Ranking: Which Schools Are Best For Management Research?

Here are the 50 colleges and universities that published the most management-specific research articles over the last five years, according to the TAMUGA Rankings, an annual index of research output compiled by Texas A&M University and the University of Georgia.

TAMUGA Rankings, Five-year Total
Pubs Rank	Pubs / Faculty Rank	University	Total Pubs	Pubs/Faculty
1	23	Pennsylvania	85	1.89
2	2	Georgia	70	5.09
3	1	Florida	68	5.2
3	3	Texas A&M	68	3.25
5	8	Arizona State	66	2.59
6	13	Washington	58	2.29
7	29	Minnesota	56	1.66
8	5	Maryland	54	2.84
8	15	Southern California	54	2.06
8	33	Michigan	54	1.57
11	53	Harvard	52	1.19
12	24	New York	50	1.84
13	6	Michigan State	49	2.81
13	26	North Carolina	49	1.83
15	30	Indiana	47	1.61
16	21	Ohio State	44	1.91
17	18	Northwestern	42	1.98
18	4	Arizona	40	3.1
18	7	Pennsylvania State	40	2.66
20	9	Iowa	39	2.58
21	11	Notre Dame	36	2.34
22	10	Arkansas	34	2.41
23	28	Boston Univ	33	1.67
23	34	Washington in St. Louis	33	1.56
25	19	Oklahoma State	32	1.94
25	31	Texas	32	1.59
25	64	Northeastern	32	1.02
28	27	Rice	31	1.68
28	54	Columbia	31	1.18
30	12	Texas Christian	29	2.3
31	17	South Carolina	28	2.03
31	20	Boston College	28	1.92
31	21	Purdue	28	1.91
31	35	Colorado	28	1.54
31	38	Duke	28	1.41
36	61	Virginia	27	1.04
37	63	California, Los Angeles	26	1.03
38	14	Oregon	25	2.22
38	46	Temple	25	1.31
40	44	Georgia Tech	24	1.36
41	16	Connecticut	23	2.04
41	41	Nebraska	23	1.39
43	73	Utah	22	0.96
43	75	Stanford	22	0.92
45	36	Wisconsin	21	1.45
45	49	Illinois at Chicago	21	1.26
47	31	Drexel	20	1.59
47	52	Central Florida	20	1.2
47	66	Cornell	20	1
47	82	Illinois	20	0.74
47	83	Brigham Young	20	0.73

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