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Copenhagen Business School Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Denmark
Nicolai Foss
Strategic management
strategy
organization theory
entrepreneurship
Austrian economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,361
25,288
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Denmark
Peter Dalgaard
Statistical Computing
Statistics
Probability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,286
36,217
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Denmark
Lasse Heje Pedersen
asset pricing
liquidity risk
trading strategies
efficiently inefficient markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,417
20,398
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Denmark
Peter Ping Li
Emerging Multinational Firms
Indigenous Research on Chinese Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,877
20,057
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Denmark
Paul Du Gay
Bureaucracy
Organization Studies
Sociology
Public Administration
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,361
10,077
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Denmark
Majken Schultz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,036
10,439
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Denmark
Jeremy Moon
CSR
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,360
12,309
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Denmark
Merc Peter Maskell
Industrial Organization
Economic Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,720
5,351
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Denmark
Robert J Kauffman
Information Strategy
Economics of IS
E-Commerce
Financial Services and Technology
IT and Pricing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,499
7,996
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Denmark
Mitchell Dean
Political
Sovereignty
Liberalism
Social
Foucault
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,041
6,389
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Denmark
Keld Laursen
Firm strategy and innovation
Open and distributed innovation processes
Organisational forms and innovation performa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,110
10,057
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Denmark
C Mirjam Van Praag
Entrepreneurship
economics of organization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,847
10,798
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Denmark
Adam Lindgreen
Relationship marketing
CSR
Corporate social responsibility
Genealogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,566
9,564
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Denmark
Stefano Ponte
International Political Economy
Global Value Chains
Transnational Governance
Political Economy of Development
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,752
8,521
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Denmark
Ari Kokko
Copenhagen Business School
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,929
3,532
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Denmark
Thomas Ritter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,085
6,279
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Denmark
Jan Mouritsen
Business studies and managerial economics
accounting
knowledge management
performance management
operations management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,135
4,564
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Denmark
Dan Kärreman
Organization studies
Critical management studies
Organizational communication
Knowledge work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,796
6,118
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Denmark
Kai Hockerts
Social Entrepreneurship
Corporate Sustainability
Corporate Social Responsibility
Social Innovation
Impact Investing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,590
7,791
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Denmark
David Lando
Finance
credit risk
financial economics
risk management
derivatives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,877
2,416
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Denmark
Tooraj Jamasb
Energy Economics
Regulation
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,578
4,369
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Denmark
José Mata
Entrepreneurship
Strategy
International Business
Industrial Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,112
2,360
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Denmark
Kjeld Schmidt
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,981
1,773
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Denmark
Robin Holt
strategy
aesthetics
organization studies
technology
craft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,664
4,780
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Denmark
Susana Borras
Innovation studies - Science Technology and Innovation Policy - Governance - Comparative politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,595
3,186
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,511
Denmark
52
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nicolai Foss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,361
25,288
0.433
Strategic management
strategy
organization theory
entrepreneurship
Austrian economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,525
Denmark
53
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Dalgaard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,286
36,217
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,621
Denmark
89
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lasse Heje Pedersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,417
20,398
0.459
asset pricing
liquidity risk
trading strategies
efficiently inefficient markets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,302
Denmark
103
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Peter Ping Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,877
20,057
0.491
Emerging Multinational Firms
Indigenous Research on Chinese Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,588
Denmark
107
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Paul Du Gay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,361
10,077
0.250
Bureaucracy
Organization Studies
Sociology
Public Administration
Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,590
Denmark
144
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Majken Schultz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,036
10,439
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,412
Denmark
181
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jeremy Moon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,360
12,309
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,867
Denmark
213
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Merc Peter Maskell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,720
5,351
0.200
Industrial Organization
Economic Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,736
Denmark
235
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robert J Kauffman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,499
7,996
0.314
Information Strategy
Economics of IS
E-Commerce
Financial Services and Technology
IT and Pricing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,507
Denmark
243
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mitchell Dean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,041
6,389
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,138
Denmark
262
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Keld Laursen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,110
10,057
0.417
Firm strategy and innovation
Open and distributed innovation processes
Organisational forms and innovation performa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,665
Denmark
270
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
C Mirjam Van Praag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,847
10,798
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,795
Denmark
330
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Adam Lindgreen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,566
9,564
0.465
Relationship marketing
CSR
Corporate social responsibility
Genealogy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,014
Denmark
364
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stefano Ponte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,752
8,521
0.431
International Political Economy
Global Value Chains
Transnational Governance
Political Economy of Development
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,402
Denmark
392
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ari Kokko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,929
3,532
0.187
Copenhagen Business School
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,078
Denmark
418
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thomas Ritter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,085
6,279
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,619
Denmark
484
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jan Mouritsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,135
4,564
0.283
Business studies and managerial economics
accounting
knowledge management
performance management
operations management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,138
Denmark
501
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dan Kärreman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,796
6,118
0.387
Organization studies
Critical management studies
Organizational communication
Knowledge work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,097
Denmark
570
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kai Hockerts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,590
7,791
0.534
Social Entrepreneurship
Corporate Sustainability
Corporate Social Responsibility
Social Innovation
Impact Investing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,056
Denmark
719
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David Lando
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,877
2,416
0.203
Finance
credit risk
financial economics
risk management
derivatives
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,676
Denmark
819
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tooraj Jamasb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,578
4,369
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,595
Denmark
863
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
José Mata
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,112
2,360
0.233
Entrepreneurship
Strategy
International Business
Industrial Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,017
Denmark
878
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kjeld Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,981
1,773
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,547
Denmark
905
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robin Holt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,664
4,780
0.495
strategy
aesthetics
organization studies
technology
craft
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,312
Denmark
911
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Susana Borras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,595
3,186
0.332
Innovation studies - Science Technology and Innovation Policy - Governance - Comparative politics