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University of St.Gallen

In research, University of St.Gallen stands highest in Social Sciences (#581 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#846 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,798 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Strategy and Management — Management of Technology and Innovation is 11.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,280
of 28,054 · #1,947 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#26
of 220
Research works
13k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
255k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is University of St.Gallen 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 #581 of 10,521 23.3%1,296 #324
Social SciencesField #846 of 6,365 26.4%434 #499
Health SciencesDomain #1,798 of 11,982 17.6%384 #2102
Business, Management and AccountingField #405 of 2,578 20.7%464 #75
MedicineField #1,826 of 10,443 16.3%319 #2286
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #519 of 2,578 24.7%184 #335
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #366 of 1,775 24.9%158 #173
Management Information SystemsSubfield #40 of 183 33.4%61 #20
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #295 of 1,201 31.3%71 #294
Computer ScienceField #1,224 of 4,667 30.7%216 #1055

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of St.Gallen 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#324 #581
  2. Social Sciences#499 #846
  3. Health Sciences#2,102 #1,798
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#75 #405
  5. Medicine#2,286 #1,826
  6. Sociology and Political Science#335 #519
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#173 #366
  8. Management Information Systems#20 #40
  9. Political Science and International Relations#294 #295
  10. Computer Science#1,055 #1,224
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 University of St.Gallen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management of Technology and Innovation takes 11.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 72.2 works11×
  2. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 88.3 works8.6×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 134.2 works7.2×
  4. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 60.5 works6.9×
  5. Business, Management and AccountingField · 464.5 works6.7×
  6. FinanceSubfield · 43.3 works6.7×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 216 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 94 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 319 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.04× its world share, 65 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.69× its world share, 464 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.98× its world share, 62 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.43× its world share, 158 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 113 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 434 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of St.Gallen?

Ranked on the composite score, Chris Steyaert, Thomas Dyllick and Thomas Zellweger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of St.Gallen.

  1. 1 Chris Steyaert Switzerland · #40,452 worldwide 364 citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Thomas Dyllick Switzerland · #46,680 worldwide 731 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Thomas Zellweger Switzerland · #49,754 worldwide 353 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Rolf Wüstenhagen Switzerland · #60,259 worldwide 329 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Nathalie Voser Switzerland · #68,979 worldwide 66 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Michael Lechner Switzerland · #73,425 worldwide 636 citations · 100 works
  7. 7 U. Krech Switzerland · #87,773 worldwide 149 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Winfried Ruigrok Switzerland · #97,131 worldwide 204 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Oliver Gassmann Switzerland · #104,278 worldwide 637 citations · 239 works
  10. 10 Torsten Tomczak Switzerland · #104,700 worldwide 179 citations · 113 works
All ranked researchers at University of St.Gallen

Which keywords describe research at University of St.Gallen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Social Capital, Artificial Intelligence, Customer Experience, Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Innovation and Digital Transformation.

▲ 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. Big Data111▲ 5.7×19 topics
  2. Sustainability106▲ 2.0×60 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence98▲ 3.3×30 topics
  4. Innovation78▲ 3.5×31 topics
  5. Social Capital77▲ 6.7×14 topics
  6. Corporate Governance75▲ 4.7×19 topics
  7. Machine Learning74◆ 1.05×60 topics
  8. Sustainable Development72▲ 2.1×42 topics
  9. Globalization70▲ 1.65×78 topics
  10. Customer Experience60▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Human Rights58▲ 2.6×37 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management58▲ 2.9×18 topics
  13. Digital Transformation57▲ 5.0×19 topics
  14. Leadership50▲ 4.9×23 topics
  15. Economic Growth49▲ 2.7×20 topics
  16. E-commerce47▲ 3.7×6 topics
  17. Business Models46▲ 30×3 topics
  18. Firm Performance44▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Accountability44▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Entrepreneurship43▲ 5.2×11 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior42▲ 3.1×13 topics
  22. Mobile Health40▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Governance37▲ 5.2×14 topics
  24. Investment Decisions37▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Ethics36▲ 3.5×28 topics
  26. Neoliberalism36▲ 4.7×23 topics
  27. Organizational Change35▲ 22×5 topics
  28. International Law35▲ 5.3×10 topics
  29. Customer Relationship Management34▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Technology Innovation31▲ 46×3 topics
  31. Market Dynamics30▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Institutional Theory30▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Omni-Channel Strategy30▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Multinational Enterprises27▲ 39×2 topics
  35. Liability27▲ 46×2 topics
  36. Strategic Alliances27▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Innovation Policy25▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Business25▲ 33×3 topics
  39. Transnational Corporations25▲ 46×3 topics
  40. Strategic Marketing24▲ 51×2 topics

Which research topics does University of St.Gallen publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Innovation in Industries, Corporate Governance and Management, Corporate Law and Human Rights and Big Data and Business Intelligence.

Digital Innovation in In…30Digital Innovation in Industries: 30 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…24Corporate Governance and Management: 24 fractional worksCorporate Law and Human …24Corporate Law and Human Rights: 24 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…23Big Data and Business Intelligence: 23 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 19 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 18 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…16Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 16 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge Management: 16 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 15 fractional worksBusiness Process Modelin…15Business Process Modeling and Analysis: 15 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementManagement Information Systems2 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 30 works
  2. 2 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 24 works
  3. 3 Corporate Law and Human Rights Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 24 works
  4. 4 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 23 works
  5. 5 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 19 works
  6. 6 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 18 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 16 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 16 works
  9. 9 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 15 works
  10. 10 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 15 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of St.Gallen's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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