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Vlerick Business School

In research, Vlerick Business School stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,786 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 9.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,218
of 28,054 · #14,915 all time
Rank in Belgium
#101
of 138
Research works
794
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
40.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Vlerick 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 #6,786 of 10,521 29.9%86 #2713

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vlerick 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 Vlerick Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 38.0 works9.8×
← 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: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.73× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9.75× its world share, 38 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 9.64× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.64× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vlerick Business School?

Ranked on the composite score, Niels Schillewaert, Eva Cools and Kristof De Wulf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vlerick Business School.

  1. 1 Niels Schillewaert Belgium · #208,160 worldwide 117 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Eva Cools Belgium · #237,034 worldwide 121 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Kristof De Wulf Belgium · #262,330 worldwide 151 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Regine Slagmulder Belgium · #282,656 worldwide 73 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Nigel Roome Belgium · #301,934 worldwide 126 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Roland Van Dierdonck Belgium · #375,533 worldwide 75 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Ann Vereecke Belgium · #487,404 worldwide 96 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Dirk Buyens Belgium · #593,201 worldwide 109 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Sophie Manigart Belgium · #872,693 worldwide 116 citations · 86 works
  10. 10 Lutgart Van den Berghe Belgium · #893,362 worldwide 20 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Vlerick Business School

Which keywords describe research at Vlerick Business School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Firm Performance, Genetic Algorithm, Supply Chain Management, Innovation, Risk Management, Entrepreneurship and Financial Constraints.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance13▲ 14×11 topics
  2. Innovation7▲ 5.4×13 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management7▲ 6.1×12 topics
  4. Firm Performance7▲ 29×4 topics
  5. Genetic Algorithm6▲ 36×5 topics
  6. Sustainability6▲ 2.1×17 topics
  7. Risk Management6▲ 10.0×9 topics
  8. Entrepreneurship5▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Financial Constraints5▲ 42×2 topics
  10. Leadership5▲ 9.1×6 topics
  11. Social Capital5▲ 8.4×10 topics
  12. Investor Protection5▲ 52×1 topic
  13. Ownership Structure5▲ 52×1 topic
  14. Optimization5▲ 8.8×4 topics
  15. Big Data4▲ 3.9×8 topics
  16. Job Satisfaction4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  17. Metaheuristics4▲ 42×3 topics
  18. Start-Up Firms4▲ 116×1 topic
  19. Venture Capital4▲ 111×1 topic
  20. Consumer Behavior3▲ 4.4×7 topics
  21. Project Scheduling3▲ 740×1 topic
  22. Resource-Constrained3▲ 740×1 topic
  23. Game Theory3▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Scheduling3▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Dynamic Scheduling3▲ 56×2 topics
  26. Organizational Change2▲ 29×4 topics
  27. Organizational Performance2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  28. Flexible Job-shop2▲ 66×1 topic
  29. Manufacturing2▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Human Resource Management2▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Organizational Behavior2▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Work Engagement2▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Business Models2▲ 25×3 topics
  34. Stereotypes2▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Construction Projects2▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Customer Experience2▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Customer Relationship Management2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Institutional Theory2▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Project Success2▲ 41×1 topic
  40. User-Generated Content2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Vlerick Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms.

Corporate Finance and Governance: 5 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Venture Capital: 4 fractional worksResource-Constrained Pro…3Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling: 3 fractional worksScheduling and Optimizat…2Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms: 2 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 2 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 2 fractional worksDigital Economy and Work…2Digital Economy and Work Transformation: 2 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 2 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 2 fractional works
AccountingManagement Science and Operations ResearchIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 5 works
  2. 2 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 4 works
  3. 3 Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  4. 4 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  6. 6 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  7. 7 Digital Economy and Work Transformation Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  9. 9 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.7%domestic only55.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vlerick Business School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower 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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