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WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

In research, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,736 of 10,521 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#933 of 2,578 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 22.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,445
of 28,054 · #7,914 all time
Rank in Germany
#374
of 1,178
Research works
2.3k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
56k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management 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 #1,736 of 10,521 28.5%310 #1027
Business, Management and AccountingField #933 of 2,578 27.2%178 #294

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management 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 WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management of Technology and Innovation takes 22.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 25.8 works23×
  2. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 38.8 works22×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 51.3 works16×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 177.9 works15×
  5. AccountingSubfield · 30.2 works13×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14.78× its world share, 178 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.93× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.00× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 14.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Witt, B. Burçin Yurtoğlu and Klaus Brockhoff lead among researchers whose main affiliation is WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

  1. 1 Peter Witt Germany · #37,261 worldwide 380 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 B. Burçin Yurtoğlu Germany · #128,697 worldwide 293 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Klaus Brockhoff Germany · #131,063 worldwide 186 citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Ulrich Lichtenthaler Germany · #158,914 worldwide 400 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Lutz Kaufmann Germany · #168,824 worldwide 139 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Holger Ernst Germany · #186,388 worldwide 263 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Nihat Aktas Germany · #200,676 worldwide 238 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Utz Schäffer Germany · #249,173 worldwide 137 citations · 114 works
  9. 9 Thomas Hutzschenreuter Germany · #312,227 worldwide 61 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Christina Guenther Germany · #335,678 worldwide 79 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

Which keywords describe research at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Social Capital, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology, Customer Relationship Management, Investment Decisions and Digital Capital.

▲ 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 Governance48▲ 17×12 topics
  2. Social Capital40▲ 20×11 topics
  3. Innovation36▲ 9.2×17 topics
  4. Entrepreneurship28▲ 19×7 topics
  5. Information Technology27▲ 15×5 topics
  6. Customer Relationship Management27▲ 50×2 topics
  7. Investment Decisions26▲ 57×3 topics
  8. Digital Capital25▲ 362×1 topic
  9. Value Chains25▲ 362×1 topic
  10. Leadership23▲ 13×14 topics
  11. Firm Performance21▲ 30×4 topics
  12. Sustainability20▲ 2.2×24 topics
  13. Sustainable Development20▲ 3.4×17 topics
  14. Succession Planning20▲ 111×2 topics
  15. Big Data20▲ 5.8×9 topics
  16. E-commerce19▲ 8.4×4 topics
  17. Family Firms19▲ 199×1 topic
  18. Socioemotional Wealth19▲ 199×1 topic
  19. Digital Transformation18▲ 9.1×11 topics
  20. Financial Constraints16▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Mergers and Acquisitions16▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Investor Protection16▲ 52×1 topic
  23. Ownership Structure16▲ 52×1 topic
  24. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 3.0×8 topics
  25. Consumer Behavior14▲ 6.1×10 topics
  26. Supply Chain Management13▲ 3.9×10 topics
  27. Business Models13▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Entrepreneurial Orientation13▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Opportunity Recognition13▲ 41×1 topic
  30. Customer Experience12▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Mobile Health11▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Organizational Change11▲ 40×5 topics
  33. Risk Management10▲ 5.8×7 topics
  34. Omni-Channel Strategy10▲ 127×1 topic
  35. Technology Innovation10▲ 87×1 topic
  36. Incentives10▲ 39×3 topics
  37. Market Dynamics9▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Competition9▲ 42×3 topics
  39. Labor Market8▲ 7.7×5 topics
  40. Fiscal Policy8▲ 10×6 topics

Which research topics does WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Governance and Management, Family Business Performance and Succession, Corporate Finance and Governance and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

Corporate Governance and…25Corporate Governance and Management: 25 fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 19 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 16 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 13 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 10 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience …7Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 7 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 7 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 6 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 5 fractional worksCorporate Taxation and Avoidance: 5 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementAccountingManagement of Technology and Innovation1 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 25 works
  2. 2 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 19 works
  3. 3 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 16 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 13 works
  5. 5 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 10 works
  6. 6 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 7 works
  7. 7 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 7 works
  8. 8 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 5 works
  10. 10 Corporate Taxation and Avoidance Accounting 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 available31.8%not open68.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.1%domestic only74.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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