Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Business & Management Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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 :26
Strategic management
strategy
organization theory
entrepreneurship
Austrian economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,837
26,572
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Statistical Computing
Statistics
Probability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,657
37,526
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
International Marketing
Measurement Theory
Quantitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,011
25,597
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
digital business
omni-channel
customer experience
big data
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,005
36,290
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
strategic management
strategy as practice
strategy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,973
16,846
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Business
Economics
Finance
Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,565
28,400
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
information systems
design
business model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,198
28,596
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Services Marketing and Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,339
22,118
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Accounting and Accountability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,240
18,485
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Media effects
Communication theory
Social media
Adolescents
Person-specific media effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,934
26,816
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
business relationships and networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,251
8,096
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Organisation and management theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,063
12,135
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
innovation management
entrepreneurship
operations management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,701
16,587
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
science policy
economics of innovation
innovation management
science & technology indicators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,674
7,378
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Management
Umwelt
Nachhaltigkeit
Unternehmertum
Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,004
26,429
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Digital Transformation
Strategic Management
Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,313
39,546
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Business Process Management
Process Mining
Information Systems
Software Engineering
unitartucs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,055
17,560
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Strategy
Innovation
Co-evolution
New Organizational Forms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,454
17,968
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
operations research
combinatorial optimization
algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,587
13,593
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Leadership
Organizational Behavior
Proactivity
International Management
Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,397
21,858
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Applied psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,852
10,582
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Entrepreneurship
strategy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,557
20,141
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
human resource management
careers
psychological contract
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,259
15,000
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
feminist and processual perspective on organizing
connections between popular culture and practice of management
the robotizat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,508
11,952
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Internet skills
digital inequality
digital literacy
digital divide
older adults
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,244
19,074
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,487
51
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Nicolai Foss
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,837
26,572
0.444
Strategic management
strategy
organization theory
entrepreneurship
Austrian economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,530
52
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Peter Dalgaard
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,657
37,526
0.629
Statistical Computing
Statistics
Probability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,665
29
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Adamantios Diamantopoulos
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,011
25,597
0.434
International Marketing
Measurement Theory
Quantitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,666
174
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Pc Verhoef
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,005
36,290
0.615
digital business
omni-channel
customer experience
big data
sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,355
728
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Richard Whittington
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,973
16,846
0.301
strategic management
strategy as practice
strategy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,978
25
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Connor Hannan
University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,565
28,400
0.530
Business
Economics
Finance
Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,079
157
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Yves Pigneur
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,198
28,596
0.538
information systems
design
business model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,297
816
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Ko De Ruyter
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,339
22,118
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,326
818
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Rob Gray
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,240
18,485
0.354
Accounting and Accountability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,724
226
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Patti M Valkenburg
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,934
26,816
0.526
Media effects
Communication theory
Social media
Adolescents
Person-specific media effects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,954
38
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Håkan Håkansson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,251
8,096
0.161
business relationships and networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,006
867
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Hugh Willmott
City University London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,063
12,135
0.242
Organisation and management theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,114
880
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
John Bessant
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,701
16,587
0.334
innovation management
entrepreneurship
operations management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,787
941
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Keith Pavitt
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,674
7,378
0.155
science policy
economics of innovation
innovation management
science & technology indicators
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,011
459
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Stefan Schaltegger
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,004
26,429
0.562
Management
Umwelt
Nachhaltigkeit
Unternehmertum
Accounting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,261
488
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Sascha Kraus
Libera Università di Bolzano
Bolzano, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,313
39,546
0.854
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Digital Transformation
Strategic Management
Innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,345
13
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Marlon Dumas
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,055
17,560
0.381
Business Process Management
Process Mining
Information Systems
Software Engineering
unitartucs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,605
279
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Henk W Volberda
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,454
17,968
0.395
Strategy
Innovation
Co-evolution
New Organizational Forms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,989
513
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Paolo Toth
Università di Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,587
13,593
0.305
operations research
combinatorial optimization
algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,069
292
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Deanne N Den Hartog
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,397
21,858
0.492
Leadership
Organizational Behavior
Proactivity
International Management
Human Resource Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,307
1,079
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Peter Warr
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,852
10,582
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,446
207
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Christoph Zott
IESE Business School Universidad de Navarra
barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,557
20,141
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,600
1,109
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
David Guest
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,259
15,000
0.347
human resource management
careers
psychological contract
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,952
148
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Barbara Czarniawska
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,508
11,952
0.281
feminist and processual perspective on organizing
connections between popular culture and practice of management
the robotizat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,090
236
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Eszter Hargittai
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,244
19,074
0.452
Internet skills
digital inequality
digital literacy
digital divide
older adults