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Business School Lausanne

In research, Business School Lausanne stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,836 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 9.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,506
of 28,054 · #25,874 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#108
of 220
Research works
222
▲ 97% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Business School Lausanne 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 #4,836 of 10,521 29.5%87 #7548

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Business School Lausanne 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).

What does Business School Lausanne specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 33.3 works9.7×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9.72× its world share, 33 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.15× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.96× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.65× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Business School Lausanne?

Ranked on the composite score, Katrin Muff, Ganesh Nathan and Park Cheongyeul lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Business School Lausanne.

  1. 1 Katrin Muff Switzerland · #475,276 worldwide 30 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Ganesh Nathan Switzerland · #845,920 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Park Cheongyeul Switzerland · #1,253,658 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Business School Lausanne

Which keywords describe research at Business School Lausanne?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Corporate Governance, Big Data, Leadership, Innovation, Supply Chain Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability.

▲ 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 Capital10▲ 17×9 topics
  2. Sustainability8▲ 3.1×15 topics
  3. Corporate Governance8▲ 10×9 topics
  4. Big Data8▲ 8.1×11 topics
  5. Innovation7▲ 5.9×13 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management6▲ 6.3×12 topics
  7. Leadership6▲ 12×12 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 4.1×6 topics
  9. Entrepreneurship6▲ 14×7 topics
  10. Mental Health5▲ 3.4×14 topics
  11. Firm Performance5▲ 25×2 topics
  12. Entrepreneurial Orientation4▲ 47×1 topic
  13. Opportunity Recognition4▲ 47×1 topic
  14. Succession Planning4▲ 77×2 topics
  15. Internationalization4▲ 55×2 topics
  16. Organizational Performance4▲ 13×8 topics
  17. Consumer Behavior3▲ 5.0×6 topics
  18. Customer Experience3▲ 20×4 topics
  19. Family Firms3▲ 121×1 topic
  20. Meta-Analysis3▲ 5.0×6 topics
  21. Socioemotional Wealth3▲ 121×1 topic
  22. Organizational Culture3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  23. Health Promotion3▲ 8.7×2 topics
  24. Predictive Analytics3▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Discrimination3▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Financial Constraints3▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Transparency3▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Accountability3▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Analytics3▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Business Intelligence3▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Consumer Perception3▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Fairness3▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Professional Development3▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Algorithmic Bias2▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Human-Robot Interaction2▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Investor Protection2▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Ownership Structure2▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Surveillance2▲ 8.3×1 topic
  39. Technology Adoption2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Business Ethics2▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Business School Lausanne publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Family Business Performance and Succession, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 4 fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 3 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…3Big Data and Business Intelligence: 3 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…2Corporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 2 fractional worksCommunity Health and Dev…2Community Health and Development: 2 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 1 fractional worksCoaching Methods and Impact: 1 fractional worksComplex Systems and Decision Making: 1 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementManagement Information SystemsAccounting6 others

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

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works
  2. 2 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 3 works
  4. 4 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  5. 5 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  6. 6 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Coaching Methods and Impact Applied Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 1 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 available56.0%not open44.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.5%domestic only58.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Business School Lausanne's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 97% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.