Two TBS Education professors and researchers among the Top 2% of the world’s most cited scientists
TBS Education professors and researchers Akram AL ARISS and Samuel FOSSO WAMBA are among the TOP 2% of the most cited researchers in the world according to the Elsevier BV report drawn up by Stanford University researchers in 2022.
Akram AL ARISS, professor of Human Resources Management at TBS Education, welcomed the accolade, saying,
“It is a form of recognition by our peers that our work has an impact and a utility for others in the scientific community. Personally, it is always motivating to see such a result. It encourages me to continue working on topics that have a scientific, practical, and social impact. For TBS Education, I think, it shows that its faculty has an important impact worldwide.”
– Akram AL ARISS, professor of Human Resources Management at TBS Education
Samuel FOSSO WAMBA, whose work has figured on the list twice before, said,
“I am happy to be part of the list for the third time. This is a recognition of the quality of our work by our peers. At the school level, this is a fantastic outcome of all the investments realized by the school to promote cutting-edge research in the school.”
– Samuel FOSSO WAMBA, Head of Research department and professor in Information Systems and Data Science at TBS Education
Since 2019, scientists at Stanford University have published annual data of the top 2% of the world’s most-cited scientists in 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields. The list is described as :
“A publicly available database of top-cited scientists that provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator (c-score).” – Elsevier BV
The ranking recognizes the outstanding contribution made by the work of Akram AL ARISS and Samuel FOSSO WAMBA and will impact their academic careers and the reputation of the research carried out at TBS Education.