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Shanghai Business School

In research, Shanghai Business School stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,806 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#950 of 2,578 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,843 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Accounting is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,446
of 28,054 · #16,119 all time
Rank in China
#1,500
of 3,058
Research works
1.5k
▲ 136% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.5k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Shanghai 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 #2,806 of 10,521 27.1%308 #5385
Business, Management and AccountingField #950 of 2,578 32.7%96 #1711
Computer ScienceField #1,843 of 4,667 11.6%71 #3834
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #744 of 1,775 36.7%76 #2035
Physical SciencesDomain #5,900 of 12,888 12.0%205 #12643
Social SciencesField #4,746 of 6,365 17.2%81 #8046
EngineeringField #5,547 of 6,636 8.3%64 #10117

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#5,385 #2,806
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#1,711 #950
  3. Computer Science#3,834 #1,843
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#2,035 #744
  5. Physical Sciences#12,643 #5,900
  6. Social Sciences#8,046 #4,746
  7. Engineering#10,117 #5,547
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Shanghai Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 31.6 works8.9×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 75.7 works6.1×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.58× its world share, 71 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 64 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.87× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.14× its world share, 96 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.39× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.10× its world share, 76 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.15× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shanghai Business School?

Ranked on the composite score, Zhijun Ren, Xiang Gao and Zhou Yong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanghai Business School.

  1. 1 Zhijun Ren China · #692,190 worldwide 36 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Xiang Gao China · #824,526 worldwide 90 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Zhou Yong China · #1,407,341 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Shanghai Business School

Which keywords describe research at Shanghai Business School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Corporate Governance, Urbanization, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Firm Performance, Financial Constraints and Financial Development.

▲ 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. Deep Learning40▲ 2.0×65 topics
  2. Economic Growth37▲ 7.6×18 topics
  3. Corporate Governance29▲ 6.9×13 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence28▲ 3.5×29 topics
  5. Machine Learning27▲ 1.40×58 topics
  6. Renewable Energy20▲ 2.4×17 topics
  7. Urbanization20▲ 8.4×8 topics
  8. Firm Performance19▲ 17×3 topics
  9. Internet of Things18▲ 3.6×22 topics
  10. Social Media17▲ 2.1×17 topics
  11. Neural Networks17▲ 1.93×30 topics
  12. Financial Constraints17▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Big Data17▲ 3.1×21 topics
  14. Consumer Behavior17▲ 4.5×9 topics
  15. Financial Development16▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Panel Data Analysis16▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Capital Structure16▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Mergers and Acquisitions16▲ 31×2 topics
  19. Investor Protection16▲ 34×1 topic
  20. Ownership Structure16▲ 34×1 topic
  21. CO2 Emissions16▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Economic Development15▲ 3.2×14 topics
  23. Energy Consumption15▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Innovation15▲ 2.5×21 topics
  25. Environmental Regulation15▲ 17×1 topic
  26. Kuznets Curve15▲ 23×1 topic
  27. Monetary Policy13▲ 9.4×7 topics
  28. Big Data Analytics13▲ 10×5 topics
  29. User-Generated Content10▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Consumer Engagement10▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Electronic Word-of-Mouth10▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Stock Market10▲ 7.0×3 topics
  33. Financial Reporting10▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Regional Planning9▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Market Efficiency9▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Logistics9▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. Information Systems8▲ 8.4×3 topics
  38. International Trade8▲ 9.8×3 topics
  39. Asset Pricing8▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Investor Sentiment8▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Shanghai Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies.

Corporate Finance and Governance: 16 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 15 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…10Digital Marketing and Social Media: 10 fractional worksFinancial Markets and In…8Financial Markets and Investment Strategies: 8 fractional worksE-commerce and Technology Innovations: 7 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 7 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Manag…7Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 7 fractional worksEducational Reforms and Innovations: 5 fractional worksMatrix Theory and Algorithms: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 5 fractional works
AccountingEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political ScienceFinance4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 16 works
  2. 2 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  4. 4 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 8 works
  5. 5 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 7 works
  6. 6 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  7. 7 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 7 works
  8. 8 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  9. 9 Matrix Theory and Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 5 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 5 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shanghai Business School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 136% 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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