Best Business and Management Universities in the World 2023

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the field of Business and Management relies os data consolidated from multiple data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for estimating the citation-based metrics were gathered on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a sum of D-indexes (Discipline H-index) of all ranking scientist's affiliated with a given institution. D-index only includes publications and citation metrics for an examined discipline.
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The scope of our Business and Management research
Research.com’s best universities ranking is a trustworthy account of leading scientists from the area of Business and Management, based on a meticulous examination of 166,880 scientists determined from multiple bibliometric data sources. For the discipline of Business and Management, more than 7819 scholars were investigated.

What is D-index approval threshold for Business and Management
The D-index threshold for approving a scientist to be examined is set to 30 if most of their publications are in the area of Business and Management. The inclusion factors for scientists to be considered into the ranking of top scholars are based on the D-index, proportion of the publications made within the specific field of study as well as the awards and achievements of the researchers. The D-index threshold for considering best researchers is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of scholars estimated for each discipline whilst ensuring that the top 1% of best scientists are considered into the ranking. We estimate a proximity of 30% or less between a scientist’s general H-index and their D-index.

Other verification rules
Since our primary goal is to make sure that only genuine scientists are included in our ranking we realize that metrics are never supposed to be an absolute measure to evaluate the work of researchers. Because of that we manually inspect each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a wide range of credible sources. Even though it’s not a metric defining a scholar’s position in our ranking, the amount of documents published in prominent journals and conference proceedings should constitute a reliable secondary signal of their contribution to research in a given field of study. Position in the ranking is based on every scientist’s D-index using data gathered from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most credible and well-established bibliometric databases of this type available to the scientific community. A detailed explanation of our research process can be found on our methodology page.

Our goal
Our aim is to motivate scientists, companies and administrative bodies worldwide to investigate where prominent experts are heading and to give an opportunity for the entire research community to find out who the leading experts in specific fields of research, in different 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 scholars in the world is University of Pennsylvania with 26 scientists affiliated with it being listed in our Business and Management ranking. It is followed by Pennsylvania State University with 20 researchers and Arizona State University with 17 scientists.

The most prominent scientists in the area of Business and Management 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.

University of Pennsylvania is highlighted as the best university in the world in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking scholars at 1236. Ranking on spot no. 2 in the world is Pennsylvania State University with a total D-index of 1088. The third position in the world is occupied by Arizona State University with a total D-index of 869.

The average total D-index for the top 1% universities is 951 in comparison to an average of 137 for all 525 institutions included in Research.com ranking.

The average number of published articles in the area of Business and Management by scholars affiliated with the top 10% of scholars in the ranking is 1629 against an average of 483 for all 525 universities.

The average number of citations of researchers affiliated with the top 10% universities is 260261 against an average of 56894 for all 525 universities.

World
National
University Details
Scholars
Σ Publications
Σ 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.
1 World 1 National Scholars 26 3,033 Σ D-index 1,236
2 World 2 National Scholars 20 3,059 Σ D-index 1,088
3 World 3 National
Arizona State University

Arizona State University

United States
Scholars 17 2,195 Σ D-index 869
4 World 1 National Scholars 14 4,023 Σ D-index 864
5 World 4 National Scholars 14 1,901 Σ D-index 702
6 World 5 National Scholars 14 1,981 Σ D-index 692
7 World 6 National
Stanford University

Stanford University

United States
Scholars 11 1,679 Σ D-index 690
8 World 7 National
Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

United States
Scholars 11 1,964 Σ D-index 683
9 World 8 National
MIT

MIT

United States
Scholars 14 1,759 Σ D-index 654
10 World 9 National Scholars 14 1,484 Σ D-index 634
11 World 10 National
Harvard University

Harvard University

United States
Scholars 13 2,006 Σ D-index 630
12 World 11 National
Indiana University

Indiana University

United States
Scholars 10 1,970 Σ D-index 626
13 World 1 National
University of Warwick

University of Warwick

United Kingdom
Scholars 12 1,913 Σ D-index 622
14 World 12 National
Georgia State University

Georgia State University

United States
Scholars 10 1,862 Σ D-index 582
15 World 13 National Scholars 11 1,630 Σ D-index 580
16 World 14 National Scholars 10 1,304 Σ D-index 550
17 World 1 National Scholars 11 1,898 Σ D-index 530
18 World 15 National Scholars 9 1,129 Σ D-index 491
19 World 2 National Scholars 10 1,795 Σ D-index 490
20 World 1 National Scholars 10 1,874 Σ D-index 477
21 World 2 National
Cardiff University

Cardiff University

United Kingdom
Scholars 10 1,916 Σ D-index 466
22 World 16 National
University of Georgia

University of Georgia

United States
Scholars 9 1,274 Σ D-index 451
23 World 17 National Scholars 9 1,298 Σ D-index 449
24 World 1 National Scholars 9 1,708 Σ D-index 441
25 World 18 National
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

United States
Scholars 7 1,021 Σ D-index 435
26 World 3 National
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom
Scholars 9 1,812 Σ D-index 427
27 World 4 National
Lancaster University

Lancaster University

United Kingdom
Scholars 9 1,320 Σ D-index 426
28 World 19 National
Duke University

Duke University

United States
Scholars 8 1,159 Σ D-index 423
29 World 1 National
KU Leuven

KU Leuven

Belgium
Scholars 10 2,184 Σ D-index 418
30 World 5 National
University of Manchester

University of Manchester

United Kingdom
Scholars 10 1,661 Σ D-index 418
31 World 20 National
Florida State University

Florida State University

United States
Scholars 7 1,060 Σ D-index 417
32 World 6 National
University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

