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Estonian Business School

In research, Estonian Business School stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,674 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 8.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,562
of 22,385 · #21,064 all time
Rank in Estonia
#8
of 14
Research works
396
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Estonian Business School

What is Estonian 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 #5,674 of 9,585 8.2%89 #5838

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Estonian 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 fields of science does Estonian Business School work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Estonian Business School is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Business, Management and Accounting (27%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 98 fractional works · 80.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 31.2% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 33 fractional works · 27.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 9.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 6.4% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 14.3% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 7.6% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.7% 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 · 0.3% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEstonian BusinessSchool121fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences81%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3831.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3327.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance118.7%
    4. Psychology75.8%
    5. Decision Sciences53.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities43.7%
    1. Computer Science97.6%
    2. Engineering43.6%
    3. Environmental Science11.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    5. Mathematics10.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    7. Energy00.3%
    1. Health Professions32.2%
    2. Medicine22.0%
    1. Neuroscience10.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Estonian Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 33.1 works8.5×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.50× its world share, 33 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.01× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.07× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.90× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.47× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting8.50×33 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.07×10 works
  3. Decision Sciences4.01×5 works
  4. Social Sciences2.47×38 works
  5. Psychology1.90×7 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.27×4 works
  7. Computer Science0.98×9 works
  8. Health Professions0.84×3 works
  9. Mathematics0.59×1 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.32×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.31×1 works
  12. Energy0.30×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×0 works
  14. Engineering0.24×4 works
  15. Environmental Science0.20×1 works
  16. Medicine0.10×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Estonian Business School?

Ranked on the quality score, Hala Abdelgaffar, Obianuju Clement Onwuzulike and Mohammad Abu Sayed Toyon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Estonian Business School.

  1. 1 Hala Abdelgaffar Estonia · #651,608 worldwide 463 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Obianuju Clement Onwuzulike Estonia · #751,657 worldwide 211 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Abu Sayed Toyon Estonia · #1,425,077 worldwide 175 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Junhong Gao Estonia · #1,588,669 worldwide 694 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Katri Kerem Estonia · #1,667,816 worldwide 718 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Kaire Põder Estonia · #1,690,045 worldwide 418 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Krishna Venkitachalam Estonia · #1,739,849 worldwide 1k citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Kätlin Pulk Estonia · #2,050,630 worldwide 80 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Riina Koris Estonia · #2,113,709 worldwide 324 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Hans Gevers Estonia · #2,902,673 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Estonian Business School

What are the most cited papers from Estonian Business School?

The most cited paper from Estonian Business School is "Subjective financial knowledge, prudent behaviour and income" (Leonore Riitsalu, Rein Murakas, 2019), with 221 citations. Next come "Bergen Burnout Inventory: reliability and validity among Finnish and Estonian managers" (165) and "A Twenty-First Century Assessment of Values Across the Global Workforce" (158).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Subjective financial knowledge, prudent behaviour and income Leonore Riitsalu, Rein Murakas · International Journal of Bank Marketing 13 Feb 2019 221
2 Bergen Burnout Inventory: reliability and validity among Finnish and Estonian managers Katariina Salmela‐Aro, Johanna Rantanen, Katriina Hyvönen et al. · International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 16 Nov 2010 165
3 A Twenty-First Century Assessment of Values Across the Global Workforce David A. Ralston et al. · Journal of Business Ethics 22 Jun 2011 158
4 Explanatory sequential design of mixed methods research: Phases and challenges Mohammad Abu Sayed Toyon · International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478) Open access 8 Aug 2021 133
5 Measurement Invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale Across 26 Countries Seulki Jang et al. · Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology Open access 22 Mar 2017 124
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Estonian Business School?

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

▲ 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. Social Capital10▲ 16×10 topics
  2. Globalization9▲ 3.6×21 topics
  3. Innovation8▲ 6.2×17 topics
  4. Sustainability7▲ 2.4×15 topics
  5. Social Media7▲ 3.9×14 topics
  6. Institutional Theory6▲ 49×2 topics
  7. Sustainable Development6▲ 3.0×9 topics
  8. Education5▲ 2.5×13 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management5▲ 4.6×6 topics
  10. Economic Growth5▲ 4.6×9 topics
  11. Environmental Management4▲ 9.2×7 topics
  12. Market Dynamics4▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Economic Development4▲ 4.5×11 topics
  14. Organizational Change4▲ 44×2 topics
  15. Institutional Entrepreneurship4▲ 127×1 topic
  16. Knowledge Sharing4▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Sensemaking4▲ 127×1 topic
  18. Trust4▲ 12×5 topics
  19. Higher Education4▲ 6.0×6 topics
  20. Big Data4▲ 3.2×9 topics
  21. Internet of Things4▲ 3.6×3 topics
  22. Consumer Behavior4▲ 4.7×5 topics
  23. Entrepreneurship4▲ 7.4×9 topics
  24. Corporate Governance3▲ 3.8×9 topics
  25. Governance3▲ 8.5×4 topics
  26. Performance Measurement3▲ 9.6×3 topics
  27. Financial Performance3▲ 4.3×3 topics
  28. Organizational Learning3▲ 37×4 topics
  29. Business Ethics3▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Motivation3▲ 5.6×4 topics
  31. Academic Achievement3▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Educational Inequality3▲ 37×3 topics
  33. Neoliberalism3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  34. Institutions2▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Smart Specialization2▲ 54×2 topics
  36. Tacit Knowledge2▲ 43×2 topics
  37. Organizational Climate2▲ 84×1 topic
  38. Political Economy2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  39. Virtual Communities2▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Diversity2▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Estonian Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Management and Organizational Studies, Knowledge Management and Sharing, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting.

Management and Organizational Studies: 4 fractional worksKnowledge Management and Sharing: 2 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 2 fractional worksUniversity-Industry-Government Innovation Models: 2 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional worksQuality and Supply Manag…2Quality and Supply Management: 2 fractional worksHigher Education Governance and Development: 2 fractional worksHigher Education and Employability: 2 fractional worksCorruption and Economic …2Corruption and Economic Development: 2 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementCommunicationManagement of Technology and InnovationStrategy and Management5 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 4 works
  2. 2 Knowledge Management and Sharing Communication 2 works
  3. 3 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  4. 4 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 2 works
  5. 5 University-Industry-Government Innovation Models Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 2 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Higher Education and Employability Education 2 works
  10. 10 Corruption and Economic Development Sociology and Political Science 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 available50.8%not open49.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.6%domestic only69.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Estonian Business School's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Estonian Business School as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Estonian Business School0.00038% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Estonian 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 counting5%10%15%Estonian Business School10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2016.

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