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Subfield · Business and International Management

Top Countries in Business and International Management Research

China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 19 ranked countries.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1China 100.0 9.3% 9k 18k#2
2India 76.5 18.8% 2.3k 7.6k#4
3United States 62.7 23.5% 1.3k 7k#1
4United Kingdom 52.9 34.7% 691 5.6k#3
5Italy 45.3 46.7% 274 3k#8
6Malaysia 39.1 22.3% 438 2k#12
7Australia 33.9 31.2% 329 2.7k#7
8Germany 29.4 36.1% 305 2.5k#5
9Indonesia 25.4 15.2% 807 1.7k#15
10Spain 21.8 42.7% 210 2.2k#9
11South Africa 18.6 29.6% 444 2k#11
12France 15.6 32.0% 234 1.4k#13
13Brazil 12.9 16.9% 458 1.8k#14
14Pakistan 10.4 25.4% 206 1.1k#16
15Canada 8.0 27.1% 204 1.2k#10
16Nigeria 5.8 17.3% 267 815#18
17?? 3.8 15.3% 297 943#23
18Kenya 1.8 11.9% 202 441#21
19Philippines 0.0 7.2% 204 329—

countries ranked worldwide in Business and International Management (19). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

0 – 5: 3 places5 – 10: 2 places10 – 15: 2 places15 – 20: 2 places20 – 25: 1 places25 – 30: 2 places30 – 35: 1 places35 – 40: 1 places40 – 45: 0 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 0 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 0 places70 – 75: 0 places75 – 80: 1 places80 – 85: 0 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked 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
  11. 11 ?? 297 works
  12. 12 Italy 274 works