United Kingdom
Scholars 8 1,337 Σ D-index 401
33 World 21 National
Cornell University

Cornell University

United States
Scholars 9 1,360 Σ D-index 399
34 World 22 National
University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

United States
Scholars 8 1,013 Σ D-index 397
35 World 7 National
Aston University

Aston University

United Kingdom
Scholars 8 1,482 Σ D-index 394
36 World 8 National
University of Reading

University of Reading

United Kingdom
Scholars 7 1,814 Σ D-index 394
37 World 23 National
Babson College

Babson College

United States
Scholars 7 1,047 Σ D-index 391
38 World 3 National Scholars 8 1,668 Σ D-index 388
39 World 2 National
Monash University

Monash University

Australia
Scholars 8 1,812 Σ D-index 386
40 World 1 National Scholars 7 1,572 Σ D-index 375
41 World 9 National
King's College London

King's College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 7 1,223 Σ D-index 373
42 World 24 National Scholars 6 1,322 Σ D-index 372
43 World 1 National Scholars 9 1,427 Σ D-index 364
44 World 10 National
University of Leeds

University of Leeds

United Kingdom
Scholars 7 1,353 Σ D-index 362
45 World 25 National Scholars 8 1,205 Σ D-index 361
46 World 26 National
Bentley University

Bentley University

United States
Scholars 8 1,225 Σ D-index 360
47 World 27 National
University of Virginia

University of Virginia

United States
Scholars 8 1,192 Σ D-index 358
48 World 28 National Scholars 8 948 Σ D-index 358
49 World 29 National
Northwestern University

Northwestern University

United States
Scholars 6 1,310 Σ D-index 355
50 World 30 National Scholars 7 968 Σ D-index 354
51 World 2 National
Tilburg University

Tilburg University

Netherlands
Scholars 7 1,205 Σ D-index 347
52 World 11 National
Imperial College London

Imperial College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 5 1,388 Σ D-index 344
53 World 31 National
Columbia University

Columbia University

United States
Scholars 6 874 Σ D-index 328
54 World 32 National
University of Washington

University of Washington

United States
Scholars 5 701 Σ D-index 324
55 World 1 National Scholars 6 1,170 Σ D-index 323
56 World 33 National Scholars 6 1,037 Σ D-index 317
57 World 3 National
Curtin University

Curtin University

Australia
Scholars 5 1,456 Σ D-index 317
58 World 2 National Scholars 6 1,228 Σ D-index 316
59 World 3 National Scholars 6 1,061 Σ D-index 305
60 World 3 National Scholars 7 893 Σ D-index 302
61 World 4 National Scholars 5 1,067 Σ D-index 300
62 World 34 National Scholars 7 658 Σ D-index 299
63 World 12 National Scholars 6 946 Σ D-index 299
64 World 35 National Scholars 6 745 Σ D-index 295
65 World 36 National
Northeastern University

Northeastern University

United States
Scholars 7 917 Σ D-index 294
66 World 1 National Scholars 6 2,126 Σ D-index 293
67 World 37 National Scholars 6 1,013 Σ D-index 293
68 World 4 National Scholars 5 1,182 Σ D-index 291
69 World 38 National Scholars 8 688 Σ D-index 287
70 World 5 National Scholars 6 1,357 Σ D-index 285
71 World 39 National Scholars 6 871 Σ D-index 285
72 World 5 National
Utrecht University

Utrecht University

Netherlands
Scholars 6 924 Σ D-index 280
73 World 1 National Scholars 6 1,169 Σ D-index 279
74 World 40 National Scholars 5 870 Σ D-index 275
75 World 13 National
University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom
Scholars 7 1,103 Σ D-index 272
76 World 14 National Scholars 5 1,248 Σ D-index 272
77 World 6 National Scholars 6 898 Σ D-index 265
78 World 41 National
University of Houston

University of Houston

United States
Scholars 6 749 Σ D-index 264
79 World 15 National
University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

United Kingdom
Scholars 6 994 Σ D-index 263
80 World 42 National
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

United States
Scholars 5 600 Σ D-index 257
81 World 16 National
University of Sussex

University of Sussex

United Kingdom
Scholars 6 895 Σ D-index 253
82 World 4 National Scholars 5 743 Σ D-index 252
83 World 43 National Scholars 4 915 Σ D-index 252
84 World 44 National
Temple University

Temple University

United States
Scholars 4 816 Σ D-index 250
85 World 17 National
University of Bath

University of Bath

United Kingdom
Scholars 5 687 Σ D-index 247
86 World 1 National
INSEAD

INSEAD

France
Scholars 5 831 Σ D-index 246
87 World 1 National Scholars 6 1,176 Σ D-index 245
88 World 5 National Scholars 5 1,010 Σ D-index 245
89 World 45 National
New York University

New York University

United States
Scholars 6 632 Σ D-index 244
90 World 7 National
Deakin University

Deakin University

Australia
Scholars 5 932 Σ D-index 242
91 World 6 National Scholars 4 795 Σ D-index 241
92 World 46 National
University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

United States
Scholars 4 783 Σ D-index 239
93 World 18 National Scholars 4 1,074 Σ D-index 238
94 World 47 National Scholars 5 722 Σ D-index 236
95 World 48 National
University of Arizona

University of Arizona

United States
Scholars 4 721 Σ D-index 235
96 World 7 National Scholars 5 535 Σ D-index 233
97 World 49 National Scholars 5 587 Σ D-index 230
98 World 19 National
University of Strathclyde

University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom
Scholars 5 804 Σ D-index 228
99 World 50 National
George Mason University

George Mason University

United States
Scholars 4 857 Σ D-index 227
100 World 51 National Scholars 5 890 Σ D-index 226

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