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Last month, SSRN released a new ranking highlighting the most-cited authors in business research. The table below shows the Top 100 Business Authors on SSRN, ranked by total citations — a key measure of scholarly influence and impact. It includes only authors with publicly available full-text papers on SSRN. The rankings are updated monthly and reflect the latest citation and download data which evaluates authors based on downloads, citations, and publication activity, offering insight into both the reach and influence of academic work.

Abstract-only or privately available papers are not included. Additionally, each author must have at least one publicly accessible full-text paper to be eligible for ranking. The ranking methodology is available here.

For the complete ranking of all 12,000+ authors and full details, visit the official SSRN ranking page.