Business Process Modeling and Analysis
Business Process Modeling and Analysis is a research topic within Management Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1951. 21.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on workflow mining, business process management, and process modeling. It covers topics such as discovering process models from event logs, conformance checking, flexibility in workflows, semantic business process management, and predictive process monitoring.
- Workflow Mining
- Business Process Management
- Process Models
- Event Logs
- Process Modeling Languages
- Conformance Checking
- Flexibility in Workflows
- Semantic Business Process Management
- Process Performance Measurement
- Predictive Process Monitoring
- Research works
- 44k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 9.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -26% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Business Process Modeling and Analysis research?
By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (769 and 573 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Germany 769 works
- 2 United States 573 works
- 3 China 320 works
- 4 India 209 works
- 5 Italy 201 works
- 6 France 153 works
- 7 United Kingdom 145 works
- 8 Brazil 144 works
- 9 Indonesia 137 works
- 10 Netherlands 131 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Business Process Modeling and Analysis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, RWTH Aachen University publishes the most Business Process Modeling and Analysis research, followed by Eindhoven University of Technology and Technical University of Munich.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 RWTH Aachen University Germany 75 works
- 2 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands 34 works
- 3 Technical University of Munich Germany 29 works
- 4 Optima Neuroscience (United States) United States 23 works
- 5 KU Leuven Belgium 23 works
- 6 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany 22 works
- 7 Queensland University of Technology Australia 21 works
- 8 Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Italy 20 works
- 9 TU Wien Austria 18 works
- 10 Telkom University Indonesia 18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Business Process Modeling and Analysis?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Business Process Modeling and Analysis include Wil M. P. van der Aalst, MengChu Zhou and Armando Fox.
- 1 Wil M. P. van der Aalst 5.5k citations
- 2 MengChu Zhou 4.4k citations
- 3 Armando Fox 4.2k citations
- 4 Eyal Oren 3.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Business Process Modeling and Analysis research done?
The largest centres of Business Process Modeling and Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Aachen (Germany), Beijing (China), Munich (Germany) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Alachua, Sankt Augustin and Bolzano.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- AlachuaUS · 23.3 works439×
- Sankt AugustinDE · 28.1 works91×
- BolzanoIT · 20.5 works29×
- AachenDE · 83.0 works21×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Business Process Modeling and Analysis than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Business Process Modeling and Analysis?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Tartu, RWTH Aachen University and University of Mannheim 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Tartu Estonia | 75.8 | 60.8% | 21.6× | 18 | +105.1% |
| 2 | RWTH Aachen University Germany | 71.8 | 44.3% | 23.7× | 75 | +7.0% |
| 3 | University of Mannheim Germany | 66.0 | 68.5% | 32.6× | 13 | -23.0% |
| 4 | Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands | 65.9 | 43.3% | 21.8× | 34 | -19.8% |
| 5 | Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Italy | 65.5 | 44.4% | 46.1× | 20 | +50.8% |
| 6 | University of St.Gallen Switzerland | 61.0 | 53.3% | 32.0× | 15 | -70.5% |
| 7 | Queensland University of Technology Australia | 56.0 | 33.9% | 13.7× | 21 | -41.3% |
| 8 | Technical University of Munich Germany | 54.1 | 33.8% | 8.4× | 29 | -39.7% |
| 9 | University of Bayreuth Germany | 53.5 | 30.6% | 21.1× | 16 | +21.8% |
| 10 | KU Leuven Belgium | 52.5 | 46.2% | 5.8× | 23 | -33.2% |
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 Process Modeling and Analysis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
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.