Theory3▲ 34×3 topics
  28. Green Practices3▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Organizational Resilience3▲ 58×2 topics
  30. Sustainable Supply Chain Management3▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Waste Management3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  32. Predictive Analytics3▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Disruption Mitigation3▲ 59×1 topic
  34. Performance Measurement3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  35. Shareholder Value3▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Supply Chain Resilience3▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Governance2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  38. Environmental Innovation2▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Green Consumption2▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Organizational Performance2▲ 11×7 topics

Which research topics does BA School of Business and Finance publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management and Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 5 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 3 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience …3Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…2Environmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksCollaboration in agile e…2Collaboration in agile enterprises: 2 fractional worksBusiness and Economic Development: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksSustainable Industrial E…2Sustainable Industrial Ecology: 2 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementMarketingManagement Information Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 5 works
  2. 2 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 3 works
  3. 3 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 3 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  5. 5 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 2 works
  6. 6 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Collaboration in agile enterprises Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  8. 8 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  9. 9 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Industrial Ecology Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 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 available71.3%not open28.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BA School of Business and Finance's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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