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BI Norwegian Business School

In research, BI Norwegian Business School stands highest in Social Sciences (#840 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#424 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,358 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Finance and Strategy and Management — Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,753
of 28,054 · #5,058 all time
Rank in Norway
#25
of 133
Research works
3.6k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
104k
28.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is BI Norwegian 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 #840 of 10,521 31.0%708 #815
Business, Management and AccountingField #424 of 2,578 32.3%217 #311
Social SciencesField #1,358 of 6,365 35.4%214 #1151
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #651 of 2,578 35.9%99 #690
PsychologyField #805 of 2,181 21.4%109 #1492
Strategy and ManagementSubfield #251 of 635 34.4%72 #184
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #720 of 1,775 30.3%111 #589
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #767 of 1,272 34.3%66 #778
Physical SciencesDomain #9,436 of 12,888 25.0%100 #8290

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where BI Norwegian 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#815 #840
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#311 #424
  3. Social Sciences#1,151 #1,358
  4. Sociology and Political Science#690 #651
  5. Psychology#1,492 #805
  6. Strategy and Management#184 #251
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#589 #720
  8. Economics and Econometrics#778 #767
  9. Physical Sciences#8,290 #9,436
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 BI Norwegian Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 45.2 works11×
  2. FinanceSubfield · 28.1 works11×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 71.8 works9.7×
  4. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 21.1 works8.1×
  5. Business, Management and AccountingField · 216.6 works7.9×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.88× its world share, 217 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.57× its world share, 46 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.06× its world share, 110 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.21× its world share, 110 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 214 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at BI Norwegian Business School?

Ranked on the composite score, Ralf Müller, Håkan Håkansson and Carlos Velasco lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BI Norwegian Business School.

  1. 1 Ralf Müller Norway · #12,228 worldwide 649 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Håkan Håkansson Norway · #23,507 worldwide 473 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Carlos Velasco Norway · #56,862 worldwide 401 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Jonas Söderlund Norway · #60,747 worldwide 426 citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Christoph Lutz Norway · #142,942 worldwide 221 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Johan Olaisen Norway · #162,082 worldwide 183 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Gabriel R.G. Benito Norway · #166,181 worldwide 261 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Rune J. Sørensen Norway · #190,175 worldwide 93 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Morten Huse Norway · #256,378 worldwide 206 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Tor W. Andreassen Norway · #285,095 worldwide 384 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at BI Norwegian Business School

Which keywords describe research at BI Norwegian Business School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Leadership, Innovation, Corporate Governance, Economic Growth, Democracy, Strategic Alliances and Monetary Policy.

▲ 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 Capital44▲ 9.7×13 topics
  2. Innovation43▲ 4.8×26 topics
  3. Globalization43▲ 2.5×43 topics
  4. Sustainability40▲ 1.95×36 topics
  5. Corporate Governance36▲ 5.7×19 topics
  6. Economic Growth36▲ 4.9×19 topics
  7. Leadership35▲ 8.7×17 topics
  8. Social Media35▲ 2.9×21 topics
  9. Mental Health30▲ 2.4×24 topics
  10. Democracy27▲ 9.0×11 topics
  11. Strategic Alliances27▲ 46×3 topics
  12. Consumer Behavior26▲ 4.8×11 topics
  13. Monetary Policy25▲ 12×10 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management24▲ 3.1×19 topics
  15. Personality Traits22▲ 20×8 topics
  16. Regulation22▲ 4.7×11 topics
  17. Institutional Theory21▲ 26×3 topics
  18. Organizational Learning21▲ 38×5 topics
  19. Knowledge Sharing20▲ 14×6 topics
  20. Emotion19▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Organizational Change19▲ 31×5 topics
  22. Entrepreneurship19▲ 5.7×9 topics
  23. Job Satisfaction18▲ 5.0×8 topics
  24. Market Dynamics18▲ 26×3 topics
  25. Corruption18▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Market Orientation18▲ 42×2 topics
  27. Business Models17▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Dynamic Capabilities17▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Knowledge Transfer17▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Psychological Capital17▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Fiscal Policy16▲ 9.0×7 topics
  32. Political Economy16▲ 7.5×11 topics
  33. Organizational Identity16▲ 54×2 topics
  34. Professionalism16▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Work Engagement16▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Constitutionalism15▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Institutional Entrepreneurship15▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Sensemaking15▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Firm Performance15▲ 9.2×4 topics
  40. Human Resource Management15▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does BI Norwegian Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovation and Knowledge Management, Management and Organizational Studies, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and European and International Law Studies.

Innovation and Knowledge…17Innovation and Knowledge Management: 17 fractional worksManagement and Organizat…15Management and Organizational Studies: 15 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…14Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 14 fractional worksEuropean and Internation…13European and International Law Studies: 13 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 11 fractional worksPersonality Traits and Psychology: 10 fractional worksCrime, Illicit Activitie…10Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance: 10 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…9Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 9 fractional worksInternational Business a…8International Business and FDI: 8 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence a…8Emotional Intelligence and Performance: 8 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementPolitical Science and International RelationsAccounting4 others

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

  1. 1 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 17 works
  2. 2 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 15 works
  3. 3 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 14 works
  4. 4 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  5. 5 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 11 works
  6. 6 Personality Traits and Psychology Clinical Psychology 10 works
  7. 7 Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  8. 8 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 9 works
  9. 9 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 8 works
  10. 10 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 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 available56.3%not open43.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.9%domestic only62.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BI Norwegian 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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