Four Ourso Faculty Recognized on Stanford/Elsevier List of Top 2% Scientists

BATON ROUGE, La. – Four faculty members from the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business have been listed on the Stanford/Elsevier global Top 2% Scientists List for 2025. The list, updated annually and and published on the Elsevier Data Repository, identifies the top 2% of scientists worldwide by standardized citation metrics.

Researchers from across 22 major fields of study are assessed on a variety of factors such as the number of citations and authorship positions, both recently and over their entire career, using data from the Scopus abstract and citation database. Inclusion in the rankings is a prestigious recognition of a researcher's impact on their field and beyond.

"We are incredibly proud to see Ourso College faculty recognized among the world’s most influential researchers," said T. Russell Crook, dean of the E. J. Ourso College of Business. "Their work demonstrates the depth of scholarship and innovation that defines LSU Business and continues to position our college and university among leading research institutions."

Ourso Faculty in 2025 Top 2% Researchers Cited

Thomas Greckhamer

Rucks Department of Management

Greckhamer's research investigates the interplay between strategy and firm performance, executive compensation, and organizational pay dispersion. His work has been featured in top journals such as the  Academy of Management Review, and Journal of Management.

Rudy Hirschheim

Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information Systems

Hirschheim is a top-ranking researcher with interests including outsourcing, systems development and governance of IT systems. He was named a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) in 2007.

 

 

R. Kelley Pace

Department of Finance

Pace is an internationally recognized scholar in spatial econometrics and real estate dynamics. With more than 17,000 citations, Pace has made influential contributions at the intersection of finance, climate change, mortgage risk, and insurance markets.

Gabriele Piccoli

Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information Systems

Piccoli is a member of the Cultural Computing group at LSU's Center for Computation and Technology. His research interests are in the areas of strategic information systems and customer service systems.