| # | Author | Papers | Score | 4* | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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| # | Institution | Papers | Score | 4* | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Methodology
This index measures scholarly contribution to the family business research field based on publications indexed in OpenAlex over a rolling 3-year window. Each paper is assigned a quality weight based on its journal's rating in the Academic Journal Guide 2024 (CABS):
Authors are scored using fractional counting. For a paper with k co-authors in a journal with AJG weight w:
author score = w / kInstitutions are scored on the same fractional basis, with a discount for secondary affiliations. For each paper, an institution earns one credit weighted by the strongest connection any of its authors declared:
institution credit = (w / k) × twhere t = 1 if any author at the institution lists it as their primary affiliation on the paper, or t = 0.5 if every author at the institution lists it only as a secondary affiliation. The institution's score is the sum of credits across all papers in the window. The institution itself is resolved to its parent university where applicable (e.g. business schools and research centres aggregate under the host university).
Papers in unranked journals receive a score of zero. The index is published annually on January 31.