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Viswanath Venkatesh, who completed his PhD at the University of Minnesota, is an Eminent Scholar and Verizon Chair at the Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech. Since Fall 2021, he was also the Director of Pamplin’s Executive PhD program. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists, both in terms of premier journal publications and citation impact (e.g., Clarivate, Thomson Reuters’ highlycited.com, Emerald Citations, SSRN, PLoS Biology), with a recent career ranking of 355th (out of ~9 million scientists in all scientific fields) and 1st in information systems. His 2023 citation impact ranking was 59th (out of ~9 million scientists in all scientific fields). His research focuses on understanding the diffusion of technologies in organizations and society. His most impactful project focuses on improving the quality of life of the poorest of the poor in India—which he has presented in various forums including at the United Nations. The sponsorship of his research has been about US$10M. His work has appeared in leading journals in human-computer interaction, information systems, organizational behavior, psychology, marketing, medical informatics, and operations management, and included best paper awards (e.g., Academy of Management Journal). His works have been cited over 200,000 times (Google Scholar) and over 60,000 times (Web of Science), with an h-index of 96 and i-10 index of 158, with 23 papers being cited over 1,000 times per Google Scholar. He developed and maintains an IS research rankings web site that has received many accolades from the academic community including Association for Information Systems’ Technology Legacy Award. He has served in editorial roles in various journals. He is a Fellow of the AIS and the Information Systems Society, INFORMS.
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Impact
Over 200,000 cites per Google Scholar (23 papers with >1,000 cites) and ~60,000 cites per Web of Science (among the highest in business in general and information systems in particular)
h-index: 96; i-10 index: 158
Recognized by various agencies and articles for high citation impact (e.g., Clarivate, Thomson Reuters’ highlycited.com, Emeralds Citations, SSRN, PLoS Biology: Stanford/Elsevier), with papers among the most cited in various journals (e.g., Decision Sciences, Info Sys Res, Journal of Ops Mgmt, Mgmt Science, MIS Quart)
Iaonnidis et al. (2021) developed a standardized, composite metric from 6 citation metrics—based on citation data from 1996 to 2023: career ranking of 355th out of ~9 million scientists in all scientific fields and 1st in information systems; in the annual (2022) ranking, ranked 59th out of ~9 million scientists in all scientific fields (similarly ranked since 2017 when rankings were introduced)
Clarivate’s Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher 2022 (~7,000 researchers out of ~7 million researchers in all fields)
Project that has significantly reduced infant, child and maternal mortality rates in rural India
Worked with several organizations, with significant corporate sponsorship (>10M USD) and grant funding (>1M USD)
PhD graduates (Sykes and Bala) recognized as most productive assistant professors
Presented work at various forums including United Nations
Association for Information Systems Fellow
Information Systems Society, INFORMS Fellow
Research Productivity
Most productive in publishing at Info Sys Res/MIS Quart in various periods (since 2001) including various 5-, 10-, 15-, and 20-year periods
One of only 2 scholars with >30 MIS Quart papers
Only scholar to publish in all four issues of MIS Quart of a calendar year—has done this twice (2013 and 2017)
Work has appeared in leading journals in several fields: human-computer interaction, information systems, library science, management, psychology, marketing, medical informatics, and operations management
Several recognitions (e.g., best paper awards at AMJ)
Keynotes and presentations at various conferences
Administration & Service
IS research rankings website—recognized with Association of Information Systems’ Technology Legacy award
Director of Pamplin’s Executive PhD program
PhD program director/chair of PhD committee: department and college
Extensive involvement in international collaborations
Extensive committee involvement
MBA consulting program director
Extensive involvement in conferences (e.g., panels, keynotes)
Editorial boards at various journals
Teaching
Designed and taught courses at all levels
Consistently high teaching evaluations
Scholarly open access book on advice to junior faculty members and PhD students
Several workshops and courses taught, including in emerging economies (e.g., Cameroon, China, India, Malaysia)
Articles published
Grants
Awards
Google Sites
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