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ICFAI Business School

In research, ICFAI Business School stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,962 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#1,588 of 2,578 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,793 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,213
of 28,054 · #19,916 all time
Rank in India
#854
of 1,840
Research works
1.3k
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is ICFAI Business School 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 #3,962 of 10,521 28.1%168 #4629
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,588 of 2,578 25.2%77 #1598
Physical SciencesDomain #9,793 of 12,888 13.6%105 #18049

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where ICFAI 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 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#4,629 #3,962
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#1,598 #1,588
  3. Physical Sciences#18,049 #9,793
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 ICFAI Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 76.8 works7.7×
← 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: 0.75× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.93× its world share, 47 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.66× its world share, 77 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.64× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.54× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at ICFAI Business School?

Ranked on the composite score, Vighneswara Swamy, Pankaj M. Madhani and Sujoy Kumar Dhar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ICFAI Business School.

  1. 1 Vighneswara Swamy India · #248,560 worldwide 113 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Pankaj M. Madhani India · #974,318 worldwide 95 citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Sujoy Kumar Dhar India · #1,256,713 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Vikas Gautam India · #1,473,077 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 D. Saravanan India · #1,585,790 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at ICFAI Business School

Which keywords describe research at ICFAI Business School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Consumer Behavior, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, Supply Chain Management, Financial Performance and Social Capital.

▲ 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. Machine Learning27▲ 2.6×45 topics
  2. Deep Learning21▲ 1.97×46 topics
  3. Sustainability20▲ 2.6×33 topics
  4. Corporate Governance18▲ 7.8×12 topics
  5. Consumer Behavior17▲ 8.5×13 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management14▲ 4.9×13 topics
  7. Healthcare13▲ 3.7×9 topics
  8. Social Media12▲ 2.8×17 topics
  9. Financial Performance12▲ 6.7×10 topics
  10. Entrepreneurship12▲ 9.8×8 topics
  11. Economic Growth12▲ 4.4×14 topics
  12. Social Capital11▲ 6.9×9 topics
  13. Internet of Things11▲ 4.1×14 topics
  14. Risk Management10▲ 6.8×10 topics
  15. Environmental Management10▲ 8.0×6 topics
  16. Digital Transformation10▲ 6.0×11 topics
  17. Regulation9▲ 5.5×8 topics
  18. Financial Constraints9▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Firm Performance8▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Customer Satisfaction8▲ 8.1×9 topics
  21. Customer Experience8▲ 17×3 topics
  22. Organizational Performance8▲ 9.9×8 topics
  23. E-commerce7▲ 4.0×6 topics
  24. Leadership7▲ 5.0×10 topics
  25. Consumer Engagement7▲ 19×1 topic
  26. Electronic Word-of-Mouth7▲ 19×1 topic
  27. User Satisfaction7▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Capital Structure7▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Information Systems6▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Investor Protection6▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Online Shopping6▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Ownership Structure6▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Structural Equation Modeling6▲ 10×4 topics
  34. IoT6▲ 5.5×7 topics
  35. Smart Cities6▲ 7.8×5 topics
  36. Ethical Consumption6▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Partial Least Squares6▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Technology Acceptance Model6▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Environmental Innovation6▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Green Consumption6▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does ICFAI Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Marketing and Social Media, Corporate Finance and Governance, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Digital Marketing and So…7Digital Marketing and Social Media: 7 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…6Corporate Finance and Governance: 6 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …6Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 6 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…6Environmental Sustainability in Business: 6 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 5 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 4 fractional worksInsurance and Financial …4Insurance and Financial Risk Management: 4 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 4 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…4Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAccountingInformation Systems and ManagementMarketing3 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 6 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 6 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 6 works
  5. 5 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 5 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 4 works
  7. 7 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 4 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 4 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 available51.3%not open48.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has ICFAI Business School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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