Europe Scientist and University Rankings 2025

Europe Business & Management / Entrepreneurship 3.129 Scientists Subject Rankings - 2025

The AD Scientific Index (Alper-Doger Scientific Index) provides the most comprehensive analysis across 13 main fields and 197 sub-branches at global, national, and regional levels. These analyses are based on indicators such as the H-index, i10-index, and citation count, including their values from the last 6 yearsAs of Jan 30, 2025, the rankings are determined according to the Total H IndexBETA VERSION: The subject field rankings for the world, regions, countries, and universities are currently in their Beta phase. This is due to the exclusion of (873.690) scientists categorized under ‘Others’, whose profiles have yet to be determined, edited, or classified. As updates are made to these fields, the rankings will be adjusted accordingly. Note: Please keep this in mind while reviewing the rankings. For further details, explore our [University Subject Rankings].

* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael Frese
entrepreneurship
management
organizational behavior
organizational psychology
work psychology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
122
303
85,072
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sascha Kraus
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Digital Transformation
Strategic Management
Innovation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
116
364
49,073
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Frank Geels
Sustainability transitions
Multi-Level Perspective
disruptive innovation
socio-technical systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
94
150
79,463
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Keith Harding
Wounds
wound healing
wound infection
clinical innovation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
88
314
32,585
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Heleen Riper
mental disorders
research
mobile health
innovation
eMental-health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
85
238
33,353
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kurt Matzler
Innovation
Strategy
Strategic Management
Leadership
Family Business
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
84
204
34,655
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
João J. Ferreira
Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management
Strategy
Competitiveness
International Business
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
83
341
25,699
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cam Donaldson
Social innovation
social enterprise
microcredit
public health
health economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
83
301
29,503
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Martin Valcke
Innovation
higher education
performance indicators
online learning
mathematics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
82
268
30,749
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marko Hekkert
sustainable innovation
societal transitions
sustainable technology
innovation systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
81
176
38,089

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* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paul Westhead
Entrepreneurship
small firm development
geography of enterprise
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
81
138
34,062
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Oliver Gassmann
Innovation
Business Model
R&D Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
80
213
39,970
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David J Storey
Business
Management
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Small Business
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
79
181
36,592
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mark Reed
I work with rural communities to enhance the governance of natural and agri-food systems
and my
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
78
159
36,299
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
John Bessant
innovation management
entrepreneurship
operations management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
78
220
50,405
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Alfredo De Massis
Family business
Family firms
Entrepreneurship
Family innovation
Innovation Strategy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
76
158
25,381
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alain Fayolle
Entrepreneurship
Education
entrepreneurship education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
76
227
32,712
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Fritsch
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Economic Geography
History
Culture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
76
270
27,912
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Richard Harrison
entrepreneurship
leadership
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
73
192
22,116
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Frank Piller|Frank T. Piller
Open Innovation
Mass Customization
Business Model Innovation
User Innovation
Hybrid Intelligence
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
73
175
26,066
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hans Georg Gemünden
Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement
Strategisches Projektmanagement
Entrepreneurship
Unternehmensführung
Marketing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
73
194
26,391
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Franco Malerba
innovation
industrial economics
economic development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
73
173
36,804
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Keith Pavitt
science policy
economics of innovation
innovation management
science & technology indicators
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
71
150
47,891
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael Grubb
Energy
economics
climate change
innovation
electricity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
70
212
24,054
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mathias Benedek
creativity
intelligence
neuroscience
EDA
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
119
22,126
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael Frese
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
122
303
85,072
entrepreneurship
management
organizational behavior
organizational psychology
work psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sascha Kraus
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
116
364
49,073
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Digital Transformation
Strategic Management
Innovation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Frank Geels
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
94
150
79,463
Sustainability transitions
Multi-Level Perspective
disruptive innovation
socio-technical systems
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Keith Harding
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
88
314
32,585
Wounds
wound healing
wound infection
clinical innovation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Heleen Riper
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
85
238
33,353
mental disorders
research
mobile health
innovation
eMental-health
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kurt Matzler
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
84
204
34,655
Innovation
Strategy
Strategic Management
Leadership
Family Business
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
João J. Ferreira
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
83
341
25,699
Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management
Strategy
Competitiveness
International Business
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cam Donaldson
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
83
301
29,503
Social innovation
social enterprise
microcredit
public health
health economics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Martin Valcke
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
82
268
30,749
Innovation
higher education
performance indicators
online learning
mathematics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marko Hekkert
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
81
176
38,089
sustainable innovation
societal transitions
sustainable technology
innovation systems

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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paul Westhead
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
81
138
34,062
Entrepreneurship
small firm development
geography of enterprise
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Oliver Gassmann
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
80
213
39,970
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David J Storey
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
79
181
36,592
Business
Management
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Small Business
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mark Reed
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
78
159
36,299
I work with rural communities to enhance the governance of natural and agri-food systems
and my
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
John Bessant
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
78
220
50,405
innovation management
entrepreneurship
operations management
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Alfredo De Massis
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
76
158
25,381
Family business
Family firms
Entrepreneurship
Family innovation
Innovation Strategy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alain Fayolle
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
76
227
32,712
Entrepreneurship
Education
entrepreneurship education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Fritsch
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
76
270
27,912
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Economic Geography
History
Culture
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Richard Harrison
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
73
192
22,116
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Frank Piller|Frank T. Piller
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
73
175
26,066
Open Innovation
Mass Customization
Business Model Innovation
User Innovation
Hybrid Intelligence
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hans Georg Gemünden
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
73
194
26,391
Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement
Strategisches Projektmanagement
Entrepreneurship
Unternehmensführung
Marketing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Franco Malerba
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
73
173
36,804
innovation
industrial economics
economic development
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Keith Pavitt
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
71
150
47,891
science policy
economics of innovation
innovation management
science & technology indicators
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael Grubb
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
70
212
24,054
Energy
economics
climate change
innovation
electricity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mathias Benedek
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
69
119
22,126