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Business Administration Research Ranking

The Business Administration Research Ranking of the "WirtschaftsWoche" lists the publications of business economists working at chairs, Fraunhofer and Max Planck Institutes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (including post-docs and junior professors).

The ranking of current research performance includes publications in the five-year period 2018 to 2022 inclusive. The lifetime performance ranking takes into account all articles ever published by a researcher, the ranking of young researchers all publications by researchers who were not yet 40 years old on the cut-off date.
The ranking is published every two years, in even numbered year. The cut-off date is 1. August 2022.

In the ranking "The Top Researchers in Business Administration from Germany, Austria and Switzerland 2022", WiSo-Prof. Wolfgang Ketter is ranked 20th. In addition, Prof. Ulrich Thonemann, (60th) and Prof. Werner Reinartz (82nd) are among the top 100.

In the ranking "The most research-intensive business economists under 40 in 2022", Prof. Maximilian A. Müller (76th), Prof. Matthias Heinz (77th) and Prof. Markus Weinmann (99th) are listed among the top 100.

In "The Great Lifetime Achievement Ranking 2022", Prof. Ulrich Thonemann is in 30th place. In addition, Prof. Dirk Sliwka, Prof. Werner Reinartz and Prof. Christoph Rosenkranz are among the top 100. Prof. Wolfgang Ketter, Prof. Detlef Schoder, Prof. Alexander Kempf, Prof. Bernd Irlenbusch, Prof. Marc Fischer, and Prof. Franziska Völckner are among the top 200.