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Hanken School of Economics

In research, Hanken School of Economics stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,393 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#397 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,435 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Marketing and Business, Management and Accounting — Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 17.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,589
of 28,054 · #6,527 all time
Rank in Finland
#24
of 80
Research works
2k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
78k
39.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Hanken School of Economics 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 #1,393 of 10,521 40.4%306 #874
Business, Management and AccountingField #397 of 2,578 48.8%143 #178
Social SciencesField #2,435 of 6,365 37.3%83 #1878

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hanken School of Economics 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#874 #1,393
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#178 #397
  3. Social Sciences#1,878 #2,435
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 Hanken School of Economics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 17.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 31.5 works18×
  2. MarketingSubfield · 27.6 works18×
  3. Business, Management and AccountingField · 143.3 works12×
  4. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 36.1 works11×
  5. AccountingSubfield · 25.0 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: 0.40× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11.98× its world share, 143 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.05× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.63× its world share, 45 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 84 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hanken School of Economics?

Ranked on the composite score, Christian Grönroos, Ingmar Björkman and Peter Björk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hanken School of Economics.

  1. 1 Christian Grönroos Finland · #47,557 worldwide 1.3k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Ingmar Björkman Finland · #58,861 worldwide 401 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Peter Björk Finland · #119,446 worldwide 260 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Bo‐Christer Björk Finland · #132,066 worldwide 138 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Kristiina Mäkelä Finland · #132,672 worldwide 260 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Sofia Strid Finland · #137,967 worldwide 115 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Gyöngyi Kovács Finland · #155,404 worldwide 210 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Wilhelm Barner-Rаsmussen Finland · #239,538 worldwide 150 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Maria Holmlund Finland · #247,513 worldwide 209 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Tore Strandvik Finland · #335,451 worldwide 169 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Hanken School of Economics

Which keywords describe research at Hanken School of Economics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Social Capital, Consumer Behavior, Institutional Theory, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurship, Innovation 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 Governance30▲ 11×16 topics
  2. Social Capital24▲ 12×13 topics
  3. Consumer Behavior22▲ 9.2×12 topics
  4. Sustainability22▲ 2.4×33 topics
  5. Innovation18▲ 4.5×18 topics
  6. Institutional Theory17▲ 47×3 topics
  7. Social Media16▲ 3.0×14 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management16▲ 4.5×15 topics
  9. Customer Experience15▲ 27×4 topics
  10. Entrepreneurship14▲ 10×7 topics
  11. Firm Performance13▲ 18×3 topics
  12. Market Dynamics12▲ 41×2 topics
  13. Professionalism12▲ 19×4 topics
  14. Ethics12▲ 6.6×11 topics
  15. Organizational Change12▲ 44×4 topics
  16. Organizational Identity12▲ 91×2 topics
  17. Economic Growth12▲ 3.7×13 topics
  18. Financial Constraints12▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Leadership11▲ 6.3×13 topics
  20. Value Creation11▲ 79×2 topics
  21. Social Movements11▲ 9.9×3 topics
  22. Investor Protection11▲ 36×1 topic
  23. Ownership Structure11▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Institutional Entrepreneurship11▲ 109×1 topic
  25. Sensemaking11▲ 109×1 topic
  26. Financial Performance10▲ 4.8×8 topics
  27. Risk Management10▲ 5.8×9 topics
  28. Environmental Management10▲ 6.5×5 topics
  29. Asset Pricing9▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Customer Satisfaction9▲ 7.7×4 topics
  31. Co-Creation9▲ 56×2 topics
  32. Corporate Social Responsibility9▲ 15×6 topics
  33. Strategic Alliances9▲ 34×3 topics
  34. Marketing Strategy8▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Product-Service Systems8▲ 111×1 topic
  36. Service Innovation8▲ 111×1 topic
  37. Service Quality8▲ 7.7×3 topics
  38. Business Ethics8▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Shareholder Value8▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Emotional Responses8▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Hanken School of Economics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Management and Organizational Studies, Service and Product Innovation and Customer Service Quality and Loyalty.

Corporate Finance and Go…11Corporate Finance and Governance: 11 fractional worksManagement and Organizat…11Management and Organizational Studies: 11 fractional worksService and Product Innovation: 8 fractional worksCustomer Service Quality and Loyalty: 8 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 7 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 7 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 7 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…6Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 6 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 6 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 6 fractional works
AccountingOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementMarketingFinance4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 11 works
  2. 2 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 11 works
  3. 3 Service and Product Innovation Marketing 8 works
  4. 4 Customer Service Quality and Loyalty Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works
  5. 5 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 7 works
  6. 6 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  7. 7 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 7 works
  8. 8 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  9. 9 Research in Social Sciences Education 6 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 6 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 available53.1%not open46.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.7%domestic only65.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hanken School of Economics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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