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Germany 1,840 Scientists H-Index Business & Management Rankings - 2026

Track the real-time academic impact of 2.6 million scientists across 221 countries. The H-Index Rankings evaluate both total and last 5 years’ H-index values, offering the most transparent measure of scholarly recognition. Compare global, continental, national, and institutional performance across 13 major fields and 221 disciplines.

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Total 1.840 scientist , 546 institution , Updates every 3 days
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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912
World Rank
Germany
24
Country Rank
Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Wil van der Aalst
Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen Aachen, Germany
Business & Management / Business Administration
Business Process Management | Data Science | Process Mining | Petri nets | Information System

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    188
  • Last 5 Years
    103
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.548
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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3,335
World Rank
Germany
148
Country Rank
Max Planck Institute for Human Development Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Gerd Gigerenzer
Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin, Germany
Business & Management / Decision Science and Operations Management
Decision Making | Heuristics | Bounded Rationality | Risk Communicatio

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    135
  • Last 5 Years
    87
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.644
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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4,663
World Rank
Germany
220
Country Rank
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Michael Frese
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Lüneburg, Germany
Business & Management / Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship | management | organizational behavior | organizational psychology | work psycholog

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    124
  • Last 5 Years
    81
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.653
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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7,080
World Rank
Germany
335
Country Rank
Otto Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Marko Sarstedt
Otto Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany
Business & Management / Marketing
Marketing | Structural Equation Modeling | Consumer Behavior | PLS | Research Method

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    111
  • Last 5 Years
    105
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.946
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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7,872
World Rank
Germany
365
Country Rank
Technische Universität Hamburg Harburg Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Christian M Ringle
Technische Universität Hamburg Harburg Hamburg, Germany
Business & Management / Strategic Management
Decision Sciences | Business Analytics | Multivariate Analysis Methods | Machine Learnin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    108
  • Last 5 Years
    100
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.926
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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9,116
World Rank
Germany
419
Country Rank
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Stefan Schaltegger
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Lüneburg, Germany
Business & Management / Strategic Management
Management | Umwelt | Nachhaltigkeit | Unternehmertum | Accountin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    104
  • Last 5 Years
    82
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.788
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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11,149
World Rank
Germany
547
Country Rank
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Jan Mendling
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Berlin, Germany
Business & Management / Business Administration
business process management | process mining | information systems | software engineering | process scienc

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    99
  • Last 5 Years
    61
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.616
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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13,286
World Rank
Germany
663
Country Rank
Max Planck Institute for Human Development Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Ralph Hertwig
Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin, Germany
Business & Management / Decision Science and Operations Management
Decision Making | Heuristics | Bounded Rationality | Decisions from Experience | Risk Preferenc

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    94
  • Last 5 Years
    74
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.787
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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16,150
World Rank
Germany
811
Country Rank
Universität Paderborn Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Christian Fuchs
Universität Paderborn Paderborn, Germany
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies
political economy of communication | media and communications | digital media and society | media economic

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    89
  • Last 5 Years
    70
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.787
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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19,704
World Rank
Germany
952
Country Rank
Universität Kassel Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Stefan Seuring
Universität Kassel Kassel, Germany
Business & Management / Decision Science and Operations Management
Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain | Sustainability Management | Sustainable Supply Chains | Sustainable Supply Chain Managemen

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    84
  • Last 5 Years
    73
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.869
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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22,908
World Rank
Germany
1,102
Country Rank
Freie Universität Berlin Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Jörg Sydow
Freie Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany
Business & Management / Strategic Management
Management and organisation theory | strategic alliances and networks | project-based organizing | creativity and entrepreneurshi

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    81
  • Last 5 Years
    47
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.580
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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23,616
World Rank
Germany
1,135
Country Rank
Universität Hamburg Logo
26
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Jan Recker
Universität Hamburg Hamburg, Germany
Business & Management / Business Administration
Information Systems | Digital Innovation | Green IS | Conceptual Modeling | Business Process Managemen

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    80
  • Last 5 Years
    53
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.663
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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26,683
World Rank
Germany
1,276
Country Rank
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Michael Fritsch
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik Jena, Germany
Business & Management / Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship | Innovation | Economic Geography | History | Cultur

