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Munich Business School

In research, Munich Business School stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,261 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 10.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,026
of 22,385 · #15,684 all time
Rank in Germany
#450
of 795
Research works
436
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Munich Business School

What is Munich Business School 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 #6,261 of 9,585 9.9%96 #9980

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Munich 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Munich Business School work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Munich Business School is in Social Sciences, 11% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (33%), Social Sciences (21%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (14%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 102 fractional works · 76.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 44 fractional works · 32.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 8.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 6.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 20.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 13.7% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 10.0% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMunich BusinessSchool134fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences76%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting4432.6%
    2. Social Sciences2820.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1813.7%
    4. Decision Sciences64.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities43.1%
    6. Psychology32.1%
    1. Medicine75.2%
    2. Health Professions53.7%
    3. Dentistry32.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Computer Science54.1%
    2. Engineering54.0%
    3. Environmental Science21.6%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Munich Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 43.7 works10×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.87× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10.12× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.38× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.39× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting10.12×44 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.39×18 works
  3. Dentistry4.87×3 works
  4. Decision Sciences4.38×6 works
  5. Social Sciences1.64×28 works
  6. Health Professions1.42×5 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.07×4 works
  8. Psychology0.68×3 works
  9. Computer Science0.52×5 works
  10. Veterinary0.37×0 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.35×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.32×2 works
  13. Nursing0.30×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×2 works
  15. Engineering0.27×5 works
  16. Medicine0.27×7 works
  17. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Munich Business School?

Ranked on the quality score, Wolfgang Spiess-Knafl, Barbara Scheck and Arnd Albrecht lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Munich Business School.

  1. 1 Wolfgang Spiess-Knafl Germany · #1,648,034 worldwide 436 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Barbara Scheck Germany · #1,785,880 worldwide 529 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Arnd Albrecht Germany · #1,844,011 worldwide 127 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Jose M. Manuel Alcaraz Germany · #1,960,812 worldwide 542 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Sigrid Viehweg Schmid Germany · #2,298,348 worldwide 21 citations · 70 works
  6. 6 J. Mand Germany · #2,518,012 worldwide 8 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 C. Bachem Germany · #2,534,691 worldwide 8 citations · 29 works
  8. 7 D. A. A. Morsch Germany · #2,534,691 worldwide 8 citations · 29 works
  9. 7 H. B. Acker Germany · #2,534,691 worldwide 8 citations · 29 works
  10. 7 H. Thiele Germany · #2,534,691 worldwide 8 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Munich Business School

What are the most cited papers from Munich Business School?

The most cited paper from Munich Business School is "Diagnostic Assessment of Deep Learning Algorithms for Detection of Lymph Node Metastases in Women With Breast Cancer" (Babak Ehteshami Bejnordi et al., 2017), with 3,405 citations. Next come "The effects of entrepreneurship education" (877) and "Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs and Their Duration in Self-employment: Evidence from German Micro Data" (395).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diagnostic Assessment of Deep Learning Algorithms for Detection of Lymph Node Metastases in Women With Breast Cancer Babak Ehteshami Bejnordi et al. · JAMA Open access 12 Dec 2017 3,405
2 The effects of entrepreneurship education Georg von Graevenitz, Dietmar Harhoff, Richard Weber · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 6 Jul 2010 877
3 Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs and Their Duration in Self-employment: Evidence from German Micro Data Joern Block, Philipp Sandner · Journal of Industry Competition and Trade 19 Nov 2007 395
4 European evidence‐based (S3) guideline for the treatment of acne – update 2016 – short version Alexander Nast, Brigitte Dréno, Vincenzo Bettoli et al. · Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Open access Aug 2016 394
5 Polyetheretherketone-A suitable material for fixed dental prostheses? Bogna Stawarczyk, Florian Beuer, Timea Wimmer et al. · Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials 6 Apr 2013 325
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Munich Business School?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Sustainable Development, Investment, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Investment Decisions and Customer Relationship 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-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. Sustainable Development13▲ 6.1×15 topics
  2. Social Capital12▲ 17×11 topics
  3. Investment10▲ 62×4 topics
  4. Corporate Governance9▲ 9.4×11 topics
  5. Entrepreneurship9▲ 16×6 topics
  6. Innovation9▲ 6.2×17 topics
  7. Investment Decisions6▲ 38×3 topics
  8. Customer Relationship Management6▲ 31×2 topics
  9. Social Media5▲ 2.8×10 topics
  10. Urban Development5▲ 10×4 topics
  11. Digital Capital5▲ 199×1 topic
  12. Digital Transformation5▲ 6.5×10 topics
  13. Information Technology5▲ 7.4×2 topics
  14. Value Chains5▲ 199×1 topic
  15. E-commerce5▲ 6.0×3 topics
  16. Marketization5▲ 80×2 topics
  17. Consumer Behavior4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  18. Organizational Change4▲ 40×4 topics
  19. Institutional Theory4▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Entrepreneurial Orientation4▲ 37×1 topic
  21. Leadership4▲ 6.2×11 topics
  22. Opportunity Recognition4▲ 37×1 topic
  23. Finance4▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Philanthropy4▲ 71×2 topics
  25. Impact Investing4▲ 212×1 topic
  26. Social Impact Bonds4▲ 212×1 topic
  27. Social Innovation4▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Venture Capital4▲ 112×2 topics
  29. Business Ethics3▲ 30×3 topics
  30. Empowerment3▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Corporate Social Responsibility3▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Private Equity3▲ 107×1 topic
  33. Start-Up Firms3▲ 107×1 topic
  34. Monetary Policy3▲ 10×8 topics
  35. Internationalization3▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Market Efficiency3▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Social Movements3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  38. Shareholder Value3▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Interdisciplinary Research3▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Market Dynamics3▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Munich Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Governance and Management, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Community Development and Social Impact and Private Equity and Venture Capital.

Corporate Governance and…5Corporate Governance and Management: 5 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…4Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 4 fractional worksCommunity Development an…4Community Development and Social Impact: 4 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Ventu…3Private Equity and Venture Capital: 3 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 3 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 3 fractional worksFamily Business Performa…2Family Business Performance and Succession: 2 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 2 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 2 fractional worksHousing Market and Econo…2Housing Market and Economics: 2 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementManagement of Technology and InnovationFinanceAccounting4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 5 works
  2. 2 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works
  3. 3 Community Development and Social Impact Finance 4 works
  4. 4 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 3 works
  5. 5 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 3 works
  7. 7 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  8. 8 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 2 works
  10. 10 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 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 available46.5%not open53.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.3%domestic only64.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Munich Business School's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Munich Business School as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Munich Business School0.00045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Munich Business School 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Munich Business School8.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 2020.

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