Ranked among the world's 41 most impactful researchers in economics and business by publishing multiple highly cited papers (i.e., ranked in the top 1%) from 2013 through 2023
demonstrating significant and broad influence based on citation activity and using qualitative analysis and expert judgment regarding evidence of community-wide recognition
from an international and wide-ranging network of citing authors (2024 Highly Cited Researchers 2024, Clarivate).
Ranked as the world’s #45 most impactful business and management researcher based on career-long impact through December 2023
(and #28 based on the year 2023) using a composite of eight impact indicators ("Stanford top 2% researchers study," Ioannidis,
2024).
Academy of Management Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Division Career Award for Scholarly Contributions. The award recognizes career-long and significant scholarly contributions that
have advanced knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Academy of Management Learning and Education Decade Paper Award recognizing the most influential article published in the journal 10 years prior for Aguinis, Shapiro,
Antonacopoulou, and Cummings (2014): Scholarly impact: A pluralist conceptualization.
Aguinis, Shapiro, Antonacopoulou, and Cummings (2014, Academy of Management Learning and Education), Scholarly impact: A pluralist conceptualization, has been ranked as the #16 most cited article in the
domain of performance management systems among all articles published between 1978 and 2024 (Kumar et al., 2024).
Ranked as the #34 "best researcher" in business and management in the United States and #60 in
the world based on the D-index (Discipline H-index), which includes articles and citations for
an examined discipline (www.research.com).
2023
Ranked among the world’s 86 most impactful researchers in economics and business through
the publication of multiple highly cited papers (i.e., ranked in the top 1%) from 2012
through 2022, “demonstrating significant influence among their peers. This select group
contribute disproportionately to extending the frontiers of knowledge and gaining for society innovations
that make the world healthier, more sustainable and more secure.” (Highly Cited
Researchers, Clarivate Analytics).
Ranked as the #4 most-cited author in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) and talent management based on articles, conference proceedings, and monographs published between 2010 and 2022
(Agadi & Kinange, 2023).
Ranked as the world’s #5 most productive researcher based on number of journal articles in the Chartered Association of
Business Schools (CABS) Academic Journal Guide (Goel, 2023).
Ranked among the world’s top 20 most impactful researchers in corporate social performance based
on articles published between 1975 and 2023 in 35 journals and books in business, management, accounting,
economics, econometrics, finance, and social sciences (Singh & Kumar, 2023).
Ranked as the world’s #56 most impactful business and management researcher based on total
career-long impact through December 2022 using a composite of eight impact indicators (and
#30 based on citations for the year 2022) using the Scopus database (Ioannidis,
2023).
Ranked as the world’s #16 (99.80th percentile) most impactful business and administration researcher and
#60 in business and management (99.99th percentile) based on the AD Scientific Index (i.e., a
combination of Google Scholar h- and i10-indexes), based on a database including 1,445,063 researchers at
22,404 universities in over 190 countries (AD Scientific Index, 2024).
Ranked as the #4 most dominant researcher in the area of strategic leadership from
1980-2020, the #4 most productive between 2011-2020, and the #12 most productive between 1980-2020
based on the Scopus database (Singh
et al., 2023)
Ranked as the world’s #5 most productive researcher in research reproducibility based on all
articles in the Web of Science database (about 12,000 journals and 160,000 conference
proceedings) from 1991 to November 2022 (Huang,
2023).
Ranked among the world’s top 96 most productive researchers in business and management
education
based on all articles authored by 7,319 researchers and published between 2010-2019 in 17
journals in accounting, economics, finance, information technology, management, marketing,
and
operations management (Asarta et
al., 2023).
Dean’s Senior Faculty Research Outstanding Scholar Award recognizing sustained, outstanding, and continuing
contributions to scholarly research in business and noteworthy contributions to the research culture
(among all tenured faculty across all departments), The George Washington University School of Business.
2022
Inducted into The Ph.D. Project Hall
of Fame: “Each year
our Hall of Fame will honor a
select few who have greatly inspired many. We’ll recognize those who have sustained an
unwavering commitment to our mission. And we’ll bring tribute to the leaders among us who
have achieved significant encouragement and impact within our network of minority business
doctoral students and faculty.”
Ranked among the world’s 92 most impactful researchers in economics and business through
the publication of multiple highly cited papers (i.e., ranked in the top 1%) from 2011
through 2021, “demonstrating significant influence among their peers, this top 1% of the
global research community represent magnets in their respective discipline” (Highly Cited
Researchers, Clarivate Analytics).
Ranked as the world’s #2 most prolific researcher in the area of performance management out
of the 13,751 researchers who authored at least one article on performance management from
1976 through July 2022 (Gorski
& Dumitrascu, 2022).
Ranked as the world’s #67 most impactful business and management researcher based on total
career-long impact through December 2021 using a composite of eight impact indicators (and
#36 based on citations for the year 2021)—a study based on about 9.8 million researchers in
22 fields using the Scopus database (Baas,
Boyack, & Ioannidis,
2022).
