Management professor again recognized as a top researcher in information systems

Published: December 15, 2009

CLEMSON — Varun Grover, the William S. Lee Professor in the management department at Clemson University, is ranked third among the top 200 most-influential researchers in the world in a study published in the Journal of the Association of Information Systems, the flagship research journal of the Association for Information Systems.

“Dr. Grover is an inspirational and a model colleague in our department,” said management department chairman Sri Sridharan. “His influence on our doctoral students and their research quality and productivity continues to lead to major recognition from the international community.”

Grover came to Clemson in 2002 from the University of South Carolina. He has published extensively in the information systems field, with more than 150 publications in refereed journals. In April 2009, Grover was ranked fourth among 3,404 published information systems researchers in the world based on the number of publications in the top six information systems journals. However, the current study is based on the impact his work has had on other researchers around the world.

“The management information systems program has become one of the college’s flagship academic initiatives," said Claude Lilly, dean of the College of Business and Behavioral Science. "Compared to peer programs across the globe, our faculty and students have raised the bar in terms of research productivity and excellence."

The study in the Journal of the Association of Information Systems examines the breadth, depth and persistence of a scholar's impact. Grover also was recognized as one of seven "transnational elite" scholars who publish in both European and North American journals, and was ranked second and fourth, respectively, based on influence in these communities.

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