Nine business faculty members ranked as top researchers

Nine faculty members at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business ranked among the top 2% of scientists worldwide, according to the Stanford/Elsevier global Top 2% Scientists List for 2025.

The list provides a transparent and standardized assessment of scientific impact by compiling a comprehensive database of the world’s top-cited researchers. The ranking evaluates scientists across 22 fields and 174 subfields using Scopus data—a large bibliographic database maintained by Elsevier that indexes millions of academic publications across science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and the arts and humanities.

The methodology emphasizes citation impact rather than publication volume by incorporating both career-long and single-year performance. Inclusion on the list is recognition of a researcher’s thought leadership in his or her field.

“As the Notre Dame business school, elevating research that grows the good in business by enlightening and contributing to human flourishing is our top priority,” said Martijn Cremers, Martin J. Gillen dean of Mendoza College of Business. “I am deeply appreciative of our faculty who seek to become influential leaders in their disciplines.”

Read about these 9 remarkable faculty members on the Mendoza College of Business website ›

John Cardinal O’Hara Society members create opportunities for students to learn from and alongside remarkable faculty members like these through their transformative giving. Such generosity upholds the distinct Notre Dame student experience that helps to Grow the Good in Business^TM.

This original article was written by Carol Elliott for the Mendoza College of Business.