Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
EECA Highly Cited Researchers CitationBusiness & Management / Entrepreneurship Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Innovation
Strategy
Strategic Management
Leadership
Family Business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,072
14,845
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
creativity
intelligence
neuroscience
EDA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,529
15,214
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Entrepreneurship
Economics of entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,932
7,381
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,675
8,589
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Innovation
entrepreneurship
user innovation
toolkits
crowdsourcing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,278
6,211
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Creativity
Intelligence
Personality
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,115
9,931
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Entrepreneurship
Intrapreneurship
SME
Small Business
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,450
6,462
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Innovation studies
economic geography
innovation policy
regional innovation systems
clusters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,111
8,599
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
transfer technology
innovation
entrepreneurship
international business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,332
11,486
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Sustainability innovation
Circular economy
Innovation management
Business models
PSS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,301
8,837
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
entrepreneurship
small business
competitiveness
entrepreneurial finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,347
7,170
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
entrepreneurship
small business
family business
female entrepreneurship
green entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,756
8,120
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,567
4,975
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
innovations
national innovation systems
scientometrics
STI Policy
Forecasting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,271
5,267
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Leadership
Schulentwicklung
Lernen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,784
1,958
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Organization Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,666
2,990
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
entrepreneurship
SME
entrepreneurship education
consulting
HRM in SME
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,245
5,289
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Инновации
управление
экономический анализ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,819
2,170
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
regional growth
geography of innovation
entrepreneurship
high-tech
STI policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,399
4,390
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Industrial economics
Structural Change
Growth and Competitiveness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,224
1,935
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
motivation of innovation
economics of sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,772
2,962
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Circular Economy
Entrepreneurship Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,631
2,312
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Innovation
Strategy
Intellectual Capital
Management Control
Foresight
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,787
1,713
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
інновації
менеджмент
розвиток
конкурентоспроможність
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,662
1,621
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,531
3,352
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,359
88
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kurt Matzler
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,072
14,845
0.436
Innovation
Strategy
Strategic Management
Leadership
Family Business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,561
187
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mathias Benedek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,529
15,214
0.707
creativity
intelligence
neuroscience
EDA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,642
85
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
André Van Stel
Kozminski University
Warsaw, Poland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,932
7,381
0.390
Entrepreneurship
Economics of entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,013
259
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Johann Fueller
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,675
8,589
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,546
268
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nikolaus Franke
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,278
6,211
0.359
Innovation
entrepreneurship
user innovation
toolkits
crowdsourcing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,153
273
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andreas Fink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,115
9,931
0.580
Creativity
Intelligence
Personality
Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,816
34
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bostjan Antoncic|Boštjan Antončič
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,450
6,462
0.393
Entrepreneurship
Intrapreneurship
SME
Small Business
Corporate Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,190
336
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michaela Trippl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,111
8,599
0.569
Innovation studies
economic geography
innovation policy
regional innovation systems
clusters
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,679
33
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marina Dabic
University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,332
11,486
0.862
transfer technology
innovation
entrepreneurship
international business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,976
432
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Erik G Hansen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,301
8,837
0.718
Sustainability innovation
Circular economy
Innovation management
Business models
PSS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,934
171
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
László Szerb
University of Pécs
Macaristan, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,347
7,170
0.632
entrepreneurship
small business
competitiveness
entrepreneurial finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,281
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Veland Ramadani
South East European University
Kalkandelen, North Macedonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,756
8,120
0.832
entrepreneurship
small business
family business
female entrepreneurship
green entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,620
485
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Galina Shirokova|Широкова Г.В.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,567
4,975
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,561
521
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Maxim Kotsemir Коцемир Максим Николаевич
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,271
5,267
0.724
innovations
national innovation systems
scientometrics
STI Policy
Forecasting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,148
908
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael Schratz
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,784
1,958
0.289
Leadership
Schulentwicklung
Lernen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,888
926
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christopher Lettl
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,666
2,990
0.449
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Organization Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,631
983
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Norbert Kailer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,245
5,289
0.847
entrepreneurship
SME
entrepreneurship education
consulting
HRM in SME
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,708
711
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Татьяна Морозова
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,819
2,170
0.373
Инновации
управление
экономический анализ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,056
781
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stepan Zemtsov Земцов Степан Петрович|Stepan Zemtsov, Земцов Степан, Земцов Степан Петрович
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,399
4,390
0.813
regional growth
geography of innovation
entrepreneurship
high-tech
STI policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,364
1,143
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Peneder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,224
1,935
0.370
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Industrial economics
Structural Change
Growth and Competitiveness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,302
138
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Olha V Prokopenko
Tallinn University of Technology
Tallinn, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,772
2,962
0.621
motivation of innovation
economics of sustainable development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,447
1,271
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Erich J Schwarz
Alpen Adria Universität Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,631
2,312
0.499
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Circular Economy
Entrepreneurship Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,905
1,497
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Karl-Heinz Leitner
Austrian Institute of Technology
Seibersdorf, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,787
1,713
0.452
Innovation
Strategy
Intellectual Capital
Management Control
Foresight
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,659
263
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Valentyna Stadnyk Стадник Валентина Василівна Валентина Стадник В.В. Стадник|VV Stadnyk
Khmelnitsky National University
Khmelnitsky, Ukraine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,662
1,621
0.443
інновації
менеджмент
розвиток
конкурентоспроможність
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,283
1,577
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Elisabeth Sc Berger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,531
3,352
0.949
Entrepreneurship & Innovation