World’s Most Cited Researchers

Four College of Business professors are among 53 from FAU to make Stanford University’s database of the world’s most cited researchers. The other 49 FAU researchers are mainly in the sciences.

Douglas Cumming, Ph.D., joined the College of Business in 2018. He has published five books with Oxford, Wiley, and Elsevier, and more than 60 peer-reviewed articles on venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, fintech and stock market manipulation and regulation. Cumming’s work has been cited more than 23,500 times. He is the recipient of the 2022 Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance World Class Faculty Award.

Anil Bilgihan, Ph.D., is a renowned services marketing expert with a specialization in information technology applications in the tourism and hospitality industries. His research involves the use and impact of technology, user experience, digital marketing and online social interactions in the service industry. Since joining FAU in 2013, he has published more than 90 peer-reviewed scientific articles that have been cited more than 11,000 times. Bilgihan is the author of a widely adopted hospitality information systems textbook. He is the recipient of the Cisco Extensive Research Award, Emerald Citations of Excellence Award, FAU Scholar of the Year Award and Highly Commended Award winner of the Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards.

Siri Terjesen, Ph.D., joined FAU’s College of Business in 2019. She serves as associate dean for research and external relations, Phil Smith Professor of Entrepreneurship and executive director of the Madden Center for Value Creation. Her research on strategy, entrepreneurship and corporate governance has been cited more than 15,500 times and has garnered more than $6 million in grants and gifts. Terjesen was appointed by the U.S. president to the National Board for Education Sciences and has supervised 10 doctorate students. She is an affiliated professor to her alma mater, the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway. Terjesen has consulted for the World Bank and multinational companies worldwide and her research has been cited in international media such as U.S. News & World Report, Businessweek and CNBC

Rebel A. Cole, Ph.D., is the Lynn Eminent Scholar

Chaired Professor of Finance in the College of Business. Prior to joining academia, he worked as a financial economist in the Federal Reserve System and as a special adviser to the Asian Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other non-governmental organizations, providing training and technical assistance in more than 60 countries. Cole has published peer-reviewed articles in many top academic finance journals, and his research has been featured in Businessweek, Financial Times, Fortune, The New York Times and the The Wall Street Journal. His articles have been cited more than 12,000 times. His primary areas of research are corporate governance, entrepreneurship, financial institutions, and real estate.