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Business and Management Studies

Business and Management Studies is a research topic within Information Systems and Management. Science Explorer counts 76k research works in it since 1951. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to research methods, organizational management, and various aspects of business administration. It includes discussions on qualitative and quantitative research methods, case studies, data analysis techniques, competence management, marketing strategies, human resources management, and innovation management.

  • Research Methods
  • Organizational Management
  • Qualitative Research
  • Quantitative Research
  • Case Study
  • Data Analysis
  • Competence Management
  • Marketing Strategies
  • Human Resources Management
  • Innovation Management
Research works
76k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
7.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-32%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
88% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Business and Management Studies

Which countries lead Business and Management Studies research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (12k and 574 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 12k works
  2. 2 United States 574 works
  3. 3 Portugal 413 works
  4. 4 Spain 141 works
  5. 5 ?? 123 works
  6. 6 Mexico 97 works
  7. 7 Germany 90 works
  8. 8 China 76 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 68 works
  10. 10 France 68 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.

Brazil: 88.3%United States: 4.1%Portugal: 2.9%Spain: 1.0%6 others listed: 3.7%88%largest
Brazil12k · 88.3%United States574 · 4.1%Portugal413 · 2.9%Spain141 · 1.0%6 others listed522 · 3.7%

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

Which institutions lead Business and Management Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina publishes the most Business and Management Studies research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Federal Fluminense.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 382 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 307 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 262 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 226 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil 213 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 212 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 205 works
  8. 8 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 198 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 191 works
  10. 10 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 184 works

Who are the leading researchers in Business and Management Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Business and Management Studies include Déborah Carvalho Malta, André Faro and Carlos Manuel Duarte.

  1. 1 Déborah Carvalho Malta Brazil 192k citations
  2. 2 André Faro Brazil 155k citations
  3. 3 Carlos Manuel Duarte Saudi Arabia 152k citations
  4. 4 Diego Augusto Santos Silva Brazil 152k citations
  5. 5 João Pedro Silva Portugal 124k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

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

The most cited paper in Business and Management Studies is "Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches" (Miguel Caldas, 2003), with 18,967 citations. Next come "Pesquisa qualitativa: tipos fundamentais" (2,949) and "Metodologia de pesquisa" (1,528).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches Miguel Caldas · Revista de Administração Contemporânea Open access Mar 2003 18,967
2 Pesquisa qualitativa: tipos fundamentais Arilda Schmidt Godoy · Revista de Administração de Empresas Open access Jun 1995 2,949
3 Metodologia de pesquisa Flávio Villaça · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) Open access 2009 1,528
4 Yin, Robert K. Estudo de caso - Planejamento e metodos. Porto Alegre, Bookman, 2005 Alberto Albuquerque Gomes 2008 1,439
5 Management information systems: managing the digital firm Miguel Caldas · Revista de Administração Contemporânea Open access Mar 2003 1,438
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Where is Business and Management Studies research done?

The largest centres of Business and Management Studies research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Brasília (Brazil) and Florianópolis (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pirassununga, Januária and Itajaí.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 1.7k works
  2. 2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 931 works
  3. 3 BrasíliaBrazil 518 works
  4. 4 FlorianópolisBrazil 516 works
  5. 5 Belo HorizonteBrazil 492 works
  6. 6 CuritibaBrazil 445 works
  7. 7 RecifeBrazil 399 works
  8. 8 FortalezaBrazil 352 works
  9. 9 Porto AlegreBrazil 290 works
  10. 10 Santa MariaBrazil 267 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PirassunungaBR · 32.9 works144×
  2. JanuáriaBR · 28.4 works85×
  3. ItajaíBR · 66.2 works74×
  4. Novo HamburgoBR · 47.7 works72×
  5. São Caetano do SulBR · 32.8 works72×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Business and Management Studies than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Brasil, Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Federal de São Paulo 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%10%20%30%mean 14.79%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal…Universidade BrasilUniversidade Federal…Universidade de São …
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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.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidade BrasilBrazil 64.321.1%13.0×18 +7.2%
2Universidade de São PauloBrazil 60.912.8%12.1×307 -23.5%
3Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil 60.615.8%11.9×64 +4.3%
4Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba 59.325.3%54.1×12 +171.2%
5Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 57.013.6%27.7×198 -43.7%
6Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 56.010.4%46.5×382 -36.2%
7Fundação Getulio VargasBrazil 53.715.7%68.1×96 -23.4%
8Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 51.712.3%19.1×176 -46.3%
9Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 51.211.0%30.4×191 -34.0%
10Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 50.89.9%21.0×205 -38.0%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Business and Management Studies, country by country

Is Business and Management Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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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 Management Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.069% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Business and Management Studies0.043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Business and Management Studies 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.

still counting5%10%15%Business and Management Studies9.5% in 2025200020102020

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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