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Copenhagen Business School

In research, Copenhagen Business School stands highest in Strategy and Management (#5 of 635 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#21 of 2,578 worldwide) and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (#4 of 229 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Strategy and Management and Management of Technology and Innovation — Public Administration is 20.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,019
of 28,054 · #1,916 all time
Rank in Denmark
#10
of 108
Research works
19k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
310k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Copenhagen 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
Strategy and ManagementSubfield #5 of 635 25.1%313 #3
Business, Management and AccountingField #21 of 2,578 24.4%900 #13
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield #4 of 229 27.1%163 #13
Social SciencesDomain #261 of 10,521 23.0%2,720 #219
Social SciencesField #354 of 6,365 22.9%1,067 #301
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #106 of 1,775 25.8%359 #127
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #182 of 2,578 27.7%356 #193
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #92 of 1,201 21.1%262 #126
Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield #7 of 82 19.7%108 #10
FinanceSubfield #14 of 135 24.9%104 #61

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 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. Strategy and Management#3 #5
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#13 #21
  3. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management#13 #4
  4. Social Sciences#219 #261
  5. Social Sciences#301 #354
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#127 #106
  7. Sociology and Political Science#193 #182
  8. Political Science and International Relations#126 #92
  9. Management of Technology and Innovation#10 #7
  10. Finance#61 #14
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 Copenhagen Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 20.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 37.9 works21×
  2. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 313.4 works11×
  3. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 108.0 works11×
  4. FinanceSubfield · 104.3 works10×
  5. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 163.3 works10×
  6. Business, Management and AccountingField · 899.7 works8.3×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 160 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.14× its world share, 35 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 115 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 105 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 66 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.35× its world share, 132 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.28× its world share, 900 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.36× its world share, 142 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.98× its world share, 359 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 120 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 1,067 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Copenhagen Business School?

Ranked on the composite score, Karl Marx, Stefano Ponte and Paul du Gay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Copenhagen Business School.

  1. 1 Karl Marx Denmark · #180 worldwide 1.1k citations · 217 works
  2. 2 Stefano Ponte Denmark · #12,141 worldwide 600 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Paul du Gay Denmark · #13,947 worldwide 1.3k citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Ole Lando Denmark · #21,081 worldwide 178 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Lasse Heje Pedersen Denmark · #24,333 worldwide 755 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Thomas Ritter Denmark · #25,091 worldwide 532 citations · 67 works
  7. 7 Majken Schultz Denmark · #25,821 worldwide 403 citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Eva Boxenbaum Denmark · #33,635 worldwide 407 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Alan Irwin Denmark · #34,045 worldwide 249 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Ioanna Constantiou Denmark · #37,271 worldwide 463 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Copenhagen Business School

Which keywords describe research at Copenhagen Business School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Globalization270▲ 4.1×101 topics
  2. Sustainability263▲ 3.2×78 topics
  3. Social Capital202▲ 11×15 topics
  4. Innovation182▲ 5.2×48 topics
  5. Corporate Governance155▲ 6.2×22 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management136▲ 4.3×20 topics
  7. Institutional Theory129▲ 40×3 topics
  8. Human Rights129▲ 3.7×44 topics
  9. Economic Growth127▲ 4.4×28 topics
  10. Organizational Change110▲ 45×8 topics
  11. Sustainable Development109▲ 2.0×55 topics
  12. Market Dynamics107▲ 40×3 topics
  13. Entrepreneurship99▲ 7.6×13 topics
  14. Neoliberalism98▲ 8.2×21 topics
  15. Social Movements96▲ 9.5×12 topics
  16. Democracy96▲ 8.0×21 topics
  17. Economic Development94▲ 3.4×36 topics
  18. Professionalism92▲ 16×5 topics
  19. Organizational Identity90▲ 77×2 topics
  20. Big Data88▲ 2.9×18 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior88▲ 4.1×13 topics
  22. Institutional Entrepreneurship88▲ 99×1 topic
  23. Sensemaking88▲ 99×1 topic
  24. Strategic Alliances86▲ 37×3 topics
  25. Leadership74▲ 4.6×24 topics
  26. Political Economy70▲ 8.0×15 topics
  27. Income Inequality68▲ 14×7 topics
  28. Governance68▲ 6.1×16 topics
  29. Organizational Learning66▲ 30×5 topics
  30. Monetary Policy66▲ 8.1×11 topics
  31. Knowledge Sharing65▲ 12×8 topics
  32. Judicial Review62▲ 20×4 topics
  33. Firm Performance60▲ 9.5×4 topics
  34. Constitutionalism59▲ 18×3 topics
  35. ECHR56▲ 43×1 topic
  36. European Legal Systems56▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Shareholder Value56▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Business Models55▲ 23×3 topics
  39. Market Orientation54▲ 33×3 topics
  40. Accountability53▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does Copenhagen Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Management and Organizational Studies, European and International Law Studies, Innovation and Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

Management and Organizat…88Management and Organizational Studies: 88 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 56 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge…49Innovation and Knowledge Management: 49 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…49Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 49 fractional worksComplex Systems and Decision Making: 41 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 31 fractional worksDigital Economy and Work…28Digital Economy and Work Transformation: 28 fractional worksGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impact: 28 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 27 fractional worksInternational Business and FDI: 26 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 88 works
  2. 2 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 56 works
  3. 3 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 49 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 49 works
  5. 5 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 41 works
  6. 6 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 31 works
  7. 7 Digital Economy and Work Transformation Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  8. 8 Global trade, sustainability, and social impact Strategy and Management 28 works
  9. 9 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 27 works
  10. 10 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 26 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Copenhagen Business School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower 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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