Five Villanova School of Business Faculty Rank Among Top Two Percent of Scientists Cited Globally, For Sixth Year in a Row

For the sixth year in a row, several Villanova School of Business (VSB) faculty are among the top 2% of scientists cited globally. This annual analysis by researchers at Stanford University, and the open access publisher, PLOS, ranks more than 230,000 scholars across all fields from a pool of more than 8.8 million active scientists worldwide, based on how often their work is cited by other scholars.   

In the “career” (lifetime) analysis, the following three faculty were ranked:

• Jonathan Doh, PhD, Senior Associate Dean and the Herbert G Rammrath Endowed Chair in International Business, ranked 272 out of 62,666 scholars in Business and Management.  
• Pankaj Patel, PhD, the Frank J. and Jane E. Ryan Family Chair in Strategy and Innovation, ranked 297 out of 62,666 in Business and Management.  
• Charles (Ray) Taylor, PhD, the John A. Murphy Professor of Marketing, ranked 111 out of 14,920 in Marketing.  

 In the single-year analysis, VSB faculty were ranked as follows:

• Dr. Patel ranked 118 and Dr. Doh ranked 308 and Corinne Post, the Fred J Springer Endowed Chair in Business Leadership, ranked 510 in Business and Management, all out of 62,666 scholars.
• Dr. Taylor ranked 164 and Jeremy Kees, PhD, The Richard J. and Barbara Naclerio Endowed Chair in Business, ranked 528, both in Marketing, out of 14.920 scholars.  

 Drs. Doh and Patel also recently reached the milestone of 28,000 Google Scholar citations, and Dr. Taylor reached nearly 27,000 Google Scholar citations, meaning their articles were cited on that many occasions in published articles, books, chapters, and other outlets.   

“For the sixth consecutive year, VSB faculty have demonstrated the strength of our teacher-scholar model, producing globally recognized research while maintaining our dedication to teaching,” says Wen Mao, PhD, the Helen and William O’Toole Dean of VSB. “This continued recognition is a testament to the excellence of their scholarship, the impact of their research and the value their work brings to the global academic community.”