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HEC Montréal

In research, HEC Montréal stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,056 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#328 of 2,578 worldwide) and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (#45 of 229 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Finance — Urban Studies is 13.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,037
of 28,054 · #3,443 all time
Rank in Canada
#87
of 403
Research works
5.5k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
183k
33.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is HEC Montréal 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 #1,056 of 10,521 29.7%727 #637
Business, Management and AccountingField #328 of 2,578 36.6%271 #154
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield #45 of 229 33.8%65 #39
Social SciencesField #1,924 of 6,365 24.0%227 #1078
Strategy and ManagementSubfield #204 of 635 39.9%76 #133
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,202 of 2,578 23.2%98 #706
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #854 of 1,775 24.1%124 #519
Physical SciencesDomain #6,810 of 12,888 24.8%193 #4302
EngineeringField #3,762 of 6,636 25.2%89 #1416
Health SciencesDomain #6,830 of 11,982 20.6%68 #4673

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where HEC Montréal 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#637 #1,056
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#154 #328
  3. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management#39 #45
  4. Social Sciences#1,078 #1,924
  5. Strategy and Management#133 #204
  6. Sociology and Political Science#706 #1,202
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#519 #854
  8. Physical Sciences#4,302 #6,810
  9. Engineering#1,416 #3,762
  10. Health Sciences#4,673 #6,830
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 HEC Montréal specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 13.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 38.3 works14×
  2. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 64.9 works13×
  3. FinanceSubfield · 37.9 works12×
  4. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 27.7 works9.0×
  5. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 75.7 works8.6×
  6. Business, Management and AccountingField · 271.1 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: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 56 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.08× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 89 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.33× its world share, 271 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.56× its world share, 44 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.72× its world share, 124 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 227 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at HEC Montréal?

Ranked on the composite score, Danny Miller, Gilbert Laporte and Ann Langley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is HEC Montréal.

  1. 1 Danny Miller Canada · #1,836 worldwide 2.6k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Gilbert Laporte Canada · #5,747 worldwide 2.4k citations · 136 works
  3. 3 Ann Langley Canada · #6,640 worldwide 892 citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Jean‐Charles Chebat Canada · #25,269 worldwide 557 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Jean‐François Cordeau Canada · #29,541 worldwide 705 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Christian Vandenberghe Canada · #32,075 worldwide 701 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Patrick Cohendet Canada · #33,806 worldwide 348 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Suzanne Rivard Canada · #37,888 worldwide 475 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Jian Tang Canada · #48,900 worldwide 346 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Guy Paré Canada · #50,291 worldwide 300 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at HEC Montréal

Which keywords describe research at HEC Montréal?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Institutional Theory and Economic Development.

▲ 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. Social Capital60▲ 11×13 topics
  2. Sustainability58▲ 2.4×49 topics
  3. Community Engagement45▲ 14×8 topics
  4. Corporate Governance44▲ 5.8×16 topics
  5. Innovation44▲ 4.1×30 topics
  6. Economic Development41▲ 5.0×20 topics
  7. Territorial Governance41▲ 32×3 topics
  8. Local Development40▲ 35×2 topics
  9. Risk Management40▲ 8.3×13 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management40▲ 4.2×18 topics
  11. Economic Growth35▲ 4.1×19 topics
  12. Institutional Theory34▲ 35×3 topics
  13. Organizational Change30▲ 41×4 topics
  14. Cooperatives30▲ 38×3 topics
  15. Social Innovation30▲ 19×3 topics
  16. Citizenship30▲ 24×4 topics
  17. Entrepreneurship30▲ 7.7×10 topics
  18. Solidarity Economy30▲ 48×2 topics
  19. Institutionalization30▲ 31×3 topics
  20. Leadership29▲ 6.0×17 topics
  21. Social Movements29▲ 9.5×4 topics
  22. Market Dynamics29▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Participative Evaluation29▲ 80×1 topic
  24. Consumer Behavior28▲ 4.4×11 topics
  25. Organizational Identity27▲ 77×2 topics
  26. Professionalism27▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Institutional Entrepreneurship26▲ 99×1 topic
  28. Sensemaking26▲ 99×1 topic
  29. Strategic Alliances26▲ 37×3 topics
  30. Job Satisfaction24▲ 5.6×9 topics
  31. Human Resource Management21▲ 14×5 topics
  32. Organizational Learning20▲ 31×4 topics
  33. Firm Performance20▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Work Engagement20▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Organizational Behavior19▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Knowledge Sharing18▲ 11×7 topics
  37. Mediation Analysis18▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Psychological Capital18▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Market Orientation18▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Knowledge Transfer17▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does HEC Montréal publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Sciences and Governance, Management and Organizational Studies, Innovation and Knowledge Management and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior.

Social Sciences and Governance: 29 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 26 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge…17Innovation and Knowledge Management: 17 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…17Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 17 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 13 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 12 fractional worksVehicle Routing Optimiza…12Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods: 12 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 11 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 10 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 9 fractional works
Urban StudiesOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementStrategy and ManagementManagement of Technology and Innovation4 others

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

  1. 1 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 29 works
  2. 2 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 26 works
  3. 3 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 17 works
  4. 4 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 17 works
  5. 5 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 13 works
  6. 6 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  7. 7 Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 12 works
  8. 8 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 11 works
  9. 9 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 10 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 9 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.4%domestic only65.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has HEC Montréal's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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