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Berlin School of Economics and Law

In research, Berlin School of Economics and Law stands highest in Strategy and Management (#11 of 635 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#168 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#799 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management and Management Information Systems — Management of Technology and Innovation is 21.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,471
of 28,054 · #7,412 all time
Rank in Germany
#203
of 1,178
Research works
2.3k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Berlin School of Economics and Law 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
Strategy and ManagementSubfield #11 of 635 31.4%89 #87
Business, Management and AccountingField #168 of 2,578 25.6%238 #358
Social SciencesDomain #799 of 10,521 24.1%571 #1175
Social SciencesField #2,362 of 6,365 23.1%188 #2663
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,134 of 2,578 24.1%86 #1417
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #942 of 1,775 29.1%79 #1128
Physical SciencesDomain #8,107 of 12,888 22.1%105 #13448

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Berlin School of Economics and Law 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. Strategy and Management#87 #11
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#358 #168
  3. Social Sciences#1,175 #799
  4. Social Sciences#2,663 #2,362
  5. Sociology and Political Science#1,417 #1,134
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,128 #942
  7. Physical Sciences#13,448 #8,107
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 Berlin School of Economics and Law specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management of Technology and Innovation takes 21.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 48.7 works22×
  2. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 89.1 works14×
  3. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 31.4 works11×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 238.5 works10×
  5. MarketingSubfield · 25.8 works8.4×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10.15× its world share, 238 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.04× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.04× its world share, 79 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 188 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Berlin School of Economics and Law?

Ranked on the composite score, Dmitry Ivanov, Eckhard Hein and Hartmut Aden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Berlin School of Economics and Law.

  1. 1 Dmitry Ivanov Germany · #27,920 worldwide 1.4k citations · 123 works
  2. 2 Eckhard Hein Germany · #145,376 worldwide 355 citations · 85 works
  3. 3 Hartmut Aden Germany · #322,518 worldwide 34 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Roland M. Mueller Germany · #365,816 worldwide 48 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Carsten Baumgarth Germany · #443,351 worldwide 177 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Dorothea Schmidt Germany · #584,606 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Christoph Dörrenbächer Germany · #585,450 worldwide 75 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Markus Wissen Germany · #589,944 worldwide 26 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Rainer Bergmann Germany · #598,639 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Holger Rogall Germany · #647,088 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Berlin School of Economics and Law

Which keywords describe research at Berlin School of Economics and Law?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Sustainable Development, Customer Experience, Risk Management, E-commerce and Business Models.

▲ 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. Big Data68▲ 10×16 topics
  2. Digital Transformation64▲ 17×12 topics
  3. Sustainable Development61▲ 5.2×29 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence60▲ 6.0×24 topics
  5. Customer Experience49▲ 45×4 topics
  6. Risk Management48▲ 14×15 topics
  7. E-commerce47▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Sustainability47▲ 2.6×42 topics
  9. Business Models43▲ 84×3 topics
  10. Mobile Health43▲ 43×3 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management42▲ 6.1×14 topics
  12. Technology Innovation41▲ 183×2 topics
  13. Omni-Channel Strategy41▲ 266×1 topic
  14. Customer Relationship Management38▲ 35×2 topics
  15. Globalization36▲ 2.5×47 topics
  16. Information Technology33▲ 9.2×6 topics
  17. Investment Decisions32▲ 35×3 topics
  18. Economic Growth31▲ 5.0×22 topics
  19. Digital Capital30▲ 221×1 topic
  20. Value Chains30▲ 221×1 topic
  21. Leadership28▲ 8.2×15 topics
  22. Innovation28▲ 3.6×25 topics
  23. Pandemic Impact24▲ 46×3 topics
  24. Organizational Resilience24▲ 61×2 topics
  25. Corporate Governance24▲ 4.5×17 topics
  26. Disruption Mitigation24▲ 70×1 topic
  27. Supply Chain Resilience24▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Governance22▲ 9.2×9 topics
  29. Human Rights22▲ 2.9×21 topics
  30. Information Sharing21▲ 40×2 topics
  31. Environmental Management21▲ 7.1×9 topics
  32. Digitalization20▲ 14×8 topics
  33. Monetary Policy20▲ 11×11 topics
  34. Neoliberalism20▲ 7.5×12 topics
  35. Performance Measurement19▲ 9.3×4 topics
  36. Collaborative Relationships17▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Lean Manufacturing17▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Environmental Policy15▲ 10.0×6 topics
  39. Financial Crisis14▲ 18×9 topics
  40. Complex Systems13▲ 17×4 topics

Which research topics does Berlin School of Economics and Law publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Innovation in Industries, Corporate Governance and Management, Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management and Quality and Supply Management.

Digital Innovation in In…41Digital Innovation in Industries: 41 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 30 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 24 fractional worksQuality and Supply Management: 17 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 12 fractional worksPublic Administration an…11Public Administration and Political Analysis: 11 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 9 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 8 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 8 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: 8 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementManagement Information SystemsPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 41 works
  2. 2 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 30 works
  3. 3 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 24 works
  4. 4 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 17 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 12 works
  6. 6 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  7. 7 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  8. 8 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  10. 10 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 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 available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Berlin School of Economics and Law's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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