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INSEAD

In research, INSEAD stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,850 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 13.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,148
of 28,054 · #12,510 all time
Rank in Singapore
#72
of 84
Research works
464
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
50.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is INSEAD 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 #5,850 of 10,521 28.0%93 #1698

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does INSEAD specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 46.9 works13×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13.40× its world share, 47 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 9.73× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.50× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.87× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at INSEAD?

Ranked on the composite score, Henrich R. Greve, Michael A. Witt and Jasjit Singh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is INSEAD.

  1. 1 Henrich R. Greve Singapore · #79,495 worldwide 344 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Michael A. Witt Singapore · #110,658 worldwide 120 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Jasjit Singh Singapore · #168,618 worldwide 176 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Phanish Puranam Singapore · #228,386 worldwide 254 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Gabriel Szulanski Singapore · #263,793 worldwide 680 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Peter R. Joos Singapore · #375,751 worldwide 168 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at INSEAD

Which keywords describe research at INSEAD?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Social Capital, Innovation, Firm Performance, Financial Constraints, Organizational Performance, Investor Protection and Ownership Structure.

▲ 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 Governance12▲ 15×9 topics
  2. Social Capital11▲ 19×10 topics
  3. Innovation8▲ 6.7×11 topics
  4. Firm Performance6▲ 30×3 topics
  5. Financial Constraints6▲ 50×2 topics
  6. Globalization6▲ 2.6×13 topics
  7. Investor Protection5▲ 61×1 topic
  8. Organizational Performance5▲ 20×5 topics
  9. Ownership Structure5▲ 61×1 topic
  10. Risk Management5▲ 10×8 topics
  11. Entrepreneurship5▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Economic Growth5▲ 5.2×9 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management5▲ 4.6×9 topics
  14. Strategic Alliances4▲ 57×3 topics
  15. Emotion4▲ 18×7 topics
  16. Content Analysis4▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Corporate Reporting4▲ 858×1 topic
  18. Information Sharing4▲ 51×2 topics
  19. Mission Statements4▲ 858×1 topic
  20. Organizational Change4▲ 49×3 topics
  21. Decision Making4▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Market Dynamics4▲ 43×2 topics
  23. Institutional Theory4▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Business Models3▲ 43×2 topics
  25. Organizational Learning3▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Professionalism3▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Institutional Entrepreneurship3▲ 112×1 topic
  28. Sensemaking3▲ 112×1 topic
  29. Dynamic Capabilities3▲ 76×1 topic
  30. Knowledge Transfer3▲ 58×1 topic
  31. Trust3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  32. Altruism3▲ 30×3 topics
  33. Competition3▲ 47×3 topics
  34. Complex Systems3▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Cooperation3▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Incentives3▲ 36×3 topics
  37. Business Ethics3▲ 29×3 topics
  38. Demand Forecasting2▲ 43×2 topics
  39. Inventory Management2▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Modeling2▲ 8.6×2 topics

Which research topics does INSEAD publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Organizational Strategy and Culture, Management and Organizational Studies and Innovation and Knowledge Management.

Corporate Finance and Governance: 5 fractional worksOrganizational Strategy and Culture: 4 fractional worksManagement and Organizat…3Management and Organizational Studies: 3 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge…3Innovation and Knowledge Management: 3 fractional worksComplex Systems and Decision Making: 2 fractional worksSupply Chain and Inventory Management: 2 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…2Corporate Governance and Law: 2 fractional worksFamily Business Performa…2Family Business Performance and Succession: 2 fractional worksEthics in Business and E…2Ethics in Business and Education: 2 fractional worksExperimental Behavioral …2Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies: 2 fractional works
AccountingOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementStrategy and ManagementManagement Science and Operations Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 5 works
  2. 2 Organizational Strategy and Culture Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  3. 3 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  4. 4 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 3 works
  5. 5 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  6. 6 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Management Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 2 works
  8. 8 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  9. 9 Ethics in Business and Education Information Systems and Management 2 works
  10. 10 Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Safety Research 2 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.2%domestic only43.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has INSEAD's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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