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Babson College

In research, Babson College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,296 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#962 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,999 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,291
of 28,054 · #6,765 all time
Rank in United States
#1,109
of 4,192
Research works
2.5k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
90k
36.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Babson College 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 #2,296 of 10,521 31.5%211 #1007
Business, Management and AccountingField #962 of 2,578 39.4%81 #247
Social SciencesField #3,999 of 6,365 30.2%63 #2737

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Babson College 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#1,007 #2,296
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#247 #962
  3. Social Sciences#2,737 #3,999
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 Babson College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 80.7 works8.9×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.29× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.94× its world share, 81 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.88× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.44× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Babson College?

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas H. Davenport, William B. Gartner and Dhruv Grewal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Babson College.

  1. 1 Thomas H. Davenport United States · #6,793 worldwide 680 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 William B. Gartner United States · #7,550 worldwide 1.1k citations · 72 works
  3. 3 Dhruv Grewal United States · #12,683 worldwide 1.5k citations · 91 works
  4. 4 Candida G. Brush United States · #19,357 worldwide 632 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Patricia G. Greene United States · #28,408 worldwide 487 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Maria Minniti United States · #92,303 worldwide 597 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Anne L. Roggeveen United States · #170,656 worldwide 295 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Michael A. Goldstein United States · #176,888 worldwide 225 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Michael Lévy United States · #193,479 worldwide 225 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Miguel Rivera‐Santos United States · #200,057 worldwide 180 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Babson College

Which keywords describe research at Babson College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Corporate Governance, Globalization, Entrepreneurial Orientation, Opportunity Recognition and Big Data.

▲ 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 Capital25▲ 17×10 topics
  2. Globalization19▲ 3.5×31 topics
  3. Entrepreneurship17▲ 16×12 topics
  4. Innovation17▲ 5.8×16 topics
  5. Sustainability15▲ 2.2×20 topics
  6. Corporate Governance14▲ 6.7×11 topics
  7. Entrepreneurial Orientation13▲ 53×1 topic
  8. Opportunity Recognition13▲ 53×1 topic
  9. Big Data11▲ 4.4×11 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence11▲ 2.9×12 topics
  11. Economic Growth10▲ 4.1×15 topics
  12. Social Media9▲ 2.2×14 topics
  13. Leadership8▲ 6.3×11 topics
  14. Consumer Behavior8▲ 4.5×10 topics
  15. Identity8▲ 3.9×13 topics
  16. Customer Experience7▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Regulation7▲ 4.7×6 topics
  18. Monetary Policy7▲ 10×7 topics
  19. Investment7▲ 25×4 topics
  20. Market Dynamics7▲ 30×3 topics
  21. Teaching Methods7▲ 17×3 topics
  22. Firm Performance6▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Nationalism6▲ 4.8×7 topics
  24. Organizational Culture6▲ 5.5×4 topics
  25. Social Movements6▲ 7.1×4 topics
  26. Professionalism6▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Organizational Identity6▲ 57×2 topics
  28. Neoliberalism6▲ 5.5×11 topics
  29. Organizational Change6▲ 27×3 topics
  30. Organizational Performance6▲ 8.0×7 topics
  31. Discrimination5▲ 9.7×4 topics
  32. Ethical Behavior5▲ 52×2 topics
  33. Institutional Theory5▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Marketing5▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Organizational Learning5▲ 28×5 topics
  36. Institutional Entrepreneurship5▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Sensemaking5▲ 67×1 topic
  38. Strategic Alliances5▲ 26×3 topics
  39. Ethical Decision Making4▲ 53×2 topics
  40. Knowledge Sharing4▲ 9.9×5 topics

Which research topics does Babson College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Management and Organizational Studies, Ethics in Business and Education and Management and Marketing Education.

Entrepreneurship Studies…13Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 13 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 5 fractional worksEthics in Business and Education: 4 fractional worksManagement and Marketing Education: 4 fractional worksArt History and Market Analysis: 3 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Venture Capital: 3 fractional worksBanking stability, regul…3Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 3 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 3 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 3 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…3Big Data and Business Intelligence: 3 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementInformation Systems and ManagementVisual Arts and Performing Arts4 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 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 5 works
  3. 3 Ethics in Business and Education Information Systems and Management 4 works
  4. 4 Management and Marketing Education Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works
  5. 5 Art History and Market Analysis Visual Arts and Performing Arts 3 works
  6. 6 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 3 works
  7. 7 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 3 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 3 works
  9. 9 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 3 works
  10. 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 3 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 available23.9%not open76.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Babson College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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