Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Business & Management / Strategic Management Highly Cited Researchers 2.544 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
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292,857
222,591
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
strategic management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,333
21,020
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
strategy
marketing
eTourism
tourism
hospitality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,980
45,435
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Strategy and Organisation
strategy process
strategy change
power and political process
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,927
9,502
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Management
Innovation
Strategy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,906
16,921
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Management
Umwelt
Nachhaltigkeit
Unternehmertum
Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,317
24,398
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Strategy
Innovation
Co-evolution
New Organizational Forms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,037
15,386
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Innovation
Innovation Management
Innovation studies
Open Innovation
University-Industry collaboration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,936
14,512
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,598
23,682
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Management and organisation theory
strategic alliances and networks
project-based organizing
creativity and entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,958
8,711
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,768
7,096
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Management
Business
Innovation
Human Resource Management
Health Service Leadership and Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,425
10,037
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,071
12,078
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Strategic Management
International Business
Managerial Modeling
Social Responsibility
Business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,370
9,822
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Consumer behavior
Social and environmental marketing
Consumer and environmental protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,293
13,681
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Employability
Careers
Ageing at work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,289
14,542
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
strategy
strategy process
knowledge management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,264
4,686
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
strategy
project management
operations research
action research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,079
6,557
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Theory of the Managed Firm (TMF)
Corporate Strategy
History of Management Education
History of Managing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,852
5,477
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
management
organisation
identity
resistance
diversity and gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,819
4,954
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
strategy
innovation
applied economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,319
6,900
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
critical psychology
discourse analysis
psychoanalysis
Lacan
Marxism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,849
4,377
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,847
6,981
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Human Resource Management
Wellbeing
Employee Involvement
Organizational Performance
Work-family Conflict
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,723
7,078
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Strategy
International Business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,469
7,613
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christian M Ringle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292,857
222,591
0.760
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,205
180
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert M Grant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,333
21,020
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,380
347
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dimitrios Buhalis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,980
45,435
0.541
strategy
marketing
eTourism
tourism
hospitality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,108
610
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrew Pettigrew
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,927
9,502
0.151
Strategy and Organisation
strategy process
strategy change
power and political process
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,468
122
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Georg Von Krogh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,906
16,921
0.278
Management
Innovation
Strategy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,818
448
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stefan Schaltegger
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,317
24,398
0.505
Management
Umwelt
Nachhaltigkeit
Unternehmertum
Accounting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,669
280
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Henk W Volberda
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,037
15,386
0.334
Strategy
Innovation
Co-evolution
New Organizational Forms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,724
1,282
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ammon Salter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,936
14,512
0.363
Innovation
Innovation Management
Innovation studies
Open Innovation
University-Industry collaboration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,203
1,412
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David Denyer
Cranfield University
Cranfield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,598
23,682
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,126
795
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jörg Sydow
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,958
8,711
0.249
Management and organisation theory
strategic alliances and networks
project-based organizing
creativity and entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,278
1,615
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Geoff Walsham
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,768
7,096
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,551
1,646
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John Storey
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,425
10,037
0.292
Management
Business
Innovation
Human Resource Management
Health Service Leadership and Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,737
1,759
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrew Crane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,071
12,078
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,812
2,089
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Timothy M Devinney
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,370
9,822
0.334
Strategic Management
International Business
Managerial Modeling
Social Responsibility
Business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,501
223
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
John Thøgersen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,293
13,681
0.501
Consumer behavior
Social and environmental marketing
Consumer and environmental protection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,506
689
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Beatrice Van Der Heijden
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,289
14,542
0.533
Employability
Careers
Ageing at work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,546
529
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gabriel Szulanski
INSEAD Business School
Fontainebleau, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,264
4,686
0.172
strategy
strategy process
knowledge management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,838
2,337
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Colin Eden
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,079
6,557
0.242
strategy
project management
operations research
action research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,189
2,365
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
John-Christopher Spender
Manchester Business School
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,852
5,477
0.204
Theory of the Managed Firm (TMF)
Corporate Strategy
History of Management Education
History of Managing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,237
2,368
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David Knights
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,819
4,954
0.185
management
organisation
identity
resistance
diversity and gender
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,027
1,090
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alfonso Gambardella
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,319
6,900
0.262
strategy
innovation
applied economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,546
2,669
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ian Parker
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,849
4,377
0.176
critical psychology
discourse analysis
psychoanalysis
Lacan
Marxism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,552
381
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lars Erik Gadde
Chalmers University of Technology
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,847
6,981
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,763
2,689
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stephen Wood
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,723
7,078
0.286
Human Resource Management
Wellbeing
Employee Involvement
Organizational Performance
Work-family Conflict
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,234
1,218
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Torben Pedersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,469
7,613
0.311
Strategy
International Business