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France Business School

In research, France Business School stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,979 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 11.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,414
of 22,385 · #15,186 all time
Rank in France
#315
of 517
Research works
485
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.8k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
France Business School

What is France 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 #5,979 of 9,585 13.6%98 #4760

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where France 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 France Business School work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at France Business School is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (36%), Social Sciences (18%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 101 fractional works · 76.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 48 fractional works · 36.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 10.2% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 8.9% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 12.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 7.8% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 15.6% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 6.4% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFrance BusinessSchool132fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences77%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting4836.3%
    2. Social Sciences2418.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1612.2%
    4. Decision Sciences64.8%
    5. Psychology43.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities32.0%
    1. Computer Science86.4%
    2. Engineering53.5%
    3. Environmental Science43.2%
    4. Mathematics11.0%
    5. Energy10.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Health Professions42.8%
    2. Medicine32.5%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.8%
    2. Neuroscience00.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does France Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 47.8 works11×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.82× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11.27× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.92× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.70× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting11.27×48 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.70×16 works
  3. Decision Sciences4.92×6 works
  4. Social Sciences1.44×24 works
  5. Health Professions1.07×4 works
  6. Psychology1.00×4 works
  7. Energy0.94×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.86×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.82×8 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.69×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.64×4 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×2 works
  13. Nursing0.30×0 works
  14. Engineering0.23×5 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  18. Medicine0.13×3 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at France Business School?

Ranked on the quality score, Naouel Makaoui, Charlotte Fontan Sers and Yamen Koubaa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is France Business School.

  1. 1 Naouel Makaoui France · #1,542,596 worldwide 1k citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Charlotte Fontan Sers France · #1,753,498 worldwide 193 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Yamen Koubaa France · #3,427,764 worldwide 319 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Christian Goglin France · #3,631,278 worldwide 12 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Didier Calcei France · #4,455,104 worldwide 130 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Boris Maynadier France · #4,614,394 worldwide 23 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Régis Martineau France · #4,656,391 worldwide 160 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Gwenaël John France · #4,884,737 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at France Business School

What are the most cited papers from France Business School?

The most cited paper from France Business School is "Reshaping the Village Test for investigating service brand attachment" (Chourouk Mzahi, 2014), with 748 citations. Next come "The impact of big data analytics and artificial intelligence on green supply chain process integration and hospital environmental performance" (697) and "Deep neural networks, gradient-boosted trees, random forests: Statistical arbitrage on the S&P 500" (695).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reshaping the Village Test for investigating service brand attachment Chourouk Mzahi · Qualitative Market Research An International Journal 2 Sep 2014 748
2 The impact of big data analytics and artificial intelligence on green supply chain process integration and hospital environmental performance Smaïl Benzidia, Naouel Makaoui, Omar Bentahar · Technological Forecasting and Social Change Open access 7 Jan 2021 697
3 Deep neural networks, gradient-boosted trees, random forests: Statistical arbitrage on the S&P 500 Christopher Krauß, Xuan Anh, Nicolas Huck · European Journal of Operational Research 22 Oct 2016 695
4 Board gender diversity and ESG disclosure: evidence from the USA Riadh Manita, Maria Giuseppina Bruna, Rey Đặng et al. · Journal of Applied Accounting Research 29 Mar 2018 598
5 Female board directorship and firm performance: What really matters? Moez Bennouri, Tawhid Chtioui, Haithem Nagati et al. · Journal of Banking & Finance 5 Jan 2018 556
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at France Business School?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Innovation, Consumer Behavior, Corporate Governance, Supply Chain Management, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and Environmental Management.

▲ 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 Capital12▲ 17×12 topics
  2. Sustainability10▲ 3.1×28 topics
  3. Innovation9▲ 6.5×17 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management8▲ 6.8×14 topics
  5. Consumer Behavior8▲ 9.5×9 topics
  6. Corporate Governance8▲ 8.0×11 topics
  7. Entrepreneurship7▲ 13×6 topics
  8. Economic Growth6▲ 6.0×13 topics
  9. Globalization6▲ 2.5×21 topics
  10. Environmental Management6▲ 11×6 topics
  11. Sustainable Development5▲ 2.6×16 topics
  12. Social Media5▲ 2.9×14 topics
  13. Internet of Things5▲ 4.3×6 topics
  14. Economic Development4▲ 4.0×13 topics
  15. Monetary Policy4▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Community Engagement4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  17. Entrepreneurial Orientation4▲ 37×1 topic
  18. Opportunity Recognition4▲ 37×1 topic
  19. Strategic Alliances4▲ 46×3 topics
  20. Territorial Governance4▲ 26×3 topics
  21. Local Development4▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Institutional Theory4▲ 27×3 topics
  23. Regulation4▲ 5.2×5 topics
  24. Business Ethics3▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Circular Economy3▲ 9.5×4 topics
  26. Finance3▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Firm Performance3▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Risk Management3▲ 5.4×10 topics
  29. User-Generated Content3▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Customer Relationship Management3▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Customer Experience3▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Blockchain3▲ 9.4×1 topic
  33. Consumer Engagement3▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Decentralization3▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Electronic Word-of-Mouth3▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Privacy3▲ 7.5×2 topics
  37. Smart Contracts3▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Investment Decisions3▲ 17×3 topics
  39. User Satisfaction3▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Market Dynamics3▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does France Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

Entrepreneurship Studies…4Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 4 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…3Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 3 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 3 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksInternational Business and FDI: 2 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge…2Innovation and Knowledge Management: 2 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 2 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationInformation SystemsSociology and Political ScienceStrategy and Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works
  2. 2 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 3 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  6. 6 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 2 works
  7. 7 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  9. 9 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  10. 10 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 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 available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has France Business School's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% 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 France Business School as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%France Business School0.00034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of France 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.

10%20%France Business School15.9% in 2024all institutions10.0% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.8% in 2022.

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