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Copenhagen Business School

In research, Copenhagen Business School stands highest in Social Sciences (#330 of 9,585 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#96 of 2,581 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#457 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Strategy and Management and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Public Administration is 19.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#918
of 22,385 · #1,007 all time
Rank in Denmark
#8
of 93
Research works
19k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
310k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Copenhagen Business School

What is Copenhagen Business School 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 #330 of 9,585 12.0%2,720 #263
Business, Management and AccountingField #96 of 2,581 12.6%900 #52
Social SciencesField #457 of 5,988 12.1%1,067 #296
Strategy and ManagementSubfield #51 of 668 13.0%313 #32
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #191 of 1,798 12.9%359 #195
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #334 of 2,526 13.4%356 #317
Physical SciencesDomain #1,659 of 10,670 10.1%439 #2360
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #209 of 1,187 11.3%262 #191
AccountingSubfield #74 of 407 16.0%116 #75
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #265 of 1,307 12.1%205 #249

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Copenhagen 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 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#263 #330
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#52 #96
  3. Social Sciences#296 #457
  4. Strategy and Management#32 #51
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#195 #191
  6. Sociology and Political Science#317 #334
  7. Physical Sciences#2,360 #1,659
  8. Political Science and International Relations#191 #209
  9. Accounting#75 #74
  10. Economics and Econometrics#249 #265
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 Copenhagen Business School work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Copenhagen Business School is in Social Sciences, 13% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Business, Management and Accounting (26%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,855 fractional works · 79.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,122 fractional works · 31.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 379 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 270 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEducation: 98 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCommunication: 50 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 49 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 45 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Administration: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 948 fractional works · 26.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 328 fractional works · 9.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 176 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAccounting: 122 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 111 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 92 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMarketing: 87 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 371 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 211 fractional works · 5.9% of its workFinance: 110 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 51 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 147 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 93 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 138 fractional works · 3.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 128 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 66 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 482 fractional works · 13.4% of its workComputer Science: 170 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems: 61 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 57 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 124 fractional works · 3.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 122 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Energy: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 143 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth Professions: 68 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 52 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 66 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 108 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 67 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCopenhagenBusiness School3,588fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences4%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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2,85579.6%
    1. Social Sciences1,12231.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting94826.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance37110.4%
    4. Decision Sciences1474.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities1383.9%
    6. Psychology1283.6%
    1. Computer Science1704.7%
    2. Engineering1243.5%
    3. Environmental Science1223.4%
    4. Energy371.0%
    5. Mathematics90.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy80.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.1%
    8. Materials Science40.1%
    9. Chemistry30.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Health Professions681.9%
    2. Medicine661.8%
    3. Nursing60.2%
    4. Veterinary30.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences671.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology240.7%
    3. Neuroscience130.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.1%
    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 Copenhagen Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 19.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 38.0 works20×
  2. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 327.5 works11×
  3. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 175.7 works10×
  4. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 110.7 works10×
  5. FinanceSubfield · 109.6 works10×
  6. Business, Management and AccountingField · 948.2 works8.2×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 67 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 170 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 37 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 124 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 122 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 138 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.20× its world share, 948 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.23× its world share, 147 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.84× its world share, 371 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 128 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.47× its world share, 1,122 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting8.20×948 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.84×371 works
  3. Decision Sciences4.23×147 works
  4. Social Sciences2.47×1,122 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.34×138 works
  6. Psychology1.17×128 works
  7. Energy1.13×37 works
  8. Health Professions0.72×68 works
  9. Environmental Science0.68×122 works
  10. Computer Science0.61×170 works
  11. Veterinary0.52×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×67 works
  13. Nursing0.33×6 works
  14. Engineering0.23×124 works
  15. Neuroscience0.22×13 works
  16. Mathematics0.22×9 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×2 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×24 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.10×8 works
  20. Medicine0.10×66 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×4 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×3 works
  23. Chemistry0.05×3 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×4 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Copenhagen Business School?

Ranked on the quality score, Lasse Heje Pedersen, Nicolai J. Foss and Stefano Ponte lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Copenhagen Business School.

  1. 1 Lasse Heje Pedersen Denmark · #25,708 worldwide 35k citations · 215 works
  2. 2 Nicolai J. Foss Denmark · #31,763 worldwide 40k citations · 680 works
  3. 3 Stefano Ponte Denmark · #35,739 worldwide 13k citations · 231 works
  4. 4 Dana Minbaeva Denmark · #47,130 worldwide 7.1k citations · 152 works
  5. 5 Kristian Steensen Nielsen Denmark · #49,780 worldwide 3.1k citations · 91 works
  6. 6 Steffen Elkiær Andersen Denmark · #64,786 worldwide 5.5k citations · 160 works
  7. 7 Torben Pedersen Denmark · #70,093 worldwide 17k citations · 349 works
  8. 8 Keld Laursen Denmark · #84,245 worldwide 17k citations · 157 works
  9. 9 Alexander Josiassen Denmark · #86,758 worldwide 4.4k citations · 120 works
  10. 10 Leonard Seabrooke Denmark · #88,102 worldwide 7.1k citations · 249 works
All ranked researchers at Copenhagen Business School

What are the most cited papers from Copenhagen Business School?