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    77
  • Last 5 Years
    52
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.675
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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28,555
World Rank
Germany
1,384
Country Rank
Universität Stuttgart Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Alexander Brem|亚历山大 伯尔尼
Universität Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany
Business & Management / Entrepreneurship
Ideation | Technological Innovation | Technology Transfer | Technology Entrepreneurship | R&

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    75
  • Last 5 Years
    71
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.947
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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29,906
World Rank
Germany
1,444
Country Rank
Universität Trier Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Joern Block
Universität Trier Trier, Germany
Business & Management / Strategic Management
Intellectual Property | Patents | Trademarks | Hidden Champions | Mittelstan

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    74
  • Last 5 Years
    65
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.878
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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30,646
World Rank
Germany
1,482
Country Rank
Technische Universität Berlin Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Hans Georg Gemünden
Technische Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany
Business & Management / Entrepreneurship
Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement | Strategisches Projektmanagement | Entrepreneurship | Unternehmensführung | Marketin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    74
  • Last 5 Years
    44
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.595
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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31,833
World Rank
Germany
1,537
Country Rank
Universität Leipzig Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Ansgar Zerfass|Ansgar Zerfaß
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany
Business & Management / Strategic Management
Corporate Communications | Communication Management | Public Relations | Strategic Communicatio

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    73
  • Last 5 Years
    47
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.644
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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31,847
World Rank
Germany
1,539
Country Rank
Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen Logo
34
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Frank Piller|Frank T. Piller
Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen Aachen, Germany
Business & Management / Entrepreneurship
Open Innovation | Mass Customization | Platforms | User Innovation | Hybrid Intelligenc

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    73
  • Last 5 Years
    47
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.644
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Rankings

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32,721
World Rank
Germany
1,581
Country Rank
Technische Universität Dresden Logo
27
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Simon Alberti
Technische Universität Dresden Dresden, Germany
Business & Management / Business Administration
Organization of the cytoplasm - Protein aggregation - Proteostasi

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    72
  • Last 5 Years
    61
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.847
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Rankings

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35,859
World Rank
Germany
1,729
Country Rank
Ludwig Maximilians Universität München Logo
91
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Thomas Hess
Ludwig Maximilians Universität München Munich, Germany
Business & Management / Business Administration
Digital Business | Digital Innovation | Digital Transformation | Media Companies | Information System

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    70
  • Last 5 Years
    55
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.786
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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36,185
World Rank
Germany
1,746
Country Rank
Universität Mannheim Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Peter Vorderer
Universität Mannheim Mannheim, Germany
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies
Media psychology | media effects | exposure to media content | new medi

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    70
  • Last 5 Years
    48
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.686
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Rankings

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36,272
World Rank
Germany
1,750
Country Rank
Universität Münster Logo
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Jörg Becker
Universität Münster Münster, Germany
Business & Management / Business Administration
Conceptual Modeling | Business Processes | Service Research | E-Government | Retai

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    70
  • Last 5 Years
    46
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.657
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Rankings

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37,240
World Rank
Germany
1,802
Country Rank
Technische Universität Darmstadt Logo
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Alexander Benlian
Technische Universität Darmstadt Darmstadt, Germany
Business & Management / Business Administration
Digital transformation | algorithmic management | AI literacy | human-computer interactio

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    69
  • Last 5 Years
    62
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.899
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Rankings

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40,758
World Rank
Germany
1,938
Country Rank
Universität Bayreuth Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Ricarda Bouncken
Universität Bayreuth Bayreuth, Germany
Business & Management / Strategic Management
Alliances | Coopetition | Innovation | Cultural Distance | Knowledg

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    67
  • Last 5 Years
    58
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.866
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Rankings

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42,996
World Rank
Germany
2,058
Country Rank
Universität Siegen Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Friederike Welter
Universität Siegen Siegen, Germany
Business & Management / Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship | SME | policies | context | entrepreneurial behaviou

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    66
  • Last 5 Years
    50
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.758
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