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Business and International Management research

Business and International Management is a subfield of Business, Management and Accounting. Science Explorer counts 58k research works in it since 1950. 20.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: administration of a profit-oriented enterprise.

Research works
58k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
12k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
2
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+88%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Business and International Management research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, India and the United States rank highest in Business and International Management. By volume, China and India publish the most (9k and 2.3k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 9.3% top 10% · 9k works
  2. 2 India · #4 all time 18.8% top 10% · 2.3k works
  3. 3 United States · #1 all time 23.5% top 10% · 1.3k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom · #3 all time 34.7% top 10% · 691 works
  5. 5 Italy · #8 all time 46.7% top 10% · 274 works
  6. 6 Malaysia · #12 all time 22.3% top 10% · 438 works
  7. 7 Australia · #7 all time 31.2% top 10% · 329 works
  8. 8 Germany · #5 all time 36.1% top 10% · 305 works
  9. 9 Indonesia · #15 all time 15.2% top 10% · 807 works
  10. 10 Spain · #9 all time 42.7% top 10% · 210 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 19 countries ranked in Business and International Management. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Business and International Management

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 9k works
  2. 2 India 2.3k works
  3. 3 United States 1.3k works
  4. 4 Indonesia 807 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 691 works
  6. 6 Brazil 458 works
  7. 7 South Africa 444 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 438 works
  9. 9 Australia 329 works
  10. 10 Germany 305 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 55.8%India: 14.3%United States: 8.3%Indonesia: 5.0%6 others listed: 16.6%56%largest
China8,952 · 55.8%India2,287 · 14.3%United States1,323 · 8.3%Indonesia807 · 5.0%6 others listed2,666 · 16.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Business and International Management research?

Shanghai University (China) ranks first in Business and International Management on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Wuhan University of Technology and Anhui University of Finance and Economics.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Shanghai University China · Shanghai · #1 all time 12.8% top 10% · 62 works
  2. 2 Wuhan University of Technology China · Wuhan · #2 all time 7.7% top 10% · 76 works
  3. 3 Anhui University of Finance and Economics China · Bengbu · #3 all time 3.9% top 10% · 95 works
  4. 4 Shandong Institute of Commerce & Technology China · Jinan 2.6% top 10% · 70 works
  5. 5 Wuhan Business University China · Wuhan · #5 all time 1.4% top 10% · 98 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 5 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Business and International Management.

Top 100 Business and International Management institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Wuhan Business UniversityChina 98 works
  2. 2 Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina 95 works
  3. 3 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 76 works
  4. 4 Shandong Institute of Commerce & TechnologyChina 69 works
  5. 5 Shanghai UniversityChina 62 works
  6. 6 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 58 works
  7. 7 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 55 works
  8. 8 Wuhan Donghu UniversityChina 54 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou Vocational College of Science and TechnologyChina 54 works
  10. 10 China Automotive Technology and Research CenterChina 52 works

Who are the leading researchers in Business and International Management?

Among the most productive authors in Business and International Management, Michael E. Porter, William J. Baumöl and Rosabeth Moss Kanter rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Michael E. Porter United States · #19 worldwide 4.7k citations · 226 works
  2. 2 William J. Baumöl United States · #108 worldwide 3.6k citations · 187 works
  3. 3 Rosabeth Moss Kanter United States · #169 worldwide 2.6k citations · 132 works
  4. 4 Michael Fresé United States · #534 worldwide 2.1k citations · 147 works
  5. 5 Angus Deaton United States · #639 worldwide 3.4k citations · 105 works
  6. 6 Simon Baron‐Cohen United Kingdom · #719 worldwide 3.8k citations · 212 works
  7. 7 Michael A. Hitt United States · #983 worldwide 3k citations · 103 works
  8. 8 Russell W. Belk Canada · #1,068 worldwide 1.6k citations · 121 works
  9. 9 Donald S. Siegel United States · #1,182 worldwide 2.7k citations · 114 works
  10. 10 Gary Gereffi United States · #1,576 worldwide 1.6k citations · 90 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,369 highest-output authors in Business and International Management. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Business and International Management researchers

Where is Business and International Management research done?

The largest centres of Business and International Management research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 1k works
  2. 2 Wuhan China 524 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 458 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 417 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 315 works
  6. 6 Xi'an China 309 works
  7. 7 Chengdu China 275 works
  8. 8 Jinan China 270 works
  9. 9 Tianjin China 259 works
  10. 10 Chongqing China 258 works
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Business and International Management research by country

The best places for Business and International Management research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Business and International Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, National Economics University and Wuhan Business University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%75%mean 39.59%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad: 17, 42.8%National Economics University: 16, 70.6%Wuhan Business University: 98, 1.4%University of Johannesburg: 58, 42.2%Makerere University: 26, 38.6%University of Beira Interior: 13, 61.4%Wuhan Donghu University: 54, 2.4%Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: 26, 35.3%Bule Hora University: 18, 43.7%Wageningen University & Research: 28, 57.5%National Economics U…Indian Institute of …University of Johann…Wuhan Business Unive…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadIndia 66.142.8%17.6×17 +218.0%
2 National Economics UniversityVietnam 66.070.6%13.3×16 —
3 Wuhan Business UniversityChina 60.61.4%58.7×98 +186.8%
4 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 58.742.2%4.3×58 +126.9%
5 Makerere UniversityUganda 57.838.6%6.8×26 +127.3%
6 University of Beira InteriorPortugal 56.461.4%5.7×13 +133.1%
7 Wuhan Donghu UniversityChina 56.22.4%65.7×54 +226.1%
8 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 56.135.3%6.1×26 +156.9%
9 Bule Hora UniversityEthiopia 56.143.7%24.9×18 —
10 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 54.957.5%3.6×28 +54.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Business and International Management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 88% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Innovation and Socioeconomic Development and E-commerce and Technology Innovations.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

What does Business and International Management include?