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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. 5.0% 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%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+10%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Business and Management Studies research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (12k and 551 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 12k works
  2. 2 United States 551 works
  3. 3 Portugal 384 works
  4. 4 Spain 138 works
  5. 5 ?? 118 works
  6. 6 Mexico 95 works
  7. 7 Germany 88 works
  8. 8 China 75 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 67 works
  10. 10 France 66 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: 88.4%United States: 4.0%Portugal: 2.8%Spain: 1.0%6 others listed: 3.7%88%largest
Brazil12k · 88.4%United States551 · 4.0%Portugal384 · 2.8%Spain138 · 1.0%6 others listed509 · 3.7%

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

Which institutions lead Business and Management Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina publishes the most Business and Management Studies research, followed by Universidade Federal Fluminense and Universidade de São Paulo.

Who are the leading researchers in Business and Management Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Business and Management Studies include Miguel Caldas.

  1. 1 Miguel Caldas Brazil 3k citations

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

Where is Business and Management Studies research done?

The largest centres of Business and Management Studies research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Florianópolis (Brazil) and Brasília (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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 1.6k works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 894 works
  3. 3 Florianópolis Brazil 505 works
  4. 4 Brasília Brazil 504 works
  5. 5 Belo Horizonte Brazil 474 works
  6. 6 Curitiba Brazil 437 works
  7. 7 Recife Brazil 391 works
  8. 8 Fortaleza Brazil 344 works
  9. 9 Porto Alegre Brazil 288 works
  10. 10 Santa Maria Brazil 259 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PirassunungaBR · 32.9 works142×
  2. JanuáriaBR · 28.0 works83×
  3. ItajaíBR · 64.9 works73×
  4. São Caetano do SulBR · 32.1 works71×
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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, Catholic University of Mozambique, Instituto Federal do Maranhão and University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony 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%mean 9.06%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Catholic University of Mozambique: 9, 22.4%Instituto Federal do Maranhão: 17, 15.5%University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony: 9, 18.4%Universidade Federal do Pará: 116, 5.9%Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul: 105, 4.5%Universidade Federal do Amazonas: 95, 5.0%Universidade de Brasília: 193, 7.0%Universidade Federal de Pernambuco: 224, 4.7%São Paulo State Technological College: 150, 3.2%Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná: 116, 4.0%Catholic University …University for Inter…Instituto Federal do…Universidade Federal…
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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 Catholic University of MozambiqueMozambique 74.422.4%101.3×9 +300.0%
2 Instituto Federal do MaranhãoBrazil 66.315.5%37.9×17 +483.4%
3 University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian LusophonyBrazil 63.418.4%15.5×9 +153.6%
4 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 61.55.9%21.3×116 +167.1%
5 Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil 61.04.5%33.5×105 +229.3%
6 Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil 61.05.0%32.1×95 +240.7%
7 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 60.77.0%25.0×193 +81.0%
8 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 60.64.7%32.7×224 +122.8%
9 São Paulo State Technological CollegeBrazil 60.53.2%179.5×150 +213.6%
10 Universidade Estadual do Oeste do ParanáBrazil 60.14.0%47.7×116 +258.1%

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 Management Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Business and Management Studies.

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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.