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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. 10.1% 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%
5.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
2
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+71%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Business and International Management

Which countries lead Business and International Management research?

On research quality in 2022-now, China, the United States and the United Kingdom rank highest in Business and International Management. By volume, China and India publish the most (9.3k and 2.7k works in 2022-now).

By research quality, 2022-now

  1. 1 China #1 all time 0.90× citation excellence · 1.27× journals · 100% breadth 9.7% top 10% · 9.1k works
  2. 2 United States #2 all time 1.04× citation excellence · 1.56× journals · 100% breadth 11.0% top 10% · 1.3k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom #3 all time 1.35× citation excellence · 1.46× journals · 100% breadth 15.5% top 10% · 691 works
  4. 4 Germany #4 all time 1.35× citation excellence · 1.52× journals · 100% breadth 14.8% top 10% · 305 works
  5. 5 Australia #6 all time 1.16× citation excellence · 1.19× journals · 100% breadth 15.2% top 10% · 329 works
  6. 6 France #8 all time 1.27× citation excellence · 1.27× journals · 100% breadth 12.3% top 10% · 234 works
  7. 7 Italy #11 all time 1.71× citation excellence · 0.78× journals · 100% breadth 21.9% top 10% · 274 works
  8. 8 Spain #7 all time 1.57× citation excellence · 0.99× journals · 100% breadth 20.9% top 10% · 210 works
  9. 9 India #12 all time 0.74× citation excellence · 0.42× journals · 100% breadth 7.5% top 10% · 2.3k works
  10. 10 Canada #10 all time 1.04× citation excellence · 1.18× journals · 100% breadth 11.2% top 10% · 204 works

The track on each row is that row's top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each place's own topics predict, adds its share of papers in the Nature Index journals, and counts output and breadth too.

Of 18 countries ranked in Business and International Management. Ranked on the quality score for 2022-now; the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Business and International Management

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 9.3k works
  2. 2 India 2.7k works
  3. 3 United States 1.5k works
  4. 4 Indonesia 903 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 753 works
  6. 6 South Africa 491 works
  7. 7 Brazil 481 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 469 works
  9. 9 Australia 399 works
  10. 10 Germany 333 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: 54.0%India: 15.4%United States: 8.5%Indonesia: 5.2%6 others listed: 16.9%54%largest
China9,334 · 54.0%India2,662 · 15.4%United States1,474 · 8.5%Indonesia903 · 5.2%6 others listed2,925 · 16.9%

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

Which institutions lead Business and International Management research?

Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) ranks first in Business and International Management on research quality in 2022-now, followed by Shanghai University and Wuhan University of Technology.

By research quality, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #1 all time 11.1% top 10% · 80 works
  2. 2 Shanghai University China · Shanghai · #2 all time 12.1% top 10% · 62 works
  3. 3 Wuhan University of Technology China · Wuhan · #3 all time 8.1% top 10% · 76 works
  4. 4 Anhui University of Finance and Economics China · Bengbu · #5 all time 3.8% top 10% · 95 works
  5. 5 Shandong Institute of Commerce & Technology China · Jinan 4.2% top 10% · 70 works
  6. 6 Wuhan Business University China · Wuhan · #6 all time 4.2% top 10% · 98 works
  7. 7 State Grid Corporation of China (China) China · Beijing 2.1% top 10% · 60 works

The track on each row is that row's top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each place's own topics predict, adds its share of papers in the Nature Index journals, and counts output and breadth too.

Of 7 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Business and International Management.

Top 100 Business and International Management institutions

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Wuhan Business UniversityChina 100 works
  2. 2 Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina 97 works
  3. 3 Government of Western AustraliaAustralia 94 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 81 works
  5. 5 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 76 works
  6. 6 Shandong Institute of Commerce & TechnologyChina 70 works
  7. 7 Shanghai UniversityChina 62 works
  8. 8 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 62 works
  9. 9 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 60 works
  10. 10 Symbiosis International UniversityIndia 56 works

Who are the leading researchers in Business and International Management?

