Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Business & Management Highly Cited Researchers 3.129 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
entrepreneurship
management
organizational behavior
organizational psychology
work psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,072
28,595
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sustainability transitions
Multi-Level Perspective
disruptive innovation
socio-technical systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,463
40,911
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
innovation management
entrepreneurship
operations management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,405
13,985
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Digital Transformation
Strategic Management
Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,073
40,108
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
science policy
economics of innovation
innovation management
science & technology indicators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,891
5,814
0.121
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Entrepreneurship
strategy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,318
17,187
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
institutional theory
social innovation
organization theory
social-symbolic work
institutional work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,518
14,246
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Innovation
Business Model
R&D Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,970
15,109
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
sustainable innovation
societal transitions
sustainable technology
innovation systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,089
24,505
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
innovation studies
innovation management
radical innovation
process innovation
product development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,429
10,088
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
innovation
industrial economics
economic development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,804
8,751
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Business
Management
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Small Business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,592
6,569
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
I work with rural communities to enhance the governance of natural and agri-food systems
and my
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,299
16,775
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Innovation
Strategy
Strategic Management
Leadership
Family Business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,655
12,742
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
leadership
strategy
international assignments
expatriates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,305
6,593
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Entrepreneurship
small firm development
geography of enterprise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,062
8,064
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Strategy
innovation
creative industries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,898
6,957
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
mental disorders
research
mobile health
innovation
eMental-health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,353
19,809
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Entrepreneurship
Education
entrepreneurship education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,712
18,512
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wounds
wound healing
wound infection
clinical innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,585
10,212
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
innovation studies
innovation policy
sustainability transitions
evolutionary economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,739
8,592
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Organization theory
Organizational learning
Innovation diffusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,429
10,822
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
leadership
entrepreneurship
social learning
communities of practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,178
10,867
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Innovation
higher education
performance indicators
online learning
mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,749
12,492
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Innovation studies
economic geography
regional innovation systems
clusters
innovation policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,403
8,042
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,298
154
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael Frese
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,072
28,595
0.336
entrepreneurship
management
organizational behavior
organizational psychology
work psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,869
396
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Frank Geels
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,463
40,911
0.515
Sustainability transitions
Multi-Level Perspective
disruptive innovation
socio-technical systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,183
883
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John Bessant
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,405
13,985
0.277
innovation management
entrepreneurship
operations management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,584
465
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sascha Kraus
Libera Università di Bolzano
Bolzano, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,073
40,108
0.817
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Digital Transformation
Strategic Management
Innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,005
956
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Keith Pavitt
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,891
5,814
0.121
science policy
economics of innovation
innovation management
science & technology indicators
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,459
210
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christoph Zott
IESE Business School Universidad de Navarra
barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,318
17,187
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,334
1,173
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Thomas B Lawrence
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,518
14,246
0.335
institutional theory
social innovation
organization theory
social-symbolic work
institutional work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,741
266
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Oliver Gassmann
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,970
15,109
0.378
Innovation
Business Model
R&D Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,905
398
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marko Hekkert
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,089
24,505
0.643
sustainable innovation
societal transitions
sustainable technology
innovation systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,347
1,427
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Joe Tidd
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,429
10,088
0.270
innovation studies
innovation management
radical innovation
process innovation
product development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,755
683
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Franco Malerba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,804
8,751
0.238
innovation
industrial economics
economic development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,899
1,482
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David J Storey
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,592
6,569
0.180
Business
Management
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Small Business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,136
1,502
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mark Reed
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,299
16,775
0.462
I work with rural communities to enhance the governance of natural and agri-food systems
and my
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,423
87
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kurt Matzler
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,655
12,742
0.368
Innovation
Strategy
Strategic Management
Leadership
Family Business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,693
349
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
J Stewart Black
INSEAD Business School
Fontainebleau, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,305
6,593
0.192
leadership
strategy
international assignments
expatriates
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,913
1,670
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paul Westhead
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,062
8,064
0.237
Entrepreneurship
small firm development
geography of enterprise
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,041
1,684
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Joseph Lampel
Manchester Business School
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,898
6,957
0.205
Strategy
innovation
creative industries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,519
486
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Heleen Riper
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,353
19,809
0.594
mental disorders
research
mobile health
innovation
eMental-health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,135
372
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alain Fayolle
EM Lyon Business School
Écully, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,712
18,512
0.566
Entrepreneurship
Education
entrepreneurship education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,249
1,806
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Keith Harding
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,585
10,212
0.313
Wounds
wound healing
wound infection
clinical innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,099
84
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jan Fagerberg
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,739
8,592
0.271
innovation studies
innovation policy
sustainability transitions
evolutionary economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,448
405
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Henrich R Greve
INSEAD Business School
Fontainebleau, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,429
10,822
0.344
Organization theory
Organizational learning
Innovation diffusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,691
1,928
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Susan M Smith
Teesside University
Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,178
10,867
0.349
leadership
entrepreneurship
social learning
communities of practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,146
183
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Martin Valcke
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,749
12,492
0.406
Innovation
higher education
performance indicators
online learning
mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,570
95
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bjorn Terje Asheim
University of Stavanger
Stavanger, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,403
8,042
0.265
Innovation studies
economic geography
regional innovation systems
clusters
innovation policy