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European Corporate Governance Institute

In research, European Corporate Governance Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,206 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,312 of 6,365 worldwide) and Accounting (#243 of 389 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Finance, Accounting and Strategy and Management — Finance is 36.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,782
of 28,054 · #13,634 all time
Rank in Belgium
#66
of 138
Research works
2.7k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
75k
28.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
93%
world 28%

What is European Corporate Governance Institute 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 #3,206 of 10,521 11.8%441 #2280
Social SciencesField #3,312 of 6,365 17.7%120 #2834
AccountingSubfield #243 of 389 7.0%85 #231
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,112 of 1,775 10.4%127 #1254
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,724 of 2,578 8.2%176 #1119
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #1,130 of 1,272 10.6%63 #1912

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where European Corporate Governance Institute 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. Social Sciences#2,280 #3,206
  2. Social Sciences#2,834 #3,312
  3. Accounting#231 #243
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,254 #1,112
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#1,119 #1,724
  6. Economics and Econometrics#1,912 #1,130
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 European Corporate Governance Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 36.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 53.2 works36×
  2. AccountingSubfield · 85.3 works29×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 55.5 works13×
  4. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 126.7 works12×
  5. Business, Management and AccountingField · 176.4 works11×
  6. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 63.3 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11.35× its world share, 176 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12.28× its world share, 127 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 120 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at European Corporate Governance Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Reinier Kraakman, John Coates and Ailsa Röell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Corporate Governance Institute.

  1. 1 Reinier Kraakman Belgium · #35,362 worldwide 462 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 John Coates Belgium · #97,826 worldwide 169 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Ailsa Röell Belgium · #136,203 worldwide 298 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Jesse M. Fried Belgium · #227,845 worldwide 101 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Jeffrey N. Gordon Belgium · #230,793 worldwide 106 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Russ Wermers Belgium · #284,580 worldwide 181 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Holger Spamann Belgium · #423,562 worldwide 102 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Marc Goergen Belgium · #452,095 worldwide 180 citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Alessio M. Pacces Belgium · #833,577 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at European Corporate Governance Institute

Which keywords describe research at European Corporate Governance Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Firm Performance, Regulation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Constraints, Capital Structure, Investor Protection and Ownership Structure.

▲ 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 Governance88▲ 25×25 topics
  2. Firm Performance40▲ 44×4 topics
  3. Regulation38▲ 15×9 topics
  4. Mergers and Acquisitions36▲ 83×2 topics
  5. Financial Constraints35▲ 68×2 topics
  6. Capital Structure34▲ 44×2 topics
  7. Investor Protection34▲ 88×1 topic
  8. Ownership Structure34▲ 88×1 topic
  9. Economic Growth33▲ 8.2×23 topics
  10. Monetary Policy33▲ 28×11 topics
  11. Globalization29▲ 3.1×52 topics
  12. Entrepreneurship25▲ 13×9 topics
  13. Human Rights25▲ 5.0×26 topics
  14. Innovation24▲ 4.7×21 topics
  15. Financial Stability23▲ 24×5 topics
  16. Liquidity23▲ 62×3 topics
  17. Investment22▲ 46×4 topics
  18. Finance20▲ 22×3 topics
  19. International Law18▲ 12×13 topics
  20. Financial Performance18▲ 6.3×9 topics
  21. Social Capital18▲ 7.0×12 topics
  22. European Union17▲ 15×15 topics
  23. Banking16▲ 78×1 topic
  24. Credit16▲ 78×1 topic
  25. Financial Reporting16▲ 29×5 topics
  26. Liability16▲ 123×2 topics
  27. Legal Transplants15▲ 121×2 topics
  28. Asset Pricing14▲ 34×3 topics
  29. Governance14▲ 8.6×11 topics
  30. Property Rights14▲ 42×6 topics
  31. Accountability13▲ 26×4 topics
  32. Global Governance13▲ 12×14 topics
  33. European Company Law13▲ 204×1 topic
  34. Regulatory Competition13▲ 204×1 topic
  35. Political Economy13▲ 11×14 topics
  36. Start-Up Firms13▲ 108×1 topic
  37. Venture Capital13▲ 103×1 topic
  38. Institutional Theory12▲ 26×3 topics
  39. Shareholder Value12▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Asset Allocation12▲ 55×2 topics

Which research topics does European Corporate Governance Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, Corporate Governance and Law and Private Equity and Venture Capital.

Corporate Finance and Go…34Corporate Finance and Governance: 34 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 16 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Law: 13 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Venture Capital: 13 fractional worksCorporate Insolvency and Governance: 11 fractional worksState Capitalism and Financial Governance: 10 fractional worksFinancial Markets and In…10Financial Markets and Investment Strategies: 10 fractional worksCorporate Law and Human Rights: 9 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 9 fractional worksLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems: 7 fractional works
AccountingFinanceStrategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management1 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 34 works
  2. 2 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 16 works
  3. 3 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 13 works
  4. 4 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 13 works
  5. 5 Corporate Insolvency and Governance Accounting 11 works
  6. 6 State Capitalism and Financial Governance Strategy and Management 10 works
  7. 7 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 10 works
  8. 8 Corporate Law and Human Rights Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  9. 9 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 9 works
  10. 10 Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Economics and Econometrics 7 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 available93.2%not open6.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors85.6%domestic only14.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has European Corporate Governance Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher 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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