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Bocconi University

In research, Bocconi University stands highest in Social Sciences (#354 of 9,585 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#129 of 2,581 worldwide) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#131 of 1,798 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Finance, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Accounting (Finance is 14.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#759
of 22,385 · #700 all time
Rank in Italy
#28
of 475
Research works
8.4k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
251k
29.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.35×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Bocconi University

What is Bocconi University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #354 of 9,585 16.0%1,302 #199
Business, Management and AccountingField #129 of 2,581 13.8%377 #35
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #131 of 1,798 15.0%347 #45
Social SciencesField #505 of 5,988 18.7%432 #269
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #138 of 1,307 16.0%225 #52
Physical SciencesDomain #1,214 of 10,670 13.8%302 #1197
Strategy and ManagementSubfield #98 of 668 13.0%129 #26
Health SciencesDomain #1,510 of 9,902 20.5%141 #1454
Computer ScienceField #691 of 4,417 15.7%128 #714
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #447 of 2,526 18.8%141 #302

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bocconi 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#199 #354
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#35 #129
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#45 #131
  4. Social Sciences#269 #505
  5. Economics and Econometrics#52 #138
  6. Physical Sciences#1,197 #1,214
  7. Strategy and Management#26 #98
  8. Health Sciences#1,454 #1,510
  9. Computer Science#714 #691
  10. Sociology and Political Science#302 #447
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Bocconi University work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Bocconi University is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Business, Management and Accounting (20%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (19%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,398 fractional works · 71.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 470 fractional works · 23.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 155 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 107 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLaw: 44 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 32 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 402 fractional works · 20.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 136 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAccounting: 101 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMarketing: 55 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 367 fractional works · 18.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 240 fractional works · 12.3% of its workFinance: 86 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 40 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 72 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 46 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 49 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 38 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 343 fractional works · 17.5% of its workComputer Science: 150 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 88 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 58 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 57 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 155 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMedicine: 97 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 53 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 42 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 65 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBocconiUniversity1,961fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences71%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,39871.3%
    1. Social Sciences47023.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting40220.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance36718.7%
    4. Decision Sciences723.7%
    5. Psychology492.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities381.9%
    1. Computer Science1507.6%
    2. Engineering583.0%
    3. Mathematics572.9%
    4. Environmental Science351.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy271.4%
    6. Energy100.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.1%
    8. Materials Science20.1%
    9. Chemistry10.0%
    1. Medicine974.9%
    2. Health Professions532.7%
    3. Nursing50.2%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences221.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology221.1%
    3. Neuroscience150.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Bocconi University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 14.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 86.4 works15×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 366.9 works8.7×
  3. AccountingSubfield · 100.8 works8.4×
  4. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 39.9 works8.1×
  5. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 135.9 works8.0×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 150 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 58 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.49× its world share, 57 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 27 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 53 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 97 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.35× its world share, 402 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.82× its world share, 72 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8.74× its world share, 367 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 49 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 470 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance8.74×367 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting6.35×402 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.82×72 works
  4. Mathematics2.49×57 works
  5. Social Sciences1.89×470 works
  6. Health Professions1.02×53 works
  7. Computer Science0.98×150 works
  8. Psychology0.83×49 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.67×38 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.62×27 works
  11. Energy0.55×10 works
  12. Neuroscience0.49×15 works
  13. Nursing0.47×5 works
  14. Environmental Science0.36×35 works
  15. Medicine0.26×97 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×22 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×2 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×22 works
  19. Engineering0.20×58 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×4 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×2 works
  22. Dentistry0.08×1 works
  23. Veterinary0.06×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×2 works
  25. Chemistry0.02×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Bocconi University?

Ranked on the quality score, Catherine E. De Vries, Nicola Gennaioli and Alexander Kentikelenis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bocconi University.

  1. 1 Catherine E. De Vries Italy · #7,215 worldwide 11k citations · 257 works
  2. 2 Nicola Gennaioli Italy · #9,614 worldwide 14k citations · 195 works
  3. 3 Alexander Kentikelenis Italy · #12,658 worldwide 6k citations · 130 works
  4. 4 Guido Tabellini Italy · #27,369 worldwide 38k citations · 308 works
  5. 5 Zachary Parolin Italy · #35,518 worldwide 3.4k citations · 115 works
  6. 6 Eliana La Ferrara Italy · #41,574 worldwide 15k citations · 150 works
  7. 7 Franco Malerba Italy · #47,955 worldwide 18k citations · 259 works
  8. 8 Pedro Bordalo Italy · #51,272 worldwide 6.2k citations · 88 works
  9. 9 Ileana Steccolini Italy · #51,906 worldwide 5k citations · 175 works
  10. 10 Mario Daniele Amore Italy · #51,966 worldwide 4.4k citations · 119 works
All ranked researchers at Bocconi University

What are the most cited papers from Bocconi University?

