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IE University

In research, IE University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,406 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,637 of 5,988 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#1,393 of 2,581 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Accounting is 7.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,076
of 22,385 · #4,839 all time
Rank in Spain
#95
of 426
Research works
2.8k
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
48k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
IE University

What is IE University 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 #1,406 of 9,585 13.2%527 #1674
Social SciencesField #1,637 of 5,988 11.5%249 #2118
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,393 of 2,581 15.3%136 #858
Physical SciencesDomain #6,061 of 10,670 13.4%113 #9169
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,570 of 2,526 14.0%79 #2089

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where IE University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,674 #1,406
  2. Social Sciences#2,118 #1,637
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#858 #1,393
  4. Physical Sciences#9,169 #6,061
  5. Sociology and Political Science#2,089 #1,570
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does IE University work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at IE University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Business, Management and Accounting (17%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 602 fractional works · 70.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 294 fractional works · 34.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 98 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 70 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEducation: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLaw: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 147 fractional works · 17.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 40 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAccounting: 36 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 28 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 53 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 38 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 50 fractional works · 5.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 38 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 158 fractional works · 18.4% of its workComputer Science: 61 fractional works · 7.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 46 fractional works · 5.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 59 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMedicine: 45 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 40 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIE University858fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences70%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences29434.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting14717.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance536.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities505.8%
    5. Psychology384.5%
    6. Decision Sciences202.3%
    1. Computer Science617.1%
    2. Engineering465.3%
    3. Environmental Science242.8%
    4. Mathematics70.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy60.7%
    6. Energy30.4%
    7. Materials Science30.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.4%
    9. Chemistry30.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine455.2%
    2. Health Professions131.5%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology141.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences141.6%
    3. Neuroscience91.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does IE University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 36.5 works7.0×
  2. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 27.5 works6.7×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 61 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.01× its world share, 50 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.31× its world share, 147 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.88× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.71× its world share, 294 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting5.31×147 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.88×53 works
  3. Social Sciences2.71×294 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.43×20 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.01×50 works
  6. Psychology1.46×38 works
  7. Computer Science0.92×61 works
  8. Mathematics0.74×7 works
  9. Neuroscience0.66×9 works
  10. Health Professions0.58×13 works
  11. Environmental Science0.57×24 works
  12. Energy0.42×3 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×1 works
  14. Engineering0.35×46 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×14 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.33×6 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×14 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.29×1 works
  19. Medicine0.27×45 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×3 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×2 works
  22. Chemistry0.20×3 works
  23. Dentistry0.16×1 works
  24. Nursing0.14×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.10×3 works

Who are the top researchers at IE University?

Ranked on the quality score, Daniel A. Lerner, Michael Becher and Cristina Cruz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IE University.

  1. 1 Daniel A. Lerner Spain · #82,318 worldwide 7.5k citations · 247 works
  2. 2 Michael Becher Spain · #108,090 worldwide 2.1k citations · 127 works
  3. 3 Cristina Cruz Spain · #141,911 worldwide 11k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Mikko A Ketokivi Spain · #176,351 worldwide 7.3k citations · 93 works
  5. 5 Juan Santaló Spain · #178,078 worldwide 3.3k citations · 84 works
  6. 6 Elena Revilla Spain · #235,457 worldwide 3.4k citations · 115 works
  7. 7 Fabrizio Salvador Spain · #249,163 worldwide 4k citations · 107 works
  8. 8 Natalia Nollenberger Spain · #465,895 worldwide 1.1k citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Nina Wiesehomeier Spain · #475,352 worldwide 724 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Manuel Becerra Spain · #528,029 worldwide 3.5k citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at IE University

What are the most cited papers from IE University?

