Mendoza Prof named to 2015 Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Researchers List
Luis Gómez-Mejia from the Mendoza College of Business has been named to the 2015 Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Researchers list. The list identifies the top scholars and scientists who publish their academic findings every year in more than 2 million journal papers.
According to Thomson Reuters, the annual “Most Influential Scientific Minds” report reflects data from the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers website, with publication and citation figures drawn from Essential Science Indicators (ESI), a component of the Web of Science. ESI tracks papers published in the last decade that rank in the top 1 percent most cited for their respective years of publication in each of 22 main subject fields. These reports, officially designated as “Highly Cited Papers,” numbered more than 120,000 in a recent analysis covering the years 2003 to 2013.
Gómez-Mejia is known for his expertise in economics and business and serves as the Ray and Milann Siegfried Professor of Management. He has published more than 200 articles in prestigious management journals and is ranked one of the 12 most published authors in the “big eight” management journals. In addition, he has written and edited more than 15 books in various management areas, including his areas of expertise — international management, family business, strategic management and executive compensation.
Gómez-Mejia has received numerous awards for his research and is a member of the Hall of Fame of the Academy of Management, He was elected as a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management, as well as three-term president of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management. He has also served as president of the Personnel/Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management.
Gómez-Mejia came to Mendoza in 2013 from his position as the Benton Cocanaugher Chair in Business at Texas A&M University. Before coming to Notre Dame, he served as a faculty member at Arizona State University, where he was a Council of 100 Distinguished Scholar, a Regents Professor and Arizona Heritage Chair holder.
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