The most cited paper from Bocconi University is "The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview" (Keywan Riahi et al., 2016), with 6,791 citations. Next come "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (6,023) and "AI4People—An Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society: Opportunities, Risks, Principles, and Recommendations" (4,502).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview Keywan Riahi et al. · Global Environmental Change Open access 13 Sep 2016 6,791
2 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
3 AI4People—An Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society: Opportunities, Risks, Principles, and Recommendations Luciano Floridi, Josh Cowls, Monica Beltrametti et al. · Minds and Machines Open access 25 Nov 2018 4,502
4 Does Trust Matter? Exploring the Effects of Interorganizational and Interpersonal Trust on Performance Akbar Zaheer, Bill McEvily, Vincenzo Perrone · Organization Science Apr 1998 4,059
5 Towards a theory of ecosystems Michael G. Jacobides, Carmelo Cennamo, Annabelle Gawer · Strategic Management Journal Open access 2 May 2018 3,448
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bocconi University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Economic Growth, Innovation, Social Capital, Globalization, Monetary Policy, Economic Development and Entrepreneurship.

▲ 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-now 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 Governance122▲ 8.5×21 topics
  2. Globalization119▲ 3.1×83 topics
  3. Economic Growth110▲ 6.9×26 topics
  4. Innovation110▲ 5.4×34 topics
  5. Social Capital85▲ 8.3×14 topics
  6. Sustainability70▲ 1.46×62 topics
  7. Economic Development69▲ 4.4×31 topics
  8. Social Media64▲ 2.4×23 topics
  9. Monetary Policy63▲ 14×9 topics
  10. Regulation58▲ 5.5×16 topics
  11. Entrepreneurship55▲ 7.1×12 topics
  12. Human Rights55▲ 2.7×44 topics
  13. Sustainable Development52▲ 1.70×47 topics
  14. Consumer Behavior50▲ 4.1×13 topics
  15. Firm Performance49▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Fiscal Policy47▲ 12×8 topics
  17. Labor Market46▲ 8.3×13 topics
  18. Political Economy43▲ 8.6×15 topics
  19. Mergers and Acquisitions40▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Financial Constraints37▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Investor Protection36▲ 24×1 topic
  22. Ownership Structure36▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Investment34▲ 15×5 topics
  24. Liquidity33▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Income Inequality33▲ 12×6 topics
  26. European Union32▲ 7.4×19 topics
  27. Global Governance30▲ 6.4×15 topics
  28. Competition30▲ 29×4 topics
  29. Trust30▲ 5.5×9 topics
  30. Strategic Alliances30▲ 23×3 topics
  31. Financial Stability29▲ 7.8×6 topics
  32. Asset Pricing28▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Institutional Theory28▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Market Orientation27▲ 29×3 topics
  35. Public Opinion26▲ 11×6 topics
  36. Incentives25▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Financial Reporting25▲ 10×5 topics
  38. R&D25▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Shareholder Value24▲ 11×3 topics
  40. International Trade23▲ 8.4×8 topics

Which research topics does Bocconi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Finance and Governance, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

Corporate Finance and Go…36Corporate Finance and Governance: 36 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Ventu…21Private Equity and Venture Capital: 21 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…20Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 20 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…19Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 19 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge Management: 18 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 16 fractional worksFinancial Markets and In…16Financial Markets and Investment Strategies: 16 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 15 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 14 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Ec…14Digital Platforms and Economics: 14 fractional works
AccountingEconomics and EconometricsManagement of Technology and InnovationStrategy and Management2 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 36 works
  2. 2 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 21 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 20 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 19 works
  5. 5 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 18 works
  6. 6 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 16 works
  7. 7 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 16 works
  8. 8 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 15 works
  9. 9 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 14 works
  10. 10 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 14 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.8%domestic only63.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bocconi University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bocconi University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0085% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Bocconi University0.0076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bocconi University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Bocconi University13.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.9% in 2006.

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