The most cited paper from IE University is "Understanding carbon lock-in" (Gregory C. Unruh, 2000), with 3,246 citations. Next come "Socioemotional Wealth in Family Firms" (2,717) and "How Habit Limits the Predictive Power of Intention: The Case of Information Systems Continuance1" (2,306).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Understanding carbon lock-in Gregory C. Unruh · Energy Policy Oct 2000 3,246
2 Socioemotional Wealth in Family Firms Pascual Berrone, Cristina Cruz, Luis R. Gómez‐Mejía · Family Business Review 15 Feb 2012 2,717
3 How Habit Limits the Predictive Power of Intention: The Case of Information Systems Continuance1 Moez Limayem, Hirt, Christy M.K. Cheung · MIS Quarterly Dec 2007 2,306
4 Necessity as the mother of ‘green’ inventions: Institutional pressures and environmental innovations Pascual Berrone, Andréa Fosfuri, Liliana Gelabert et al. · Strategic Management Journal 21 Dec 2012 1,950
5 The Bind that Ties: Socioemotional Wealth Preservation in Family Firms Luis R. Gómez‐Mejía, Cristina Cruz, Pascual Berrone et al. · Academy of Management Annals Jun 2011 1,689
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at IE University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Globalization, Social Capital, Human Rights, Innovation, Welfare State, Leadership and Entrepreneurship.

▲ 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. Globalization62▲ 3.7×72 topics
  2. Corporate Governance47▲ 7.4×18 topics
  3. Human Rights40▲ 4.5×39 topics
  4. Sustainability39▲ 1.87×61 topics
  5. Social Capital39▲ 8.7×15 topics
  6. Innovation38▲ 4.2×37 topics
  7. Education30▲ 2.0×45 topics
  8. Social Media28▲ 2.3×22 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence27▲ 2.2×32 topics
  10. Leadership24▲ 5.7×19 topics
  11. Big Data24▲ 2.9×21 topics
  12. Entrepreneurship22▲ 6.6×11 topics
  13. Welfare State22▲ 32×4 topics
  14. Nationalism20▲ 5.3×16 topics
  15. Democracy20▲ 6.7×13 topics
  16. Ethics20▲ 4.5×23 topics
  17. Firm Performance18▲ 12×3 topics
  18. History18▲ 2.9×26 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior17▲ 3.2×13 topics
  20. Latin America17▲ 10×11 topics
  21. European Union16▲ 8.4×15 topics
  22. International Law16▲ 5.8×13 topics
  23. Ethical Challenges15▲ 8.0×4 topics
  24. Mergers and Acquisitions14▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Gender Differences14▲ 4.4×7 topics
  26. Labor Market13▲ 5.5×8 topics
  27. Social Entrepreneurship13▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Entrepreneurial Orientation13▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Opportunity Recognition13▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Financial Constraints13▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Investor Protection13▲ 20×1 topic
  32. Ownership Structure13▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Public Opinion13▲ 12×7 topics
  34. Political Economy12▲ 5.6×10 topics
  35. Corporate Social Responsibility12▲ 8.3×9 topics
  36. Economic Crisis12▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Market Dynamics12▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Participation12▲ 14×5 topics
  39. Institutional Theory11▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Stereotypes11▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does IE University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Corporate Finance and Governance, Social Sciences and Policies and Digital Economy and Work Transformation.

Entrepreneurship Studies…13Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 13 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…13Corporate Finance and Governance: 13 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Poli…10Social Sciences and Policies: 10 fractional worksDigital Economy and Work…9Digital Economy and Work Transformation: 9 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Venture Capital: 7 fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 7 fractional worksGender Diversity and Ine…7Gender Diversity and Inequality: 7 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 7 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Political Participation: 7 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Mov…6Populism, Right-Wing Movements: 6 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationAccountingGeneral Social SciencesSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 13 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 13 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 10 works
  4. 4 Digital Economy and Work Transformation Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  5. 5 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 7 works
  6. 6 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 7 works
  7. 7 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 7 works
  8. 8 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 7 works
  9. 9 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  10. 10 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 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 available38.7%not open61.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.6%domestic only66.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has IE University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 IE University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%IE University0.0037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of IE University 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.

still counting10%20%30%IE University13.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.0% in 2010.

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