Top institutions in management research, 2023–2025

Universities and other research institutions ranked by the papers their authors published in the 45 tracked management journals in each year from 2023 to 2025, by publication date and OpenAlex affiliations; a paper counts once for each institution (and country) among its authors. Built from the site's archive of every paper of these journals and rebuilt daily. Also as Markdown.

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Key findings#

From 2023 to 2025, University of Vaasa published the most papers in the 45 tracked management journals (123), followed by Copenhagen Business School (116) and University of Turin (107).
In 2025 alone, University of Vaasa led with 52 papers.
Among countries, China took part in the most papers (2,796), ahead of United States and United Kingdom.

Institutions#

Institutions with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Institution	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	University of Vaasa	Finland	39	32	52	123
2	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	34	40	42	116
3	University of Turin	Italy	39	30	38	107
4	The University of Sydney	Australia	39	33	34	106
5	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Netherlands	41	29	36	106
6	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	32	37	36	105
7	University of Reading	United Kingdom	42	34	29	105
8	NEOMA Business School	France	54	32	18	104
9	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	31	35	36	102
10	Renmin University of China	China	34	37	30	101
11	Zhejiang University	China	25	36	36	97
12	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands	35	24	33	92
13	Indiana University	United States	32	34	22	88
14	Tsinghua University	China	21	27	39	87
15	Lebanese American University	Lebanon	38	40	7	85
16	Sun Yat-sen University	China	16	39	30	85
17	Xi'an Jiaotong University	China	24	30	29	83
18	Indiana University Bloomington	United States	29	29	24	82
19	Tongji University	China	30	15	37	82
20	Universitat de València	Spain	32	23	25	80
21	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	22	32	26	80
22	Zhejiang Gongshang University	China	42	22	15	79
23	The University of Queensland	Australia	26	30	22	78
24	Durham University	United Kingdom	17	35	24	76
25	Jaipuria Institute of Management	India	31	18	26	75
26	Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology	Finland	31	21	23	75
27	Macquarie University	Australia	23	32	20	75
28	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics	China	22	29	24	75
29	Free University of Bozen-Bolzano	Italy	34	27	13	74
30	Peking University	China	16	30	27	73
31	Universidad Rey Juan Carlos	Spain	30	29	14	73
32	Shandong University	China	27	24	21	72
33	Vienna University of Economics and Business	Austria	16	27	29	72
34	Arizona State University	United States	23	27	21	71
35	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	France	27	27	16	70
36	HEC Montréal	Canada	14	26	30	70
37	University of Nicosia	Cyprus	17	19	34	70
38	University of Leeds	United Kingdom	26	21	22	69
39	Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University	China	19	26	24	69
40	RMIT University	Australia	21	20	27	68
41	Politecnico di Milano	Italy	22	15	29	66
42	Tianjin University	China	20	26	20	66
43	Western University	Canada	19	20	26	65
44	Wuhan University	China	21	23	21	65
45	Xiamen University	China	28	20	17	65
46	Aalto University	Finland	20	16	28	64
47	Kedge Business School	France	21	19	23	63
48	Monash University	Australia	18	20	24	62
49	Symbiosis International University	India	22	24	16	62
50	University of Groningen	Netherlands	24	17	21	62

Countries#

Countries with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	China	869	957	970	2,796
2	United States	940	867	845	2,652
3	United Kingdom	659	650	612	1,921
4	Germany	356	323	371	1,050
5	France	371	303	267	941
6	Italy	311	285	300	896
7	Australia	282	309	304	895
8	India	302	270	282	854
9	Spain	319	272	230	821
10	Canada	215	208	204	627
11	Netherlands	191	175	194	560
12	Finland	146	115	145	406
13	Sweden	137	131	130	398
14	South Korea	131	124	118	373
15	Taiwan	113	92	105	310
16	Malaysia	87	92	111	290
17	Denmark	99	93	87	279
18	Hong Kong	81	104	90	275
19	Norway	98	76	87	261
20	Saudi Arabia	56	87	94	237
21	South Africa	65	85	79	229
22	Poland	74	73	76	223
23	Brazil	59	76	81	216
24	Pakistan	72	77	64	213
25	Austria	59	80	70	209
26	United Arab Emirates	79	72	56	207
27	Portugal	81	73	51	205
28	Switzerland	72	67	65	204
29	Vietnam	55	75	65	195
30	Turkey	62	61	70	193

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Top institutions in management research, 2023–2025. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/management

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