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Montpellier Business School

In research, Montpellier Business School stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,558 of 10,521 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#593 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Strategy and Management and Business, Management and Accounting — Strategy and Management is 13.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,045
of 28,054 · #4,750 all time
Rank in France
#146
of 1,422
Research works
1.4k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
48k
33.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Montpellier 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 #1,558 of 10,521 35.7%233 #792
Business, Management and AccountingField #593 of 2,578 41.4%103 #199

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Montpellier 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).

What does Montpellier Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Strategy and Management takes 13.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 33.7 works14×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 103.2 works11×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11.18× its world share, 103 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.11× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8.30× its world share, 51 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Montpellier Business School?

Ranked on the composite score, David Roubaud, Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad and Léo‐Paul Dana lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Montpellier Business School.

  1. 1 David Roubaud France · #21,155 worldwide 1k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad France · #94,220 worldwide 703 citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Léo‐Paul Dana France · #179,561 worldwide 673 citations · 185 works
  4. 4 Frédéric Le Roy France · #269,742 worldwide 66 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Venkatesh Mani France · #273,868 worldwide 288 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Florence Palpacuer France · #294,655 worldwide 102 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Yves Barlette France · #323,750 worldwide 108 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Cälin Gurǎu France · #404,940 worldwide 163 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Paul Chiambaretto France · #427,304 worldwide 43 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Sylvie Rascol-Boutard France · #436,546 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Montpellier Business School

Which keywords describe research at Montpellier Business School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Corporate Governance, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Consumer Behavior, Economic Development, Monetary Policy and Environmental Management.

▲ 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. Social Capital25▲ 17×12 topics
  2. Innovation20▲ 6.8×17 topics
  3. Corporate Governance19▲ 9.1×13 topics
  4. Sustainability18▲ 2.6×31 topics
  5. Entrepreneurship16▲ 14×6 topics
  6. Consumer Behavior15▲ 8.4×11 topics
  7. Economic Development14▲ 6.2×10 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management14▲ 5.2×13 topics
  9. Monetary Policy12▲ 18×6 topics
  10. Community Engagement12▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Environmental Management12▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Economic Growth12▲ 4.9×13 topics
  13. Risk Management12▲ 8.5×8 topics
  14. Local Development12▲ 35×2 topics
  15. Territorial Governance12▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Strategic Alliances11▲ 55×3 topics
  17. Entrepreneurial Orientation10▲ 40×1 topic
  18. Opportunity Recognition10▲ 40×1 topic
  19. Social Entrepreneurship10▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Competition9▲ 59×3 topics
  21. Cooperatives9▲ 39×3 topics
  22. Stock Market9▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Institutionalization9▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Knowledge Sharing9▲ 19×4 topics
  25. Social Innovation9▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Solidarity Economy9▲ 49×2 topics
  27. Citizenship9▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Participative Evaluation9▲ 85×1 topic
  29. Emotion8▲ 14×6 topics
  30. Value Creation8▲ 73×2 topics
  31. Collaboration8▲ 55×2 topics
  32. Product Design7▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Business Networks7▲ 132×1 topic
  34. Circular Economy7▲ 9.3×3 topics
  35. Coopetition7▲ 132×1 topic
  36. Firm Performance7▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Asset Pricing7▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Decision Making7▲ 7.7×2 topics
  39. Financialization7▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Institutional Theory7▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Montpellier Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Social Sciences and Governance, Business Strategy and Innovation and Market Dynamics and Volatility.

Entrepreneurship Studies…10Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 10 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…9Social Sciences and Governance: 9 fractional worksBusiness Strategy and Innovation: 7 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 6 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 6 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 6 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 6 fractional worksDecision-Making and Beha…5Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics: 5 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 5 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 4 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationUrban StudiesStrategy and ManagementEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 10 works
  2. 2 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 9 works
  3. 3 Business Strategy and Innovation Strategy and Management 7 works
  4. 4 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 6 works
  6. 6 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 6 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 6 works
  8. 8 Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics General Decision Sciences 5 works
  9. 9 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 5 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 available28.4%not open71.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Montpellier Business School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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