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Vienna University of Economics and Business

In research, Vienna University of Economics and Business stands highest in Social Sciences (#621 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#248 of 2,578 worldwide) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#204 of 1,775 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Finance, Strategy and Management and Management of Technology and Innovation — Finance is 12.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,263
of 28,054 · #2,853 all time
Rank in Austria
#19
of 168
Research works
8.9k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
182k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Vienna University of Economics and Business 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 #621 of 10,521 26.3%1,269 #419
Business, Management and AccountingField #248 of 2,578 26.3%422 #114
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #204 of 1,775 25.8%226 #163
Strategy and ManagementSubfield #76 of 635 21.9%164 #95
Social SciencesField #855 of 6,365 27.2%470 #666
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #243 of 1,272 30.1%138 #179
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield #53 of 229 30.9%64 #128
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #612 of 2,578 29.7%167 #407
AccountingSubfield #99 of 389 28.5%70 #170
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #352 of 1,201 27.2%85 #332

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vienna University of Economics and Business 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#419 #621
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#114 #248
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#163 #204
  4. Strategy and Management#95 #76
  5. Social Sciences#666 #855
  6. Economics and Econometrics#179 #243
  7. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management#128 #53
  8. Sociology and Political Science#407 #612
  9. Accounting#170 #99
  10. Political Science and International Relations#332 #352
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 Vienna University of Economics and Business specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 59.7 works12×
  2. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 164.5 works12×
  3. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 50.9 works10×
  4. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 63.9 works8.2×
  5. Business, Management and AccountingField · 422.2 works8.0×
  6. AccountingSubfield · 69.6 works7.0×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 10 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 114 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.80× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 59 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 37 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.30× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.17× its world share, 56 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.99× its world share, 422 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.00× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.43× its world share, 226 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 48 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 470 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vienna University of Economics and Business?

Ranked on the composite score, Jan Mendling, Martin Schreier and Axel Polleres lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vienna University of Economics and Business.

  1. 1 Jan Mendling Austria · #9,873 worldwide 1.6k citations · 184 works
  2. 2 Martin Schreier Austria · #65,041 worldwide 288 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Axel Polleres Austria · #70,782 worldwide 458 citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Kurt Hornik Austria · #84,139 worldwide 1.3k citations · 165 works
  5. 5 Nikolaus Franke Austria · #104,880 worldwide 273 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Jesús Crespo Cuaresma Austria · #122,352 worldwide 315 citations · 72 works
  7. 7 Thomas Baier Austria · #136,184 worldwide 329 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Claudio Di Ciccio Austria · #138,981 worldwide 220 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Stefan Giljum Austria · #171,533 worldwide 270 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Werner H. Hoffmann Austria · #176,260 worldwide 184 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Vienna University of Economics and Business

Which keywords describe research at Vienna University of Economics and Business?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Economic Growth, Globalization, Social Capital, Human Rights, Privacy, Big Data and Innovation.

▲ 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. Globalization95▲ 3.0×66 topics
  2. Corporate Governance89▲ 7.4×19 topics
  3. Sustainability72▲ 1.81×59 topics
  4. Economic Growth72▲ 5.2×23 topics
  5. Human Rights70▲ 4.2×30 topics
  6. Sustainable Development68▲ 2.6×40 topics
  7. Innovation62▲ 3.6×34 topics
  8. Big Data62▲ 4.2×18 topics
  9. Social Capital61▲ 7.0×15 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence55▲ 2.5×27 topics
  11. Social Media52▲ 2.2×25 topics
  12. Privacy47▲ 9.7×5 topics
  13. Leadership45▲ 5.8×21 topics
  14. Neoliberalism43▲ 7.4×17 topics
  15. Digital Transformation42▲ 4.8×16 topics
  16. Monetary Policy42▲ 11×12 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management42▲ 2.8×20 topics
  18. Fiscal Policy40▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior40▲ 3.8×11 topics
  20. Labor Market40▲ 8.2×12 topics
  21. Governance39▲ 7.2×11 topics
  22. Financial Reporting34▲ 18×5 topics
  23. Institutional Theory33▲ 21×3 topics
  24. Regulatory Agencies33▲ 91×2 topics
  25. Business Models32▲ 28×3 topics
  26. Firm Performance32▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Multinational Firms31▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Constitutional Courts31▲ 127×2 topics
  29. Legal Methodology31▲ 103×2 topics
  30. Criminal Justice31▲ 8.5×3 topics
  31. Migration Law31▲ 128×2 topics
  32. Digital Governance30▲ 157×1 topic
  33. Party Competition30▲ 157×1 topic
  34. Incentives29▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Organizational Change29▲ 24×7 topics
  36. Mergers and Acquisitions28▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Income Inequality27▲ 12×7 topics
  38. Customer Relationship Management27▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Tax Avoidance25▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Investment Decisions25▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Vienna University of Economics and Business publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Law and Political Science, Corporate Finance and Governance, Corporate Governance and Management and Corporate Governance and Law.

Law and Political Science30Law and Political Science: 30 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…20Corporate Finance and Governance: 20 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 19 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Law: 18 fractional worksCorporate Taxation and Avoidance: 17 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 17 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 16 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge…16Innovation and Knowledge Management: 16 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 15 fractional worksInternational Business and FDI: 14 fractional works
LawAccountingStrategy and ManagementManagement of Technology and Innovation1 others

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

  1. 1 Law and Political Science Law 30 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 20 works
  3. 3 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 19 works
  4. 4 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 18 works
  5. 5 Corporate Taxation and Avoidance Accounting 17 works
  6. 6 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 17 works
  7. 7 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 16 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 16 works
  9. 9 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 15 works
  10. 10 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 14 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.1%domestic only71.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vienna University of Economics and Business's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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