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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 44 1344 1257 45 45 99 10122

Holger Ernst publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Holger Ernst between 1995 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Holger Ernst published across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025, averaging 3.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2009. 3 of the 107 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2009. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 6 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 2 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 0 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 0 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 1 publication 2024: 2 publications 2025: 1 publication
1995 2025

107 publications in total across all disciplines

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Holger Ernst: publications per year, 1995 to 2025
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 1
1997 3
1998 3
1999 7
2000 3
2001 6
2002 1
2003 6
2004 7
2005 3
2006 7
2007 5
2008 4
2009 13
2010 4
2011 4
2012 6
2013 5
2014 4
2015 4
2016 1
2017 2
2018 1
2019 0
2020 1
2021 0
2022 1
2023 1
2024 2
2025 1
Total 107
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Holger Ernst publications per year - data summary

  • Holger Ernst, a Business and Management scholar from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, has 107 publications recorded across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1995 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2009, with 13 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1995, 1996, 2002, 2016 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 31 years in the span carry no publications at all (2019 and 2021).
  • The rate of publication averages 3.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 3.7 per year counting only the 29 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 5 publications, 5% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1995-2005: 41 publications (3.7 per year); 2006-2016: 57 publications (5.2 per year); 2017-2025: 9 publications (1.0 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is declining.

Holger Ernst publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Holger Ernst sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 35–39 to 436+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 122. Most scientists, 122, have 95–99 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 95–99 publications, is where this scientist sits. 35–39 publications: 2 scientists 40–44 publications: 2 scientists 45–49 publications: 5 scientists 50–54 publications: 20 scientists 55–59 publications: 39 scientists 60–64 publications: 66 scientists 65–69 publications: 52 scientists 70–74 publications: 80 scientists 75–79 publications: 83 scientists 80–84 publications: 116 scientists 85–89 publications: 94 scientists 90–94 publications: 111 scientists 95–99 publications: 122 scientists 100–104 publications: 104 scientists 105–109 publications: 113 scientists 110–114 publications: 96 scientists 115–119 publications: 97 scientists 120–124 publications: 112 scientists 125–129 publications: 93 scientists 130–134 publications: 79 scientists 135–139 publications: 69 scientists 140–144 publications: 80 scientists 145–149 publications: 81 scientists 150–154 publications: 85 scientists 155–159 publications: 50 scientists 160–164 publications: 74 scientists 165–169 publications: 61 scientists 170–174 publications: 40 scientists 175–179 publications: 44 scientists 180–184 publications: 47 scientists 185–189 publications: 59 scientists 190–194 publications: 35 scientists 195–199 publications: 37 scientists 200–204 publications: 49 scientists 205–209 publications: 48 scientists 210–214 publications: 34 scientists 215–219 publications: 31 scientists 220–224 publications: 37 scientists 225–229 publications: 34 scientists 230–234 publications: 25 scientists 235–239 publications: 28 scientists 240–244 publications: 34 scientists 245–249 publications: 28 scientists 250–254 publications: 23 scientists 255–259 publications: 22 scientists 260–264 publications: 11 scientists 265–269 publications: 16 scientists 270–274 publications: 23 scientists 275–279 publications: 12 scientists 280–284 publications: 16 scientists 285–289 publications: 10 scientists 290–294 publications: 12 scientists 295–299 publications: 12 scientists 300–304 publications: 8 scientists 305–309 publications: 13 scientists 310–314 publications: 13 scientists 315–319 publications: 6 scientists 320–324 publications: 10 scientists 325–329 publications: 9 scientists 330–334 publications: 7 scientists 335–339 publications: 10 scientists 340–344 publications: 10 scientists 345–349 publications: 7 scientists 350–354 publications: 4 scientists 355–359 publications: 10 scientists 360–364 publications: 3 scientists 365–369 publications: 7 scientists 370–374 publications: 2 scientists 375–379 publications: 8 scientists 380–384 publications: 4 scientists 385–389 publications: 5 scientists 390–394 publications: 5 scientists 395–399 publications: 2 scientists 400–404 publications: 2 scientists 405–409 publications: 4 scientists 410–414 publications: 3 scientists 415–419 publications: 2 scientists 420–424 publications: 5 scientists 425–429 publications: 3 scientists 430–434 publications: 1 scientist 435 publications: 1 scientist 436+ publications: 100 scientists
35–39 publications 436+

