Amongst others, Jan Marco Leimeister (St. Gallen University), Jan vom Brocke (University of Liechtenstein), Robert Winter (St. Gallen University), Jörg Becker (University of Münster) and Stefan Seidel (University of Liechtenstein) have scored highly in the BWL ranking of the Forschungsmonitoring for their publications in leading academic journals.

The success in the ranking reflects the excellence and academic impact that researchers of the ERCIS network have. The BWL Ranking established by the Forschungsmonitoring examines the performance of academic publications in the management field, based on international criteria such as SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) values. The Forschungsmonitoring ranks management researchers working or born in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The latest ranking is based on publications from 2016 to 2020 and forthcoming publications.