Professors Justin Jansen and Henk Volberda of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) have been named Highly Cited Researchers 2015 in the field of economics and business by business information organisation Thomson Reuters, in its survey of the most influential scientists in the world. They are the only two Dutch scholars appearing in this list of 71 scholars.
Thomson Reuters recently published its 2015 list of the most influential researchers in the world, based on frequently cited articles between 2002 and 2012, regarded by Thomson Reuters as 'hot research', research that has affected the future of the discipline. This list features RSM’s Professor Justin Jansen and Professor Henk Volberda with their work that is most frequently acknowledged by peers in economics and business.
“We stand with the top 71 scholars worldwide according to our research subject of business and economics,” said Professor Jansen. “It’s quite a select group!”
Professor Volberda considers the inclusion in the top-ranking as “a recognition of his influential research in the field on innovation and strategic renewal”.
A total of 3,215 researchers are included in the list of all research subjects, 81 of which are Dutch. Of those researchers, 19 come from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and Erasmus MC, which means that more highly-cited scholars come from EUR than any other Dutch university in the list, and the Netherlands is in 8th place worldwide.
Justin Jansen is Professor of Corporate Entrepreneurship in RSM’s Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship and academic director of the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship (www.ece.nl). He is intrigued by the idea of corporate entrepreneurship, and outcomes of his work have affected the future of management research in important new ways.
Henk Volberda is Professor of Strategic Management and Business Policy in RSM’s Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship. His work on innovation, strategic renewal, management innovation, co-evolution and new organisational forms has led to an extensive number of articles in academic top journals that have redirected research in the management field.
