The University of Nebraska–Lincoln jumped 42 spots to be ranked No. 19 among business schools in the United States in overall management research productivity, according to the most recent annual index compiled by Texas A&M University and the University of Georgia.
Nebraska also ranked No. 13 in publications per faculty, bettering last year's ranking of No. 67.
"The Texas A&M/University of Georgia Rankings of Management Department Research Productivity (TAMUGA) are a specific indicator of research productivity in the field of management. To be ranked in the top 20 overall and the top 15 on a per-faculty basis is a testament to the quality and productivity of our faculty," said
Jake Messersmith, department chair and associate professor of management.
The
TAMUGA Ranking of Management Department Research Productivity tracks faculty research contributions to eight influential scholarly journals in the discipline of management. They include
Academy of Management Journal,
Academy of Management Review,
Administrative Science Quarterly,
Journal of Applied Psychology,
Strategic Management Journal,
Organization Science,
Personnel Psychology, and
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
Messersmith shared that the management faculty were "asking relevant questions and answering them via methodologically rigorous studies," leading to the rankings' rise.
Nebraska faculty who co-authored papers included in the most recent ranking include:
Mirzokhidjon Abdurakhmonov, assistant professor of management;
Amy Bartels, assistant professor of management;
Andrew Hanna, assistant professor of management and Seacrest Teaching Fellow;
Jonathan Hendricks, assistant professor of management;
Brett Neely, assistant professor of management;
Jenna Pieper, associate professor of management;
Troy Smith, Professor of Business Ethics and associate professor of management; and
Varkey Titus Jr., Amy and J. E. Van Horne Jr Chair and associate professor of management.
"The improved ranking is also a sign of the investment that the College of Business and the
Department of Management have made over the past several years in bringing in high-quality faculty and providing them with the resources they need to be successful," Messersmith added. "It’s a positive signal to our stakeholders that Nebraska is a thought leader in the management and leadership space."