Best Business and Management Scientists

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best scholars in the discipline of Business and Management relies os data consolidated from various data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for estimating the citation-based metrics were collected on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a researcher’s D-index (Discipline H-index), which includes exclusively papers and citation metrics for an examined discipline.
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The focus of our Business and Management research
Research.com’s best scientists ranking is a reliable list of leading scientists from the field of Business and Management, established by means of a meticulous examination of 166,880 scholars determined from a variety of bibliometric data sources. For the area of Business and Management, more than 7819 researchers were examined.

What is D-index acceptance threshold for Business and Management
The D-index threshold for including a scientist to be considered is set to 30 if most of their publications are in the field of Business and Management. The approval criteria for scientists to be considered into the ranking of top scientists are based on the D-index, proportion of the publications made within the given discipline plus the awards and achievements of the researchers. The D-index threshold for including leading scholars is set as an increment of 10 depending on the overall number of scientists estimated for each area od study whilst making sure that the top 1% of leading scientists are incorporated into the list. We expect a proximity of 30% or less between a researcher’s general H-index and their D-index.

Extra verification practices
Since our main aim is to guarantee that only actual scholars are included in our ranking we realize that metrics are never supposed to be a complete tool to quantify the work of scholars. This is why we manually verify every profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a broad range of credible sources. While it’s not a factor impacting a researcher’s position in the ranking, the number of papers published in major journals and conference proceedings should be a reliable secondary signal of their contribution to research in a selected discipline. Position in the ranking is determined by each researcher’s D-index using information collected from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most prominent and well-established bibliometric databases of this type available to the scientific community. A detailed definition of our research procedures can be found on our methodology page.

Our mission
Our aim is to inspire scholars, businessmen and administrative bodies around the world to investigate where top experts are heading and to provide an opportunity for the entire scientific community to discover who the leading experts in specific areas of study, in various countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Business and Management
As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the affiliation with the highest number of top scientists in the world is University of Pennsylvania with 29 scientists affiliated with it being present in Research.com Business and Management ranking. It is followed by Pennsylvania State University with 18 researchers. Ranking thirds is Arizona State University with 17 scholars.

Prominent researchers listed in the world are representing Indiana University, Penn State Harrisburg, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Northwestern University, University of Canterbury, Asia School of Business, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, University of Notre Dame, University of Macau, Duke University.

Professor Mike Wright from Imperial College London is featured as the best scholar in the world in our ranking with a D-index of 145. Ranking on spot no. 2 in the world is David B. Audretsch from Indiana University with a D-index of 136. The third spot in the world is occupied by Michael A. Hitt from Texas A&M University with a D-index of 132.

The average D-index for the top 10% scientists is 84 in comparison to an average of 48 for all scholars listed in our ranking.

The average number of publications within the field of Business and Management for the top 10% of scientists in the ranking is 319 against an average of 167 for all scholars.

The average number of citations for the top 10% researchers is 52716 against an average of 20264 for all researchers.

