Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Highly Cited Researchers Citation Business & Management / Business Administration 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
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,011
94,255
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,833
52,939
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Research Methods
Trust
HRM aspects of management of change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,521
51,372
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,986
23,197
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Future studies
Climate and energy policy
System dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,568
20,113
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Organization
international business
strategic alliances
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,492
12,585
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Entrepreneurship
innovation
strategy
internationalization
business models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,345
27,444
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
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 :9
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 :10
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 :11
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 :12
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 :13
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 :14
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 :15
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 :16
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 :17
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 :18
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 :19
Emerging Multinational Firms
Indigenous Research on Chinese Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,142
21,180
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
International Business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,620
9,252
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
sustainability
circular business models
business experiments
sufficiency
regeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,484
35,881
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
business process management
process mining
information systems
software engineering
process science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,890
18,751
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Organization of the cytoplasm - Protein aggregation - Proteostasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,685
27,526
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
RFID/IoT/Blockchain
Cognitive analytics management
Business Analytics
Big Data
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,725
32,034
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Organizational knowledge
organizational change
philosophy and management studies
practical reason
process research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,185
13,237
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Burim Berisha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,011
94,255
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,351
35
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wil van der Aalst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,833
52,939
0.344
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,560
294
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mark NK Saunders
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,521
51,372
0.549
Research Methods
Trust
HRM aspects of management of change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,553
563
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Julian Birkinshaw
London Business School
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,986
23,197
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,624
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jorgen Randers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,568
20,113
0.312
Future studies
Climate and energy policy
System dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,819
585
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John Child
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,492
12,585
0.198
Organization
international business
strategic alliances
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,388
638
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Erkko Autio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,345
27,444
0.455
Entrepreneurship
innovation
strategy
internationalization
business models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,487
51
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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: 9
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
8,355
728
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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: 11
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: 12
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
9,326
818
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
9,954
38
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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: 15
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
11,345
13
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
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
12,307
1,079
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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
12,952
148
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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
13,133
104
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Peter Ping Li
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,142
21,180
0.503
Emerging Multinational Firms
Indigenous Research on Chinese Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,400
1,178
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alan M Rugman
Henley Business School University of Reading
Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,620
9,252
0.222
International Business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,004
348
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nancy Bocken|N.M.P. Bocken
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,484
35,881
0.886
sustainability
circular business models
business experiments
sufficiency
regeneration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,351
621
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jan Mendling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,890
18,751
0.470
business process management
process mining
information systems
software engineering
process science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,683
682
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Simon Alberti
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,685
27,526
0.730
Organization of the cytoplasm - Protein aggregation - Proteostasis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,363
300
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fosso Wamba Samuel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,725
32,034
0.872
RFID/IoT/Blockchain
Cognitive analytics management
Business Analytics
Big Data
AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,479
11
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Haridimos Tsoukas
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,185
13,237
0.376
Organizational knowledge
organizational change
philosophy and management studies
practical reason
process research