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HEC Paris

In research, HEC Paris stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,981 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#959 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,155 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Business, Management and Accounting is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,563
of 28,054 · #6,452 all time
Rank in France
#392
of 1,422
Research works
1.8k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
63k
35.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is HEC Paris 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 #1,981 of 10,521 29.9%207 #811
Business, Management and AccountingField #959 of 2,578 33.7%69 #446
Social SciencesField #4,155 of 6,365 27.7%60 #3409

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where HEC Paris 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#811 #1,981
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#446 #959
  3. Social Sciences#3,409 #4,155
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 Paris specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 69.2 works8.6×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 45.3 works8.4×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.55× its world share, 69 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.50× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8.43× its world share, 45 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 60 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at HEC Paris?

Ranked on the composite score, Jean‐Noël Kapferer, Bruno Solnik and L. J. Shrum lead among researchers whose main affiliation is HEC Paris.

  1. 1 Jean‐Noël Kapferer France · #11,604 worldwide 402 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Bruno Solnik France · #22,794 worldwide 900 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 L. J. Shrum France · #48,651 worldwide 425 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Pierre Dussauge France · #52,160 worldwide 270 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Bernard Garrette France · #111,155 worldwide 189 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Thomas Jeanjean France · #156,791 worldwide 232 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Hervé Stolowy France · #170,133 worldwide 268 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Michel Tenenhaus France · #172,816 worldwide 144 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Jacqueline Laufer France · #192,716 worldwide 38 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Thierry Foucault France · #219,136 worldwide 224 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at HEC Paris

Which keywords describe research at HEC Paris?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Innovation, Social Capital, Entrepreneurship, Community Engagement, Firm Performance, Local Development and Territorial Governance.

▲ 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 Governance22▲ 12×14 topics
  2. Innovation16▲ 5.9×19 topics
  3. Social Capital14▲ 10×12 topics
  4. Entrepreneurship10▲ 10×7 topics
  5. Social Media10▲ 2.7×17 topics
  6. Consumer Behavior10▲ 6.0×10 topics
  7. Regulation9▲ 6.8×9 topics
  8. Community Engagement9▲ 11×5 topics
  9. Economic Growth9▲ 4.3×16 topics
  10. Firm Performance9▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Local Development9▲ 30×2 topics
  12. Territorial Governance9▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Human Rights8▲ 3.1×11 topics
  14. Liquidity8▲ 41×3 topics
  15. Financial Constraints8▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Mergers and Acquisitions8▲ 33×2 topics
  17. Investor Protection7▲ 37×1 topic
  18. Ownership Structure7▲ 37×1 topic
  19. Monetary Policy7▲ 12×8 topics
  20. Institutional Theory7▲ 29×3 topics
  21. Finance7▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Asset Pricing7▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Institutionalization6▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Investment6▲ 25×3 topics
  25. Public Policy6▲ 5.0×6 topics
  26. Professionalism6▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Emotion5▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Entrepreneurial Orientation5▲ 25×1 topic
  29. Opportunity Recognition5▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Social Innovation5▲ 14×3 topics
  31. European Union5▲ 9.1×6 topics
  32. Market Efficiency5▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Cooperatives5▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Organizational Change5▲ 27×6 topics
  35. Investor Sentiment5▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Stock Returns5▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Organizational Identity5▲ 54×2 topics
  38. Market Dynamics5▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Participative Evaluation5▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Solidarity Economy5▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does HEC Paris publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies and Social Sciences and Governance.

Corporate Finance and Go…7Corporate Finance and Governance: 7 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…5Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 5 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 5 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 5 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Venture Capital: 4 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 4 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksManagement and Organizat…4Management and Organizational Studies: 4 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 3 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 3 fractional works
AccountingManagement of Technology and InnovationFinanceUrban Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 7 works
  2. 2 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 5 works
  3. 3 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 5 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 5 works
  5. 5 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 4 works
  6. 6 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 4 works
  7. 7 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  9. 9 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  10. 10 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 3 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 available27.9%not open72.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has HEC Paris's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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