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Bentley University

In research, Bentley University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,205 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,271 of 6,365 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#1,342 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting and Business, Management and Accounting — Accounting is 10.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,794
of 28,054 · #6,111 all time
Rank in United States
#1,174
of 4,192
Research works
3.9k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
82k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Bentley University 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 #2,205 of 10,521 29.9%372 #1054
Social SciencesField #2,271 of 6,365 30.9%139 #1328
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,342 of 2,578 30.5%98 #451
Physical SciencesDomain #10,599 of 12,888 23.5%102 #9108

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bentley University 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#1,054 #2,205
  2. Social Sciences#1,328 #2,271
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#451 #1,342
  4. Physical Sciences#9,108 #10,599
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 Bentley University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 34.3 works10×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 98.1 works5.6×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.18× its world share, 50 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.06× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.07× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.62× its world share, 98 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.62× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.36× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 139 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bentley University?

Ranked on the composite score, M. Lynne Markus, Pierre Berthon and Martin J. Conyon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bentley University.

  1. 1 M. Lynne Markus United States · #14,350 worldwide 583 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Pierre Berthon United States · #64,658 worldwide 531 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Martin J. Conyon United States · #68,288 worldwide 341 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 John T. Gorgone United States · #77,750 worldwide 148 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Linda F. Edelman United States · #97,193 worldwide 250 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Tatiana S. Manolova United States · #97,365 worldwide 316 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Robert D. Galliers United States · #108,288 worldwide 238 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Jennifer Xu United States · #139,280 worldwide 206 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Vatche Ishakian United States · #186,145 worldwide 220 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Anthony F. Buono United States · #202,490 worldwide 152 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Bentley University

Which keywords describe research at Bentley University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Firm Performance, Financial Reporting, Social Capital, Big Data, Information Asymmetry, Earnings Management and International Financial Reporting Standards.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance37▲ 9.2×17 topics
  2. Machine Learning24▲ 1.36×35 topics
  3. Big Data19▲ 3.9×15 topics
  4. Globalization19▲ 1.76×41 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence18▲ 2.5×18 topics
  6. Social Capital17▲ 6.0×12 topics
  7. Mental Health17▲ 2.1×24 topics
  8. Firm Performance16▲ 16×3 topics
  9. Innovation16▲ 2.8×20 topics
  10. Financial Reporting15▲ 24×4 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management15▲ 2.9×10 topics
  12. Economic Growth14▲ 3.0×16 topics
  13. Information Asymmetry13▲ 50×2 topics
  14. Earnings Management13▲ 25×2 topics
  15. International Financial Reporting Standards13▲ 49×2 topics
  16. Accounting Quality13▲ 55×1 topic
  17. Audit Committee13▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Ethics12▲ 4.6×13 topics
  19. Identity12▲ 3.1×19 topics
  20. Gender12▲ 4.0×17 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior12▲ 3.4×10 topics
  22. Financial Constraints11▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Mergers and Acquisitions11▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Investor Protection11▲ 24×1 topic
  25. Ownership Structure11▲ 24×1 topic
  26. Social Support10▲ 3.5×11 topics
  27. Democracy10▲ 5.3×11 topics
  28. Leadership10▲ 3.9×10 topics
  29. Monetary Policy10▲ 7.4×8 topics
  30. Risk Management10▲ 3.7×11 topics
  31. Entrepreneurship9▲ 4.4×8 topics
  32. Feminism9▲ 5.9×9 topics
  33. Fiscal Policy9▲ 7.7×5 topics
  34. Social Interaction9▲ 4.1×7 topics
  35. Accountability8▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Discrimination8▲ 7.8×6 topics
  37. Surveillance8▲ 5.6×5 topics
  38. Organizational Performance8▲ 5.8×7 topics
  39. Fairness7▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Shareholder Value7▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Bentley University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Corporate Finance and Governance, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security.

Auditing, Earnings Manag…13Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 13 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 11 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 6 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 5 fractional worksStatistical Distribution Estimation and Applications: 5 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 5 fractional worksGender Diversity and Ine…4Gender Diversity and Inequality: 4 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 4 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 4 fractional worksTactile and Sensory Interactions: 4 fractional works
AccountingSafety ResearchInformation SystemsStatistics and Probability5 others

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

  1. 1 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 13 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 11 works
  3. 3 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 6 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 5 works
  5. 5 Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications Statistics and Probability 5 works
  6. 6 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 5 works
  7. 7 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 4 works
  8. 8 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 4 works
  10. 10 Tactile and Sensory Interactions Cognitive Neuroscience 4 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bentley University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower 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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