An economics lecture at the University of Kassel. Photo: Paavo Blafield

The KOF Institute of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich was commissioned by Wirtschaftswoche to examine the scientific output of all business economists working at university chairs, Fraunhofer or Max Planck Institutes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The study looked at publications from the past ten years in over 800 specialist journals. A score was assigned for each publication, which was measured according to the reputation of the journal.

"The ranking of Kassel's business economists in the top 20 of all economics faculties reflects the creativity and productivity of our scientists," said Prof. Dr. Björn Frank, dean of the department. "The interplay between excellent research and practice-relevant teaching also has a positive impact on the economics program at the University of Kassel."

The department's first-time success in the rankings is complemented by outstanding placements by individual academics. With Prof. Dr. Matthias Söllner (10th place among those under 40, 66th place for publication performance over the last 5 years and 204th place in the lifetime ranking) and Prof. André Hanelt (16th place among those under 40 and 54th place for publication performance over the last 5 years), two professors are very well placed in the ranking of scientists under 40. In addition, Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister (24th place for publication performance in the last 5 years and 11th place in the lifetime ranking) and Prof. Dr. Stefan Seuring (43rd place for publication performance in the last 5 years and 71st place in the lifetime ranking) are two professors who have been present in all editions of this ranking so far.

The data source of the ranking was the bibliometric web portal Forschungsmonitoring, which is operated by the KOF Economic Research Institute of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich.

The ranking was published on 09.12.2022 in the magazine Wirtschaftswoche.

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