Shankar, Ireland and Hitt among most highly cited researchers

Mays Business School professors Venkatesh Shankar, Duane Ireland and Mike Hitt have been recognized among the most frequently cited economics and business researchers. All three were selected as 2014 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers.

Inclusion on the list is based on having the most articles cited in the top 1 percent of their field between 2002 and 2012. In other words, the lists feature authors whose published work in their specialty areas has consistently been judged by peers to be of particular significance and utility.

Shankar is the Coleman Chair in Marketing at Mays. Ireland and Hitt are both University Distinguished Professors in Management. Ireland is the Conn Chair in New Ventures Leadership and president of the Academy of Management. Hitt is the Joe B. Foster ’56 Chair in Business Leadership.

Seven other professors on the list are from Texas A&M University, in the disciplines of agricultural sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering and mathematics.