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ESCP Business School

In research, ESCP Business School stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,427 of 10,521 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#1,204 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Strategy and Management and Business, Management and Accounting — Strategy and Management is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,636
of 28,054 · #12,005 all time
Rank in Germany
#494
of 1,178
Research works
1.1k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
39k
34.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is ESCP 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,427 of 10,521 33.4%164 #2136
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,204 of 2,578 37.2%72 #922

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

What does ESCP Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Strategy and Management takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 20.3 works11×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 71.9 works10×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.57× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10.32× its world share, 72 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.33× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 49 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at ESCP Business School?

Ranked on the composite score, Kerstin Alfes, Frank Jacob and Marion Festing lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ESCP Business School.

  1. 1 Kerstin Alfes Germany · #74,450 worldwide 309 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Frank Jacob Germany · #208,662 worldwide 108 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Marion Festing Germany · #288,594 worldwide 86 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Jean-Michel Saussois Germany · #414,330 worldwide 4 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Jean-Philippe Bouilloud Germany · #454,012 worldwide 4 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Delphine Manceau Germany · #470,835 worldwide 32 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Miquel Mirambell Abancó Germany · #583,847 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Franck Bancel Germany · #633,188 worldwide 56 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Hervé Laroche Germany · #664,631 worldwide 48 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Robert L. Wilken Germany · #713,645 worldwide 63 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at ESCP Business School

Which keywords describe research at ESCP Business School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Innovation, Social Capital, Entrepreneurship, Globalization, Leadership, Higher Education and Firm Performance.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance17▲ 11×14 topics
  2. Innovation16▲ 6.9×21 topics
  3. Social Capital14▲ 12×12 topics
  4. Sustainability14▲ 2.6×30 topics
  5. Globalization13▲ 3.1×21 topics
  6. Entrepreneurship11▲ 13×8 topics
  7. Sustainable Development10▲ 2.8×16 topics
  8. Big Data9▲ 4.8×8 topics
  9. Higher Education9▲ 7.3×7 topics
  10. Leadership8▲ 8.2×12 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management8▲ 4.0×11 topics
  12. Firm Performance8▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Digital Transformation7▲ 6.3×10 topics
  14. Economic Growth7▲ 3.9×10 topics
  15. Consumer Behavior6▲ 4.7×7 topics
  16. Community Engagement6▲ 8.8×6 topics
  17. Customer Experience6▲ 19×4 topics
  18. Internationalization6▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Local Development6▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Territorial Governance6▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Environmental Management6▲ 6.4×5 topics
  22. Financial Constraints5▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Entrepreneurial Orientation5▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Neoliberalism5▲ 6.8×7 topics
  25. Opportunity Recognition5▲ 29×1 topic
  26. Monetary Policy5▲ 9.9×4 topics
  27. Investment5▲ 24×3 topics
  28. Investor Protection5▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Ownership Structure5▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Academic Mobility4▲ 55×2 topics
  31. Marketization4▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Organizational Performance4▲ 8.4×6 topics
  33. Strategic Alliances4▲ 30×3 topics
  34. Institutional Theory4▲ 21×3 topics
  35. Start-Up Firms4▲ 83×1 topic
  36. Venture Capital4▲ 80×1 topic
  37. Liquidity4▲ 25×3 topics
  38. Citizen Participation4▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Academic Identity4▲ 64×1 topic
  40. Market Dynamics4▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does ESCP Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Corporate Finance and Governance, Private Equity and Venture Capital and French Urban and Social Studies.

Entrepreneurship Studies…5Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 5 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…5Corporate Finance and Governance: 5 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Ventu…4Private Equity and Venture Capital: 4 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …4French Urban and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Governance and Development: 4 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Challenges: 3 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge…3Innovation and Knowledge Management: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 3 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 3 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…2Big Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationAccountingSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 5 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 5 works
  3. 3 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 4 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 3 works
  7. 7 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 3 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 3 works
  9. 9 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 3 works
  10. 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.2%domestic only66.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has ESCP Business School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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