This scientist: 99 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

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Number of Business and Management scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
35–39 2
40–44 2
45–49 5
50–54 20
55–59 39
60–64 66
65–69 52
70–74 80
75–79 83
80–84 116
85–89 94
90–94 111
95–99 122 99
100–104 104
105–109 113
110–114 96
115–119 97
120–124 112
125–129 93
130–134 79
135–139 69
140–144 80
145–149 81
150–154 85
155–159 50
160–164 74
165–169 61
170–174 40
175–179 44
180–184 47
185–189 59
190–194 35
195–199 37
200–204 49
205–209 48
210–214 34
215–219 31
220–224 37
225–229 34
230–234 25
235–239 28
240–244 34
245–249 28
250–254 23
255–259 22
260–264 11
265–269 16
270–274 23
275–279 12
280–284 16
285–289 10
290–294 12
295–299 12
300–304 8
305–309 13
310–314 13
315–319 6
320–324 10
325–329 9
330–334 7
335–339 10
340–344 10
345–349 7
350–354 4
355–359 10
360–364 3
365–369 7
370–374 2
375–379 8
380–384 4
385–389 5
390–394 5
395–399 2
400–404 2
405–409 4
410–414 3
415–419 2
420–424 5
425–429 3
430–434 1
435 1
436+ 100
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Holger Ernst publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,017 Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 82 ranges running from 35–39 to 436+ publications.
  • Holger Ernst, a Business and Management scholar from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, records 99 publications - the 26th percentile of the discipline.
  • 26% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than Holger Ernst, and about 74% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 135–139 publications range, and Holger Ernst ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 95–99 publications, holding 122 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 52% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 135–139 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 436 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Holger Ernst D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Holger Ernst sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 60 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 89+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 171. Most scientists, 171, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 44 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

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Number of Business and Management scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 156
31 159
32 171
33 161
34 135
35 124
36 114
37 111
38 103
39 89
40 81
41 97
42 80
43 69
44 68 44
45 63
46 54
47 69
48 50
49 58
50 54
51 62
52 54
53 43
54 49
55 35
56 40
57 44
58 34
59 29
60 48
61 32
62 30
63 22
64 22
65 19
66 20
67 18
68 17
69 21
70 20
71 19
72 14
73 10
74 16
75 24
76 13
77 19
78 8
79 6
80 4
81 12
82 7
83 7
84 6
85 10
86 4
87 11
88 6
89+ 96
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Holger Ernst D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,017 Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 60 ranges running from 30 to 89+ D-Index.
  • Holger Ernst, a Business and Management scholar from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, records 44 D-Index - the 57th percentile of the discipline.
  • 57% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than Holger Ernst, and about 43% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 42 D-Index range, and Holger Ernst ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32 D-Index, holding 171 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 44 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Overview

Holger Ernst is affiliated with the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within innovation, technology management, and strategy, with several recent contributions to the field.

Ernst's body of published work includes papers across different venues and focuses on various aspects of innovation and technology. Some notable publications by Ernst are:

  • Using Artificial Intelligence in the Innovation Process: Antecedents and Performance Implications (2024) in Academy of Management Proceedings
  • How can Artificial Intelligence in Customer Knowledge Development Help Push Innovation Performance? (2024) in Academy of Management Proceedings

Other relevant publications in related fields where Ernst is not the lead author include:

  • The interplay between technology characteristics, R&D internationalisation, and new product introduction: Empirical evidence from the energy conservation sector (2020) in Technovation
  • Issue Information (2020) in Journal of Product Innovation Management
  • Beyond Just Generative AI for Discovering Software Opportunities (2025) in IEEE Software

