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INSEAD

In research, INSEAD stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,387 of 9,585 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#451 of 2,581 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Accounting and Strategy and Management (Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 13.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,413
of 22,385 · #1,673 all time
Rank in France
#106
of 517
Research works
3.3k
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
233k
70.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.20×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
47%
world 18%
INSEAD

What is INSEAD 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 #1,387 of 9,585 17.5%292 #566
Business, Management and AccountingField #451 of 2,581 18.4%119 #124

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where INSEAD 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 fields of science does INSEAD work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at INSEAD is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (32%), Social Sciences (17%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (14%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 306 fractional works · 79.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 122 fractional works · 31.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 35 fractional works · 9.2% of its workAccounting: 25 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 6.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 65 fractional works · 17.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 53 fractional works · 13.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 34 fractional works · 8.9% of its workFinance: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 29 fractional works · 7.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 20 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 25 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 41 fractional works · 10.7% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKINSEAD385fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences79%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting12231.7%
    2. Social Sciences6517.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5313.6%
    4. Decision Sciences297.4%
    5. Psychology256.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities123.1%
    1. Computer Science143.6%
    2. Engineering112.8%
    3. Environmental Science51.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy51.2%
    5. Mathematics41.1%
    6. Energy10.4%
    7. Chemistry10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Medicine133.4%
    2. Health Professions92.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience61.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does INSEAD specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 24.1 works13×
  2. AccountingSubfield · 25.4 works11×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 35.3 works11×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 122.1 works9.8×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.07× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9.85× its world share, 122 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.68× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.38× its world share, 52 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.15× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 66 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting9.85×122 works
  2. Decision Sciences7.68×29 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.38×52 works
  4. Psychology2.15×25 works
  5. Social Sciences1.34×66 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.07×12 works
  7. Neuroscience1.03×6 works
  8. Mathematics0.92×4 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.85×9 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.55×5 works
  12. Computer Science0.46×14 works
  13. Energy0.40×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.28×5 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×4 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×3 works
  17. Engineering0.18×11 works
  18. Medicine0.18×13 works
  19. Nursing0.11×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.10×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  22. Veterinary0.07×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at INSEAD?

Ranked on the quality score, Luk N. Van Wassenhove, William W. Maddux and Quy Nguyen Huy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is INSEAD.

  1. 1 Luk N. Van Wassenhove France · #12,234 worldwide 39k citations · 515 works
  2. 2 William W. Maddux France · #27,536 worldwide 8.4k citations · 94 works
  3. 3 Quy Nguyen Huy France · #36,363 worldwide 7.7k citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Christoph H. Loch France · #47,627 worldwide 11k citations · 226 works
  5. 5 Spyros Makridakis France · #54,103 worldwide 23k citations · 209 works
  6. 6 Javier Gimeno France · #70,859 worldwide 8.9k citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Andrew V. Shipilov France · #92,110 worldwide 4.3k citations · 97 works
  8. 8 Yves Doz France · #123,060 worldwide 14k citations · 146 works
  9. 9 Hubert Gatignon France · #127,058 worldwide 15k citations · 145 works
  10. 10 Herminia Ibarra France · #127,369 worldwide 16k citations · 89 works
All ranked researchers at INSEAD

What are the most cited papers from INSEAD?

The most cited paper from INSEAD is "Review : Knowledge Management and Knowledge Management Systems: Conceptual Foundations And Research Issues1,2" (Maryam Alavi, Dorothy E. Leidner, 2001), with 10,112 citations. Next come "Asset Stock Accumulation and Sustainability of Competitive Advantage" (8,432) and "Deliberate Learning and the Evolution of Dynamic Capabilities" (6,941).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Review : Knowledge Management and Knowledge Management Systems: Conceptual Foundations And Research Issues1,2 Maryam Alavi, Dorothy E. Leidner · MIS Quarterly Mar 2001 10,112
2 Asset Stock Accumulation and Sustainability of Competitive Advantage Ingemar Dierickx, Karel O. Cool · Management Science Dec 1989 8,432
3 Deliberate Learning and the Evolution of Dynamic Capabilities Maurizio Zollo, Sidney G. Winter · Organization Science Open access Jun 2002 6,941
4 Value creation in E‐business Raphael H Amit, Christoph Zott · Strategic Management Journal Jun 2001 5,546
5 Beyond the business case for corporate sustainability Thomas Dyllick, Kai N. Hockerts · Business Strategy and the Environment Mar 2002 4,031
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at INSEAD?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Social Capital, Innovation, Firm Performance, Entrepreneurship, Financial Constraints, Strategic Alliances and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance29▲ 10×12 topics
  2. Innovation26▲ 6.7×20 topics
  3. Social Capital25▲ 12×13 topics
  4. Globalization20▲ 2.6×32 topics
  5. Sustainability16▲ 1.73×27 topics
  6. Economic Growth15▲ 4.8×17 topics
  7. Firm Performance14▲ 21×4 topics
  8. Entrepreneurship13▲ 8.7×7 topics
  9. Financial Constraints12▲ 32×2 topics
  10. Strategic Alliances12▲ 49×3 topics
  11. Investor Protection12▲ 42×1 topic
  12. Ownership Structure12▲ 42×1 topic
  13. Supply Chain Management12▲ 3.4×15 topics
  14. Consumer Behavior11▲ 4.6×9 topics
  15. Emotion11▲ 13×8 topics
  16. Risk Management10▲ 5.8×9 topics
  17. Leadership10▲ 5.5×10 topics
  18. Organizational Performance10▲ 9.5×6 topics
  19. Competition9▲ 46×3 topics
  20. Market Dynamics9▲ 30×2 topics
  21. Organizational Learning9▲ 37×4 topics
  22. Decision Making9▲ 7.9×4 topics
  23. Business Models9▲ 31×3 topics
  24. Asset Pricing9▲ 27×3 topics
  25. Incentives8▲ 33×3 topics
  26. Knowledge Sharing8▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Institutional Theory8▲ 20×3 topics
  28. Neoliberalism8▲ 5.7×9 topics
  29. Dynamic Capabilities8▲ 57×1 topic
  30. Knowledge Transfer8▲ 43×1 topic
  31. Performance Measurement8▲ 7.4×5 topics
  32. Altruism7▲ 23×4 topics
  33. Inventory Management7▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Trust7▲ 6.8×7 topics
  35. Information Sharing7▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Demand Forecasting7▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Monetary Policy7▲ 7.6×7 topics
  38. Organizational Change7▲ 22×4 topics
  39. Complex Systems6▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Market Efficiency6▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does INSEAD publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Finance and Governance, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Management and Organizational Studies and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies.

Corporate Finance and Go…12Corporate Finance and Governance: 12 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge Management: 8 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 6 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 6 fractional worksComplex Systems and Decision Making: 5 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Venture Capital: 5 fractional worksExperimental Behavioral …5Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies: 5 fractional worksConsumer Market Behavior and Pricing: 5 fractional worksSupply Chain and Inventory Management: 4 fractional worksOrganizational Strategy …4Organizational Strategy and Culture: 4 fractional works
AccountingStrategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementFinance4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 12 works
  2. 2 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 8 works
  3. 3 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  4. 4 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 6 works
  5. 5 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  6. 6 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 5 works
  7. 7 Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Safety Research 5 works
  8. 8 Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing Marketing 5 works
  9. 9 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Management Information Systems 4 works
  10. 10 Organizational Strategy and Culture Organizational Behavior and Human Resource 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.7%domestic only53.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has INSEAD's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower 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 INSEAD as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%INSEAD0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of INSEAD 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 counting20%40%INSEAD16.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 39.2% in 2001.

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