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Business School Lausanne

In research, Business School Lausanne stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,168 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 9.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,096
of 22,385 · #22,146 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#120
of 186
Research works
222
▲ 182% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Business School Lausanne

What is Business School Lausanne 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 #6,168 of 9,585 14.9%87 #8037

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Business School Lausanne work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Business School Lausanne is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (31%), Social Sciences (22%), Psychology (15%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 99 fractional works · 80.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 38 fractional works · 30.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 7.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 22.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 15.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 12.1% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBusiness SchoolLausanne123fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences80%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting3830.5%
    2. Social Sciences2722.0%
    3. Psychology1915.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance75.9%
    5. Decision Sciences75.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    1. Computer Science97.4%
    2. Engineering43.2%
    3. Environmental Science10.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine43.2%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Neuroscience21.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Business School Lausanne specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 37.6 works9.5×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9.47× its world share, 38 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.83× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.75× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.03× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting9.47×38 works
  2. Decision Sciences5.83×7 works
  3. Psychology5.03×19 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.75×7 works
  5. Social Sciences1.74×27 works
  6. Neuroscience0.95×2 works
  7. Computer Science0.95×9 works
  8. Health Professions0.60×2 works
  9. Nursing0.57×0 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.39×1 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×0 works
  13. Engineering0.21×4 works
  14. Environmental Science0.19×1 works
  15. Medicine0.17×4 works
  16. Energy0.15×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Business School Lausanne?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael Gerlich, Katrin Muff and Victor Frimpong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Business School Lausanne.

  1. 1 Michael Gerlich Switzerland · #207,550 worldwide 1.7k citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Katrin Muff Switzerland · #476,609 worldwide 2k citations · 122 works
  3. 3 Victor Frimpong Switzerland · #1,558,429 worldwide 41 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Victor Frimpong Switzerland · #1,789,475 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Nik Kinley Switzerland · #2,490,514 worldwide 58 citations · 85 works
  6. 6 Ganesh Nathan Switzerland · #2,711,697 worldwide 160 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Ortopah Kojo Botchey Switzerland · #2,799,886 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Erdal Atukeren Switzerland · #2,919,590 worldwide 689 citations · 76 works
  9. 9 Shlomo Ben‐Hur Switzerland · #2,920,444 worldwide 122 citations · 89 works
  10. 10 Bert Wolfs Switzerland · #4,181,151 worldwide 70 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Business School Lausanne

What are the most cited papers from Business School Lausanne?

The most cited paper from Business School Lausanne is "AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking" (Michael Gerlich, 2025), with 983 citations. Next come "Clarifying the Meaning of Sustainable Business" (960) and "Smart Products: Conceptual Review, Synthesis, and Research Directions*" (193).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking Michael Gerlich · Societies Open access 3 Jan 2025 983
2 Clarifying the Meaning of Sustainable Business Thomas Dyllick, Katrin Muff · Organization & Environment 23 Mar 2015 960
3 Smart Products: Conceptual Review, Synthesis, and Research Directions* Stefan Raff, Daniel Wentzel, Nikolaus Obwegeser · Journal of Product Innovation Management Open access 23 Jul 2020 193
4 Perceptions and Acceptance of Artificial Intelligence: A Multi-Dimensional Study Michael Gerlich · Social Sciences Open access 7 Sep 2023 191
5 Contextualizing the Impostor “Syndrome” Sanne Feenstra, Christopher T. Begeny, Michelle K. Ryan et al. · Frontiers in Psychology Open access 13 Nov 2020 177
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Business School Lausanne?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Social Capital, Corporate Governance, Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, Supply Chain Management 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. Big Data10▲ 8.8×11 topics
  2. Social Capital10▲ 16×9 topics
  3. Sustainability9▲ 3.0×15 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence9▲ 5.0×8 topics
  5. Corporate Governance9▲ 9.5×9 topics
  6. Machine Learning8▲ 1.88×12 topics
  7. Innovation8▲ 5.9×14 topics
  8. Leadership7▲ 12×13 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management7▲ 6.4×12 topics
  10. Entrepreneurship6▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Mental Health5▲ 3.0×14 topics
  12. Firm Performance5▲ 24×2 topics
  13. Organizational Performance4▲ 14×8 topics
  14. Entrepreneurial Orientation4▲ 43×1 topic
  15. Opportunity Recognition4▲ 43×1 topic
  16. Succession Planning4▲ 73×2 topics
  17. Discrimination4▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Ethics4▲ 6.4×3 topics
  19. Internationalization4▲ 55×2 topics
  20. Transparency4▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  22. Organizational Culture4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  23. Accountability4▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Fairness4▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Algorithmic Bias4▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Customer Experience4▲ 19×4 topics
  27. Surveillance4▲ 11×1 topic
  28. Family Firms4▲ 120×1 topic
  29. Predictive Analytics4▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Socioemotional Wealth4▲ 120×1 topic
  31. Consumer Perception3▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Health Promotion3▲ 8.0×2 topics
  33. Analytics3▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Business Intelligence3▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Human-Robot Interaction3▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Institutional Theory3▲ 23×3 topics
  37. Technology Adoption3▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Business Ethics3▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Chatbots3▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Financial Constraints3▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Business School Lausanne publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Family Business Performance and Succession and Big Data and Business Intelligence.

Entrepreneurship Studies…4Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 4 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…4Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 4 fractional worksFamily Business Performa…4Family Business Performance and Succession: 4 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…3Big Data and Business Intelligence: 3 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 3 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…2Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 2 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 2 fractional worksComplex Systems and Decision Making: 2 fractional worksCoaching Methods and Impact: 2 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationSafety ResearchOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementManagement Information Systems5 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 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 4 works
  3. 3 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  4. 4 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 3 works
  5. 5 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  6. 6 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  7. 7 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  8. 8 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 2 works
  9. 9 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  10. 10 Coaching Methods and Impact Applied Psychology 2 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Business School Lausanne's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 182% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Business School Lausanne as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00068% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Business School Lausanne0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Business School Lausanne over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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