25 Maryland Smith Professors Named Among Top 2% Worldwide

A study of the world’s top researchers identifies 25 from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business in the top 2% of the most-cited scholars and scientists worldwide.

The study, published in the journal PLoS Biology, looks at 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields and ranks researchers by the number of times their work is cited in other research. This year, the study broke down the data by career-long citations and citations from 2021. The research was led by Stanford University, based on data from Elsevier’s Scopus, an abstract and citation database of research publications.

Top 2% For Career:

Rajshree Agarwal, Rudolph P. Lamone Chair and Professor in Entrepreneurship; Director, Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets

Michael Ball, Professor Emeritus, Decision, Operations and Information Technologies

Gilad Chen, Associate Dean for Research, Robert H. Smith Chair in Organizational Behavior

Zhi Long Chen, Orkand Corporation Professor of Management Science

Martin Dresner, Professor and Chair of Logistics, Business and Public Policy

Michael Fu, Smith Chair of Management Science

David Godes, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty, Dean's Professor of Marketing

Bruce Golden, France-Merrick Chair in Management Science

Anil Gupta, Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Hui Liao, Smith Dean's Professor in Leadership & Management

Edwin Locke, Professor Emeritus, Management and Organization

Henry Lucas, Robert H. Smith Professor of Information Systems Emeritus

Dilip Madan, Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Finance

Vojislav "Max" Maksimovic, William A. Longbrake Chair in Finance

Roland Rust, Distinguished University Professor; David Bruce Smith Chair in Marketing; Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Service

Debra L. Shapiro, Clarice Smith Professor of Management & Organization

Michel Wedel, Distinguished University Professor and PepsiCo Chair in Consumer Science

Russ Wermers, Dean's Chair in Finance; Director, Center for Financial Policy

Top 2% In 2021:

Rajshree Agarwal, Rudolph P. Lamone Chair and Professor in Entrepreneurship; Director, Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets

Michael Ball, Professor Emeritus, Decision, Operations and Information Technologies

Gilad Chen, Associate Dean for Research, Robert H. Smith Chair in Organizational Behavior

Zhi Long Chen, Orkand Corporation Professor of Management Science

Michael Faulkender, Dean’s Professor of Finance

Bruce Golden, France-Merrick Chair in Management Science

Anil Gupta, Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship

P. K. Kannan, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Dean's Chair in Marketing Science

Amna Kirmani, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Marketing

Hui Liao, Smith Dean's Professor in Leadership & Management

Vojislav "Max" Maksimovic, William A. Longbrake Chair in Finance

Wendy Moe, Dean's Professor of Marketing

Roland Rust, Distinguished University Professor; David Bruce Smith Chair in Marketing; Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Service

Debra L. Shapiro, Clarice Smith Professor of Management & Organization

Subrahmaniam Tangirala, Dean's Professor of Management

Vijaya Venkataramani, Management & Organizations

Michel Wedel, Distinguished University Professor and PepsiCo Chair in Consumer Science