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Re­search Pro­file

CBS ad­dresses some of today’s most press­ing so­ci­et­al chal­lenges, in­clud­ing the green trans­ition, re­spons­ible lead­er­ship, di­git­al­isa­tion, ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence and the fu­ture of work.

Re­search Ex­cel­lence

CBS is the top Danish university when it comes to publishing in the most highly ranked international journals in business and management (AJG 4 and 4*) – accounting for nearly half of all Danish AJG 4* publications in the period 2019–2023.

Our publications also have strong academic impact and are cited more frequently than those from other Danish and European universities. Internationally, CBS is ranked among the leading Nordic institutions in the QS and Shanghai rankings within Business & Management and Accounting & Finance.

 

Research at CBS is not only excellent – it is also highly relevant to society. In 2024, CBS attracted DKK 186 million in external research funding from the EU as well as Danish public and private foundations. These grants reflect CBS’ strong engagement with the world around us – and a research practice where academic excellence supports concrete solutions to complex societal challenges.

Code of aca­dem­ic con­duct

The Re­search Prac­tice Com­mit­tee at CBS has been set up to pro­mote good re­search prac­tice and handle cases con­cern­ing ques­tion­able re­search prac­tice. Moreover, it for­wards cases con­cern­ing re­search mis­con­duct (typ­ic­ally falsi­fic­a­tion, fab­ric­a­tion and most types of pla­gi­ar­ism) to The Dan­ish Com­mit­tee on Re­search Mis­con­duct.

Re­search Sup­port

To strengthen CBS 'pro­file as one of the best re­search in­sti­tu­tions, CBS has in re­cent years in­creased its fo­cus on ex­tern­al fund­ing. CBS works stra­tegic­ally to at­tract high pro­file and pres­ti­gi­ous re­search grants from both pub­lic and private fund­ing bod­ies na­tion­ally and in­ter­na­tion­ally.