Counting only their work in Business and International Management, Thomas Reardon, Dean A. Shepherd and Nancy Bocken have the most papers in the world top 10% for their subfield and year beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1 Thomas Reardon United States · #20,745 worldwide overall 12.8 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2 Dean A. Shepherd United States · #307 worldwide overall 10.6 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3 Nancy Bocken Netherlands · #490 worldwide overall 10.3 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4 Donald F. Kuratko United States · #12,352 worldwide overall 8.3 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5 David Bruce Audretsch United States · #2,045 worldwide overall 8.8 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6 Samuel Adomako United Kingdom · #4,037 worldwide overall 9.0 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7 Alexander Brem Denmark · #41,776 worldwide overall 8.3 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8 Stefano Ponte Denmark · #35,739 worldwide overall 7.7 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9 Sascha Kraus Italy · #2,413 worldwide overall 8.5 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10 Laurens Klerkx Netherlands · #3,089 worldwide overall 7.9 of 18 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked on their work in Business and International Management alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected, among 148,270 ranked researchers with a paper here. Each paper counts once, so many strong papers outrank one famous one, and a long record of ordinary papers does not climb. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Business and International Management researchers

What are the most cited papers in Business and International Management?

The most cited paper in Business and International Management is "Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems" (Le Dinh Công, F. Ann Ran, David B. T. Cox et al., 2013), with 16,026 citations. Next come "A Three-Dimensional Conceptual Model of Corporate Performance" (8,002) and "Strategy and society: the link between competitive advantage and corporate social responsibility" (7,476).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems Le Dinh Công, F. Ann Ran, David B. T. Cox et al. · Science Open access 4 Jan 2013 16,026
2 A Three-Dimensional Conceptual Model of Corporate Performance Archie B. Carroll · Academy of Management Review Oct 1979 8,002
3 Strategy and society: the link between competitive advantage and corporate social responsibility Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer · Strategic Direction 24 Apr 2007 7,476
4 The governance of global value chains Gary Gereffi, JOHN D. HUMPHREY, Timothy Sturgeon · Review of International Political Economy Feb 2005 6,925
5 Competing models of entrepreneurial intentions Norris F. Krueger, Michael D. Reilly, Alan L. Carsrud · Journal of Business Venturing Sep 2000 5,980
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Business and International Management research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 1k works
  2. 2 WuhanChina 533 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 471 works
  4. 4 GuangzhouChina 432 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 323 works
  6. 6 Xi'anChina 318 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 282 works
  8. 8 JinanChina 275 works
  9. 9 ChongqingChina 264 works
  10. 10 TianjinChina 263 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, Shanghai University, Wuhan University of Technology and Anhui University of Finance and Economics score highest, combining standing in the field's ranking, citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Standingthis field's institution ranking, three quarters all time and a quarter 2022-now
50%
Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
20%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
5%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
15%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
5%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
5%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreRank in field (all time)Top 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Shanghai UniversityChina 78.0#2 (#2)12.0%4.2×62 +88.5%
2Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 61.3#3 (#3)8.1%4.6×76 +23.1%
3Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina 43.2#4 (#5)3.9%34.6×97 +794.5%
4Wuhan Business UniversityChina 34.0#6 (#6)4.3%63.7×100 +125.3%
5National Economics UniversityVietnam 30.3-27.1%16.6×19 +325.5%
6Shandong Institute of Commerce & TechnologyChina 28.6#54.2%78.7×70 +287.8%
7University of Beira InteriorPortugal 28.6-32.0%6.2×14 +7.5%
8Zhejiang University of TechnologyChina 28.1-26.4%2.6×30 +293.6%
9Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia 27.5-17.1%2.6×36 +98.1%
10University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 27.4-8.5%4.8×62 +81.8%

Universities only. The score blends standing (50%), citation excellence (20%), size (15%), specialisation (5%), growth (5%), international reach (5%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise. Standing is the score in this field's institution ranking, three quarters over all time and a quarter 2022-now; excellence averages the two windows too. Four years alone undercount fields such as AI, where many conference and arXiv papers from 2022 on carry no affiliation in the data.

Every institution in Business and International Management, country by country

Is Business and International Management research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are E-commerce and Technology Innovations and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Business and International Management as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.12% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Business and International Management over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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