The most cited paper from Copenhagen Business School is "Open for innovation: the role of openness in explaining innovation performance among U.K. manufacturing firms" (Keld Laursen, Ammon J. Salter, 2005), with 6,313 citations. Next come "Why would corporations behave in socially responsible ways? an institutional theory of corporate social responsibility" (4,890) and "Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy" (4,479).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Open for innovation: the role of openness in explaining innovation performance among U.K. manufacturing firms Keld Laursen, Ammon J. Salter · Strategic Management Journal Open access 21 Nov 2005 6,313
2 Why would corporations behave in socially responsible ways? an institutional theory of corporate social responsibility John L. Campbell · Academy of Management Review Jul 2007 4,890
3 Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi et al. · International Journal of Information Management Open access 27 Aug 2019 4,479
4 Clusters and knowledge: local buzz, global pipelines and the process of knowledge creation Harald Bathelt, Anders Malmberg, Peter Maskell · Progress in Human Geography Open access Feb 2004 4,446
5 The sharing economy: Why people participate in collaborative consumption Juho Hamari, Mimmi Sjöklint, Antti Ukkonen · Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 2 Jun 2015 3,320
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Copenhagen Business School?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Globalization, Sustainability, Innovation, Corporate Governance, Institutional Theory, Organizational Change and Market Dynamics.

▲ 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. Globalization283▲ 4.0×108 topics
  2. Sustainability281▲ 3.2×81 topics
  3. Social Capital210▲ 11×16 topics
  4. Innovation189▲ 5.1×49 topics
  5. Corporate Governance164▲ 6.2×23 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management142▲ 4.4×20 topics
  7. Institutional Theory136▲ 37×3 topics
  8. Economic Growth132▲ 4.5×29 topics
  9. Human Rights132▲ 3.6×44 topics
  10. Organizational Change117▲ 41×8 topics
  11. Sustainable Development114▲ 2.0×57 topics
  12. Market Dynamics113▲ 40×3 topics
  13. Neoliberalism105▲ 8.1×23 topics
  14. Entrepreneurship105▲ 7.4×14 topics
  15. Social Movements104▲ 9.8×14 topics
  16. Professionalism98▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Democracy98▲ 7.8×21 topics
  18. Economic Development97▲ 3.4×37 topics
  19. Organizational Identity96▲ 74×2 topics
  20. Big Data95▲ 2.8×18 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior95▲ 4.2×14 topics
  22. Institutional Entrepreneurship93▲ 97×1 topic
  23. Sensemaking93▲ 97×1 topic
  24. Strategic Alliances88▲ 38×3 topics
  25. Leadership79▲ 4.5×26 topics
  26. Political Economy72▲ 7.9×16 topics
  27. Income Inequality70▲ 14×7 topics
  28. Governance70▲ 5.9×16 topics
  29. Organizational Learning69▲ 30×5 topics
  30. Monetary Policy68▲ 8.0×11 topics
  31. Knowledge Sharing66▲ 12×8 topics
  32. Firm Performance63▲ 9.8×4 topics
  33. Judicial Review62▲ 20×4 topics
  34. Shareholder Value59▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Constitutionalism59▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Business Models57▲ 22×3 topics
  37. ECHR56▲ 45×1 topic
  38. European Legal Systems56▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Market Orientation56▲ 33×3 topics
  40. Accountability56▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Copenhagen Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Management and Organizational Studies, European and International Law Studies, Innovation and Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

Management and Organizat…93Management and Organizational Studies: 93 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 56 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge…51Innovation and Knowledge Management: 51 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…50Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 50 fractional worksComplex Systems and Decision Making: 42 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 33 fractional worksGlobal trade, sustainabi…29Global trade, sustainability, and social impact: 29 fractional worksDigital Economy and Work Transformation: 29 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 29 fractional worksInternational Business and FDI: 27 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementPolitical Science and International RelationsStrategy and ManagementManagement of Technology and Innovation3 others

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

  1. 1 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 93 works
  2. 2 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 56 works
  3. 3 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 51 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 50 works
  5. 5 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 42 works
  6. 6 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 33 works
  7. 7 Global trade, sustainability, and social impact Strategy and Management 29 works
  8. 8 Digital Economy and Work Transformation Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  9. 9 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 29 works
  10. 10 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 27 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 available35.4%not open64.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Copenhagen Business School's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower 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 Copenhagen Business School as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Copenhagen Business School0.0091% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Copenhagen Business School 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%Copenhagen Business School15.9% 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 15.9% in 2025.

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