Ernst collaborates regularly with several coauthors, reflecting interdisciplinary teamwork. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Priscilla Sarai Kraft
  • Lorenzo Ardito
  • Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli
  • Carsten C. Guderian
  • Marco Richter

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Technovation
  • Journal of Product Innovation Management
  • IEEE Software

Ernst's research integrates various subfields within management and innovation studies. These subfields include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Strategy and Management
  • Management of Technology and Innovation

The major topics addressed in their research focus on different dimensions of innovation and knowledge:

  • Innovation Policy and R&D
  • Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Intellectual Property and Patents

Best Publications

  • Success Factors of New Product Development: A Review of the Empirical Literature

    Holger Ernst

  • Patent information for strategic technology management

    Holger Ernst

  • Community based innovation: How to integrate members of virtual communities into new product development

    Johann Füller;Michael Bartl;Holger Ernst;Hans Mühlbacher

  • Patent applications and subsequent changes of performance: evidence from time-series cross-section analyses on the firm level

    Holger Ernst

  • Sales, Marketing, and Research-and-Development Cooperation Across New Product Development Stages: Implications for Success

    Holger Ernst;Wayne D. Hoyer;Carsten Rübsaamen

  • Customer relationship management and company performance—the mediating role of new product performance

    Holger Ernst;Wayne D. Hoyer;Manfred Krafft;Katrin Krieger

  • The Use of Patent Data for Technological Forecasting: The Diffusion of CNC-Technology in the Machine Tool Industry

    H. Ernst

  • Attitudes to externally organising knowledge management tasks: a review, reconsideration and extension of the NIH syndrome

    Ulrich Lichtenthaler;Holger Ernst

  • Patent portfolios for strategic R & D planning

    Holger Ernst

  • Opening up the innovation process: the role of technology aggressiveness

    Ulrich Lichtenthaler;Holger Ernst

  • External technology commercialization in large firms: results of a quantitative benchmarking study

    Ulrich Lichtenthaler;Holger Ernst

  • The influence of corporate acquisitions on the behaviour of key inventors

    Holger Ernst;Jan Vitt

  • Patenting strategies in the German mechanical engineering industry and their relationship to company performance

    H. Ernst

  • How Teamwork Matters More as Team Member Dispersion Increases

    Martin Hoegl;Holger Ernst;Luigi Proserpio

  • How to manage virtual teams

    Frank Siebdrat;Martin Hoegl;Holger Ernst

  • Developing reputation to overcome the imperfections in the markets for knowledge

    Ulrich Lichtenthaler;Holger Ernst

  • Inventors are not alike: the distribution of patenting output among industrial R&D personnel

    H. Ernst;C. Leptien;J. Vitt

  • The Antecedents and Consequences of Affordable Value Innovations for Emerging Markets: Affordable Value Innovations for Emerging Markets

    Holger Ernst;Hanna Nari Kahle;Anna Dubiel;Jaideep Prabhu

  • The Antecedents and Consequences of Affordable Value Innovations for Emerging Markets

    Holger Ernst;Hanna Nari Kahle;Anna Dubiel;Jaideep Prabhu

  • Community based innovation: a method to utilize the innovative potential of online communities

    J. Fuller;M. Bartl;H. Ernst;H. Muhlbacher

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Lichtenthaler
Ulrich Lichtenthaler International School of Management
Martin Hoegl
Martin Hoegl Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Johann Füller
Johann Füller University of Innsbruck
Wayne D. Hoyer
Wayne D. Hoyer The University of Texas at Austin
Ulrich Simon
Ulrich Simon RWTH Aachen University
Jaideep Prabhu
Jaideep Prabhu University of Cambridge
Marcel Mayor
Marcel Mayor University of Basel
Martin Spann
Martin Spann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Heinrich Hofmann
Heinrich Hofmann École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Harald Brune
Harald Brune École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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