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World
National
Scholar
D-Index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.
Citations
Publications
1 World 1 National D-index 145 Citations 90,743 811
2 World 1 National D-index 136 Citations 96,800 670
3 World 2 National D-index 132 Citations 111,180 353
4 World 3 National D-index 123 Citations 59,892 585
5 World 4 National D-index 120 Citations 66,834 496
6 World 5 National D-index 116 Citations 142,788 212
7 World 6 National D-index 114 Citations 363,737 533
8 World 7 National D-index 114 Citations 49,690 339
9 World 8 National D-index 111 Citations 99,132 302
10 World 1 National D-index 111 Citations 55,186 2,211
11 World 1 National D-index 109 Citations 69,272 668
12 World 1 National D-index 108 Citations 56,234 289
13 World 1 National D-index 106 Citations 33,020 548
14 World 1 National D-index 105 Citations 34,753 549
15 World 1 National D-index 104 Citations 44,890 434
16 World 9 National D-index 102 Citations 53,832 332
17 World 1 National D-index 101 Citations 47,037 727
18 World 10 National D-index 100 Citations 57,490 423
19 World 11 National D-index 100 Citations 45,520 359
20 World 12 National D-index 99 Citations 151,974 205
21 World 2 National D-index 99 Citations 38,553 777
22 World 2 National D-index 99 Citations 36,662 319
23 World 13 National D-index 98 Citations 201,593 283
24 World 14 National D-index 97 Citations 91,951 248
25 World 15 National D-index 97 Citations 49,355 310
26 World 2 National D-index 97 Citations 34,713 283
27 World 3 National D-index 97 Citations 34,207 555
28 World 16 National D-index 96 Citations 88,740 152
29 World 17 National D-index 96 Citations 50,112 650
30 World 18 National D-index 94 Citations 69,286 257
31 World 19 National D-index 94 Citations 38,742 332
32 World 1 National D-index 93 Citations 47,166 341
33 World 20 National D-index 93 Citations 43,704 149
34 World 21 National D-index 92 Citations 42,161 242
35 World 22 National D-index 91 Citations 42,404 208
36 World 23 National D-index 91 Citations 27,382 391
37 World 3 National D-index 91 Citations 26,067 479
38 World 24 National D-index 90 Citations 37,711 229
39 World 25 National D-index 90 Citations 37,440 586
41 World 26 National D-index 89 Citations 81,042 210
42 World 1 National D-index 89 Citations 61,054 266
43 World 1 National D-index 89 Citations 36,664 398
44 World 27 National D-index 88 Citations 66,925 197
45 World 28 National D-index 87 Citations 51,079 202
46 World 5 National D-index 87 Citations 42,780 354
47 World 1 National D-index 86 Citations 151,797 167
48 World 29 National D-index 86 Citations 94,051 227
49 World 30 National D-index 86 Citations 77,003 192
50 World 2 National D-index 86 Citations 65,156 268
51 World 31 National D-index 86 Citations 47,708 198
52 World 32 National D-index 86 Citations 40,768 218
53 World 4 National D-index 86 Citations 26,946 508
54 World 6 National D-index 86 Citations 23,830 339
55 World 33 National D-index 85 Citations 44,265 170
56 World 1 National D-index 85 Citations 43,133 396
57 World 2 National D-index 85 Citations 40,253 492
58 World 34 National D-index 85 Citations 34,336 184
59 World 35 National D-index 85 Citations 27,379 302
60 World 7 National D-index 84 Citations 45,022 503
61 World 8 National D-index 83 Citations 88,479 230
62 World 36 National D-index 83 Citations 55,029 278
63 World 5 National D-index 83 Citations 25,706 475
64 World 1 National D-index 83 Citations 25,676 445
65 World 3 National D-index 83 Citations 25,270 409
66 World 37 National D-index 82 Citations 194,300 189
67 World 2 National D-index 82 Citations 40,965 394
68 World 38 National D-index 82 Citations 35,654 186
69 World 4 National D-index 82 Citations 33,340 237
70 World 39 National D-index 82 Citations 24,162 419
71 World 2 National D-index 82 Citations 20,758 496
72 World 40 National D-index 81 Citations 56,186 250
73 World 41 National D-index 81 Citations 55,837 196
74 World 42 National D-index 81 Citations 34,809 136
75 World 43 National D-index 81 Citations 31,516 381
76 World 3 National D-index 81 Citations 30,960 331
77 World 44 National D-index 80 Citations 54,106 173
78 World 45 National D-index 80 Citations 44,214 141
79 World 3 National D-index 80 Citations 37,505 210
80 World 46 National D-index 80 Citations 33,628 193
81 World 47 National D-index 80 Citations 31,992 210
82 World 5 National D-index 80 Citations 19,022 527
83 World 48 National D-index 79 Citations 70,449 170
85 World 50 National D-index 79 Citations 27,908 433
86 World 9 National D-index 79 Citations 24,820 330
87 World 51 National D-index 78 Citations 78,320 166
88 World 52 National D-index 78 Citations 45,794 156
89 World 53 National D-index 78 Citations 36,541 239
90 World 2 National D-index 78 Citations 29,039 489
91 World 6 National D-index 78 Citations 25,577 221
92 World 6 National D-index 78 Citations 20,088 385
93 World 54 National D-index 77 Citations 53,981 142
94 World 1 National D-index 77 Citations 40,068 190
95 World 55 National D-index 77 Citations 39,799 226
96 World 56 National D-index 76 Citations 41,487 206
97 World 57 National D-index 76 Citations 33,628 290
98 World 58 National D-index 76 Citations 29,385 284
99 World 7 National D-index 76 Citations 27,947 209
100 World 59 National D-index 76 Citations 24,300 512

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