Ranked among the #81 most impactful researchers in the world in economics and business
through the publication of multiple highly cited papers (i.e., ranked in the top 1%) from
2010 through 2020 “demonstrating significant influence among their peers, this top 1% of the
global research community represent magnets in their respective discipline” (Highly Cited
Researchers, Clarivate Analytics).
Ranked as the world’s #62 most impactful Business and Management researcher based on total
career-long impact through May 2021 using a composite of eight impact indicators—a study
based on about 8 million researchers in 22 fields using the Scopus database (Baas,
Boyack, &
Ioannidis, October 2021).
2020
Ranked among the #101 most impactful researchers in the world in economics and business
through the publication of multiple highly cited papers (i.e., ranked in the top 1%) from
2009 through 2019 “demonstrating significant influence among their peers, this top 1% of the
global research community represent magnets in their respective discipline” (Highly Cited
Researchers, Clarivate Analytics).
Ranked as the #2 most productive researcher in work and organizational psychology from
January 1919 to October 2019 based on the Web of Science (N = 4,482) and Scopus (N = 7,533
documents) databases (Sott
et al., 2020).
Ranked as the world’s #90 most impactful Business and Management researcher based on total
career-long impact through May 2020 using a composite of six impact indicators—a study based
on about 8 million researchers in 22 fields using the Scopus database (Ioannidis et al.,
2020).
2019
Ranked among the world’s 112 most impactful researchers in the world in economics and
business through the publication of multiple highly cited papers (i.e., ranked in the top
1%) from 2008 through 2018 “demonstrating significant influence among their peers, this top
1% of the global research community represent magnets in their respective discipline”
(Highly Cited Researchers, Clarivate Analytics).
Ranked as the #2 most influential researcher in the field of leadership based on Web of
Science citation data and all articles published in 10 highly prestigious academic journals
between 2011 and 2017 (Zhao
& Li, 2019, The Leadership
Quarterly).
Ranked as the world’s #1 most impactful (based on h-index) and #8 most productive human
resource management researcher based on articles published between 2009 and 2018 using the
Scopus database (Gupta
& Shukla, 2019).
Ranked as the #1 most cited and prolific (i.e., based on h-index) researcher in the field of
human resources training based on all publications between 1975 and 2016 authored by
researchers from 70 countries (Danvila del Valle et al.,
2019).
Dean’s Senior Faculty Research Outstanding Scholar Award recognizing sustained, outstanding, and continuing contributions to scholarly research in the field of business and
noteworthy contributions to the research culture (among all tenured faculty across all departments), The George Washington University School of Business.
2018
Ranked among the 96 most impactful researchers in the world in economics and business
through the publication of multiple highly cited papers (ranked in the top 1%) from 2007
through 2017, “demonstrating significant influence among their peers, this top 1% of the
global research community represent magnets in their respective discipline” (Highly Cited
Researchers, Clarivate Analytics).
According to Web of Science (Essential Sciences Indicators database), ranked among the top
1% of the top 1% (i.e., #34 out of about 500,000) most influential researchers in the world
in economics and business based on articles published between 2004 and 2015 (Zhan et al.,
2018).
Elected for the presidency track of the Academy of Management and served as AOM Program
Chair-Elect & Vice President-Elect, Program Chair & Vice President, President-Elect,
President, and Past President during 2018-2023.
Peter B. Vaill Outstanding Doctoral Educator Award, The George Washington University School of Business.
2017
Michael
R. Losey Human Resource Research Award by Society
for Human Resource Management
Foundation for lifetime achievement in human resource research that impacts the human
resource management field.
Appointed Deputy Dean of the Academy of Management Fellows.
Ranked among the top 100 most published authors in business and management education (BME)
out of 7,209 unique authors who published at least one article in 17 BME journals from 2005
to 2014 (Arbaugh et al.,
2017).
2016
Ranked as the #5 most published author in the Journal of Management from 1975 to 2014 out of
2,270 individuals who published at least one article each (Van Fleet &
Bedeian, 2016).
2015
Academy of Management Practice Theme Committee Scholar Practice Impact Award, recognizing an
outstanding scholar who has made a major contribution to research and theory in
practice-based studies and has had an impact on policy-making and managerial and
organizational practices.
Indiana University Kelley School of Business Research Award recognizing the best researcher among all full professors across all departments and academic disciplines.
2014
Indiana University Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Building Bridges Award for promoting
equality, equity, diversity, and justice and developing innovative measures for advancing
diversity.
Elected President of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, 2013-2016.
Indiana University Latino Faculty and Staff Council Faculty Award for service, mentoring,
and promoting diversity initiatives that enhance and support Latinos, 2013.
2012
Academy of Management Research Methods Division Distinguished Career Award for lifetime
scientific contributions (the highest honor of the Academy of Management Research Methods
Division).
