A number of Tippie College of Business faculty were recognized in a recent study published by Stanford University as among the top 100,000 most impactful scientific researchers in their fields.

The annual study also identified those in the top 2% of their academic subfield. Indices were calculated based on lifetime scholarly impact and impact during the year 2024.

“The Tippie College of Business has always placed a premium on building a team of dynamic, productive and engaged scholars creating new knowledge that moves the business world forward,” said Nick Street, associate dean for research and director of the PhD program. “Our researchers are world-class thought leaders in fields varying from marketing, risk management and insurance, and accounting, to health care, climate change, and emergency management.”

The results reveal the historic and ongoing scholarly strength of the Tippie College of Business across a wide range of academic disciplines.

In the lifetime category:

• Sam Burer, Tippie-Rollins Professor of Business Analytics
• Amy Kristof-Brown, Henry B. Tippie Dean and Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship
• Rabah Amir, J. Edward Lundy Professor of Economics
• Nick Street, Tippie Children Professor of Business Analytics and Associate Dean for Research and PhD Programs
• Erik Lie, Amelia Tippie Chair in Finance and Professor
• Irwin Levin, Emeritus Professor of Marketing
• Mick Mount, Emeritus Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship
• Sara Rynes-Weller, Emeritus Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship
• David Bates, C. Woody Thompson Professor of Finance (deceased)
• Johannes Ledolter, Robert Thomas Holmes Professor of Business Analytics (deceased)
• Frank Schmidt, Gary Fethke Chair in Leadership (deceased)

The 2024 list includes all of the above but Street and Lie, and also includes: 

• Patrick Fan, Henry B. Tippie Chair in Business Analytics
• Rong Su, Mahoney Fellow and Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship
• Barrett Thomas, Associate Provost and Professor of Business Analytics
• Ryan Wilson, Henry Tippie Chair in Accounting

Media contact: Tom Snee, 319-384-0010 (o); 319-541-8434 (c); tom-snee@uiowa.edu